PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 3509 p4p, 287 weight class) and Justin Credible (ranked 4912 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Saibot
vs
Credible

168 cm
43
151 lbs
42 - 23 - 0

180 cm
32
154 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Credible!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Credible uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saibot.
Credible throws a counter combo.
Noob Saibot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Credible's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Saibot connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Credible scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Justin Credible has been cut.
Saibot keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice left hand lands by Saibot.
Credible wants to stall.
A short right from Saibot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Saibot.
Credible misses with a body punch.
Saibot lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Credible misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Saibot scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Saibot turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Saibot manages to end up in side control.

Saibot is trying to get an arm triangle but Credible is defending well.
Credible taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saibot looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Saibot is working Credible over with some ground and pound from side control.
Saibot scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saibot in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Saibot grinds an elbow into Credible's temple.
Credible is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saibot throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Credible avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Saibot.
Saibot scoring with punches from side control.
Credible is letting Saibot control him for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot lands an elbow.
Saibot scores with a couple of short elbows.
Saibot landing strikes.
Saibot moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot tries to score with some ground and pound. Credible controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
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.
Saibot controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Credible defending against the ground and pound.
Saibot cracks Credible with a big elbow.
Saibot is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Saibot landing strikes.
Credible defending against the ground and pound.
Saibot controls the position.
Credible really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saibot. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Check out the look on Saibot's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Saibot in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Saibot lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Credible takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Saibot working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noob Saibot dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Credible's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Saibot throws an overhand right that lands on Credible's shoulder, as Credible tries to avoid the shot.
Saibot works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Credible tries to close the distance and clinch but Saibot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Credible scores with a shot to the body.
Justin Credible is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saibot misses with a looping left.
Credible lands the left hand.
A big right from Saibot misses.
Saibot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saibot throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saibot throws a push kick but Credible slaps the foot to one side.
Credible throws out a counter right but Saibot avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Saibot.

Saibot shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saibot is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Saibot sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Credible defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot slows the pace down in half guard.
Saibot throwing shots but Credible is blocking nicely.
Saibot is pressing down on Credible's thigh, looking to free his foot. Credible is holding on for now.
Saibot winds up and cracks Credible with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Saibot missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saibot landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Saibot sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Credible for as long as he can get away with.
Saibot trying to pass the guard but Credible defending well.
Credible avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saibot.
Saibot sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saibot is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Saibot winds up and cracks Credible with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Saibot looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Credible with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Saibot is controlling the pace.
Saibot lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Saibot is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot drops an elbow to the side of Credible's head.
Noob Saibot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saibot content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Credible blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saibot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saibot thows a huge punch but Credible dodges it nicely.
Saibot not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noob Saibot dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justin Credible's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Credible tries to close the distance and clinch but Saibot swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Credible slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Credible on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Saibot bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Saibot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Credible slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Credible walks into a jab.
Saibot misses with a left hand
and Credible counters with a nice body shot.
Saibot swings widly with a right hand
and Credible makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Credible ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saibot throws a lazy right hand but Credible sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saibot is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Credible can do to turn this around?
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Saibot.

Credible is rocked!
Saibot drops Credible with a huge uppercut! Credible drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Saibot is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noob Saibot!
A victorious Noob Saibot thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.