PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Drew Sinker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bongo Bass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bass is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bad Man by Skillinjah. Drew Sinker has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sinker
vs
Bass

150 cm
23
130 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

175 cm
19
134 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Sinker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bongo Bass!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bass misses with a head kick.
Bass fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bass throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bass scores with a jab to the body.
Sinker wants to clinch.
Sinker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bass throws a head kick but Sinker moves out of range.
Bass connects with a body shot.

Sinker takes the fight into the clinch.
Bass misses with a knee strike.
Sinker lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Bass.
A head punch on the inside from Sinker fails to land.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bass misses with a knee strike.
Sinker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bass throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bass.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Sinker.
Sinker blocks an elbow strike from Bass.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
Sinker scores with a shoulder strike.
Sinker working aggressively here.
Bass wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bass uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bass backwards.
Sinker lands with a short shot to the head.
Bass throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bass misses with an elbow strike.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bass blocking some punches.
Bass blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sinker fails to land.
Bass misses with an elbow strike.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bass pushes off an throws an elbow but Sinker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Bass.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bass takes a shot to the head.
Sinker blocks the elbow strike.
Bass tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bass stalling in the clinch but Sinker improves position.
Bass throws an elbow but it misses.
Sinker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinker blocks an elbow strike.
Bass is trying to break free.
Bass wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bass tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sinker lands with a light punch inside.
Bass is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Bass misses with a knee to the head.
Bass pushes off an throws an elbow but Sinker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bass leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bass blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bass just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sinker's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Drew Sinker will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sinker avoids the head kick by Bass.
Bass lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Drew Sinker has been cut.
Sinker wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sinker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sinker moves in looking to clinch but Bass pushes him off.
Bass misses with a few strikes there.

Sinker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker gets through Bass's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sinker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bass backwards.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Sinker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bass tries to land a knee to the head but Sinker blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bass landing knees to the body.
Bass creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker working aggressively here.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bass blocking some punches.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bass.
Bass misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Bass.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Bass wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sinker has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bass tries to circle away but Sinker has him pinned against the cage.
Drew Sinker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short uppercut from Sinker.
Sinker lands a hook that snaps the head of Bass backwards.
Bass tries a knee to the head but Sinker blocks it.
Sinker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bass working hard to break the clinch.
Sinker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sinker lands a nice uppercut.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Sinker.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sinker.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Bass.
A nice left hand lands by Sinker.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, Bass throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bass tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sinker avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bass.
A shot in the inside from Sinker.
Bass has had enough of the clinch but Sinker keeps him there for the moment.
Sinker lands a left hand.
Bass blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinker lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bass is rocked!
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bass is still on wobbly legs! Can Sinker finish him?
Bass is trying to break the clinch but Sinker is controlling him.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bass wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sinker has him pressed against the cage.
Bass seems to have recovered his senses.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bass.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinker lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bass misses with an elbow strike.
Bass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sinker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bass looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bass wants to get back to striking at distance but Sinker won't allow it.
Bass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sinker lands a nice uppercut.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bass blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bass misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinker.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bass blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Sinker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Drew Sinker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sinker gets a clinch.
Bass blocks an uppercut.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bass wants to stall.

Bass breaks from the clinch.
Sinker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bass manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bass avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bass lands with a slapping head kick.
Bass lands a body shot.

Sinker has closed the distance and engaged Bass in a clinch.
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!
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Sinker lands with a left to the head.
Sinker scores with a shot to the side of Bass's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bass throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bass is trying to force a seperation but Sinker has the dominant position.
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sinker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bass.
Sinker lands with a right to the head.
Bass is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sinker is keeping busy.
Bass blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Sinker.
Sinker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sinker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bass is trying to break free.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bass uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bongo Bass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bass blocks an uppercut.
Sinker lands with a light punch inside.
Sinker avoiding damage as Bass throws knees to the body.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sinker lands with a left to the head.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Sinker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
Sinker working aggressively here.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
Sinker avoids the elbow strike from Bass, against the cage.
A short right from Sinker on the inside.
Bass blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Sinker on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sinker scores with a shoulder strike.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Bass blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bass blocking some punches.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Bass pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sinker blocks an elbow strike.
Sinker has Bass pressed against the cage, preventing Bass from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sinker lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bass looking to stall.
Sinker lands with a light punch inside.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Bass with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
Bass takes a shot to the head.
Sinker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sinker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bass backwards.
Sinker lands a hook that snaps the head of Bass backwards.
Drew Sinker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bass.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Sinker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sinker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Sinker!