PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Christ (ranked 3381 p4p, 24811 weight class) and Horacio Sadaval (ranked 424 p4p, 674 weight class). Sadaval has chosen Mi Barrio as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Christ
vs
Sadaval

200 cm
20
210
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
203
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Horacio Sadaval!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sadaval staying out of range there.
Sadaval lands a body shot.
Sadaval uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christ.
A slow jab from Sadaval misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Christ misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sadaval! But no joy.
Christ avoids the body shot from Sadaval.
Christ takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Christ throws a jab when Sadaval was well out of range.
Christ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sadaval was well out of range. Poor timing from Christ.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadaval misses with a hook. Christ ducked under it nicely.
Sadaval takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.
Sadaval does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Horacio Sadaval has been cut.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sadaval looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.
Christ takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A combination from Christ does no damage.
It seemed like Sadaval was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Good exchange - Sadaval coming out on top.
Christ misses with a hook
and Sadaval counters with a left to the body.
Sadaval lands an overhand right.
Christ throws a body shot but no joy.
Christ misses with the combination.
Sadaval takes a swing at Christ's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sadaval slips under a jab.
Sadaval let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sadaval ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Christ throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nice shot lands for Sadaval.
Sadaval looks to land a left hand but Christ moved out of range nicely.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sadaval throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Sadaval cracks Christ with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Christ looks to score with a jab to the body but Sadaval is just out of range.
Sadaval stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Christ swinging wildly here.
Christ loads up on a big right hand but Sadaval slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ throws a jab but it's blocked by Sadaval.
Sloppy strikes from Christ. Those never looked like landing.
Christ takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Christ connects with a body shot.
Sadaval scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Christ misses with a looping left.
Sadaval swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sadaval is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Christ.
Christ is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sadaval.
Sadaval staying out of range there.
Sadaval uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.
Sadaval scores with a body shot.
Christ swings widly with a right hand
and Sadaval counters with a nice low kick that buckles Christ's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ throws a hook but Sadaval blocks it.
A jab from Sadaval finds it's way through Christ's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sadaval takes one to the side of the head.
Sadaval ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christ moves away.
Jimmy Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sadaval.
Sadaval throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Sadaval slips a jab from Christ.
Christ connects with a right hand. Sadaval shakes it off.
Sadaval throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christ lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sadaval moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Christ displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Christ throws a hook but Sadaval avoids it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy Christ will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Horacio Sadaval's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sadaval slips a straight right by Christ.
Sadaval slips a jab and a cross from Christ.
Sadaval displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christ throws out the jab.
Christ throws a body shot but no joy.
Christ lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sadaval connects with a solid leg kick.
Sadaval scores with a three punch combo!
Christ throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Sadaval misses the target.
Christ misses with a wild body shot.
Sadaval catches Christ with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadaval steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christ.
A decent looking cross lands there for Christ.
Christ throws an overhand right that lands on Sadaval's shoulder, as Sadaval tries to avoid the shot.
Sadaval let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Christ works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christ. Sadaval does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christ throws a hook but Sadaval avoids it easily.
Sadaval slips a jab from Christ.
Christ lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sadaval circles away quickly and effectively.
Christ tests Sadaval's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sadaval bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Christ's head.
Christ throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Christ.
Christ punishes Sadaval's body with a nice straight punch.
Christ lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
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!
Christ scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sadaval lands with an uppercut that bounces Christ off the cage and back into range.
Christ works over Sadaval's head and body with a nice combination.

Sadaval is rocked!
Sadaval has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sadaval walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Christ! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimmy Christ!
After winning the bout, Jimmy Christ thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.