PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaladin Darkeyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sewy Cide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Darkeyes
vs
Cide

188 cm
35
250 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

195 cm
29
260 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaladin Darkeyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sewy Cide!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Darkeyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cide looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cide's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cide.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes throws a head punch that misses.
Cide tries to work over Darkeyes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Cide working aggressively here.
Darkeyes misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkeyes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
Darkeyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Cide throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkeyes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cide slowing the pace effectively.
Darkeyes lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cide blocking some punches.
Cide trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darkeyes.
Cide stalling in the clinch but Darkeyes improves position.
Darkeyes working aggressively here.
Darkeyes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cide backwards.
Darkeyes misses with the head strike.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darkeyes.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
Darkeyes has a couple of punches blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
A short uppercut from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cide misses with a body punch.
Darkeyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Darkeyes throws a head punch that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cide trying to control the position but instead, Darkeyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cide into the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darkeyes as Cide tries to tie him up.
Darkeyes misses with the head strike.
Cide working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Darkeyes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cide lands a shot to the body.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cide controlling the action here for a moment.
Cide lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darkeyes backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cide.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cide lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from Cide.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with the head strike.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cide tries to throw a body punch but Darkeyes avoids it by throwing Cide back against the cage.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Darkeyes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Darkeyes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Darkeyes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cide trying to control the position but instead, Darkeyes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cide into the cage.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cide lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Kaladin Darkeyes has been cut.
Cide lands a body punch in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cide lands an elbow that stopped Darkeyes in his tracks for a moment.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darkeyes swings wildly with an uppercut but Cide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cide working aggressively here.
Cide taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cide is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaladin Darkeyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaladin Darkeyes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Darkeyes gets tackled into the cage by Cide. Cide maintains the clinch.
Cide throws an elbow that misses.
Darkeyes blocking some punches.
Cide misses with an elbow over the top.
Cide tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darkeyes pushes Cide back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Cide.
Kaladin Darkeyes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Darkeyes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cide throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cide takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cide blocking some punches.
Darkeyes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cide can do to turn this around?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkeyes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cide stalling.
Cide misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Cide on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with some punches.
Darkeyes swings wildly with an uppercut but Cide uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cide tries to work over Darkeyes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cide manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Darkeyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkeyes working aggressively here.
Darkeyes prevents a body shot from Cide.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
Cide scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Darkeyes.
Still in the clinch, Cide scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cide controlling the action here for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Cide.
Darkeyes being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cide throws an elbow that misses.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cide lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cide misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkeyes lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cide slowing the pace effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide slowing the pace effectively.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide lands with a short shot to the head.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Cide.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cide backwards.
Cide tries to stall but Darkeyes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cide tries to land knees in the clinch but Darkeyes avoids the damage to the body.
Darkeyes throws a head punch that misses.
Cide tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Cide.
Cide lands a knee to the head.
Darkeyes scores with a shot to the side of Cide's head.
Cide softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darkeyes letting Cide take a breather here.
Darkeyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cide slows down the pace here.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cide lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cide lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cide swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
Cide misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cide throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darkeyess head.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
Darkeyes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darkeyes.
Cide trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
Cide is trying to stall.
Cide unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darkeyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cide has Darkeyes pushed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cide taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sewy Cide showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaladin Darkeyes's cut.
That's time! Darkeyes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cide has closed the distance and engaged Darkeyes in a clinch.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cide.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkeyes misses with the head strike.
Cide is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darkeyes is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darkeyes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darkeyes as Cide tries to tie him up.
Cide is trying to stall.
Cide is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Darkeyes has denied him.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sewy Cide.

Darkeyes has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cide lands a body shot.
Cide blocks an uppercut.
Cide holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cide.
Cide lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cide stalling in the clinch but Darkeyes improves position.
Cide tries to throw a body punch but Darkeyes avoids it by throwing Cide back against the cage.
Darkeyes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darkeyes throws a head punch that misses.
Cide pushes Darkeyes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darkeyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkeyes.
Darkeyes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cide lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
Cide blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes misses with some punches.
Cide blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cide throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Darkeyess head.
Cide lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cide lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cide digs a right hand into Darkeyes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darkeyes's gas tank.
Cide effectively controlling the action here.
Cide wants to stall.
Darkeyes prevents a body shot from Cide.
Cide's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Darkeyes fails to land.
Cide lands with a right to the head.
Cide lands a knee to the head.
Darkeyes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darkeyes lands a shoulder strike.
Cide's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Darkeyes misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cide looking to slow down the pace here.
Cide has a couple of punches blocked by Darkeyes.
Cide throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkeyes.
Cide scores with a shoulder strike.
Darkeyes lands a hook that snaps the head of Cide backwards.
Cide slows down the pace here.
Darkeyes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cides head.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes throws a punch but it's blocked by Cide.
Darkeyes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cide tries to land a knee to the head but Darkeyes blocks with his arms.
Darkeyes has a couple of punches blocked by Cide.
A short right from Cide on the inside.
Darkeyes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darkeyes avoids a wild elbow strike from Cide.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cide.
A short left from Cide.
Nice elbow from Cide.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cide tries a body shot but Darkeyes blocks it.
Cide misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cide unloads a knee to the mid-section. Darkeyes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cide digs a right hand into Darkeyes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Darkeyes's gas tank.
Cide makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cide lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Darkeyes avoiding damage as Cide throws knees to the body.
Darkeyes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cide digs a right hand underneath Darkeyes's ribcage. Darkeyes let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cide gets through Darkeyes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Darkeyes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cide blocking some punches.
Cide blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sewy Cide comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cide 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sewy Cide!
A very excited looking Sewy Cide made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.