PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Sihoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Nix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Nix has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sihoven
vs
Nix

164 cm
20
134 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

180 cm
23
139 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tommi Sihoven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Nix!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Sihoven.
Nix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sihoven showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nix.
Nix throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nix thows a body kick. Sihoven tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nix goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sihoven throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Nix clinches up with Sihoven and pushes him back against the cage.
Nix is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sihoven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix misses with a knee strike.
Nix blocking some punches.
Nix with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihoven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nix blocks it with crossed arms.
Sihoven landing knees to the head.
Nix taking a breather.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nix looks gassed!
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sihoven misses with a knee to the head.
Sihoven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sihoven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nix avoiding damage as Sihoven throws knees to the body.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nix is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Sihoven lands an elbow inside that Nix shrugs off.
Nix taking a breather.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nix.
Nix landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Nix to work.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix slows down the pace here.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sihoven throws an elbow but it misses.
Nix crunches a lovely knee into Sihoven's ribcage.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix blocks an elbow strike from Sihoven.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix is trying to stall.
Nix is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Nix blocks an uppercut.
Sihoven throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sihoven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nix blocks it with crossed arms.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Sihoven misses with a knee strike.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Nix with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nix lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix scores a nice knee to the body.
Nix is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but Nix blocks with his arms.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Sihoven using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nix tries a knee to the head but Sihoven blocks it.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Nix using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Nix tries to stall but Sihoven uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Sihoven misses with a knee strike.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Nix content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sihoven missing with knees to the body.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but Nix blocks with his arms.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Sihoven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Sihoven trying to land knees to the body.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nix crunches a lovely knee into Sihoven's ribcage.
Nix using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nix lands a knee to the body.
Nix landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Nix dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nix moves into the clinch successfully.
Nix avoiding damage as Sihoven throws knees to the body.
Nix scores a nice knee to the body.
Sihoven trying to land knees to the body.
Nix misses with a knee to the head.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sihoven crunches a lovely knee into Nix's ribcage.
Nix crunches a lovely knee into Sihoven's ribcage.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sihoven missing with knees to the body.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix trying to stall but Sihoven improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sihoven creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nix.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sihoven.
Nix landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nix avoids the elbow strike from Sihoven, against the cage.
Sihoven trying to land knees to the body.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jon Nix seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nix blocks an elbow strike from Sihoven.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Sihoven creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sihoven misses with a knee strike.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sihoven looking to throw knees to the head but Nix is blocking nicely.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nix managing to block the knees to the body from Sihoven.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Nix scores with a knee to the head.
Sihoven misses with a knee strike.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihoven with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nix crunches a lovely knee into Sihoven's ribcage.
Nix tries to land a knee to the head but Sihoven blocks with his arms.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Sihoven throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nix tries a knee to the head but Sihoven blocks it.
Nix avoiding damage as Sihoven throws knees to the body.
Sihoven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nix displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sihoven up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nix effectively controlling the action here.
Nix scores a nice knee to the body.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but Nix blocks with his arms.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nix is pushing Sihoven up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sihoven missing with knees to the body.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nix blocks it with crossed arms.
Sihoven misses with an elbow over the top.
Come on Nix - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nix landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Sihoven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nix blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nix.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sihoven being controlled against the cage.
Nix scores a nice knee to the body.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sihoven digs a right hand into Nix's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nix's gas tank.
Sihoven misses with a knee strike.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nix.
Sihoven using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nix has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sihoven takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nix's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nix is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sihoven is keeping busy.
Sihoven on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Nix showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sihoven jabs Nix right on the nose. Nix blinks but takes it well.
Nix lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sihoven will feel that in the morning.
Nix dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sihoven. That did some damage!
Sihoven takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sihoven takes one to the chin there.
Sihoven lands a two punch combo.
A head kick misses from Nix.
Nix throws a body punch but Sihoven moves out of range.
Sihoven waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Nix.
Nix scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice sprawl there from Sihoven as Nix shoots in.
Tommi Sihoven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Sihoven misses
and Nix counters with a solid body kick.
Sihoven bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nix's head backwards.

Nix darts in and clinches Sihoven up against the cage.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but Nix blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Sihoven goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sihoven as Nix tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nix stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sihoven throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sihoven with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nix managing to block the knees to the body from Sihoven.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix effectively controlling the action here.
Sihoven throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nix using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nix stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.
Nix avoiding damage as Sihoven throws knees to the body.
Nix landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nix using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Knees to the body from Nix.
Sihoven misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nix.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Sihoven misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sihoven misses with a knee to the head.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Sihoven throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nix blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sihoven as Nix tries to tie him up.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Sihoven throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sihoven looking to throw knees to the head but Nix is blocking nicely.
Sihoven missing with knees to the body.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Nix.
Nix stalls.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix landing knees to the head.
Nix with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix looking to slow down the pace here.
Nix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nix avoids the elbow strike from Sihoven, against the cage.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nix is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Nix.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix landing knees to the body.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix looking to throw knees to the head but Sihoven is blocking nicely.
Nix tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sihoven tries a knee to the head but Nix blocks it.
Nix slowing the pace effectively.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nix blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nix crunches a lovely knee into Sihoven's ribcage.
Sihoven missing with knees to the body.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix scores a nice knee to the body.
Nix connects with a knee to the head.
Sihoven throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nix landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Sihoven looking to throw knees to the head but Nix is blocking nicely.
Sihoven tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nix lands a knee to the head.
Nix blocks an elbow strike.
Nix tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nix unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sihoven lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nix connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sihoven's face.
Nix with a knee to the head.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.
Jon Nix is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nix on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nix lands a nice knee to the body.
Sihoven using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tommi Sihoven has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sihoven trying to land knees to the body.
Sihoven tries to land knees in the clinch but Nix avoids the damage to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Nix comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nix has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Nix!