PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diesel Kone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sammy Sugarol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sammy Sugarol has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Diesel Kone's chin.

Kone
vs
Sugarol

173 cm
24
155 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

174 cm
25
153 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diesel Kone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sammy Sugarol!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sugarol uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kone.
Kone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sugarol.
Kone ducks under a wild hook from Sugarol.
Kone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sugarol was well out of range. Poor timing from Kone.
Sugarol throws a right and a left that Kone avoids nicely.
Sugarol throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sugarol takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kone tries to land a leg kick but Sugarol saw it coming and moves away.
Kone slips a jab from Sugarol.
Sugarol throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kone jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sugarol throws a hook but Kone avoids it easily.
Sugarol swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sugarol lands a jab to Kone's midsection.
A jab from Sugarol misses.
Sugarol throws a looping overhand right but Kone ducks down to avoid it.
Sugarol feints a jab promting Kone to slip. Sugarol then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kone slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Kone.
Sammy Sugarol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kone defending well as Sugarol loads up on a big left hand.
Kone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sugarol moves away.
Sugarol misses the jab.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut
enabling Kone to counter with a crisp jab.
Kone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sugarol.
Sugarol might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sugarol misses with a looping right.
Sugarol looks to throw the jab but Kone is out of range.
Sugarol throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kone takes a swing at Sugarol's ribcage but misses.
Kone moves away from the strike by Sugarol.
Sugarol misses with a wild combination.
Kone misses with a double jab.
A big left from Sugarol misses.
Nice uppercut there from Kone.
Sugarol throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol misses with a hook.
Kone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sugarol throws out the jab.
Kone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sugarol lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sugarol jabs at Kone's body.
Sugarol throws an overhand right that lands on Kone's shoulder, as Kone tries to avoid the shot.
Kone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sugarol just misses with a punch to the body.
Sugarol walks into a jab.
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!
Sugarol swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sugarol looks to land a right hand but Kone moved out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kone.
Sugarol misses with a hook. Kone ducked under it nicely.
Sugarol lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kone at a distance.
Sugarol lands a jab to the head.
Sugarol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kone does it's job there.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut. Kone saw that one coming.
Sugarol throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sugarol bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kone's head backwards.
Some wild striking there from Sugarol.
Kone walks into a jab.
Sugarol misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kone thows a body shot but no joy.
Sugarol slaps away a takedown attempt from Kone, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sugarol misses with a looping left.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut
and Kone counters with a straight right hand.
Sammy Sugarol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sugarol misses with a two punch combination.
Kone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sugarol on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol takes a swing at Kone's ribcage but misses.
Sugarol throws a jab but it's blocked by Kone.
Sugarol gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sugarol scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sugarol lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kone drops his hands momentarily and Sugarol takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sugarol scores with a body shot.
Sugarol looks to land a left hand but Kone moved out of range nicely.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sugarol enables Kone to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sugarol manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kone is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kone trying to control the position from guard on top but Sugarol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Sugarol dominated that round.
That's time! Kone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sugarol looks to throw the jab but Kone is out of range.
A big right from Sugarol misses.
Kone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kone slips under a jab from Sugarol.
Sugarol checks the leg kick.
Kone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kone throws a front kick aimed at Sugarol's knee but Sugarol avoids it well.
Kone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sugarol's sensitive parts.
Kone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kone is looking to wear down Sugarol with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A telegraphed right hand from Sugarol misses the target.
Sammy Sugarol seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sugarol fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sugarol. That did some damage!
Sugarol scores with a decent looking hook.
Sugarol misses with a straight left.
Sugarol throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kone lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugarol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab by Kone.
Sugarol misses with a hook.
Sugarol avoids the body shot from Kone.
Kone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sugarol.
Sugarol lands with a cross.
Sugarol misses with a few strikes there.
Sugarol throws a hook to the side of Kone's head but Kone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sugarol scores with a nice right hand.
Sugarol misses with a straight right.
Kone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sugarol counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sugarol throws a big shot that misses.
Kone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sugarol. That did some damage!
A jab from Sugarol misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kone defending well as Sugarol loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kone attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sugarol.
Kone scores with the left hand. Sugarol knows he should have avoided that one.
Kone cracks Sugarol with an open hand slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kone blocks a jab.
Sugarol avoids the head kick by Kone.
Sugarol rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sugarol is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kone.
Sugarol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Sugarol. That snapped Kone's head back.
Sugarol avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sugarol ducks under a wild hook from Kone.
Sloppy strikes from Sugarol. Those never looked like landing.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut. Kone saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kone.
Sugarol throws a hook to the side of Kone's head but Kone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kone feints and then cracks Sugarol's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sugarol down.
Kone takes one to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kone. That's going to slow Sugarol down.
Sloppy strikes from Sugarol. Those never looked like landing.
Sugarol lands a really nice looking cross but Kone seems unphased.
Sugarol lands with a hook. Kone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sugarol bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kone's head.
Sugarol blocks a jab.
Kone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sugarol was well out of range. Poor timing from Kone.
Kone throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kone darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sugarol on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sugarol throws a jab but it's blocked by Kone.
Kone tries to work over Sugarol's front leg with a kick but Sugarol checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugarol misses with an uppercut. Kone saw that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sugarol misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kone.
Kone misses with a few strikes there.
Sugarol missing with a left hand there. Kone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kone fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kone misses with a double jab.
A slow jab from Sugarol misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sugarol checks a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Sugarol - just one landing.
Sugarol with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Sugarol.
Sugarol throws a body punch but Kone moves out of range.
Kone slips under a jab from Sugarol.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sammy Sugarol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kone moves away from the strike by Sugarol.
Sugarol waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kone.
Sugarol lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kone circles away quickly and effectively.
Kone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sugarol throws a shot to the body.
Sugarol misses with a straight right.
A combination from Sugarol does no damage.
Kone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sugarol lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kone backs up against the cage.
Kone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice combination there by Sugarol.
Sugarol checks a low kick from Kone.
Sugarol throws a hook but Kone blocks it.
Sugarol misses with a body shot.
Sugarol scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sugarol throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sugarol throws a body punch but Kone moves out of range.
Sugarol misses with a double jab
and Kone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sugarol is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sugarol takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kone scores with a jab to the body.
Kone blocks a jab.
Sugarol throws a right and a left that Kone avoids nicely.
Kone throws a head kick that half lands.
Sugarol misses with a looping left.
Sugarol cracks Kone with an open hand slap.
Sugarol looks to land a left hand but Kone moved out of range nicely.
Kone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sugarol.
Kone tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sugarol displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kone throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kone misses with a low kick.
Kone swings for the body but Sugarol moves out of range.
Sugarol keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kone tries to clinch but Sugarol moves out of range.
Sugarol misses with a body shot.
Sugarol misses the jab.
Sugarol misses with a wild combination.
Kone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sugarol misses with a body shot.
Kone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
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!
Sugarol avoids the body shot from Kone.
Sugarol misses with a wild combination.
Sugarol misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diesel Kone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kone misses with a few strikes there.
Kone defending well as Sugarol loads up on a big left hand.
Sugarol catches Kone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kone throws the left hand but Sugarol avoids the punch easily.
Sugarol lands with a good body shot.
Kone scores with a hook.
The fighters circling - Sugarol throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Kone fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sugarol sprawls well initially but Kone persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sugarol makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sugarol.
Kone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kone tries to free his leg and advance position but Sugarol is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kone has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sugarol is proving hard to escape from.
Sugarol is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kone looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sugarol is trying to control the position but Kone postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sammy Sugarol comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sugarol winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sammy Sugarol!