PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tyaf Daeland Puno (ranked 224 p4p, 27 weight class) and Kristof Sienly (ranked 1035 p4p, 109 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Puno might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'm a soldier - Tupac. Tyaf Daeland Puno has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daeland Puno
vs
Sienly

183 cm
36
155 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

175 cm
36
155 lbs
24 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyaf Daeland Puno!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kristof Sienly!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sienly tries to clinch up but Puno circles away and keeps his distance.
Puno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sienly is looking to score with low kicks.
Tyaf Daeland Puno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sienly slips a straight right by Puno.
Puno slips under a jab.
Puno misses the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sienly.
Sienly just misses with a punch to the body.
Sienly has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Puno is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sienly staying out of range there.
Puno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sienly moves away.
Sienly moves out of range of the strikes.
Puno swings widly with a right hand
and Sienly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Puno looks to land a right hand but Sienly moved out of range.
Sienly throws a hook to the side of Puno's head but Puno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Puno gets a takedown into half guard.

Sienly looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sienly is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puno throws a strike but Sienly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Puno pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sienly is keeping the position for now.
Sienly seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Puno has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Puno pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sienly is keeping the position for now.
Puno loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puno looking to sit in guard and control but Sienly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Puno looking for a sweep. Not yet Puno, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sienly is fighting to break Puno's control of his arms but Puno is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Puno is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sienly defends well.

Sienly decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Puno, up you get!
Puno stuffs the takedown attempt from Sienly. Sienly gets slowly back to his feet.
Puno connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Puno misses with a left hand
and Sienly connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Puno.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sienly.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puno checks a leg kick.
Sienly throws a shot to the body.
Puno lands a jab to the head.
Sienly lands with a thumping leg kick.

Puno changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sienly looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Puno throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Puno working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Puno looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sienly is avoiding damage well.
Sienly takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Puno cracks Sienly with a big right hand but Sienly just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Puno throws an elbow but Sienly slips to the side and avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The strikes coming from Puno are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sienly tries to improve position but can't.
Puno throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puno misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Puno in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sienly is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Puno's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Puno is looking to pass Sienly's guard but actually Sienly recovers to full guard.
Sienly pulls Puno in to control the position.
Puno trying to control but Sienly is working from the bottom.
Puno is working Sienly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Puno tries to free his leg and advance position but Sienly is retaining full guard.
Puno connects with a couple of short punches.
Puno is working Sienly over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyaf Daeland Puno dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sienly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Puno throws out the jab.
Puno takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Puno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puno tries for a takedown but Sienly sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
As Puno backs off Sienly throws a huge counter combo but Puno manages to avoid it all.
Sienly cracks the inside of Puno's front leg.
Sienly defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.
Sienly steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sienly defending well as Puno loads up on a big left hand.
Puno misses with a looping left.
Sienly is looking for the big counter here.
The fighters circling - Puno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Puno chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sienly can pounce on him.
Sienly throws a leg kick but Puno sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A good leg kick by Sienly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sienly tries to sprawl but Puno drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Sienly pushes Puno off and gets back to his feet.
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!
Sienly misses with a low kick.
Sienly throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Puno is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Puno shoots for a takedown but Sienly saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Puno bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puno throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sienly tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Puno is in Sienly's guard.
Sienly keeping moving, preventing Puno from controlling successfully.
Puno throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sienly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Puno accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Puno trying to control but Sienly is working from the bottom.
Puno throws a big elbow that misses.
Tyaf Daeland Puno overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sienly trying to control the position here.
Puno working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sienly's head.
Sienly trying to keep a closed guard but Puno is proving a slippery customer.
Sienly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sienly trying to control the position here.

Puno throws a sloppy strike and Sienly has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Puno is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Sienly!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kristof Sienly!
Kristof Sienly is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Kristof Sienly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.