PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Sizzou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Capone
vs
Sizzou

187 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

195 cm
24
216 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carl Sizzou!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Capone misses with the combination.
Capone avoids the body shot from Sizzou.
Capone avoids the body shot from Sizzou.
Sizzou looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
Capone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sizzou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big right from Capone misses.
Capone misses with the combination.
Capone moves out of range as Sizzou strikes.
Capone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sizzou looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
Sizzou thuds his right hand into Capone's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Capone throws an overhand right that lands on Sizzou's shoulder, as Sizzou tries to avoid the shot.
Capone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Capone there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sizzou thuds a left hand into Capone's body.
Capone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Capone needs to keep his hands up - Sizzou had a free shot at his head there.
Capone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sizzou misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sizzou scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Capone doesn't seem bothered though.
Capone throws out a loose jab but Sizzou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Capone takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Capone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sizzou lands with a right hand.
Capone on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sizzou catches Capone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Capone throws a hook but Sizzou avoids it easily.
Capone throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sizzou counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sizzou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sizzou has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sizzou misses with a two punch combination.
Capone goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Carl Sizzou has been cut.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
Sizzou lands a two punch combo.
Tim Capone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capone misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sizzou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Capone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sizzou.
Capone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sizzou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sizzou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sizzou connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Capone momentarily.
Sizzou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sizzou clobbers Capone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sizzou misses with a body shot.
Capone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good exchange - Sizzou coming out on top.
Capone ducks under a wild hook from Sizzou.
Sizzou blocks a jab.
Capone throws a right and a left that Sizzou avoids nicely.
Sizzou lands a jab to Capone's midsection.
A big left from Capone misses.
Capone is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sizzou's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Capone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Capone connects with a single shot there.
Capone misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Sizzou.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone throws a right and a left that Sizzou avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Sizzou. Those never looked like landing.
Sizzou takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sizzou looks gassed!
Sizzou dodges the punch combination from Capone.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Capone misses.
Some wild striking there from Capone.
Sizzou darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Capone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sizzou throws out the jab.
Capone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sizzou circles away quickly and effectively.
Capone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sizzou.
Sizzou takes a swing at Capone's ribcage but misses.
Sizzou with a hook.
Capone takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone takes a swing at Sizzou's ribcage but misses.
Sizzou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Capone was well out of range. Poor timing from Sizzou.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Capone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Sizzou misses.
Capone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sizzou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Capone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Sizzou - just one landing.
Sizzou lands a body shot.
Sizzou needs to keep his hands up - Capone had a free shot at his head there.
Capone swings for the body but Sizzou moves out of range.
Sizzou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sizzou on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sizzou is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Capone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Capone works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Capone scores with the left hand. Sizzou knows he should have avoided that one.
Capone throws a series of punches but Sizzou moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Carl Sizzou will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carl Sizzou's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Capone jabs at Sizzou's body.
Capone throws a big shot that misses.
Sizzou connects with the punch.
Sizzou misses the jab.
Capone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Capone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Capone misses with the combination.
A jab from Sizzou misses.
Sizzou swings for the body but Capone moves out of range.
Sizzou throws a right hand that Capone ducks under and follows up with a left that Capone also avoids with ease.
Capone swinging wildly here.
Capone fails to land with a series of punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Capone.
Sizzou is breathing heavily.
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!
Capone connects with a single shot there.
Some wild striking there from Capone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone throws out a powerful jab.

That has opened up Carl Sizzou's cut even more.
Sizzou moves out of range as Capone strikes.
Capone fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sizzou. Capone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Capone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sizzou stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Capone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tim Capone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Capone lands with a cross.
Capone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sizzou lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Capone fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sizzou on the side of the head.
Capone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sizzou throws a series of punches but Capone avoids them all with ease.
Capone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sizzou was well out of range. Poor timing from Capone.
Capone thows a body shot but no joy.
Capone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sizzou.
Capone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sizzou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone throws a nice looking combination but Sizzou bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sizzou looks to land a left hand but Capone moved out of range nicely.
Capone misses with a hook.
Sizzou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Capone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sizzou swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sizzou looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sizzou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Capone moves away.
Capone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sizzou moves away.
Sizzou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Capone.
Capone lands a jab-cross combination.

The cut above Carl Sizzou's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sizzou tries to move into range but Capone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Capone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sizzou.
Sizzou slips under a jab from Capone.
Capone falls off balance throwing a combination
and Capone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sizzou moves out of range of the strikes.
Sizzou scores with a three punch combo!
Sizzou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sizzou stuns Capone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sizzou dodges the punch combination from Capone.
Capone lands with a right hand.
Capone misses with a wild combination.
Capone misses with a wild combination.
Sizzou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sizzou lands a head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Sizzou.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sizzou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Capone manages to avoid it.
Capone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Capone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sizzou.
No joy there for Sizzou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Capone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sizzou on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sizzou thows a body shot but no joy.
Sizzou slips a jab and a cross from Capone.
Capone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sizzou moves out of range as Capone strikes.
Capone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sizzou.
Sizzou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sizzou thuds a left hand into Capone's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sizzous jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sizzou takes one to the chin there.

Carl Sizzou's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
No joy there for Capone, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sizzou scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Capone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carl Sizzou's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Capone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Capone.
Capone keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sizzou goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A left lands for Capone.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Capone takes one to the side of the head.
Capone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tim Capone is winning the standup battle so far.
Sizzou misses with a hook. Capone ducked under it nicely.
Sizzou looks to throw the jab but Capone is out of range.
Capone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sizzou was well out of range. Poor timing from Capone.
Capone catches Sizzou with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sizzou misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Capone.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sizzou takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carl Sizzou's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tim Capone!