PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan TheMan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soto comes to the cage accompanied by Valesca Popozuda - Beijinho No Ombro . TheMan has chosen Get Up Again as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Soto
vs
TheMan

181 cm
32
193 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

181 cm
35
202 lbs
33 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Augusto Soto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 25 - 1, fighting out of London, Stan TheMan!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
TheMan is looking to slow Soto down with leg kicks.
Soto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
TheMan misses the shot to the body.
TheMan throws out a loose jab but Soto uses good head movement to avoid it.
TheMan missing with a left hand there. Soto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
TheMan throws a body punch but Soto moves out of range.

TheMan clinches up against the cage.
Soto goes for a takedown attempt but TheMan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Soto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soto tries to move into range but TheMan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
TheMan misses with an uppercut. Soto saw that one coming.
Soto tries to counter by moving into the clinch but TheMan manages to circle out of the way.
TheMan connects with a body shot.
TheMan misses the shot to the body.
Soto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. TheMan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TheMan lands the left hand.
Soto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
TheMan throws a head kick that misses.
TheMan circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Soto to the canvas! Soto doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - TheMan keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stan TheMan!
A relieved looking Stan TheMan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.