PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Keke Sonni (ranked 2702 p4p, 5905 weight class) and Ari Baba (ranked 343 p4p, 568 weight class). Sonni comes to the ring accompanied by Lil Uzi Vert - That Way. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sonni
vs
Baba

199 cm
31
226
19 - 7 - 0

225 cm
30
287
17 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keke Sonni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ari Baba!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sonni defending well as Baba loads up on a big left hand.
A cross from Sonni lands.
Baba looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Some wild striking there from Baba.
Sonni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baba moves away.
Sonni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Baba.
Baba jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sonni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sonni misses with a hook.
A nice side step and Baba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Baba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Sonni. That snapped Baba's head back.
Baba drops his hands momentarily and Sonni takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sonni lands a nice hook to Baba's body. Baba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Baba fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonni throws an overhand right that lands on Baba's shoulder, as Baba tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Baba! But no joy.
The fighters circling - Baba throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sonni throws a jab but it's blocked by Baba.
Sonni definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sonni scores with a hook.
Sonni throws a lazy uppercut
and Baba counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni throws a body punch but Baba moves out of range.
Sonni misses the jab.
Sonni throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sonni misses with a double jab.
Baba throws a counter combo.
A big right from Baba misses.
Sonni swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sonni tries a head kick but it misses.
Sonni misses with a hook.
Sonni lands a jab to Baba's midsection.
Sonni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baba is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sonni takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sonni lands a jab.
Baba throws a leg kick but Sonni sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sonni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sonni misses with an uppercut
and Baba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baba misses with a wild combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sonni jabs Baba to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sonni moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sonni misses with a few strikes there.
Sonni throws a lazy uppercut
and Baba counters with a nice leg kick.
Sonni looks to score with a jab to the body but Baba is just out of range.
Sonni looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Sonni throws a lazy uppercut
and Sonni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Baba avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sonni misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baba throws a right and a left that Sonni avoids nicely.
Baba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baba moves forwards but Sonni connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sonni.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Keke Sonni dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sonni swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
Sonni throws a head kick but Baba moves out of range.
Baba 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.
Baba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sonni.
Sonni waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baba.
Nice defenses there by Baba.
A nice side step and Baba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sonni misses with an uppercut
and Baba counters with a low kick, right behind Sonni 's knee.
Sonni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baba uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sonni.
Sonni swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
Sonni throws a shot from downtown. Baba moves away and avoids it.
Keke Sonni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baba misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baba thuds his right hand into Sonni's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Baba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Baba throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sonni's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sonni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sonni misses the jab.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sonni here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baba misses with a looping left.
Baba throws a shot from downtown. Sonni moves away and avoids it.
Baba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baba throws a right hand that Sonni ducks under and follows up with a left that Sonni also avoids with ease.
Keke Sonni is winning the standup battle so far.
Baba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sonni was well out of range. Poor timing from Baba.
Sonni misses with a straight right.
Baba swings for the body but Sonni moves out of range.
Sonni scores with a body shot.
Baba slips under a jab.
Sonni looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Sonni.
Sonni looks to throw the jab but Baba is out of range.
Sonni throws a right hand that Baba ducks under and follows up with a left that Baba also avoids with ease.
Baba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baba drops his hands momentarily and Sonni takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sonni throws an overhand right that lands on Baba's shoulder, as Baba tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Baba misses its intended target.
Baba misses with an uppercut.
Sonni is looking to counter punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sonni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baba.
Sonni bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Baba misses with a hook to the body
and Baba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baba staying out of range there.
Sonni misses with a body shot.
Baba throws a jab but it's blocked by Sonni.
Baba misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Baba misses.
Sonni swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sonni.
Sonni's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baba connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sonni scrambles back to his feet.
Baba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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 Keke Sonni will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sonni lands the left hand.
Baba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sonni.
The fighters circling - Sonni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Sonni misses.
A slow jab from Baba misses its intended target.
Sonni comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sonni is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baba can do to turn this around?
A big left from Baba misses.
Sonni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baba manages to avoid it.
Baba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sonni throwing a counter right hand but Baba manages to avoid it.
Sonni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Some wild striking there from Sonni.
Baba looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Sonni misses the target.
Sonni misses with a wild body shot.
Baba is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Sonni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Baba.
Baba gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sonni walks into a straight right hand from Baba.
Baba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice side step and Baba releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sonni misses with an uppercut.
Sonni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baba misses with a left hand
and Sonni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baba throws a right hand that misses
and Sonni counters with a nice body shot.
Sonni takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sonni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baba misses with a low kick as Sonni jumps back.
Sonni is looking to counter punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonni thuds a left hand into Baba's body.
Baba moves away from the strike by Sonni.
Baba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sonni throwing a counter right hand but Baba manages to avoid it.
Baba tries to land a leg kick but Sonni saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sonni has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Baba finds it's way round the side to connect with Sonni's head.
Keke Sonni is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sonni connects with a looping right hand.
Sonni takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Baba throws a right hand that Sonni ducks under and follows up with a left that Sonni also avoids with ease.
Sonni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sonni's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sonni duly obliges.
Baba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sonni.
Sonni swings for the body but Baba moves out of range.
Sonni swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Baba.
Nice straight punches there by Baba. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Baba.
Baba takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sonni slips a jab from Baba.
Baba scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Baba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sonni has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ari Baba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sonni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keke Sonni showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sonni has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Keke Sonni!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Keke Sonni!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Keke Sonni!

Keke Sonni wins by unanimous decision!
Keke Sonni made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'had mboya on my radar for a second got a lot of hype for his 4 kos in a row i knew when our paths crossed his chin wouldnt hold tho!!'.