PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Battleby (ranked 611 p4p, 932 weight class) and Kano Sicarius (ranked 54 p4p, 87 weight class). Ulysses Battleby could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kano Sicarius's chin.

Battleby
vs
Sicarius

179 cm
30
151
12 - 5 - 0

150 cm
28
145
4 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ulysses Battleby!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kano Sicarius!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sicarius misses with a double jab.
Battleby's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sicarius connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Battleby scrambles back to his feet.
Sicarius scores with a crisp jab that stopped Battleby in his tracks.
Sicarius throws a poor cross that misses
and Battleby counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Kano Sicarius has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sicarius is defended easily by Battleby.
It looked like Battleby was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sicarius.
Sicarius rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Battleby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sicarius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sicarius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Battleby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sicarius shoots for a takedown but Battleby saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Battleby appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Battleby with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sicarius to score with a decent uppercut.
Sicarius digs a good body shot into Battleby's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sicarius misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Battleby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battleby slips a straight right by Sicarius.
Sicarius punishes Battleby's body with a nice straight punch.
Sicarius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Sicarius gets a double leg takedown into Battleby's guard.

Battleby uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sicarius just misses with a punch to the body.
Battleby is looking to slow Sicarius down with leg kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Sicarius. Beautiful body shot.
Battleby leaves Sicarius with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ulysses Battleby has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kano Sicarius.
Battleby slips a straight right by Sicarius.
Battleby has been working on his boxing with his coaches at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) in the buildup to the fight.
Sicarius throws out a loose jab but Battleby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sicarius changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Battleby tries to avoid it but Sicarius manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Battleby to the ground. Battleby escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Battleby swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battleby takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sicarius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Battleby gets tackled into the cage by Sicarius. Sicarius maintains the clinch.

Battleby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sicarius digs a good body shot into Battleby's ribs.
Sicarius scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sicarius misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Sicarius misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Battleby misses the target.
Sicarius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sicarius loads up on a big right hand but Battleby slips the punch.
Battleby appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sicarius misses with a right hand
and Battleby counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sicarius thinking.
Battleby connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice shot by Sicarius.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sicarius shoots in for a takedown but Battleby shows good takedown defense.
Battleby lands a right hook to the body.
Battleby moves forwards but Sicarius connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sicarius throws out a loose jab but Battleby uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Battleby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sicarius throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Battleby stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sicarius misses with a lunging right hand
and Battleby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Battleby takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sicarius connects with the punch.
Kano Sicarius seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Battleby stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Battleby wants it to stay on the feet.
Sicarius lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Battleby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sicarius throws a jab but it's blocked by Battleby.
Battleby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sicarius is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Battleby.
It looked like Battleby was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sicarius.
Sicarius ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sicarius changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sicarius blocks the body kick.
Battleby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sicarius.
Sicarius scores with the left hand. Battleby knows he should have avoided that one.
Sicarius throws a lazy right hand but Battleby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Battleby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sicarius moves away from the strike by Battleby.
Sicarius misses with a left hand
and Battleby counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sicarius ducks under a wild hook from Battleby.
Battleby dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sicarius. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sicarius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Battleby.
Sicarius misses with a takedown attempt
and Battleby counters with a straight right hand.
Sicarius lands a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kano Sicarius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kano Sicarius's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sicarius lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kano Sicarius seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sicarius tries to close the distance and clinch up but Battleby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Battleby throws a leg kick but Sicarius checks it.
Battleby tries to land a body kick

and Sicarius counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sicarius.
Battleby working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sicarius.
Battleby looking for a sweep. Not yet Battleby, not yet.
Sicarius wants to pass the guard but Battleby is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battleby wants to sweep but no luck.
Sicarius cracks Battleby with a solid left hand.
Sicarius pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Battleby is keeping the position for now.
Sicarius working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sicarius tries to free his leg and advance position but Battleby is retaining full guard.
Sicarius stopping the sweep attempt from Battleby.
Sicarius loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sicarius lands a couple of elbows.
Sicarius trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Battleby manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Sicarius looking to control.
Sicarius wants to improve his position but instead Battleby has moved into half guard.
Sicarius trying to control but Battleby postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sicarius works his way to full guard. Good work.
Battleby sitting in guard here, content to control.
Battleby preventing the sweep.
Battleby controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sicarius wants to sweep but no luck.
Sicarius lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Sicarius advances position into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battleby is not content to let Sicarius control the position.
Sicarius working away.
Sicarius fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sicarius scores with punches from side control.
Sicarius connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Battleby some visible discomfort.
Sicarius cracks Battleby with an elbow. That is naaassty.
An elbow from Sicarius crashes against the mat.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sicarius working his ground and pound in the gym.
Sicarius throws an elbow but Battleby slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sicarius wants to lay and pray for a moment but Battleby keeps working.
Sicarius has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Battleby taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sicarius advances to mount.
Sicarius is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Battleby wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sicarius.
Sicarius with shots to the head and body - Battleby looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sicarius cracks Battleby with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Battleby avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sicarius.
Sicarius throws a wild left hand from mount and Battleby manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
Battleby is looking for a sweep. Sicarius is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sicarius stops Battleby from getting back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kano Sicarius showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kano Sicarius's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Good standup being displayed there by Sicarius as he connects with a hook.

Sicarius drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sicarius stopping the sweep attempt from Battleby.
Sicarius postures up.
Battleby utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sicarius lands a couple of elbows.
Sicarius looking to sit in guard and control but Battleby gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Battleby preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sicarius keeping moving, preventing Battleby from controlling successfully.
Battleby will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sicarius wants to sweep but no luck.
Sicarius is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sicarius tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sicarius is trying to control the position but Battleby postures up.
Sicarius lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Battleby looking for a sweep. Not yet Battleby, not yet.
Sicarius passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Battleby tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Sicarius thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Battleby wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sicarius.
Sicarius sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sicarius throws some wild stikes that Battleby manages to avoid easily.
Battleby blocking the ground and pound.
Battleby is bucking up trying to escape but Sicarius cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sicarius prevents Battleby from getting the reversal.
Sicarius breaks from Battleby's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sicarius dominating with strikes here.
Sicarius is landing with some decent strikes but Battleby is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sicarius throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Battleby because Sicarius loaded up on that one.
Sicarius drops a big elbow. That's hurt Battleby! More shots from Sicarius and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kano Sicarius!
Kano Sicarius is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Kano Sicarius rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.