PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vasiliy Sobolev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albert Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobolev's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ya kuplu tebe dom. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sobolev
vs
Fish

201 cm
41
265 lbs
29 - 38 - 0

183 cm
28
176 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vasiliy Sobolev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albert Fish!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sobolev moves out of range of the strikes.
Fish ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fish throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fish slips under a jab.
Fish throws a low kick but Sobolev avoids it.
That kick from Fish tenderised Sobolev's leg. Sobolev is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sobolev closes the distance and clinches up with Fish, looking for a takedown. Sobolev pushes Fish against the cage but Fish circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fish tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sobolev shoots in but Fish avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fish blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobolev needs to keep his hands up - Fish had a free shot at his head there.
Fish connects with a solid leg kick.
Fish jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Fish. No joy for Sobolev on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vasiliy Sobolev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fish lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish misses with an uppercut.
Fish misses with a hook.
Fish misses with an uppercut.
Sobolev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fish sprawls well. Fish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sobolev gets slowly back to his feet.
Fish keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fish defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sobolev.
Sobolev takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sobolev misses with a double jab.
Fish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sobolev.
Fish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sobolev misses with a series of wild punches.
Sobolev shoots in for a double leg but Fish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish throws a leg kick which misses Sobolev's front leg but catches the back leg as Sobolev tries to avoid it.
Fish misses with an uppercut.
Sobolev moves out of range as Fish strikes.
Fish dodges the punch combination from Sobolev.
Fish lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sobolev takes a step back to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fish throws an off balance right hand
and Sobolev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Albert Fish has been cut.
Sobolev looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fish avoids the body shot from Sobolev.
Sobolev fails with the takedown.
Sobolev defending well as Fish loads up on a big left hand.
Fish looks to land a left hand but Sobolev moved out of range nicely.
Fish moves out of range of the strikes.
Sobolev fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fish manages to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sobolev.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev misses with a body shot
and Fish makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sobolev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fish.
Fish scoring well with a low kick there.
Fish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sobolev scores with a sloppy right hand. Fish should have avoided that one.
Fish uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sobolev.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sobolev enables Fish to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sobolev manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fish stopping the sweep attempt from Sobolev.
Fish wants to stand but Sobolev is controlling his posture from full guard.
Fish postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fish tries to stand but Sobolev is controlling from the bottom.
Sobolev is controlling Fish's posture.
Fish wants to get up but he can't break Sobolev's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sobolev throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sobolev sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sobolev blocks a low kick nicely.
Fish misses with a low kick.
Sobolev is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fish.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sobolev shoots in for a double leg but Fish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Albert Fish dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Albert Fish's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sobolev shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fish but Fish pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sobolev throws a series of strikes that have Fish backpedaling.
Sobolev shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fish sprawls well. Fish wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sobolev gets slowly back to his feet.
Sobolev walks into a stiff left hand from Fish.
Sobolev walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fish has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fish throws a hook to the side of Sobolev's head but Sobolev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sobolev missing with a left hand there. Fish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fish feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sobolev's calf.
A good leg kick by Fish.
Fish thows a left - swing and a miss!

Sobolev shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fish manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobolev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sobolev throwing strikes from guard but Fish blocks nicely.
Sobolev throwing strikes but missing.
Sobolev stopping the sweep attempt from Fish.
Sobolev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fish utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fish is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish preventing the sweep.
Sobolev is pulling down on Fish's head. It's preventing any offense from Fish, at least for the moment.
Fish wanted to stand there but Sobolev had control of the position.
Sobolev is trying to control the position but Fish postures up.

Fish stands up from Sobolev's guard - Fish perhaps looking for a knockout.
Fish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Sobolev counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sobolev pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fish is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sobolev will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sobolev throws a strike but Fish rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Fish postures up.
Sobolev trying to control the position here.
Fish wants to stand but Sobolev has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Sobolev managing to control the position.
Sobolev continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sobolev looking for a sweep. Not yet Sobolev, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fish has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sobolev is proving hard to escape from.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sobolev takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A left lands for Fish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sobolev shoots in for a takedown but Fish shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vasiliy Sobolev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobolev staying out of range there.
Sobolev circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Albert Fish will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Albert Fish's cut.
That's time! Sobolev's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fish's corner calls for a 1-2. Fish obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sobolev looks to score with a jab to the body but Fish is just out of range.
Sobolev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fish.
A jab from Fish misses.
Sobolev shoots in for a double leg but Fish sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sobolev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Sobolev closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fish sneaks back into half guard.
Sobolev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobolev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sobolev not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fish wants to get back to full guard.
Vasiliy Sobolev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobolev throwing shots but Fish is blocking nicely.
Sobolev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fish is trying to control but can't.
Fish keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sobolev throws a strike but Fish avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sobolev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sobolev throws an elbow that misses. Fish uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sobolev's guard. Nice move by Fish!

Fish trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sobolev's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fish wants to stand and escape but instead Sobolev has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Fish pulls Sobolev in close to his closed guard and prevents Sobolev from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sobolev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sobolev throws an elbow that misses. Fish uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sobolev's guard. Nice move by Fish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fish gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nice takedown defense from Sobolev. No joy for Fish on that attempt.
Sobolev dives in for a single leg takedown but Fish sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Fish tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobolev avoids it.
Fish trying to land knees to the body.
Albert Fish is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fish is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sobolev is defending well for now.
Fish tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sobolev avoids it.
Fish gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sobolev is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fish pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vasiliy Sobolev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sobolev drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fish gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sobolev is working for takedown but Fish is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobolev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sobolev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sobolev changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fish fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sobolev misses with a body shot.
Sobolev fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Fish avoids it really well and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fish.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sobolev looks to throw the jab but Fish is out of range.
Vasiliy Sobolev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fish connects with a leg kick. Sobolev looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fish works Sobolev's body with a nice hook.
Vasiliy Sobolev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fish slips under a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Albert Fish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fish winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Fish!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Albert Fish made sure he mentioned VIRAL COMBAT, along with how happy he was to win his fight.