PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamil Wecowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sobral kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Eros Ramazzotti - Un'Emozione Per Sempre . Wecowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gedz - Gucci Gucci kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sobral
vs
Wecowski

150 cm
20
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antonio Sobral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kamil Wecowski!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sobral looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wecowski. Sobral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sobral throws an off balance right hand
and Wecowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sobral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wecowski.
Wecowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sobral is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wecowski.
Sobral uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wecowski.
Wecowski misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wecowski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sobral looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral is looking to clinch but Wecowski is avoiding it.
Sobral closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wecowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sobral is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sobral tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Wecowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Wecowski misses.
Wecowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wecowski takes a swing at Sobral's ribcage but misses.
Sobral is looking to counter the offense by Wecowski and move into the clinch.
Sobral uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wecowski.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Wecowski with that takedown attempt.
Sobral wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sobral is looking to clinch but Wecowski is avoiding it.

Sobral has Wecowski up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wecowski dodges an elbow strike from Sobral.
Wecowski blocks an elbow strike from Sobral.
Sobral throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sobral blocks an uppercut.
Wecowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wecowski is trying to break the clinch but Sobral has him pressed against the ropes.
Wecowski throws a head punch that misses.

Wecowski breaks from the clinch.
Sobral keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wecowski.
Sobral tries to counter by clinching up but Wecowski breaks away and moves out of range.
Wecowski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sobrals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sobral moves into range and clinches up with Wecowski.
Sobral misses with an elbow strike.
Wecowski managing to block the knees to the body from Sobral.
Wecowski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sobrals head.
Wecowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wecowski avoiding damage as Sobral throws knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Sobral has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Nice elbow from Sobral.
Wecowski on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wecowski lands with a short shot to the head.
Wecowski stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wecowski receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wecowski takes an elbow to the temple.
Wecowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Sobral looking to throw knees to the head but Wecowski is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobral taking a breather.
Wecowski blocks an elbow strike from Sobral.
Wecowski lands with a left to the head.

Wecowski gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wecowski controlling the action here.
Sobral wants to control but Wecowski is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sobral wants to improve his position but Wecowski is controlling well.
Wecowski stalling.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wecowski is stalling here. Sobral is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Wecowski seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sobral has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kamil Wecowski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A lazy left from Wecowski finds it's target.
Wecowski misses with a hook. Sobral ducked under it nicely.
Sobral is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sobral takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wecowski throws the left hand but Sobral avoids the punch easily.
Sobral tries to clinch but Wecowski moves away
and Wecowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobral drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sobral wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wecowski. Sobral does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wecowski lands with a cross.
Wecowski fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Sobral gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wecowski managing to block the knees to the body from Sobral.
Wecowski is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sobral is defending well.
Wecowski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Sobral pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Wecowski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wecowski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wecowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wecowski is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wecowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobral.
Antonio Sobral has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sobral throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sobral prevents Wecowski from breaking the clinch.
Wecowski misses with the head strike.
Sobral crunches a lovely knee into Wecowski's ribcage.
Wecowski blocks the elbow strike.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobral landing knees to the body.
Sobral lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wecowski managing to block the knees to the body from Sobral.
Sobral missing with knees to the body.
Wecowski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobral effectively controlling the action here.
Sobral gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Wecowski.
Antonio Sobral has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kamil Wecowski.
Wecowski misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wecowski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wecowski.
Sobral comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Kamil Wecowski has been cut.
Wecowski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sobral pushes off an throws an elbow but Wecowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sobral pushes off an throws an elbow but Wecowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Wecowski blocks an elbow strike.
Wecowski lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sobral backwards.
Sobral lands an elbow inside.
Sobral lands an elbow inside that Wecowski shrugs off.
Sobral tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wecowski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sobral tries to land knees in the clinch but Wecowski avoids the damage to the body.
Wecowski has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sobral after a bit of a struggle.
Sobral blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Wecowski on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wecowski tries to circle away but Sobral has him pinned against the ropes.
Wecowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wecowski wants a takedown.
Wecowski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Wecowski lands with a light punch inside.
Wecowski is trying to drag Sobral to the mat but Sobral just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Wecowski dodges an elbow strike from Sobral.
Wecowski blocks the elbow strike.
Sobral looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sobral pushes off an throws an elbow but Wecowski leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sobral blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wecowski avoiding damage as Sobral throws knees to the body.
Wecowski is looking to control Sobral's arms but Sobral gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wecowski has his back to the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wecowski.
Wecowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wecowski.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Sobral throws an elbow but misses.
Sobral lands an elbow inside.
Sobral misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kamil Wecowski will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Kamil Wecowski's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Sobral wants to clinch up but Wecowski keeps it at a distance.
A nice side step and Wecowski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Sobral.
Sobral is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wecowski.
Wecowski thuds his right hand into Sobral's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wecowski misses with a left hand

and Sobral counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wecowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobral.
Wecowski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobral lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wecowski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wecowski is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wecowski wants to take the fight to the mat but Sobral manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sobral tries to land knees in the clinch but Wecowski avoids the damage to the body.
Wecowski lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wecowski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wecowski is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sobral pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wecowski is looking to control Sobral's arms but Sobral gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wecowski has his back to the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral working Wecowski over with knees to the body.
Wecowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sobral lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sobral gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wecowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wecowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Sobral.
Wecowski misses with the head strike.
Wecowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobral misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wecowski.
Wecowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sobral misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sobral.
Wecowski fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wecowski stalling in the clinch but Sobral improves position.
Sobral crunches a lovely knee into Wecowski's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sobral just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wecowski's brow.
Sobral missing with knees to the body.
Wecowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobral.
Sobral creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wecowski's defenses.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wecowski avoids it.
Antonio Sobral has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wecowski blocks an elbow strike from Sobral.
Wecowski misses with some punches.
Wecowski dodges an elbow strike from Sobral.
Sobral lands an elbow inside.
Sobral throws an elbow but it misses.
Wecowski wants to stall.
Wecowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobral.
Sobral looking to stall.
Sobral blocks an uppercut.
Sobral scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sobral - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wecowski wants to stall.
Wecowski misses with a body punch.
Sobral is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wecowski is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobral throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobral.
Sobral lands a nice elbow.
Sobral tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wecowski avoids it.
Sobral throws an elbow that misses.
Sobral looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Wecowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Wecowski breaks from the clinch.

Sobral has managed to clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sobral just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wecowski's brow.
Wecowski scores with a shot to the side of Sobral's head.
Sobral throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wecowski lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sobral pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wecowski creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sobral is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Antonio Sobral has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kamil Wecowski.
Wecowski throws a punch but it's blocked by Sobral.
Sobral creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wecowski's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wecowski manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wecowski shoots for a takedown but Sobral saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wecowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wecowski misses with a looping left.
Sobral tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wecowski manages to circle out of the way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sobral looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sobral tries to clinch up.
A countering left hand to the body from Wecowski misses.
Sobral is looking to clinch but Wecowski is avoiding it.
Wecowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sobral sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sobral tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wecowski swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Sobral showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wecowski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kamil Wecowski!
After winning the bout, Kamil Wecowski thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.