PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between mikki Hiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ishe Sithole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiiri comes to the cage accompanied by LIAR. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sithole's choice of entrance music: Tan Dun - For The World (Hero Soundtrack). Ishe Sithole will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hiiri
vs
Sithole

170 cm
22
167 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

187 cm
21
159 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, mikki Hiiri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ishe Sithole!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sithole scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hiiri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crunch! Sithole slams his shin into Hiiri's torso.
Nice body punch from Sithole.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hiiri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hiiri is breathing heavily.
Sithole will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hiiri tries to move into range but Sithole moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sithole fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Sithole.

Hiiri shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hiiri was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sithole tries to hold on but Hiiri pushes him away.
Sithole can't escape the position.
Hiiri raining down shots from the mount!
Hiiri 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiiri working Sithole over with strikes here.
Sithole is trying desperately to improve position.
Sithole is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sithole is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sithole blocking the ground and pound.
Sithole is trying to escape the mount.
Hiiri lands a big shot there that rocks Sithole but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hiiri looking to land elbow strikes but Sithole uses the position to regain half guard.
Hiiri not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sithole works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hiiri stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sithole swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sithole looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hiiri is one step ahead there.
Hiiri is fighting to break Sithole's control of his arms but Sithole is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hiiri throwing strikes from guard but Sithole blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiiri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sithole is keeping the position for now.
Hiiri slips nicely into half guard.
Sithole is trying to stand up here but Hiiri is controlling him well.
Sithole manages to get to full guard.

Hiiri drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sithole dives on top into guard.
Sithole chips away with some ground and pound.
Sithole throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hiiri works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hiiri has his foot on Sithole's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sithole works his way back into a safe position though.

Hiiri is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Sithole frees his head nicely. Oh but Hiiri has switched to an armbar! Sithole is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). mikki Hiiri!
mikki Hiiri retains his lightweight title!