PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shadow Sinister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hamid Karzai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sinister
vs
Karzai

200 cm
22
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
29
230 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shadow Sinister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hamid Karzai!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karzai wants to clinch up but Sinister keeps it at a distance.

Karzai lands a big head kick that sends Sinister tumbling to the mat! Karzai takes a step backwards and waves Sinister back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Shadow Sinister has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Sinister blocks the low kick.
Karzai tries to clinch up.
A leg kick checked by Karzai.
Karzai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karzai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sinister throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karzai tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sinister with a jab.
Karzai tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karzai checks a low kick from Sinister.
Sinister throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karzai.
Karzai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinister was well out of range. Poor timing from Karzai.
Karzai lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sinister's sensitive parts.
Sinister throws a lazy right hand but Karzai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sinister throws a hook but Karzai avoids it easily.
Sinister lands a nice shot to the body.
Sinister throws a lazy uppercut

and Karzai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sinister breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sinister connects with a nice looking jab.
Sinister looks to land a combination but Karzai avoids it well.
Sinister avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown but Sinister shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Karzai looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Karzai throws an elbow that misses. Sinister uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Karzai's guard. Nice move by Sinister!
Sinister trying to stand up but can't free himself from Karzai's guard.
Sinister trying to control but Karzai is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karzai manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sinister misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karzai.
Karzai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinister.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karzai thows a body kick. Sinister tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sinister is breathing heavily.
No luck for Karzai with that takedown attempt.
Sinister throws a right and a left that Karzai avoids nicely.
Karzai wants to clinch
and Sinister counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Karzai takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karzai tries to clinch up.
Karzai will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shadow Sinister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hamid Karzai.
Sinister swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinister feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karzais jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sinister fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sinister throws a body punch but Karzai moves out of range.
Karzai moves in looking to clinch but Sinister pushes him off.
Sinister misses with a head kick.
Sinister throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sinister uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karzai.
Sinister thuds his right hand into Karzai's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karzai tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sinister throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinister circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sinister darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Karzai tries to clinch up.
Sinister misses with an uppercut.
Sinister throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Karzai on the side of the head.
Sinister darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinister waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karzai.
Sinister misses with the combination.
Sinister with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Sinister. That snapped Karzai's head back.
Karzai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sinister.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karzai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karzai moves to clinch but Sinister breaks away
and Sinister connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Sinister.

Karzai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Karzai jumps guard and drags Sinister to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sinister postures up.
Sinister knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Karzai on the ground.
Karzai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinister is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hamid Karzai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shadow Sinister's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sinister clobbers Karzai with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Karzai shoots in but no luck this time.
Karzai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Karzai. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Karzai walks into a straight right hand from Sinister.

Karzai decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Karzai trying to advance position but Sinister counters by regaining guard.
Karzai working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Karzai trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sinister looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karzai is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karzai trying to control the position from guard on top but Sinister is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Karzai is looking to work some ground and pound but Sinister has wrist control.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Hamid Karzai hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sinister as he avoids it easily.
Karzai slips under a jab from Sinister.
Hamid Karzai seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karzai is looking to clinch.
Sinister throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hamid Karzai is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sinister misses with a double jab.
Karzai shoots in but Sinister avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shadow Sinister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hamid Karzai.
Sinister scores with a jab to the body.
Karzai wants to clinch but Sinister slips to the side
and Sinister counters with a left to the body.
Sinister throws a jab when Karzai was well out of range.
Sinister tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sinister bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karzai's head.
No luck for Karzai with that takedown attempt.

Karzai clinches up with Sinister and pushes him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sinister breaks from the clinch.
Sinister lands a two punch combo.
Karzai looks to clinch
and Sinister counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinister just misses with a punch to the body.
Karzai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Karzai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karzai is looking to clinch.
Karzai checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sinister is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Karzai tries to clinch but Sinister moves out of range.
Sinister displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karzai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sinister ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sinister connects with an inside leg kick.
Karzai on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karzai drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sinister!
Sinister leaves Karzai with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Karzai is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinister avoids the head kick by Karzai.
Sinister lands with a good body shot.
Karzai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sinister manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sinister swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sinister.
Sinister swats away the attempt to clinch by Karzai.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sinister!
A combination from Sinister does no damage.
Karzai fails to land the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Karzai.
Sinister throws a looping overhand right but Karzai ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shadow Sinister dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shadow Sinister's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Karzai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinister moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sinister lands a body shot.
Karzai wants to clinch.
Sinister misses with a two punch combination.
Sinister will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circling - Sinister throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sinister throws a shot to the body.
Karzai tries to clinch up.
A lazy left from Sinister finds it's target.
Sinister keeps the fight on the outside.
Sinister avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karzai shoots for a takedown but Sinister saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown but Sinister shows good takedown defense.
Karzai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karzai tries to clinch but Sinister moves out of range.
Karzai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sinister misses with the combination.
Sinister swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Sinister misses.
Nice sprawl there from Sinister as Karzai shoots in.
Shadow Sinister has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hamid Karzai.
Sinister throws a solid leg kick but Karzai takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sinister.
Karzai is looking to clinch.
Karzai tries to clinch up but Sinister circles away and keeps his distance.
Karzai misses with a looping right.
Sinister throws a right and a left that Karzai avoids nicely.
Sinister throws a leg kick but Karzai moved away.
Karzai on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karzai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sinister misses the jab.
Sinister throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Karzai on the side of the head.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sinister as he jumps to the side.
Karzai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sinister finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Karzai throws a sloppy head kick and Sinister moves out of range easily.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown but Sinister shows good takedown defense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinister lands a two punch combo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sinister.
A clash of legs there as Karzai blocks the low kick.
Sinister tests Karzai's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sinister scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karzai in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karzai is looking to clinch but Sinister is avoiding it.
Karzai tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinister swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Sinister.
Sinister comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karzai shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Sinister.
Karzai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A leg kick checked by Karzai.
Sinister cracks Karzai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sinister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karzai moves away.
Sinister tries to bum rush Karzai with a series of wild strikes but Karzai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karzai on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karzai looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karzai doesn't manage to clinch there - Sinister circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karzai dives in and grabs Sinister's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sinister pushes down on Karzai's head and hops out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinister stalks Karzai and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karzai's face. Karzai staggers backwards, shaken.
Shadow Sinister is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sinister catches Karzai with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karzai drops his hands momentarily and Sinister takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sinister scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sinister connects with a leg kick. Karzai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Karzai misses with a takedown attempt - Sinister sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jab by Sinister.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut there from Sinister.
Karzai fails with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sinister!

And that's the end of the fight!
Shadow Sinister showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sinister 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shadow Sinister!