PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Justice (ranked 24266 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaquille Sinbad (ranked 6300 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.

Justice
vs
Sinbad

165 cm
19
140 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

166 cm
25
132 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernest Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shaquille Sinbad!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinbad throws a head kick but Justice moves out of range.
A head kick by Sinbad misses

and Justice counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Justice stopping the sweep attempt from Sinbad.
Sinbad wants to stand up but Justice is controlling him.

Sinbad is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Justice tries to pull guard but Sinbad forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short right from Sinbad on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sinbad.
Justice is trying to push Sinbad away but Sinbad has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sinbad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sinbad with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ernest Justice has been cut.
Justice takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sinbad gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Justice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinbad lands a body punch.
Sinbad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Justice in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Justice fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ernest Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sinbad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sinbad lands a nice knee to the body.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Sinbad keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Justice's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Sinbad.
Justice tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Justice is looking to break free of the clinch but Sinbad has double underhooks.
Sinbad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Justice is rocked!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oh Justice is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sinbad lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Justice or not.
Sinbad lands a damaging elbow.
Sinbad lands a big knee to the head and Justice goes down! Sinbad pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaquille Sinbad!
After the fight, Shaquille Sinbad was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.