PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Sonderland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pooja Jakhotia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonderland comes to the cage accompanied by Wkurwiony Dzieciak. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Pooja Jakhotia was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Sonderland
vs
Jakhotia

187 cm
19
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Sonderland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pooja Jakhotia!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Sonderland. Beautiful body shot.
Jakhotia throws a head kick that misses.
Jakhotia fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sonderland avoids it really well and circles away.
Jakhotia lands with a nice combination. Sonderland backs away looking to recover.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sonderland.
Sonderland is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jakhotia's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sonderland's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sonderland advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakhotia is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sonderland scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jakhotia?
Jakhotia is desperately trying to improve his position but Sonderland has a good base and remains in mount.
Jakhotia tries to improve his position but instead Sonderland has taken his back!
Jakhotia just trying to survive but Sonderland is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Sonderland has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Jakhotia's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jakhotia grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

Sonderland is working for a rear naked choke. Jakhotia is not defending it well and Sonderland has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Jakhotia refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Jakhotia's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Steve Sonderland!