PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonas Sky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardinal Sanctus comes to the cage accompanied by Fear of the Dark. His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonas Sky's chin.

Eminence Cardinal Sanctus
vs
Sky

191 cm
17
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

214 cm
19
263 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonas Sky!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sky keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

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

Sky is rocked!

It looks like Jonas Sky has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sky misses with a head kick.
Sky is still on wobbly legs! Can Cardinal Sanctus finish him?
Sky moves out of range of the body kick.
Sky seems to have recovered his senses.
Sky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cardinal Sanctus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sky wants to clinch
and Cardinal Sanctus counters with a thumping low kick.
A head kick misses from Cardinal Sanctus.
Sky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cardinal Sanctus. Cardinal Sanctus obviously looking to wear him down.
A lazy body kick from Sky
and Cardinal Sanctus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cardinal Sanctus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cardinal Sanctus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick
and Sky counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cardinal Sanctus's knee momentarily.
Cardinal Sanctus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sky's calf.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a wild body kick that Sky sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sky wants to clinch.
Sky stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cardinal Sanctus.

Sky moves into the clinch.
Sky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Our sources have told us that Cardinal Sanctus has been working on his elbows in the gym.

Sky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sky counters with a head kick.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a head kick that Sky semi-blocks.
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!
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sky takes a step back to recover.
Cardinal Sanctus scoring well with a low kick there.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick which misses Sky's front leg but catches the back leg as Sky tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cardinal Sanctus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cardinal Sanctus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus lands with a nice body kick.
Sky looks winded!
Sky pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sky tries a head kick but it misses.
Sky misses with a body kick.
Cardinal Sanctus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sky is looking to clinch but Cardinal Sanctus is avoiding it.
Cardinal Sanctus scores with a hook.
Cardinal Sanctus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A punch combination from Cardinal Sanctus misses.
Cardinal Sanctus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sky moves out of range of the body kick.
Sky darts in trying to clinch
and Cardinal Sanctus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sky's knee momentarily.
Sky tries to clinch but Cardinal Sanctus is having none of it.
Cardinal Sanctus tried to score with a low kick but Sky checks it.
Sky's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sky tries to clinch
and Cardinal Sanctus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sky moves in looking to clinch but Cardinal Sanctus pushes him off.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a right hand that Sky ducks under and follows up with a left that Sky also avoids with ease.
Sky moves out of range of the body kick.
Sky blocks a low kick nicely.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick but Sky sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cardinal Sanctus tries to score with a low kick but Sky moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sky is looking to clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus tries a low kick but Sky avoids it.
Cardinal Sanctus blocks a head kick by Sky.
Cardinal Sanctus feints and then cracks Sky's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sky down.
Sky tries to clinch up.
Cardinal Sanctus fakes the leg kick and cracks Sky in the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sky has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus trying to control the position but instead, Sky has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cardinal Sanctus into the cage.

Cardinal Sanctus breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick
and Sky counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cardinal Sanctus is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A jab from Cardinal Sanctus misses.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonas Sky's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cardinal Sanctus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cardinal Sanctus blocks a head kick by Sky.
Cardinal Sanctus lands with a nice body kick.
Cardinal Sanctus tries to work over Sky's front leg with a kick but Sky checks it.
That kick from Cardinal Sanctus tenderised Sky's leg. Sky is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a series of strikes that have Sky backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with a body shot.

Cardinal Sanctus lands a big head kick that sends Sky tumbling to the mat! Cardinal Sanctus takes a step backwards and waves Sky back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cardinal Sanctus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Sky gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cardinal Sanctus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sky can do to turn this around?
A frustrated look appears on Cardinal Sanctus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sky connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cardinal Sanctus's face.
Sky is breathing heavily.
Sky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cardinal Sanctus blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sky tries a knee to the head but Cardinal Sanctus blocks it.
Sky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cardinal Sanctus is trying to push Sky away but Sky has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cardinal Sanctus prevents Sky from breaking the clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus is looking to break free of the clinch but Sky has double underhooks.
Cardinal Sanctus trying to land knees to the body.
Sky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cardinal Sanctus blocks it with crossed arms.
Cardinal Sanctus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stalling in the clinch from Cardinal Sanctus.

Cardinal Sanctus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sky tries to close the distance and clinch but Cardinal Sanctus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cardinal Sanctus is looking to land body kicks.
Cardinal Sanctus lands with a hook. Sky tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a chopping leg kick but Sky manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cardinal Sanctus scores with a push kick.
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus throws the left hand but Sky avoids the punch easily.
Cardinal Sanctus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Cardinal Sanctus.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cardinal Sanctus looks to land a body kick but Sky moved away.
Sky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cardinal Sanctus.
A bone on bone clash there as Sky blocks the leg kick.
Sky moves out of range as Cardinal Sanctus strikes.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick but Sky sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cardinal Sanctus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sky on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sky tries to clinch but Cardinal Sanctus moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sky checks a leg kick.
Cardinal Sanctus connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sky slips a jab from Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus looks to land a combination but Sky avoids it well.
Sky looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cardinal Sanctus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cardinal Sanctus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Cardinal Sanctus lands a big head kick that sends Sky tumbling to the mat! Cardinal Sanctus takes a step backwards and waves Sky back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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!
Cardinal Sanctus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sky has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cardinal Sanctus with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cardinal Sanctus is looking to slow Sky down with leg kicks.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a low kick but Sky avoids it.
Sky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cardinal Sanctus. Cardinal Sanctus obviously looking to wear him down.
No joy there for Cardinal Sanctus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cardinal Sanctus scores with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cardinal Sanctus. That's going to slow Sky down.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a head kick that misses.
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus is winning the standup battle so far.
Sky blocks a low kick nicely.
Sky avoids the head kick by Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick
and Sky counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cardinal Sanctus blocks a head kick by Sky.
Cardinal Sanctus wants to land a leg kick but Sky is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cardinal Sanctus lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cardinal Sanctus. Cardinal Sanctus obviously looking to wear him down.
Sky on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonas Sky's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A solid body kick from Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick but Sky sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cardinal Sanctus tries a head kick but it misses.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with a series of wild punches.
Cardinal Sanctus shoots in but Sky avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cardinal Sanctus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sky has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a body kick that misses

and Sky counters by clinching up.
Cardinal Sanctus takes a knee right on the jaw!

Cardinal Sanctus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sky takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sky tries to close the distance and clinch but Cardinal Sanctus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

A big head kick from Sky and Cardinal Sanctus is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Cardinal Sanctus is rocked!

It looks like His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cardinal Sanctus has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Sky content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Cardinal Sanctus has locked up a guillotine! Cardinal Sanctus's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Sky is holding on here and Cardinal Sanctus must be using up a lot of energy. Sky has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Cardinal Sanctus gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.