PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 228 p4p, 29 weight class) and Roman Sionis (ranked 268 p4p, 32 weight class). Cross Furia comes to the cage accompanied by Vivaldi's Winter. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cross Furia
vs
Sionis

209 cm
33
276 lbs
27 - 14 - 1

200 cm
35
243 lbs
30 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Sionis!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sionis throws a lazy right hand but Cross Furia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cross Furia appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sionis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sionis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sionis slips a straight right by Cross Furia.
Sionis misses the jab.
Sionis dodges the punch combination from Cross Furia.

Cross Furia forces Sionis back against the cage and clinches.
Cross Furia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sionis's elbow.
Cross Furia misses with a punch on the inside.

Cross Furia breaks the clinch.
Sionis cracks Cross Furia with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross Furia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cross Furia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cross Furia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sionis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sionis swats away the attempt to clinch by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sionis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sionis has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cross Furia is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross Furia throws a lazy right hand but Sionis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cross Furia with a hook.
Cross Furia drops his hands momentarily and Sionis takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cross Furia thuds a left hand into Sionis's body.
Sionis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cross Furia misses with a double jab.
Sionis misses with a wild body shot.
Cross Furia's corner calls for a 1-2. Cross Furia obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sionis throws a hook to the side of Cross Furia's head but Cross Furia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Cross Furia closes the distance and clinches.
Cross Furia misses with a punch to the body.
Sionis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sionis wants to get back to striking at distance but Cross Furia won't allow it.

Cross Furia breaks from the clinch.
Sionis misses the 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!
Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sionis.
Cross Furia closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sionis counters with a solid body kick.
Cross Furia has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brazilian Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sionis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cross Furia doesn't manage to clinch there - Sionis circles away.
Sionis tries a quick counter leg kick but Cross Furia is wise to it.
Cross Furia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sionis throws a wild body kick that Cross Furia sees coming a mile off.
A swing and a miss from Cross Furia.
Sionis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sionis throws a nice head kick!
Sionis throws a big shot that misses.
Cross Furia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Cross Furia pushes Sionis up against the cage in a clinch.
Sionis swings wildly with an uppercut but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sionis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sionis lands a right hand.
Sionis misses with a body punch.
Cross Furia tries to work over Sionis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sionis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cross Furia's elbow.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sionis backwards.
Sionis tries to work over Cross Furia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cross Furia is trying to break free.
Cross Furia avoiding damage as Sionis throws knees to the body.
Cross Furia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sionis is leaning against Cross Furia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Cross Furia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cross Furia has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sionis finds it's way round the side to connect with Cross Furia's head.
Sionis misses with a looping left.
Cross Furia tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sionis manages to circle out of the way.
Sionis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circling - Sionis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cross Furia swings widly with a right hand
and Sionis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cross Furia tries to clinch there but Sionis circles away.
Sionis cracks a nice hook into Cross Furia's ribs.
Cross Furia slips a straight right by Sionis.
Cross Furia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Cross Furia does it's job there.
Cross Furia misses with a looping left.
Cross Furia swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sionis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cross Furia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sionis.
A big left from Sionis misses.
Sionis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sionis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cross Furia tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sionis manages to circle out of the way.
Sionis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cross Furia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good shot there by Sionis.
Cross Furia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sionis lands a head shot.
Sionis misses with a hook. Cross Furia ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Cross Furia.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sionis lands with a straight right. Cross Furia didn't see that one coming.
Cross Furia tries to close the distance and clinch but Sionis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sionis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Sionis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sionis lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sionis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sionis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sionis dips to his left and cracks Cross Furia with an uppercut!
Sionis throws a body punch but Cross Furia moves out of range.
Sionis moves out of range as Cross Furia strikes.
Sionis moves out of range of the body kick from Cross Furia.
Sionis unleashes a big counter combination but Cross Furia bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Sionis throws a low kick, looking for Cross Furia's leg but Cross Furia calmly moves out of range.
Sionis looks to throw the jab but Cross Furia is out of range.
Cross Furia scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cross Furia lands a jab to the nose.
Sionis looks to throw the jab but Cross Furia is out of range.
Cross Furia wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sionis.
Sionis loads up on a big right hand but Cross Furia slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Sionis.
A big right from Sionis misses.
Sionis misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sionis throws a good cross that connects.
Nice defenses there by Sionis.
Cross Furia works the jab nicely.

It looks like Roman Sionis has been cut.
Sionis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cross Furia tries to bum rush Sionis with a series of wild strikes but Sionis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cross Furia!
Cross Furia scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cross Furia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cross Furia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sionis.
Sionis throws a hook to the side of Cross Furia's head but Cross Furia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cross Furia misses with a double jab
and Sionis counters with a solid body 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!
Sionis misses with a looping right.

Cross Furia moves into the clinch.
Sionis blocks an uppercut.
Sionis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sionis scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sionis.
Cross Furia scores with a nice hook to the head.

Cross Furia manages to break the clinch.
Sionis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sionis lands a glancing blow to the side of Cross Furia's head.
Cross Furia misses the shot to the body.
Sionis connects with a solid leg kick.
Cross Furia moves to clinch but Sionis breaks away
and Sionis counters with a low kick, right behind Cross Furia 's knee.
A combination from Cross Furia does no damage.
Cross Furia blocks the body kick.
Sionis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sionis connects with an inside leg kick.
Sionis moves out of range as Cross Furia throws a body kick.
Sionis scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big right from Cross Furia misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia just misses with a punch to the body.
Cross Furia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sionis momentarily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sionis. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Cross Furia rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sionis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cross Furia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sionis.
Cross Furia throws an overhand right that lands on Sionis's shoulder, as Sionis tries to avoid the shot.
Cross Furia takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cross Furia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sionis.
Sionis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cross Furia throws a lazy uppercut
and Sionis counters with a solid body kick.
Cross Furia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sionis throws a leg kick that misses.
Sionis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A good leg kick by Sionis.
Cross Furia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sionis connects with a single shot there.
Cross Furia takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sionis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cross Furia throws a leg kick but Sionis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sionis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sionis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cross Furias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cross Furia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sionis checks it well.
Cross Furia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sionis to score with a decent uppercut.
Sionis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sionis. That's going to slow Cross Furia down.
Sionis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sionis looks to land a left hand but Cross Furia moved out of range nicely.
Cross Furia jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cross Furia misses with an uppercut. Sionis saw that one coming.
Cross Furia walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sionis.
Cross Furia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sionis.
Cross Furia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sionis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cross Furia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sionis throws a leg kick but Cross Furia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cross Furia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sionis circles away quickly and effectively.
Cross Furia misses with a body shot.
Cross Furia takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Sionis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roman Sionis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cross Furia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cross Furia throws out a leg kick but Sionis moves out of range and Cross Furia only half commits.
Sionis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cross Furia can pounce on him.
Cross Furia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sionis misses with a body shot.
Sionis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cross Furia tries to clinch up but Sionis circles away and keeps his distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cross Furia.
A slow jab from Sionis misses its intended target.
Cross Furia tries to clinch up.

Cross Furia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sionis, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sionis takes a shot to the head.
Sionis prevents a body shot from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia tries to throw a body punch but Sionis avoids it by throwing Cross Furia back against the cage.
Sionis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cross Furia backwards.
Cross Furia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sionis tries to throw a body punch but Cross Furia avoids it by throwing Sionis back against the cage.
Sionis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sionis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cross Furia will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A shot in the inside from Sionis.

Cross Furia is rocked!
Sionis works on Cross Furia's body with a couple of short punches.
Oh Cross Furia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good body shot from Sionis.
Sionis pushes Cross Furia back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sionis creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Cross Furia with a big uppercut! Cross Furia tries to clinch up but Sionis pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Cross Furia to the mat! Cross Furia covers up and Sionis unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roman Sionis!
Roman Sionis is the new heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Roman Sionis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.