PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeriba Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Hissi Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sinclair
vs
Hissi Junior

196 cm
25
295 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

202 cm
25
268 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeriba Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timo Hissi Junior!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hissi Junior is fending him off so far but Sinclair persists. Nope, Hissi Junior circles away and we're back to standing.
Hissi Junior lands a nice hook to Sinclair's body. Sinclair takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hissi Junior pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sinclair back to the cage. Hissi Junior follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hissi Junior connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sinclair turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Sinclair shoots in and bounces Hissi Junior off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
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!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sinclair wants to pass the guard but Hissi Junior is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sinclair accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sinclair thows a big elbow that misses.
Hissi Junior working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sinclair.
Hissi Junior really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sinclair. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hissi Junior is trying to control the position but Sinclair postures up.
Sinclair thows a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair postures up in Hissi Junior's guard and throws a big left but Hissi Junior blocks it.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Hissi Junior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sinclair in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sinclair preventing the sweep.
Sinclair scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hissi Junior looks gassed!
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Hissi Junior is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sinclair 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.
Hissi Junior wants to stand but Sinclair is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair passes Hissi Junior's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sinclair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hissi Junior is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sinclair scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinclair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hissi Junior taking some punishment here, with Sinclair in his half guard.
Sinclair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sinclair thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hissi Junior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sinclair.
Sinclair is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sinclair lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair is trying to control. Hissi Junior wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sinclair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Sinclair there.
Sinclair thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hissi Junior's head.
Sinclair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hissi Junior avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sinclair.
Sinclair lands strikes from half guard.
Hissi Junior tries to get to full guard but Sinclair has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hissi Junior keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sinclair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sinclair landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sinclair connects with a nice short shot to Hissi Junior's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hissi Junior trying to control here.
Sinclair moves nicely into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinclair scores with punches from side control.
Sinclair cracks Hissi Junior with a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeriba Sinclair dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hissi Junior displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sinclair.
Sinclair dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hissi Junior. That did some damage!
Sinclair chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sinclair thumps Hissi Junior with a low kick.
Sinclair is looking to slow Hissi Junior down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sinclair.
Sinclair connects with a solid leg kick.
Hissi Junior walks into a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hissi Junior takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sinclair lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sinclair connects with a leg kick. Hissi Junior looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Sinclair shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sinclair lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hissi Junior is bucking up trying to escape but Sinclair cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hissi Junior is breathing heavily.
Sinclair is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hissi Junior is bucking up trying to escape but Sinclair cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sinclair working the ground and pound effectively.
Hissi Junior takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hissi Junior is in a horrible position here. Sinclair smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jeriba Sinclair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair lands a nice shot to the head.
Sinclair lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hissi Junior keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sinclair postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hissi Junior looks a forlorn figure.

Hissi Junior is rocked!
Sinclair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hissi Junior can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Sinclair! That's really hurt Hissi Junior and he's turned his back - Sinclair keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sinclair jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeriba Sinclair!