PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xernas Sly (ranked 4947 p4p, 2838 weight class) and Skritskrat Songsiskrat (ranked 503 p4p, 321 weight class). Songsiskrat has chosen Reunion - Life Is A Rock as his entrance music. Xernas Sly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sly
vs
Songsiskrat

170 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
167
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

UnderGround Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xernas Sly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Skritskrat Songsiskrat!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sly just misses with a punch to the body.
Sly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Songsiskrat scores with a nice head shot.
Sly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat avoids it easily.
And Songsiskrat tries to counter it with a takedown but Sly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A jab from Sly misses.
Sly misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Songsiskrat.
A swing and a miss from Sly.
Sly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Xernas Sly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Songsiskrat scores with a jab. Sly acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Songsiskrat throws out a powerful jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat lands a jab to Sly's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Songsiskrat counters with a low kick, right behind Sly 's knee.
Sly throws an overhand right that lands on Songsiskrat's shoulder, as Songsiskrat tries to avoid the shot.
Songsiskrat on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Songsiskrat takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Songsiskrat moves out of range of the strikes.
Songsiskrat blocks a jab.
A low kick lands for Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat throws a leg kick which misses Sly's front leg but catches the back leg as Sly tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sly missing with a left hand there. Songsiskrat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sly throws a shot from downtown. Songsiskrat moves away and avoids it.
Sly misses with a straight left.
Songsiskrat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sly.
Songsiskrat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sly cracks Songsiskrat with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Songsiskrat avoids the body shot from Sly.
Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat blocks it.
Sly looks to score with a jab to the body but Songsiskrat is just out of range.
Songsiskrat digs a good hook to Sly's body.
Songsiskrat scores with a sloppy right hand. Sly should have avoided that one.
Songsiskrat has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Songsiskrat slips a straight right by Sly.
Sly misses with a right hand
and Songsiskrat counters with a three punch combo that has Sly backing up. Sly nods at Songsiskrat to acknowledge the strikes.
Songsiskrat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking cross lands there for Songsiskrat.
Sly throws a big shot that misses.
Songsiskrat is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Songsiskrat slips a jab from Sly.
Songsiskrat smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Songsiskrat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sly throws a looping overhand right but Songsiskrat ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Songsiskrat connects with a right hand. Sly shakes it off.
Songsiskrat comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Songsiskrat lands a nice hook to Sly's body. Sly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Songsiskrat slips a straight right by Sly.
Sly on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Songsiskrat looks for the body kick but Sly saw that one coming.
Sly loads up on a big right hand but Songsiskrat slips the punch.
Songsiskrat with the counter takedown but Sly avoids it easily.
Sly throws a right hand that misses
and Songsiskrat counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sly looks to throw the jab but Songsiskrat is out of range.
Songsiskrat thuds his right hand into Sly's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat blocks it.
Sly ducks right into an uppercut from Songsiskrat.
A big right from Sly misses.
Songsiskrat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Songsiskrat feints and then cracks Sly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sly down.
Sly scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Songsiskrat slips a jab from Sly.
Sly is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Songsiskrat moves away.
Sly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Songsiskrat lands a two punch combo.
Songsiskrat wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sly looks to land a right hand but Songsiskrat moved out of range.
Songsiskrat jabs Sly to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Songsiskrat moves out of range of the strikes.
Sly on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Songsiskrat slips under a jab.
Sly throws a jab but it's blocked by Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Songsiskrat's corner calls for a 1-2. Songsiskrat obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sly swings for the body but Songsiskrat moves out of range.
Songsiskrat tries to land a front kick but Sly steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sly walks forward, straight into a front kick from Songsiskrat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Songsiskrat pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sly is out of range and Songsiskrat settles back down.
Songsiskrat feints and then cracks Sly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sly down.
Sly misses with a looping left.
Some bone on bone action there as Sly checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Songsiskrat paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Songsiskrat is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sly had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Songsiskrat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sly.
Sly scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sly misses with a straight right.
Sly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Songsiskrat cracks a nice hook into Sly's ribs.
Sly just misses with a punch to the body.
Sly misses with an uppercut. Songsiskrat saw that one coming.
Sly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Songsiskrat's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Songsiskrat lands a two punch combo.
Songsiskrat throws a leg kick but Sly checks it.
Songsiskrat lands with a kick to the temple. Sly shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Songsiskrat scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Songsiskrat. That's going to slow Sly down.
Songsiskrat connects with a body shot that sends Sly's belly button to the back.
Sly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Songsiskrat has time to react.
Songsiskrat throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sly misses with a hook.
Songsiskrat lands a glancing blow to the side of Sly's head.
Sly just misses with a punch to the body.
Songsiskrat scores with a nice strike.
Sly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skritskrat Songsiskrat dominated that round.
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.

Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat avoids it easily.
We've been informed that Songsiskrat has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Good shot there by Songsiskrat.
Skritskrat Songsiskrat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Songsiskrat throws a body punch but Sly moves out of range.
Songsiskrat bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sly's head backwards.
Good exchange - Sly coming out on top.
Songsiskrat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Songsiskrat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sly on the side of the head.
Sly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Songsiskrat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Songsiskrat feints the counter takedown.
Sly throws a looping overhand right but Songsiskrat ducks down to avoid it.
Songsiskrat fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sly is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Sly misses its target.
Sly throws a body punch but Songsiskrat moves out of range.
Songsiskrat throws a solid leg kick but Sly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Songsiskrat.
Sly misses with an uppercut. Songsiskrat saw that one coming.
Songsiskrat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Songsiskrat is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sly takes one on the button.
Songsiskrat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And Songsiskrat tries to counter it with a takedown but Sly pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Songsiskrat lands a front kick.
Sly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sly throws out a loose jab but Songsiskrat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Songsiskrat connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sly just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Songsiskrat lands a jab.
Songsiskrat moves out of range as Sly strikes.
Songsiskrat pushes Sly away with a front kick.
Songsiskrat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Sly misses the target.
Songsiskrat is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sly cracks Songsiskrat with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat thuds a left hand into Sly's body.
Songsiskrat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Songsiskrat's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sly connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Songsiskrat scrambles back to his feet.
Sly throws a looping overhand right but Songsiskrat ducks down to avoid it.
Songsiskrat throws a right and a left that Sly avoids nicely.
Sly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sly connects with a crisp jab.
Sly missing with a left hand there. Songsiskrat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Songsiskrat misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sly.
Songsiskrat takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Songsiskrat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sly throws a lazy right hand but Songsiskrat sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Songsiskrat throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sly is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sly misses with a hook
and Songsiskrat counters with a two punch combo.
Sly takes a swing at Songsiskrat's ribcage but misses.
Sly throws a looping overhand right but Songsiskrat ducks down to avoid it.
Songsiskrat takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Songsiskrat tests Sly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sly closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sly misses with a looping right.
Songsiskrat scores with a nice right hand.
A punch lands to the side of Sly 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Songsiskrat scores with a jab to the body.
Sly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Songsiskrat.
Sly avoids the head kick by Songsiskrat.
Nice defenses there by Songsiskrat.
Decent striking displayed by Songsiskrat there.
Sly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sly. Songsiskrat does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Songsiskrat! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Songsiskrat. Sly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut there from Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big left from Sly misses.
Songsiskrat lands a right hook to the body.
Songsiskrat moves forwards but Sly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sly has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Songsiskrat finds it's way round the side to connect with Sly's head.
Songsiskrat misses with a series of wild punches.
Sly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sly throws a hook to the side of Songsiskrat's head but Songsiskrat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sly throws a body punch but Songsiskrat moves out of range.
Sly misses with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Songsiskrat lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A jab lands there for Sly.
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!
Songsiskrat moves away from the strike by Sly.
Songsiskrat lands a nice shot to the body.
Songsiskrat jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Songsiskrat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sly misses with a looping left.
Songsiskrat throws a shot to the body.
Songsiskrat fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sly on the side of the head.
Songsiskrat fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Sly scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sly misses with a straight right.
Sloppy strikes from Songsiskrat. Those never looked like landing.
Songsiskrat looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sly takes one on the button.
Songsiskrat misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Songsiskrat is breathing heavily.
Songsiskrat lands with a nice body punch.
Sly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Songsiskrat connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Songsiskrat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Songsiskrat moves away.
Sly misses with a body shot.
Sly throws a jab when Songsiskrat was well out of range.
Sly missing with a left hand there. Songsiskrat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skritskrat Songsiskrat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sly's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Songsiskrat connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sly scrambles back to his feet.
Songsiskrat gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sly.
Songsiskrat lands with a nice body kick.
Songsiskrat moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Songsiskrat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Songsiskrat misses with a wild body shot.
Songsiskrat scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Songsiskrat misses with a kick to the body.
Songsiskrat uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sly misses with a body shot.
Sly jabs at Songsiskrat's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Sly just misses with a punch to the body.
Songsiskrat cracks Sly with a right hand to the side of the head.
Songsiskrat misses with a straight left.
Songsiskrat throws a body shot but no joy.
Sly misses with a hook.
Sly avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat avoids it easily.
Sly throws a body punch but Songsiskrat moves out of range.
Songsiskrat staying out of range there.
Songsiskrat slips under a jab.
Songsiskrat uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sly.
Songsiskrat lands a nice shot that snaps Sly's head back.
Songsiskrat defending well as Sly loads up on a big left hand.
Sly with a jab.
Songsiskrat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sly.
Songsiskrat connects with a nice looking jab.
A combination from Songsiskrat does no damage.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Sly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sly misses with a hook.
Songsiskrat fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sly misses the shot to the body.
Songsiskrat looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Songsiskrat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sly throws a hook to the side of Songsiskrat's head but Songsiskrat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Songsiskrat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Xernas Sly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Songsiskrat looks to land a combination but Sly avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sly.
Sly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sly takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Songsiskrat scores with a jab to the jaw.
Songsiskrat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sly throws out the jab.
Sly misses with an uppercut. Songsiskrat saw that one coming.
Songsiskrat closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Songsiskrat fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sly manages to avoid it.
Songsiskrat throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sly walks into a stiff left hand from Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Songsiskrat stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Songsiskrat slips under a jab.
Sly lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sly cracks Songsiskrat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Songsiskrat cracks Sly with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sly takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Songsiskrat throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice straight punches there by Songsiskrat. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sly doesn't seem bothered though.
Sly swings for the body but Songsiskrat moves out of range.
Songsiskrat uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sly.
Sly misses with a straight right.
Songsiskrat slips under a jab from Sly.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Songsiskrat!
Skritskrat Songsiskrat is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Songsiskrat ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Songsiskrat drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sly defends it well.
Songsiskrat moves away from the strike by Sly.
Songsiskrat only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Songsiskrat avoids the body shot from Sly.
Sly looks to score with a jab to the body but Songsiskrat is just out of range.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Songsiskrat scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Songsiskrat moves out of range as Sly strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Songsiskrat scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Songsiskrat lands a two punch combo.
Sly lands with a shot to the body.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Sly throws a hook but Songsiskrat blocks it.
Songsiskrat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Songsiskrat connects with a leg kick.
A big right from Sly misses.
Songsiskrat ducks under a wild hook from Sly.
Songsiskrat with a hook.
Songsiskrat tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Songsiskrat, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Songsiskrat scores with a punch to the head.
Songsiskrat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sly throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sly staying out of range there.
Sly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Songsiskrat has time to react.
Sly cracks a nice hook into Songsiskrat's ribs.
Sly misses with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skritskrat Songsiskrat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Songsiskrat 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skritskrat Songsiskrat!
A relieved looking Skritskrat Songsiskrat thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.