PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Sigit (ranked 394 p4p, 57 weight class) and El Misterioso Damballah (ranked 743 p4p, 97 weight class). Sigit's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Gie. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sigit
vs
Misterioso Damballah

173 cm
40
172 lbs
39 - 24 - 2

179 cm
31
180 lbs
21 - 25 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 24 - 2, fighting out of New York, The Sigit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, El Misterioso Damballah!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damballah lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sigit circles away quickly and effectively.
Damballah misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damballah throws a right hand that Sigit ducks under and follows up with a left that Sigit also avoids with ease.
Damballah throws a right and a left that Sigit avoids nicely.
Sigit half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Sigit looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Damballah!
Sigit controls the position from side control.
Damballah is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sigit is putting a hurting on Damballah here, landing some big shots from side control.
Damballah being controlled for a moment.
Sigit working the ground and pound from side control.
Damballah tries to escape but Sigit is in control.
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.
Sigit lands some shots froms side control.
Damballah wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Sigit working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Sigit is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Damballah has escaped the position, nice work there.
Damballah is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sigit is putting a hurting on Damballah here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigit lands a decent elbow from side control.

Sigit is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Damballah is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sigit 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.
Sigit tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sigit advances nicely into full mount.
Damballah is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sigit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sigit is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Damballah wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sigit looking to control but Damballah is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sigit cracks Damballah with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sigit won't let Damballah get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Damballah is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Sigit is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Damballah is surviving well by controlling Sigit's body position as best he can.
Damballah takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Damballah is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Damballah taking shots to the head.
Sigit is landing with some decent strikes but Damballah is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Damballah is rocked!
Damballah is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Damballah is still in real trouble! Can Sigit finish him?
Sigit is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Damballah is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Damballah seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sigit lands with some strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damballah is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Sigit! That's really hurt Damballah and he's turned his back - Sigit keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sigit jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Sigit!
A relieved looking The Sigit thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.