PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damon Adonis (ranked 3753 p4p, 5034 weight class) and John Sohal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Adonis
vs
Sohal

191 cm
25
210
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
208
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damon Adonis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Sohal!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sohal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sohal walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Adonis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adonis throws a combination that misses

and Sohal counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Adonis!
Sohal misses with the ground and pound.
Sohal controlling the position from side mount.
Adonis keeping his opponent close.
Sohal working the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohal working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Sohal working the ground and pound.
Adonis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sohal on the ground.
Adonis dodges the ground and pound from Sohal.
Adonis gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sohal putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sohal lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Adonis hang on?
Sohal controlling from the full mount.
Sohal scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sohal lands a big shot there that rocks Adonis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sohal tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Adonis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sohal controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Sohal 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adonis tries to hold on but Sohal pushes him away.
Adonis is desperately trying to improve his position but Sohal has a good base and remains in mount.
Sohal punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sohal looking to finish with strikes here!
Sohal thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Sohal looking for a guillotine from mount but Adonis is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Sohal there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sohal punching from mount but Adonis doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sohal has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Adonis's face.
Sohal looking to finish with strikes here!
Sohal controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sohal unloads with some shots from mount but Adonis bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Sohal there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Adonis is bucking up trying to escape but Sohal cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sohal is landing with some decent strikes but Adonis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Sohal dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Adonis dips to his left and cracks Sohal with an uppercut!
A lazy left from Adonis finds it's target.
Sohal looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Adonis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Adonis misses with a hook

and Sohal counters with a takedown into side control.
Sohal looks up at the clock and then as Adonis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sohal smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sohal taking a breather here.
Sohal wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adonis keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohal just content to control the position.
Adonis can't do much from the bottom here.
Adonis prevents Sohal from improving position.
Sohal lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Adonis down.
Sohal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sohal lands a decent elbow from side control.
Adonis struggling a bit here.
Sohal takes a little break here. Adonis wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Adonis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sohal.
Sohal slows the pace down.
Adonis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sohal lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The ground and pound from Sohal seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sohal wants to control but Adonis is keeping him busy.
Sohal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sohal lands an elbow.
Sohal just content to control the position.
Sohal tries to score with some ground and pound. Adonis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The strikes coming from Sohal are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sohal in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.

Sohal is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Adonis has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sohal throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Adonis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sohal.
Sohal passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Adonis!

Sohal jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Adonis manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sohal works to advance to full mount. Adonis defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sohal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Sohal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Adonis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Sohal counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sohal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sohal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sohal sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sohal throwing strikes from guard but Adonis blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohal is stalling in the full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Adonis wants to sweep here but Sohal controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Adonis throws a poor cross that misses

and Sohal counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Sohal drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sohal jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sohal controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sohal passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sohal working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
A lull in the action here as Sohal stalls from top position.
Sohal working the head and body with strikes.
Adonis seems a little lost for a moment, as Sohal dominates the positioning.
Sohal creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Adonis can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adonis is letting Sohal control him for a moment.
Sohal working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Sohal tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sohal working the ground and pound from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sohal remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Damon Adonis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sohal working the head with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Sohal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sohal winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Sohal!