PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Socha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilafat Urskilz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ilafat Urskilz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Socha
vs
Urskilz

185 cm
31
175 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

164 cm
31
143 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)

Pearson Specter Litt

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Socha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ilafat Urskilz!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urskilz misses with a body shot.
Socha sizes up Urskilz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Urskilz's coach down at THC playhouse was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Urskilz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Urskilz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Urskilz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Socha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Urskilz thows a leg kick but Socha checks it
and Socha counters with a nice leg kick.
Socha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Socha blocks the body kick.
Socha looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Urskilz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Donk. Socha catches Urskilz right on the button with a cross.
Socha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Socha lands a nice shot that snaps Urskilz's head back.
Urskilz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
An inside leg kick from Urskilz misses.
Socha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Urskilz. That did some damage!
Urskilz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Socha is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Socha looks to throw the jab but Urskilz is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urskilz throws a body punch but Socha moves out of range.
Urskilz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Socha rushes Urskilz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Socha stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Urskilz.
A head punch on the inside from Socha fails to land.
Socha tries to throw a body punch but Urskilz avoids it by throwing Socha back against the cage.
Socha lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Socha fails to land.
Socha lands a nice shot to the body.
Urskilz misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Urskilz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Socha misses with a body punch.
Urskilz tries a body shot but Socha blocks it.
Urskilz looking to throw knees to the head but Socha is blocking nicely.
Socha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Urskilz is defending well for now.
Urskilz has a couple of punches blocked by Socha.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Urskilz.
Urskilz lands a nice knee to the body.
Socha is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Socha fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urskilz digs a right hand underneath Socha's ribcage. Socha let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Socha misses with a punch on the inside.
Urskilz lands a left hand.
Urskilz misses with a punch on the inside.
Socha tries a body shot but Urskilz blocks it.
Socha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Urskilz.
Urskilz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Urskilz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Socha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Socha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
Urskilz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Socha backwards.
Urskilz slowing the pace effectively.
Socha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urskilz throws a head punch that misses.
Socha misses with an elbow strike.
Urskilz blocks an uppercut.
Socha takes a knee to the side of the body.
Urskilz has a couple of punches blocked by Socha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Urskilz.
Urskilz is leaning against Socha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Urskilz works on Socha's body with a couple of short punches.
Urskilz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Socha up against the cage.
Socha tries to throw a body punch but Urskilz avoids it by throwing Socha back against the cage.
Urskilz scores with a knee to the head.
Socha tries a body shot but Urskilz blocks it.
Socha has a couple of punches blocked by Urskilz.
Still in the clinch, Urskilz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Urskilz stalling in the clinch but Socha improves position.
Urskilz has a couple of punches blocked by Socha.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Urskilz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Socha's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Socha.
Socha landing knees to the body.
Socha tries to land knees in the clinch but Urskilz avoids the damage to the body.
Urskilz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Socha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Urskilz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urskilz is looking to control Socha's arms but Socha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urskilz has his back to the cage.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Urskilz.
Socha working aggressively here.
Urskilz throws a punch but it's blocked by Socha.
Urskilz is trying to stall.
Socha landing knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Socha is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Socha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urskilz.
Socha working aggressively here.
Urskilz tries to land knees in the clinch but Socha avoids the damage to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Socha tries to stall but Urskilz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Socha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Urskilz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Socha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right from Socha.
Urskilz trying to control the position but instead, Socha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Urskilz into the cage.
Urskilz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Urskilz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Urskilz.
Urskilz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Socha takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Socha trying to control the position but instead, Urskilz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Socha into the cage.
Urskilz lands a shot to the body.
Socha scores with a shoulder strike.
Socha lands an uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Socha.
Urskilz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Urskilz.
Urskilz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Urskilz lands a shoulder strike.
Socha lands a shoulder strike.
Urskilz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Socha avoiding damage as Urskilz throws knees to the body.
Urskilz lands a hook that snaps the head of Socha backwards.
A short left from Urskilz.
Socha misses with a punch on the inside.
Socha working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Socha swings wildly with an uppercut but Urskilz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Urskilz.
Socha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Socha lands a nice uppercut.
Socha managing to block the knees to the body from Urskilz.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Urskilz blocks an elbow strike from Socha.
Socha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Socha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Socha.
Socha tries to work over Urskilz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Socha misses with some punches.
Socha lands a body shot.
Urskilz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Urskilz.
Urskilz is looking to control Socha's arms but Socha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urskilz has his back to the cage.
Socha misses with a punch to the body.
Urskilz looking to throw knees to the head but Socha is blocking nicely.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Urskilz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Socha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Socha has a couple of punches blocked by Urskilz.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Socha as Urskilz tries to tie him up.
Socha is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Socha - that landed with a thud.
Urskilz working Socha over with knees to the body.
Urskilz lands a shoulder strike.
Urskilz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Socha cracks Urskilz with a nice body shot.
Urskilz looking to stall.
Socha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Urskilz.
Socha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Socha takes a knee right on the jaw!
Socha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Socha working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Socha.
Urskilz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Socha.
Still in the clinch, Socha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Urskilz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Socha backwards.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Urskilz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Urskilz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Socha misses with a punch on the inside.
Urskilz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sochas head.
Socha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Socha.
Socha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Urskilz throws a head punch that misses.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
Urskilz misses with some punches.
Socha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Urskilz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urskilz misses with a punch on the inside.
Urskilz is looking to control Socha's arms but Socha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Urskilz has his back to the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Socha swings wildly with an uppercut but Urskilz uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Urskilz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Urskilz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Urskilz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ilafat Urskilz.
I think Urskilz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 9:10
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 9:10
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ilafat Urskilz!
An out of breath Ilafat Urskilz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.