|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Filipino Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paha Faarao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Faarao's choice of entrance music: Probot- Red War. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Paha Faarao enters the cage!
 |
|
 |
| 175 cm
27
145 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
|
191 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
|
BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
|
| |
|
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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Filipino Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paha Faarao!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faarao pushes Saint away with a front kick.
Faarao misses with a body punch
and Saint counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faarao throws an off balance right hand
and Saint counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Faarao misses the target.
Faarao throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Faarao cracks Saint with a good jab.
Faarao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A jab from Saint misses.
Saint shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faarao.
Faarao looks to throw the jab but Saint is out of range.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faarao.
Paha Faarao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Faarao.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faarao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Faarao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Saint slips under a jab.
Faarao thows a body shot but no joy.
Saint walks forward, straight into a front kick from Faarao.
Saint moves out of range as Faarao strikes.
Faarao works over Saint's head and body with a nice combination.
Saint misses with a hook. Faarao ducked under it nicely.
Faarao connects with a leg kick. Saint looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Saint ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Faarao misses with a jab to the body
and Saint counters with a left and a right that stings Faarao.
A punch lands to the side of Saint 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Faarao connects with a right hand. Saint shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faarao throws a wild body kick that Saint sees coming a mile off.
Faarao just misses with a punch to the body.
Faarao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Faarao swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Faarao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Faarao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saint counters with a nice uppercut.
Faarao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faarao thows a body shot but no joy.
Saint closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Faarao cracks the inside of Saint's front leg.
Saint avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Faarao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Saint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Faarao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faarao connects with a right hand. Saint shakes it off.
Saint steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Faarao. That one must have hurt.
Donk. Faarao catches Saint right on the button with a cross.
Faarao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saint sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Faarao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Faarao. Saint shrugs it off though.
Faarao lands a nice shot to the body.
Saint takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Faarao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faarao.
Faarao cracks Saint with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Saint scores with a jab to the head.
Faarao misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faarao keeps Saint at a distance using the push kick.
Faarao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nice body kick there by Faarao.
Saint lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Faarao is rocked!
Faarao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saint manages to avoid it.
Faarao is still on wobbly legs! Can Saint finish him?
Faarao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Saint checks the leg kick nicely there.
Faarao seems to have recovered his senses.
A left lands for Faarao.
Faarao misses the shot to the body.
Saint lands a really nice looking cross but Faarao seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Faarao misses with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faarao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Faarao is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Saint had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Faarao slips a straight right by Saint.
Faarao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Faarao takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Filipino Saint dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Faarao swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Saint lands a slapping body shot.
Saint misses with a straight right.
Saint takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Faarao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Faarao, right into the meat.
Faarao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Faarao goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Faarao looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint is just out of range.
Faarao works Saint's body with a nice hook.
Saint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faarao.
Saint is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Faarao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faarao lands with a nice body punch.
Saint takes a swing at Faarao's ribcage but misses.
Faarao jabs Saint to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Faarao throws a body kick that misses.
Faarao lets loose with a powerful body kick. Saint will feel that in the morning.
A punch lands to the side of Saint 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Saint ducks under a wild hook from Faarao.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Faarao in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Faarao misses with a body shot.
Saint ducks under a wild hook from Faarao.
Saint takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Faarao connects with a body shot that sends Saint's belly button to the back.
Saint with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faarao dips to his left and cracks Saint with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Faarao - just one landing.
Faarao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Saint counters with a stiff right hand.
Saint throws a hook to the side of Faarao's head but Faarao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Faarao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Saint has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Saint misses the target.
Faarao goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Faarao jabs at Saint's body.
Saint gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Faarao.
Faarao bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Saint tries to move into range but Faarao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faarao misses with a right hand
enabling Saint to counter with a crisp jab.
Faarao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saint.
Saint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Faarao.
Saint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faarao moves out of range of the strikes.
Saint throws a looping overhand right but Faarao ducks down to avoid it.
Saint avoids a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
Faarao stuns Saint with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Saint throws an off balance right hand
and Faarao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faarao scores with a shot to the body.
Faarao just misses with a punch to the body.
Filipino Saint is winning the standup battle so far.
Saint rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Faarao to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Saint will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Saint misses with an uppercut. Faarao saw that one coming.
Faarao connects with a solid leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Faarao. Saint shrugs it off though.
A bone on bone clash there as Saint blocks the leg kick.
Saint avoids a kick to the body.
Saint gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Faarao.
Faarao delivers a nice body kick.
Faarao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saint.
Faarao throws out a powerful jab.
A jab from Faarao does it's job there.
Faarao throws a leg kick which misses Saint's front leg but catches the back leg as Saint tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paha Faarao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Faarao misses with a body kick.
Saint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Faarao misses with a jab to the body
and Saint counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Saint scores with a decent looking hook.
Faarao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Faarao slips a jab from Saint.
Saint looks to throw the jab but Faarao is out of range.
Saint looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Faarao misses the jab.
Faarao slips a straight right by Saint.
Faarao misses with a lunging right hand
and Saint counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Faarao misses
and Saint counters with a stiff right hand.
Saint is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Faarao moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A jab from Saint misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faarao misses with a hook.
Saint getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Saint blocks the body kick.
Saint looks to score with a jab to the body but Faarao is just out of range.
Saint scores with a punch to the head.
Faarao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Faarao.
Saint throws a lazy uppercut
and Faarao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Faarao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Faarao scores with a sloppy right hand. Saint should have avoided that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Faarao.
Faarao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Faarao.
Saint takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fighters circling - Faarao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A cross from Faarao lands.
Faarao fails to land with a series of punches.
Saint takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Faarao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Saint uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Faarao.
Saint thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saint on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Faarao. Faarao obviously looking to wear him down.
Faarao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Saint finds it's way through Faarao's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faarao throws a right hand that misses
and Saint counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Faarao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saint has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Faarao.
Faarao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saint thows a body shot but no joy.
Faarao throws the kick towards the body but Saint avoids it.
Faarao wants to clinch up but Saint keeps it at a distance.
Saint throws the left hand but Faarao avoids the punch easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A right-left combo lands from Saint.
Saint throws a right hand that misses
and Faarao counters with a good low kick that Saint was not able to check.
Faarao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Saint manages to avoid it.
Faarao lands with an uppercut that bounces Saint off the cage and back into rage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faarao lands a nice shot that snaps Saint's head back.
Saint getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Faarao misses with a low kick.
Faarao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Faarao.
Faarao lets loose with a powerful body kick. Saint will feel that in the morning.
Faarao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Faarao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Saint connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faarao clinches up with Saint and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
Saint takes a shot to the head.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Faarao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
Saint wants to break free but Faarao has control.
Faarao has Saint pressed against the cage, preventing Saint from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Filipino Saint.
I think Saint has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Filipino Saint!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
67% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
