PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vic Sotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Green
vs
Sotto

177 cm
33
180 lbs
17 - 18 - 1

180 cm
26
155 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vic Sotto!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Sotto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sotto.
Sotto has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Green is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Green misses with a series of wild punches.
Sotto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Green showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sotto.
A punch combination from Sotto misses.
Sotto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice cross by Sotto.
Green throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sotto looks to land a left hand but Green moved out of range nicely.
Green throws a nice looking combination but Sotto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Green displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sotto throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sotto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sotto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Green circles away quickly and effectively.
Green lands with a nice combination. Sotto backs away looking to recover.
Sotto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Green is looking to clinch but Sotto is avoiding it.
Green avoids a punch combination nicely.
Green lands a two punch combo.

Sotto is rocked!
Sotto swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sotto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sotto throws a right hand that Green ducks under and follows up with a left that Green also avoids with ease.
Green tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sotto defends well and Green ends up having to push Sotto into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Green's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Green fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sotto sprawls well initially but Green persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Green is trying for a kimura here. Sotto looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Green wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arthur Green!
Our winner, Arthur Green, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.