PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ari Sybert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sybert comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Victory kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ronaldo Souza had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 187.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Souza
vs
Sybert

182 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
20
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Good kicks
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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ronaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ari Sybert!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sybert throws a head kick but Souza moves out of range.
Sybert scores with a head kick.
Sybert with a nice cross.
Ari Sybert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sybert takes a swing at Souza's ribcage but misses.
Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sybert throws a head kick but Souza moves out of range.
Souza takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Souza is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sybert throws a shot to the body.
Oh Souza is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Souza is breathing heavily.
Souza switches off momentarily and Sybert cracks him with a monster right hand! Souza topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Sybert dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Sybert!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ari Sybert!