PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Bastich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Sausage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastich's entrance music is Watcher. A fine choice. Sonny Sausage will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bastich
vs
Sausage

190 cm
29
222 lbs
9 - 6 - 1

192 cm
30
223 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Bastich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sonny Sausage!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sausage lands a body shot.
Sausage misses with a few strikes there.
Bastich takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sausage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bastich.
Sausage fails to land with a series of punches.
Bastich tries to land a front kick but Sausage steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sausage misses with an uppercut
and Bastich counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bastich throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bastich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sausage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Bastich 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sausage throws a jab but it's blocked by Bastich.
A shot to the liver by Sausage. Beautiful body shot.
Bastich scores with a nice right hand.
Sausage jabs at Bastich's body.
Bastich is breathing heavily.

Sausage clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastich tries to land knees in the clinch but Sausage avoids the damage to the body.
Sausage is trying to push Bastich away but Bastich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bastich gets underhooks to prevent Sausage's takedown attempt.
Bastich goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sausage throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bastichs head.
Sausage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Sausage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bastich throws a lazy right hand but Sausage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sonny Sausage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sausage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sausage defending well as Bastich loads up on a big left hand.
Sausage scores with a decent looking hook.
Bastich throws an overhand right that lands on Sausage's shoulder, as Sausage tries to avoid the shot.
Sausage uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bastich has time to react.
Big Bastich is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastich fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sausage checks it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sausage throws a leg kick that misses.
Sausage throws a nice looking combination but Bastich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bastich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sausage.
Sloppy strikes from Sausage. Those never looked like landing.
Bastich tries a head kick but it misses.
Bastich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bastich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sausage cracks Bastich with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sausage throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bastich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sausage throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bastich's waist but Bastich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sausage off to one side.

Sausage tries to keep at a distance but Bastich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sausage is trying to break the clinch but Bastich is controlling him.
Bastich keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sausage's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Sausage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastich keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sausage.

Sausage closes the distance and clinches.
Bastich creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sausage's defenses.
Bastich misses with a punch to the body.
Bastich misses with a knee to the head.
Sausage wants to stall.

Sausage breaks from the clinch.
Sausage scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sausage cracks Bastich with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slow jab from Bastich misses its intended target.
Bastich gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sausage tests Bastich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Bastich 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Bastich is rocked!
Bastich blocks a jab.
Bastich misses with a body kick.
Sausage misses with a combination
and Bastich counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sausage has managed to clinch.
Sausage fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Big Bastich has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sonny Sausage.
Sausage tries to circle away but Bastich has him pinned against the cage.
Bastich pushes off an throws an elbow but Sausage leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sausage drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bastich gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A head punch on the inside from Bastich fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Sausage dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sausage throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bastich's waist but Bastich gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sausage off to one side.
Sausage stalks Bastich and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bastich's face. Bastich staggers backwards, shaken.
Bastich lands a head shot.

Sausage closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bastich lands an elbow inside that Sausage shrugs off.

Sausage breaks the clinch.
Sausage is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sausage works the jab nicely.
Sausage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bastich.
Sausage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bastich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bastich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sausage lands a lovely overhand right.

Sausage has closed the distance and engaged Bastich in a clinch.
Bastich lands an elbow just above Sausage 's eye.

Sausage breaks the clinch.
Bastich on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oh Bastich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sausage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bastich seems to have got his legs back now.
Sausage is breathing heavily.
Sausage ducks under a wild hook from Bastich.
Sausage moves away from the strike by Bastich.
Sausage takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bastich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sausage throws a hook to the side of Bastich's head but Bastich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sonny Sausage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That kick from Bastich tenderised Sausage's leg. Sausage is trying to keep his angry face on.

Bastich has closed the distance and engaged Sausage in a clinch.
Sausage tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bastich trying to stall but Sausage improves his position.
Bastich lands a nice elbow.
Bastich tries to land knees in the clinch but Sausage avoids the damage to the body.
Bastich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sausage blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sausage breaks the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sausage.
Bastich throws a hook but Sausage blocks it.
Bastich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sausage manages to avoid it.
Sonny Sausage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sausage keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch combination from Bastich misses.
Bastich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sausage.
Bastich misses with a body kick.
Bastich throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sausage lands with a shot to the body.
Sausage connects with a right hand. Bastich shakes it off.
Sausage tries to bum rush Bastich with a series of wild strikes but Bastich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sausage throws a right hand that Bastich ducks under and follows up with a left that Bastich also avoids with ease.
Sausage steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bastich. That one must have hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sausage jabs Bastich to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sausage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sausage throws a low kick, looking for Bastich's leg but Bastich calmly moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sausage.
Bastich throws a low kick but Sausage moves out of range easily.

Sausage has Bastich up against the cage in a clinch.
Bastich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bastich looking to throw knees to the head but Sausage is blocking nicely.
Sausage taking a breather.
Bastich prevents Sausage from breaking the clinch.
Bastich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sausage is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sausage is trying to break the clinch but Bastich is controlling him.
Bastich dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Sausage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sausage lands a jab to Bastich's midsection.
Sausage misses with the combination.
Bastich looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sausage blocks a head kick by Bastich.
Bastich does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bastich misses with a right hand
letting Sausage counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sausage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bastich circles away quickly and effectively.

Bastich clinches.

Sausage gets control of Bastich's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sausage will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Bastich avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Sausage 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!

Sausage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bastich takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bastich misses with a hook.
Sausage misses with a two punch combination.

Bastich has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bastich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sausage is defending well for now.

Sausage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bastich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sausage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bastich moves away.
Bastich throws a nice looking combination but Sausage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Bastich.
Sausage throws out a loose jab but Bastich uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastich throws a half hearted mid kick.

Bastich clinches up with Sausage and pushes him back against the cage.

Sausage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bastich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bastich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bastich has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sausage finds it's way round the side to connect with Bastich's head.
Bastich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sausage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bastich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sausage lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bastich bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sausage's head.
Bastich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sausage is looking to score with low kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sausage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sausage is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bastich.
A head kick misses from Bastich.
Sausage moves away from the strike by Bastich.
Sausage pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Bastich back to the cage. Sausage follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sausage lands with a hook. Bastich tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sausage cracks a nice hook into Bastich's ribs.
Bastich looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sausage connects with a right hand. Bastich shakes it off.
Sausage scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sausage misses with a combination
and Bastich counters with a nice body kick.
Bastich connects with a right hand. Sausage shakes it off.
Sausage throws a lazy right hand but Bastich sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bastich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sonny Sausage is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastich misses with the combination.
Sausage misses with a double jab.
Sausage misses with a straight right.

Bastich darts in and clinches Sausage up against the cage.
Bastich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bastich looking to throw knees to the head but Sausage is blocking nicely.

Sausage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sausage looks to score with a jab to the body but Bastich is just out of range.
Bastich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sausage changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bastich tries to avoid it but Sausage manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bastich to the ground. Bastich escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bastich leaves Sausage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bastich bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastich throws a head kick that misses.

Sausage forces Bastich back against the cage and clinches.
Bastich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bastich lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sausage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sausage lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bastich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bastich is trying to maintain a safe position but Sausage gets an underhook and turns Bastich into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bastich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sausage is struggling to control the position.
Big Bastich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bastich looking to slow down the pace here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sonny Sausage comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sausage 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sonny Sausage!
Sonny Sausage managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam!, into his post fight interview.