PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Sosa (ranked 7004 p4p, 442 weight class) and Roberto Soldic (ranked 6688 p4p, 433 weight class). Soldic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Come With Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Roberto Soldic will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Sosa
vs
Soldic

175 cm
19
151 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcello Sosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Roberto Soldic!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic loads up on a big right hand but Sosa slips the punch.
Sosa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Sosa takes the fight into the clinch.
Sosa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Soldic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Soldic tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Soldic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Soldic blocks an elbow strike.

Soldic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sosa catches Soldic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soldic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sosa has time to react.
Soldic misses with an uppercut.
Soldic throws a lazy uppercut
and Sosa counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Roberto Soldic has been cut.
Sosa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Soldic.

Sosa has closed the distance and engaged Soldic in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soldic struggles to land a body shot inside as Sosa controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soldic lands a right hand.
Sosa lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soldic.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sosa.
Sosa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sosa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Soldic.
Sosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Soldic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soldic misses with a punch on the inside.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Sosa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Soldic has had enough of the clinch but Sosa keeps him there for the moment.
Soldic tries to pull guard but Sosa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Soldic tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sosa.
Sosa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.
Soldic is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soldic's elbow.
Sosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sosa tries to land knees in the clinch but Soldic avoids the damage to the body.
Sosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sosa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Soldic blocks the elbow strike.
Soldic tries to throw a body punch but Sosa avoids it by throwing Soldic back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soldic's brow.
Soldic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soldic tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Soldic blocks the elbow strike.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Sosa tries to throw a body punch but Soldic avoids it by throwing Sosa back against the cage.
Sosa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Soldic avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Sosa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soldic backwards.
Sosa can't find room to land a body shot as Soldic controls the action.
Soldic tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Soldic tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Sosa.
Soldic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Soldic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soldic's efforts to push away.
Sosa lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Sosa.
Soldic is trying to break free.
Soldic is trying to break free.
Sosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Soldic won't want to take too many of those.
Soldic looks winded!
Sosa lands a shoulder strike.
Soldic avoids a wild elbow strike from Sosa.

Soldic breaks the clinch.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.
Soldic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sosa.
Despite the aggression on Soldic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Nice uppercut there from Sosa.
Soldic ducks under a wild hook from Sosa.

Sosa instigates a clinch.
Sosa trying to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soldic blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Sosa there.
A big right from Soldic misses.
Soldic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sosa moves out of range as Soldic strikes.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic misses with a straight right.
Soldic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sosa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soldic.
Soldic shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Soldic misses with a hook.
Sosa throws a hook but Soldic avoids it easily.
Soldic throws out a counter right but Sosa avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Soldic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sosa.
Soldic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sosa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Soldic throws a hook to the side of Sosa's head but Sosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic looks to land a right hand but Sosa moved out of range.
Sosa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Soldic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Soldic's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Soldic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Soldic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Jab, jab by Sosa - just one landing.
Sosa lands with a nice body punch.
Soldic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sosa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sosa misses with a looping right.
Soldic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sosa.
Sosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soldic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soldic misses with a series of wild punches.
Soldic walks into a straight right hand from Sosa.
Sosa throws the left hand but Soldic avoids the punch easily.
Sosa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sosa. Soldic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roberto Soldic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sosa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soldic throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Sosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Soldic tries to keep at a distance but Sosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soldic avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Soldic is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sosa gets through Soldic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa is controlling him.
Soldic blocks an uppercut.
Sosa lands a left hand.
Soldic tries to circle away but Sosa has him pinned against the cage.
Soldic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Soldic is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.

Soldic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sosa takes a swing at Soldic's ribcage but misses.
Marcello Sosa is winning the standup battle so far.
Soldic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sosa's head.
Soldic throws a hook but Sosa avoids it easily.
Soldic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soldic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Soldic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sosa's hands.
Sosa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soldic on the side of the head.
Soldic scores with the left hand. Sosa knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soldic lands a jab to the head.
Soldic lands a jab to Sosa's midsection.
Sosa throws a body punch but Soldic moves out of range.
Soldic connects with an inside leg kick.
Sosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Sosa misses.
Soldic moves out of range as Sosa strikes.
Soldic throws a shot from downtown. Sosa moves away and avoids it.
Sosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sosa defending well as Soldic loads up on a big left hand.
Soldic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sosa throws out the jab.
A jab from Sosa finds it's way through Soldic's defenses.
Sosa throws a big shot that misses.
Soldic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sosa circles away quickly and effectively.
Soldic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Soldic slips under a jab from Sosa.
A leg kick checked by Sosa.
Sosa is looking to counter punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sosa misses with a hook. Soldic ducked under it nicely.
Soldic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sosa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Soldic tries to keep at a distance but Sosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sosa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sosa pushes off an throws an elbow but Soldic leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sosa gets through Soldic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Soldic is trying to push Sosa away but Sosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Sosa on the inside.
Sosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sosa lands a good knee to the midsection. Soldic won't want to take too many of those.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soldic avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Soldic is trying to force a seperation but Sosa has the dominant position.
Sosa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soldic is trying to break the clinch but Sosa has him pressed against the cage.
Soldic scores with a shot to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa scores with a shot to the side of Soldic's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soldic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sosa won't allow it.
Soldic has a couple of punches blocked by Sosa.
Sosa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Soldic fails to land.
Soldic tries to break free but Sosa pushes him back against the cage.
Soldic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sosa tries a body shot but Soldic blocks it.
Soldic avoids the elbow strike from Sosa, against the cage.
Sosa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soldics head.
Marcello Sosa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sosa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Soldic is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sosa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Soldic's brow.
Sosa crunches a lovely knee into Soldic's ribcage.
Soldic dodges an elbow strike from Sosa.
Soldic wants to break the clinch but can't.
Soldic blocks an elbow strike.
Soldic blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Soldic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Soldic breaks from the clinch.
Sosa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sosa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Soldic's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sosa connects with a crisp jab.
Soldic throws an overhand right that lands on Sosa's shoulder, as Sosa tries to avoid the shot.
Sosa throws a looping overhand right but Soldic ducks down to avoid it.
Soldic misses the body punch
enabling Sosa to counter with a crisp jab.

Soldic is rocked!
Soldic throws out a leg kick but Sosa moves out of range and Soldic only half commits.
Soldic lands a glancing blow to the side of Sosa's head.
Sosa ducks under a wild hook from Soldic.
Sosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sosa dips to his left and cracks Soldic with an uppercut!
Soldic is still on wobbly legs! Can Sosa finish him?
Sosa throws a hook to the side of Soldic's head but Soldic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soldic gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sosa gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcello Sosa!
Marcello Sosa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.