PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pabpy Obeh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Somali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Obeh comes into the arena with Quake 2 Big Guns blaring out of the sound system. Somali has chosen Sakke - Oonhan Suomalainen as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Obeh
vs
Somali

178 cm
32
162 lbs
21 - 6 - 0

183 cm
27
180 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pabpy Obeh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Sakke Somali!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Somali cracks a nice hook into Obeh's ribs.
Sakke Somali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Somali looks for the body kick but Obeh saw that one coming.
Obeh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Obeh takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Somali throws a body punch but Obeh moves out of range.
Somali attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Somali lands with an uppercut that bounces Obeh off the cage and back into range.
Somali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Somali misses with a body kick.
Obeh with a poor takedown
and Somali counters with a good, hard body kick but Obeh shrugs it off.

Obeh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Obeh misses with a head shot. Somali uses the momentum to regain guard.
Obeh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Somali wants to improve his position but instead Obeh has moved into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Somali gets back to full guard.
Obeh has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Somali wants to sweep but no luck.
Obeh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Somali swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Somali manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Obeh wants to control but Somali is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Somali wants to get back to his feet but Obeh is holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obeh is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Obeh tries to hold on but Somali postures up.
Somali looking to control but Obeh is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Somali wants to get back to his feet but Obeh is holding on tight.
Somali trying to control but Obeh is having none of it.
Somali controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that Somali has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obeh is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakke Somali dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Somali connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Obeh takes one to the side of the head.
Somali moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Somali scoring well with a low kick there.
Somali pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Somali throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Somali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Obeh shoots for a takedown but Somali saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Somali slips under a jab from Obeh.
Somali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pabpy Obeh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Somali throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Somali tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Obeh is able to avoid easily.
Somali is looking to score with low kicks.
Somali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obeh moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obeh moves out of range of the body kick from Somali.
Obeh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Obeh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Somali defends it nicely.
Obeh shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Somali defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pabpy Obeh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obeh connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Somali momentarily.
Nice shot by Somali.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Obeh.
Somali looks for the body kick but Obeh saw that one coming.
Somali throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Somali lands with a nice combination. Obeh backs away looking to recover.
Obeh stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Somali.
Somali lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Obeh moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Somali.
Obeh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice takedown defense from Somali. No joy for Obeh on that attempt.
A jab from Somali finds it's way through Obeh's defenses.
Obeh fails to land the takedown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Obeh.
Obeh takes a jab right on the kisser.
Obeh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sakke Somali seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obeh misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Somali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Somali misses with a body shot

and Obeh counters with a single leg into guard. Somali didn't expect that.
Obeh preventing the sweep.
Somali pulls Obeh in close to prevent any damage.
Somali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Obeh is one step ahead there.
Somali avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obeh preventing the sweep.
Somali lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Obeh!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Somali controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Somali trying to control but Obeh is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakke Somali showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Somali getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Somali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Somali gets caught flat footed, as Obeh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Obeh drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Obeh jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Somali manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Obeh manages to get himself to full guard.
Obeh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Obeh is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Somali wanted to stand there but Obeh had control of the position.
Obeh wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Somali is now in half guard.
Obeh wants to control but Somali is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Somali moves nicely into side control.
Obeh tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Somali decides to stand back up. Somali steps back and let's Obeh get back to his feet.
Somali throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obeh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Obeh manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Somali on his heels. He'll look to pass Somali's guard now, I'm sure.
Somali is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Obeh stopping the sweep attempt from Somali.
Obeh being controlled here momentarily.
Somali looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sakke Somali.
Somali misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Somali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Somali. That's going to slow Obeh down.
Nice defenses there by Obeh.
Obeh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Somali sprawls well. Somali wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Obeh gets slowly back to his feet.
Somali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Obeh.
Pabpy Obeh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Somali misses with a kick to the body.
That kick from Somali tenderised Obeh's leg. Obeh is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Obeh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Somali.
Somali takes one on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sakke Somali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Somali has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sakke Somali!
Sakke Somali tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.