PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Crass Baracuta (ranked 21959 p4p, 3204 weight class) and Mordecai Sackett (ranked 706 p4p, 361 weight class). Crass Baracuta could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mordecai Sackett's chin.

Baracuta
vs
Sackett

174 cm
28
150
11 - 7 - 0

178 cm
44
155
51 - 26 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 51 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mordecai Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett throws a poor cross that misses
and Baracuta counters with a nice uppercut.
Sackett jabs at Baracuta's body.
Baracuta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Baracuta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baracuta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baracuta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sackett checks the leg kick.
Baracuta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sackett throws out the jab.
Baracuta tried to counter with a leg kick but Sackett avoided it.
Baracuta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sackett is able to avoid easily.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sackett lands a jab to Baracuta's midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baracuta digs a good hook to Sackett's body.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Baracuta.
Sackett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Baracuta's head but Baracuta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baracuta is looking to counter with a body kick.
Sackett throws a body kick that misses.
Baracuta tried to counter with a leg kick but Sackett avoided it.
Baracuta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baracuta tries to land a front kick but Sackett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A slow jab from Baracuta misses its intended target.
Sackett looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Baracuta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baracuta. Sackett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sackett scores with a hook.
Baracuta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sackett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baracuta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sackett throws a leg kick
and Baracuta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baracuta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sackett.
Sackett cracks Baracuta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Baracuta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mordecai Sackett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baracuta scores with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baracuta misses with a body kick.
Sackett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Baracuta throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a hook.
It appears Baracuta was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sackett lands with a kick to the temple. Baracuta shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A big right from Baracuta misses.
A little jabbing left from Sackett on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Baracuta misses the shot to the body.
Baracuta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sackett works the jab nicely.
Sackett connects with a jab.
Sackett is looking to chop away at Baracuta's legs.
Baracuta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sackett cracks a nice hook into Baracuta's ribs.
Baracuta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett scores with a nice strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mordecai Sackett dominated that round.
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.

Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sackett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Baracuta has time to react.
Sackett thows a leg kick but Baracuta checks it
and Baracuta counters with a nice uppercut.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Baracuta moves away and avoids it.
Baracuta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sackett swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baracuta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sackett throws a low kick but Baracuta moves out of range easily.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baracuta moves away.
Sackett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sackett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baracuta lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sackett takes a step back to recover.
A leg kick checked by Sackett.
Baracuta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baracuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Sackett misses with a leg kick
and Baracuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Sackett misses.
Sackett connects with a single shot there.
Sackett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sackett misses with a double jab
and Baracuta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baracuta is looking to land body kicks.
Baracuta slips a straight right by Sackett.
Baracuta throws a big shot that misses.
Sackett looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Baracuta just misses with a punch to the body.
Sackett throws the left hand but Baracuta avoids the punch easily.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses
and Baracuta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sackett has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sackett looks to land a left hand but Baracuta moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands with an overhand left.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baracuta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Baracuta!
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett thumps Baracuta with a low kick.

Sackett forces Baracuta back against the ropes and clinches.

Baracuta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett misses with a wild body shot.
Baracuta works Sackett's body with a nice hook.
Sackett misses with a lunging right hand
and Baracuta counters with a body kick that stops Sackett in his tracks momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Sackett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sackett tests Baracuta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sackett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Crass Baracuta will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Baracuta throws a leg kick which misses Sackett's front leg but catches the back leg as Sackett tries to avoid it.
Crass Baracuta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sackett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Baracuta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baracuta.
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baracuta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sackett scores with a nice body kick.
Sackett throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Baracuta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sackett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett blocks the body kick.
Sackett throws a body punch but Baracuta moves out of range.
Baracuta fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sackett just manages to avoid it.
Sackett's jab looks to have found its range, popping Baracuta under the eye.
Baracuta blocks a jab.
As Sackett backs away, Baracuta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sackett drops his hands momentarily and Baracuta needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Sackett just on the top of the head. Sackett drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Sackett - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Crass Baracuta!
A very excited looking Crass Baracuta made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.