PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 1688 p4p, 177 weight class) and Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 1003 p4p, 108 weight class). Saibot comes to the cage accompanied by TEST YOUR MIGHT. 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.

Saibot
vs
Experiment Il

168 cm
45
158 lbs
48 - 28 - 0

175 cm
27
148 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 48 - 28 - 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 Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saibot shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Experiment Il counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Experiment Il throws a leg kick which misses Saibot's front leg but catches the back leg as Saibot tries to avoid it.
Saibot swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Experiment Il jabs Saibot to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Experiment Il closes the distance and pushes Saibot back into the cage.
Saibot is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Experiment Il is defending well.
Saibot goes for a takedown in the clinch but Experiment Il prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noob Saibot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saibot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saibot is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Experiment Il pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment Il content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Experiment Il lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Experiment Il putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saibot in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Experiment Il missing with knees to the body.
Experiment Il lands a hook that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Experiment Il working Saibot over with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saibot.
Saibot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Saibot up against the cage.
Experiment Il landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saibot avoiding damage as Experiment Il throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Experiment Il to work.
Saibot throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Saibot.
Experiment Il is pushing Saibot up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Saibot tries for a takedown. No joy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot managing to block the knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Saibot swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saibot throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
Saibot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Saibot looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Experiment Il landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saibot tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
A short right from Saibot on the inside.
Experiment Il will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Saibot up against the cage.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saibot creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Experiment Il obliges.
Experiment Il lands a right hand.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Experiment Il lands a nice knee to the body.
Saibot is breathing heavily.
Experiment Il unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saibot lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Experiment Il pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Experiment Il thuds his right hand into Saibot's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Experiment Il has closed the distance and engaged Saibot in a clinch.
Saibot takes a knee to the side of the body.
Saibot misses with the head strike.
Saibot avoiding damage as Experiment Il throws knees to the body.
Saibot misses with some punches.
Saibot misses with a punch on the inside.
Experiment Il just leaning against Saibot, taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il scores a nice knee to the body.
Saibot takes a knee to the side of the body.
Experiment Il content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il digs a right hand underneath Saibot's ribcage. Saibot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Experiment Il putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saibot in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Experiment Il trying to land knees to the body.
Experiment Il lands a hook that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.
Experiment Il lands a shot to the body.
Saibot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but Saibot blocks with his arms.
Experiment Il's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Experiment Il pressing his opponent against the cage.
Saibot letting Experiment Il take a breather here.
Saibot has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment Il.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Experiment Il.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnish Experiment Il dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Saibot takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Saibot throws a body shot but no joy.
Experiment Il throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Experiment Il misses the shot to the body.
Saibot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saibot misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Experiment Il. Saibot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Experiment Il with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot wants to clinch
and Experiment Il counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Saibot looks to throw the jab but Experiment Il is out of range.
Finnish Experiment Il is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Experiment Il.
Saibot throws a series of punches but Experiment Il avoids them all with ease.
Saibot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Experiment Il's hands.
Experiment Il throws a solid leg kick but Saibot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Experiment Il.
Experiment Il fails with an attempt to clinch.

Experiment Il has taken the fight to the clinch.
Saibot scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Saibot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il lands a nice knee to the body.
Saibot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Experiment Il landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Experiment Il displaying some good clinch control by pressing Saibot up against the cage.
Experiment Il stalls.
Experiment Il receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saibot tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Saibot working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Saibot.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Experiment Il on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saibot misses with a punch on the inside.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Experiment Il holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Saibot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Experiment Il is stalling here.
Experiment Il slows down the pace here.
Experiment Il unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il lands a good knee to the midsection. Saibot won't want to take too many of those.
Experiment Il taking a breather.
Experiment Il lands with a right to the head.
Experiment Il blocks a body shot from Saibot.
Good body shot from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il working Saibot over with knees to the body.
Experiment Il stalling the fight.
Experiment Il is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saibot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice cross by Saibot.
Experiment Il throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Experiment Il connects with a solid leg kick.
Saibot misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il cracks a nice hook into Saibot's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Experiment Il scores with a push kick.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Experiment Il clinches.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Saibot throws a head punch that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Experiment Il obliges.
A head punch on the inside from Saibot fails to land.
Knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il scores with a nice hook to the head.
Experiment Il scores with a shoulder strike.
Saibot being controlled against the cage.
Saibot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Experiment Il landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Experiment Il breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnish Experiment Il showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Experiment Il lands a leg kick that knocks Saibot off balance momentarily.
Saibot chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Experiment Il can pounce on him.

Experiment Il gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Experiment Il leaning his opponent against the cage.
Experiment Il landing knees to the body.
Experiment Il stalling in the clinch but Saibot improves position.
Experiment Il blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Experiment Il holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Saibot working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibot has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Experiment Il utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Experiment Il leaning against his opponent.
Experiment Il has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Saibot throws a punch but it's blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il lands a left hand.
Saibot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saibot on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch.
Saibot throws a leg kick
and Experiment Il cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Experiment Il fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Saibot looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Experiment Il rushes Saibot and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Experiment Il slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saibot.
Saibot managing to block the knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Noob Saibot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot swings wildly with an uppercut but Experiment Il uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saibot has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saibot is defending well for now.
Experiment Il displaying some good clinch control by pressing Saibot up against the cage.
Saibot working aggressively here.
Experiment Il goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Experiment Il stalling in the clinch.
Saibot tries to throw a body punch but Experiment Il avoids it by throwing Saibot back against the cage.
Saibot tries to throw a body punch but Experiment Il avoids it by throwing Saibot back against the cage.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Experiment Il lands a good knee to the midsection. Saibot won't want to take too many of those.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Experiment Il is trying to stall.
Experiment Il stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saibot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Experiment Il connects with a nasty looking knee right to Saibot's face.

It looks like Noob Saibot has been cut.
Knees to the body from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Experiment Il lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Experiment Il is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Saibot tries a body shot but Experiment Il blocks it.
Saibot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saibot blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Experiment Il breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Saibot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot swings widly with a right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Experiment Il!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saibot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Experiment Il with a nice cross.
A jab from Saibot misses.
Experiment Il lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saibot's sensitive parts.
Finnish Experiment Il is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Saibot swings widly with a right hand

and Experiment Il counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saibot.
Saibot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il slows down the pace here.
Experiment Il blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Finnish Experiment Il comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Experiment Il has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finnish Experiment Il!
Finnish Experiment Il bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.