PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 393 p4p, 17 weight class) and Mark Coleman Jr (ranked 1284 p4p, 37 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saibot
vs
Coleman Jr

168 cm
40
146 lbs
36 - 14 - 0

176 cm
44
142 lbs
32 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Mark Coleman Jr!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman Jr slips a straight right by Saibot.

Coleman Jr gets caught napping as Saibot dives in and scores a takedown. Coleman Jr manages to retain guard.
Saibot missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coleman Jr tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman Jr looking to control.
Saibot works over Coleman Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
Saibot scoring with some ground and pound.
Coleman Jr controls Saibot momentarily but Saibot frees himself.
Saibot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saibot tries to free his leg and advance position but Coleman Jr is retaining full guard.
Coleman Jr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Coleman Jr is looking for a triangle but Saibot pushes his legs off easily.
Saibot with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saibot trying to control but Coleman Jr is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Saibot accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've been hearing that Saibot has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coleman Jr looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Coleman Jr had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Saibot defends it easily.
Saibot is in close to Coleman Jr's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Saibot tries to free his leg and advance position but Coleman Jr is retaining full guard.
Saibot scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coleman Jr has momentary wrist control but Saibot slips an elbow through the middle.
Coleman Jr working a defensive guard here.
Saibot cracks Coleman Jr with a solid left hand.
Saibot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Coleman Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Saibot landing with the ground and pound.
Saibot distracts Coleman Jr with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Coleman Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Saibot landing with the ground and pound.

Coleman Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saibot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saibot working some strikes from top position.
Saibot stopping the sweep attempt from Coleman Jr.
Saibot connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Saibot's guard.

Saibot thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Saibot is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Saibot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr trying to control but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Coleman Jr is pushing down on Saibot's leg trying to pass to half guard. Saibot is fighting to maintain full guard but Coleman Jr has managed to sneak the leg through.
Saibot tries to roll over but Coleman Jr keeps him under control.
Saibot on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Saibot is trying to maintain the position but Coleman Jr is very close to passing his half guard.
Saibot wants to improve his position but Coleman Jr is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr trying to control the action but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Saibot wants to improve his position but Coleman Jr is controlling well.
Saibot is trying to control but can't.
We've been informed that Coleman Jr has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Coleman Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coleman Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saibot defending well though.
Saibot avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coleman Jr.
Coleman Jr is keen to just control but Saibot is a slippery customer.
Coleman Jr not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saibot tries to roll over but Coleman Jr keeps him under control.
Saibot moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Coleman Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saibot's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noob Saibot dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Coleman Jr gets tackled into the cage by Saibot. Saibot maintains the clinch.
Saibot lands a body punch in the clinch.

Saibot tightens his grip and picks Coleman Jr up, before dumping him to the ground. Coleman Jr manages to land in guard.
Saibot landing some decent shots from guard.

Coleman Jr looking for a guillotine here but Saibot defends easily.
Saibot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Coleman Jr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Saibot passes Coleman Jr's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot working over Coleman Jr with some ground and pound. Coleman Jr looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman Jr trying to hold on to Saibot's head to control him but Saibot postures up.
Saibot looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coleman Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Saibot is thwarting Coleman Jr's attempts to control the position.
Coleman Jr gets full guard.
Saibot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coleman Jr's head.
Saibot wants to control from the top but Coleman Jr keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saibot's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Saibot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Saibot controls from within his opponent's guard.
Saibot is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saibot is one step ahead there.
Coleman Jr keeping moving, preventing Saibot from controlling successfully.
Noob Saibot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saibot seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Coleman Jr controls Saibot momentarily but Saibot frees himself.
Saibot stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coleman Jr swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Coleman Jr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saibot throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Saibot preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Saibot trying to control the position.
Coleman Jr postures up in Saibot's guard and throws a big left but Saibot blocks it.
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Saibot trying to control the position.
Saibot wants to sweep but no luck.
Saibot not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Saibot seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Coleman Jr preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Saibot's brow.
Coleman Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Saibot.
Coleman Jr with a nice head shot there.
Coleman Jr won't allow Saibot to sweep him here.
Saibot controls Coleman Jr momentarily but Coleman Jr frees himself.
Coleman Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Saibot keeping moving, preventing Coleman Jr from controlling successfully.
Saibot doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Coleman Jr wants to control from the top but Saibot keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Coleman Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Coleman Jr closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Saibot to the mat! Saibot manages to get full guard.
Saibot has Coleman Jr pulled in close to control his posture.
Coleman Jr working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noob Saibot dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Coleman Jr swings for the body but Saibot moves out of range.
Coleman Jr defending well as Saibot loads up on a big left hand.
Coleman Jr slips a straight right by Saibot.
Saibot stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Saibot misses with a wild body shot.

Coleman Jr looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Coleman Jr trying to control but Saibot is working from the bottom.
Saibot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Coleman Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot is trying to control the position but Coleman Jr postures up.
Coleman Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Saibot has wrist control.
Coleman Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Saibot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Saibot tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coleman Jr distracts Saibot with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Coleman Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Saibot's head.
Saibot trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Saibot wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Coleman Jr is fighting to break Saibot's control of his arms but Saibot is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Saibot keeping moving, preventing Coleman Jr from controlling successfully.
Saibot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coleman Jr can do to turn this around?
Coleman Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Coleman Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Saibot is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saibot wants to free his trapped foot but Coleman Jr is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Saibot slips a nice elbow through Coleman Jr's hands, connecting with Coleman Jr's forehead.
Coleman Jr holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Noob Saibot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Saibot trying to control from half guard but Coleman Jr is working away.
Coleman Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Coleman Jr is trying to maintain the position but Saibot is very close to passing his half guard.
Saibot slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman Jr wants to improve his position but Saibot is controlling well.
Well, if Saibot is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Coleman Jr trying to control from the bottom.

Coleman Jr is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Saibot pulls his head out easily.
Coleman Jr is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Saibot jumps into side control!
Saibot controlling from side mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saibot trying to control the position but Coleman Jr is working away.
Saibot slows the pace down.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Coleman Jr is looking to regain half guard here but Saibot keeps moving and retains side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saibot just content to control the position.
Saibot is looking to take a break and control but Coleman Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Noob Saibot.
Well Saibot has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noob Saibot!
A relieved looking Noob Saibot thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.