PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Bryan (ranked 1040 p4p, 142 weight class) and Yka Sonni (ranked 2691 p4p, 306 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bryan
vs
Sonni

170 cm
26
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

181 cm
25
179 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomi Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yka Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sonni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bryan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sonni throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Bryan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sonni tries to buck Bryan off but Bryan is having none of it.
Sonni takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bryan looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sonni is avoiding damage well.
Sonni parries the strikes from Bryan easily there. Bryan is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sonni to escape.
Sonni is looking for a sweep.
Bryan throwing strikes but Sonni manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Bryan has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bryan gets back to half guard.
Bryan is looking for a sweep. Sonni is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bryan is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bryan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bryan wants to sweep but no luck.
Sonni looking to sit in guard and control but Bryan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bryan chips away with some ground and pound.
Bryan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bryan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bryan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sonni utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sonni utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bryan pushes down on Sonni's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bryan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bryan drops an elbow to the side of Sonni's head.
Bryan working over Sonni with some ground and pound. Sonni looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bryan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sonni's head.
Sonni is not content to let Bryan control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sonni is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bryan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Still in half guard, Bryan seems content to control.
Sonni taking some punishment here, with Bryan in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bryan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bryan content to control rather than advance.
Bryan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sonni with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bryan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bryan controlling the action here.
Bryan winds up and cracks Sonni with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Sonni is rocked!

It looks like Yka Sonni has been cut.
Bryan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sonni defending well though.
Bryan working over Sonni with some ground and pound. Sonni looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bryan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sonni is still in real trouble! Can Bryan finish him?

That has opened up Yka Sonni's cut even more.
Bryan creates some space for himself and unloads with a monster right hand! That one landed with a sickening thud - Sonni is out cold and this one is all over! Bryan climbs onto the cage to celebrate with his corner!! He's shouting something into the camera but he's still got his mouthpiece in so God knows what he's actually saying.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tomi Bryan!
Tomi Bryan bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.