PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Sardiini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Oquendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sardiini's entrance music is We Are The Kings. A fine choice. Keijo Sardiini has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sardiini
vs
Oquendo

185 cm
27
188 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

185 cm
24
190 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

Core Tokyo

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™
XTREME PWNAGE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keijo Sardiini!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Oquendo!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sardiini tries to bum rush Oquendo with a series of wild strikes but Oquendo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oquendo punishes Sardiini's body with a nice straight punch.
Sardiini avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oquendo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oquendo throws a poor cross that misses

and Sardiini counters by clinching up.
Oquendo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sardiini cracks Oquendo with a nice body shot.
Oquendo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sardiini or not.
Oquendo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sardiini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sardiini scores with a shot to the side of Oquendo's head.

It looks like Jose Oquendo has been cut.

Oquendo manages to break the clinch.
Oquendo throws a low kick but Sardiini avoids it.
Oquendo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sardiini throws a leg kick
and Oquendo counters with a low kick, right behind Sardiini 's knee.
Oquendo throws a nice looking combination but Sardiini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sardiini throws a leg kick but Oquendo moved away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Oquendo. Sardiini shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oquendo connects with a body shot.
Sardiini takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sardiini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oquendo slips under a jab from Sardiini.
Oquendo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquendo misses with a looping right.
Sardiini looks to land a combination but Oquendo avoids it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oquendo.
Oquendo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jose Oquendo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oquendo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Keijo Sardiini has been cut.
Oquendo feints and then cracks Sardiini's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sardiini down.
Sardiini is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Oquendo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sardiini tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sardiini showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oquendo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oquendo.
Oquendo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sardiini is just out of range.
Oquendo cracks a nice hook into Sardiini's ribs.
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!
Oquendo connects with a single shot there.
Sardiini avoids the head kick by Oquendo.
Sardiini avoids the head kick by Oquendo.
Oquendo lunges at Sardiini with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sardiini's hand.
Sardiini looks to throw the jab but Oquendo is out of range.
Sardiini is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sardiini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sardiini looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Oquendo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oquendo ducks under a wild hook from Sardiini.
Oquendo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sardiini on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sardiini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oquendo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oquendo.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Oquendo, right into the meat.
Oquendo catches Sardiini with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oquendo with a nice cross.
Sardiini avoids the head kick by Oquendo.
Sardiini on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Oquendo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oquendo throws a head kick but Sardiini moves out of range.
Sardiini has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oquendo.
Oquendo tries to land a front kick but Sardiini steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oquendo misses with a head kick.
Sardiini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oquendo.
Sardiini keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sardiini moves forwards but Oquendo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oquendo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sardiini takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot by Oquendo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oquendo.
Oquendo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oquendo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oquendo misses with an uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Oquendo.
Oquendo scoring well with a low kick there.
Oquendo throws a leg kick which misses Sardiini's front leg but catches the back leg as Sardiini tries to avoid it.
Oquendo misses with the combination.
Sardiini takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oquendo.
Oquendo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oquendo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oquendo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oquendo scores with a head kick. Sardiini tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Oquendo throws a sloppy head kick and Sardiini moves out of range easily.
Oquendo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Oquendo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sardiini avoids a kick to the body.
Sardiini takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Oquendo throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sardiini crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Oquendo - the referee stops the clock and Sardiini gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Oquendo. Sardiini manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Oquendo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oquendo. Sardiini does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oquendo lands a body shot.
Oquendo lands a leg kick that knocks Sardiini off balance momentarily.
Sardiini will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Oquendo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Oquendo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oquendo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Oquendo dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

A solid body kick from Oquendo.
That kick from Oquendo tenderised Sardiini's leg. Sardiini is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jose Oquendo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oquendo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Oquendo.
Oquendo misses with a head kick.
Oquendo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sardiini is able to avoid easily.
A head kick from Oquendo lands but Sardiini takes it in his stride.
Oquendo throws a body punch but Sardiini moves out of range.
Jose Oquendo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oquendo with a jab.
Sardiini gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Oquendo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Oquendo.
Oquendo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Oquendo.
Oquendo lands with a shot to the body.
Sardiini takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oquendo throws a head kick that misses.
Oquendo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Oquendo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sardiini. That did some damage!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Oquendo scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquendo throws a series of punches but Sardiini moves out of range.
Oquendo blocks a jab.
A head kick by Oquendo misses
and Sardiini counters with a thumping low kick.
Oquendo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sardiini ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sardiini 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.
Oquendo is looking to score with low kicks.
Oquendo scores with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Oquendo.
A big right from Sardiini misses.
Oquendo moves away from the strike by Sardiini.
Sardiini stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oquendo.
Oquendo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oquendo slips a jab and a cross from Sardiini.
Oquendo lands a nice looking body shot.
Sardiini checks a leg kick.
Sardiini keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oquendo looks to land a body kick but Sardiini moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oquendo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sardiini.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sardiini takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oquendo lands with a slapping head kick.
Sardiini throws a series of punches but Oquendo moves out of range.
Oquendo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Oquendo scores with a four punch combination!

Sardiini is rocked!
Sardiini has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oquendo.
Oquendo circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Sardiini drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Oquendo follows Sardiini to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Oquendo!
Jose Oquendo is the new middleweight champion!