PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Socha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz has chosen Everyday as his entrance music. Karl Socha could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cormac Gutz's chin.

Socha
vs
Gutz

185 cm
30
175 lbs
29 - 10 - 0

185 cm
33
179 lbs
26 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Socha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Socha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gutz.
Gutz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Socha.
A chopping leg kick lands by Socha.
Both fighters circling a little - Socha finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gutz is looking to land body kicks.
Socha throws a sloppy head kick

and Gutz counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Socha!
Sloppy strikes there by Gutz.
Socha is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gutz off and has taken his back!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Socha lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Socha avoiding Gutz 's attempts to control his hands.
Socha wants to control but Gutz is keeping busy.
Gutz manages to reverse the position and now he's in Socha's guard. Nice work there by Gutz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gutz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gutz is pushing down on Socha's leg trying to pass to half guard. Socha is fighting to maintain full guard but Gutz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gutz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Socha's head.
Gutz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gutz wants to pass to mount but Socha is defending the position.
Gutz throws a strike but Socha avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gutz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gutz looking to sit in guard and control but Socha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Socha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gutz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Socha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Socha working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gutz seems keen to control Socha's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Socha sitting in guard here, content to control.
Socha throws a strike but Gutz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Socha avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz trying to control the position from guard on top but Socha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Socha has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Socha has momentary wrist control but Gutz slips an elbow through the middle.
Socha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gutz.
Socha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
We've been told by Socha's head coaches at The Cooker that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gutz moves away from the strike by Socha.
Gutz with the counter takedown but Socha avoids it easily.
Socha throws a big shot that misses.
Gutz swings widly with a right hand
and Socha counters with a low kick, right behind Gutz 's knee.
Jab, jab by Gutz - just one landing.
Gutz misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Socha misses the target.
Gutz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Socha fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gutz checks it well.
A left lands for Gutz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socha doesn't manage to clinch there - Gutz circles away.
Gutz's coach down at Demon's Elite Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gutz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Socha moves out of range as Gutz strikes.
Nice jab there from Socha.
Cormac Gutz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Gutz. Beautiful body shot.
Socha lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Socha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gutz throws out the jab.
Nice body punch from Gutz.
Gutz misses with a head kick.
Gutz lunges at Socha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Socha's hand.
Gutz tries to work over Socha's front leg with a kick but Socha checks it.
Gutz thumps Socha with a low kick.
Socha blocks a jab.
A big left from Socha misses.
Gutz tries to clinch up.
Gutz wants to slow Socha down by chopping away at his legs.
Gutz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It appears Socha was looking to counter with a kick there.
Gutz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Socha connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gutz scrambles back to his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Socha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gutz.
Socha lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Socha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gutz.
Gutz is looking to clinch but Socha is avoiding it.
Socha was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gutz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Socha tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Gutz defends well and Socha ends up having to push Gutz into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Socha misses with a low kick.
Socha throws a good cross that connects.
Socha scores with a nice body kick.

Gutz has managed to clinch.
Gutz has a couple of punches blocked by Socha.
Socha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gutz blocking some punches.
Gutz blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Socha.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
Come on Socha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gutz misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gutz gets through Socha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Socha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gutz's elbow.
Gutz misses with a punch to the body.
Gutz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Socha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gutz swings wildly with an uppercut but Socha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gutz has a couple of punches blocked by Socha.
Socha blocks an elbow strike from Gutz.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
Gutz tries to throw a body punch but Socha avoids it by throwing Gutz back against the cage.
Gutz tries to work over Socha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Socha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gutz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gutz misses with a hook to the ribs.

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

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gutz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Socha misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gutz throws a jab but it's blocked by Socha.
Gutz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gutz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gutz.
Gutz 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.

Gutz gets caught flat footed, as Socha shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Socha throws a big elbow that misses.
Socha controlling from the top position.
Socha won't allow Gutz to sweep him here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Socha accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gutz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gutz throws a big right hand that misses.
Socha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gutz trying to control but Socha is working from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gutz stopping the sweep attempt from Socha.
Gutz controls from within his opponent's guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Socha scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gutz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gutz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Socha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Gutz.
Socha misses with a hook. Gutz ducked under it nicely.
Socha misses with a double jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Socha.
Gutz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Socha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gutz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Socha.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cormac Gutz.
I think Gutz 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 10:9
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Cormac Gutz!
Cormac Gutz bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.