PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arman Sakkara (ranked 6186 p4p, 5806 weight class) and Chief Of The Island (ranked 590 p4p, 564 weight class). Arman Sakkara could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chief Of The Island's chin.

Sakkara
vs
Of The Island

183 cm
25
182
0 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
180
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Island clothing lite

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arman Sakkara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chief Of The Island!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Of The Island darts in and clinches Sakkara up against the cage.
Of The Island looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sakkara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Of The Island has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Of The Island using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sakkara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Sakkara.
Sakkara landing knees to the body.
Sakkara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Of The Island has him pressed against the cage.
Sakkara avoiding damage.
Sakkara blocks an elbow strike from Of The Island.
Of The Island misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakkara.
Sakkara definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Of The Island fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Of The Island.
Of The Island throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Of The Island breaks from the clinch.

Sakkara gets tackled into the cage by Of The Island. Of The Island maintains the clinch.
Sakkara trying to land knees to the body.
Sakkara blocks the elbow strike.
Of The Island on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sakkara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Of The Island with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of The Island takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of The Island is trying to maintain a safe position but Sakkara gets an underhook and turns Of The Island into the cage.

Of The Island manages to break the clinch.
Sakkara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakkara lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sakkara lets loose with a powerful body kick. Of The Island will feel that in the morning.

Of The Island moves into the clinch.
Of The Island misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sakkara blocks an elbow strike.
Sakkara misses with a knee to the head.
Of The Island throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Of The Island misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sakkara tries a knee to the head but Of The Island blocks it.
Sakkara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sakkara lands an elbow just above Of The Island 's eye.
Sakkara with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakkara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Of The Island looks winded!
Of The Island throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Of The Island is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sakkara is keeping busy.
Sakkara lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakkara with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Of The Island pushes off an throws an elbow but Sakkara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Sakkara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chief Of The Island seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Of The Island tries to keep at a distance but Sakkara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Of The Island using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sakkara has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Sakkara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sakkara rushes Of The Island and presses him up against the cage.
Of The Island wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sakkara is pressed up against the cage. Of The Island has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sakkara down to the mat. Sakkara avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sakkara lands with a nice body kick.
Sakkara lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Of The Island steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sakkara. That one must have hurt.
Sakkara pushes Of The Island away with a front kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sakkara.
Sakkara throws a leg kick which misses Of The Island's front leg but catches the back leg as Of The Island tries to avoid it.

Sakkara moves into the clinch.
Sakkara lands an elbow that stopped Of The Island in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakkara lands an elbow inside.
Sakkara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Of The Island is rocked!
Sakkara putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Of The Island in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Of The Island is still on wobbly legs! Can Sakkara finish him?
A knee to the head by Sakkara.
Sakkara working Of The Island over with knees to the body.
Sakkara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Of The Island up against the cage.

Sakkara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Of The Island is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Sakkara Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Of The Island is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Arman Sakkara!
Arman Sakkara seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.