PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathon Sosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Stuart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sosa
vs
Stuart

207 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

182 cm
24
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jonathon Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lee Stuart!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sosa gets caught flat footed, as Stuart shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Stuart got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sosa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Stuart has managed to get both his arms back between Sosa's legs - danger averted.

Sosa looking for a guillotine here but Stuart defends easily.
Stuart content to stall in guard here.
Sosa 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stuart sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stuart swats away the attempt to clinch by Sosa.
Stuart swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Stuart shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sosa counters with a left and a right that stings Stuart.

Stuart moves into the clinch successfully.

Stuart gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sosa wants to sweep here but Stuart controlling him for the moment.
Sosa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Sosa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stuart can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stuart content to stall in guard here.
Stuart must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sosa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stuart loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stuart throws a big right hand that misses.
Stuart controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stuart shoots in looking for a takedown but Sosa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Stuart's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Stuart pushes him off.
Sosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sosa moves in looking to clinch but Stuart pushes him off.

Stuart darts in and clinches Sosa up against the cage.
Stuart prevents the takedown attempt.
Sosa is trying to drag Stuart to the mat but Stuart just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sosa is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathon Sosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stuart is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sosa wants a takedown.
Stuart should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Stuart breaks from the clinch.

Stuart dives in and scores a takedown into Sosa's guard.
Stuart sitting in guard here, content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stuart throwing strikes from guard but Sosa blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Stuart dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathon Sosa's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stuart shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sosa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stuart sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sosa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sosa wants to sweep here but Stuart controlling him for the moment.
Sosa working a defensive guard but Stuart manages to pass into side control anyway.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sosa seems a little lost for a moment, as Stuart dominates the positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stuart fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Stuart throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Stuart are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sosa being controlled for a moment.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sosa misses with a kick to the body.

Stuart gets a takedown into half guard.
Stuart thows a huge punch but Sosa dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stuart looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Let's hope that Stuart 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.
Stuart working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa wants to get back to full guard but Stuart has mounted him!
Stuart thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Stuart sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stuart unloads with some shots from mount but Sosa bucks and avoids them well.
Sosa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Sosa is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sosa takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Stuart's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Stuart!