PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sofoklis Aristotelis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sofoklis Aristotelis has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Aristotelis
vs
Speed

225 cm
28
265 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

200 cm
39
241 lbs
42 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sofoklis Aristotelis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Speed!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aristotelis takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Speed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Aristotelis counters by moving into the clinch.

Speed is trying to trip Aristotelis. He has hold of a leg but Aristotelis is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Speed persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Speed postures up and lands a big shot to Aristotelis's brow.
Speed working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Aristotelis has momentary wrist control but Speed slips an elbow through the middle.
Speed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Aristotelis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Aristotelis is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Aristotelis wants to sweep but no luck.
Aristotelis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Speed is fighting to break Aristotelis's control of his arms but Aristotelis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Aristotelis wants to stand up but Speed is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed throws a big elbow that misses.

Aristotelis uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Donk. Speed catches Aristotelis right on the button with a cross.

Aristotelis closes the distance and clinches.
Speed drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aristotelis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aristotelis walks into a jab.

Aristotelis clinches up with Speed and pushes him back against the cage.
Speed misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Aristotelis.
Speed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aristotelis lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Daniel Speed has been cut.
Aristotelis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Speed backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aristotelis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis misses with the head strike.
Aristotelis lands an elbow just above Speed 's eye.

Speed manages to break the clinch.

Aristotelis drives through and clinches with Speed against the cage.
Aristotelis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Speed backwards.

That has opened up Daniel Speed's cut even more.
Aristotelis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aristotelis lands a nice uppercut.
Speed avoids the elbow strike from Aristotelis, against the cage.
Speed is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Speed wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Aristotelis is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sofoklis Aristotelis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Speed.
Speed throws a head punch that misses.
Aristotelis is pressed up against the cage. Speed has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Aristotelis down to the mat. Aristotelis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Speed or perhaps it was just good defense by Aristotelis, which made it look bad.
Speed connects with a crisp jab.
Aristotelis tries to clinch but Speed is having none of it.
Sofoklis Aristotelis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Speed has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis doesn't manage to clinch there - Speed circles away.
Aristotelis tries to clinch up.
Speed has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

The cut above Daniel Speed's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Speed shoots in looking for a takedown. Aristotelis tries to sprawl out of it but Speed keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Aristotelis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aristotelis throws a big counter combination but Speed scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Daniel Speed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Speed throws a leg kick
and Aristotelis counters with a body kick.
Aristotelis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Aristotelis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aristotelis lands a right hand.
Aristotelis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Aristotelis.
Speed goes for a takedown attempt but Aristotelis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Speed looks for a takedown but Aristotelis sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aristotelis tries to clinch but Speed moves out of range.
Aristotelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aristotelis is looking to clinch but Speed is avoiding it.
Aristotelis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Aristotelis duly obliges.

Daniel Speed's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Speed misses with a hook. Aristotelis ducked under it nicely.
Aristotelis tries to clinch but Speed is having none of it.
Aristotelis feints and then cracks Speed's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Speed down.
Aristotelis throws a right and a left that Speed avoids nicely.
Speed fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Speed keeps the fight on the outside.
Speed shoots in for a double leg but Aristotelis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aristotelis is looking to clinch.
Aristotelis stuns Speed with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aristotelis moves into the clinch.
Speed blocks an elbow strike from Aristotelis.
Speed can't find room to land a body shot as Aristotelis controls the action.

Speed breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sofoklis Aristotelis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Speed's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Aristotelis tries to clinch up.
Speed throws a head kick but Aristotelis moves out of range.
Speed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt.
Aristotelis wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Aristotelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Speed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aristotelis fails to land with a series of punches.
Speed takes a swing at Aristotelis's ribcage but misses.
Aristotelis slips under a jab.
Aristotelis half committed to a counter leg kick.
Aristotelis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Speed.
Aristotelis really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aristotelis moves in looking to clinch but Speed pushes him off.
Speed misses with an uppercut

and Aristotelis counters by moving into the clinch.
Speed blocks an elbow strike from Aristotelis.
Aristotelis throws a punch but it's blocked by Speed.
Aristotelis throws a head punch that misses.
Speed blocks the elbow strike.
Aristotelis lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed prevents a body shot from Aristotelis.
Speed has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Aristotelis avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Speed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speed connects with a right hand. Aristotelis shakes it off.
Aristotelis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Speed paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aristotelis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aristotelis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aristotelis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Speed swats away the attempt to clinch by Aristotelis.
Aristotelis is looking to clinch but Speed is avoiding it.
Aristotelis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Speed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt.
Sofoklis Aristotelis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Speed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aristotelis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Aristotelis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aristotelis throws a combination. Speed tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Daniel Speed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Speed shoots in looking for a takedown but Aristotelis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Speed's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Speed misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Speed jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aristotelis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aristotelis wants to clinch.
Aristotelis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Aristotelis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aristotelis walks into a straight right hand from Speed.
Aristotelis tries to close the distance and clinch but Speed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aristotelis wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speed lands a jab to the head.
Aristotelis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Speed can do to turn this around?
Aristotelis misses with the combination.
Speed tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Aristotelis connects with a high kick.
Speed lands with a straight right. Aristotelis didn't see that one coming.
Speed throws a head kick that misses.
Aristotelis is looking for a counter combo.
Speed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Speed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aristotelis.
Good standup being displayed there by Aristotelis as he connects with a hook.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Daniel Speed's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sofoklis Aristotelis!
Sofoklis Aristotelis took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, GREEN!160 for their support in the buildup to the fight.