PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zidane Sephiroth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Furcal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Furcal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sephiroth
vs
Furcal

190 cm
21
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

187 cm
22
218 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zidane Sephiroth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Furcal!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sephiroth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Furcal.
Mike Furcal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sephiroth keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sephiroth swings for the body but Furcal moves out of range.
Sephiroth moves forwards but Furcal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sephiroth lands a head shot.
Sephiroth keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Furcal.
A telegraphed right hand from Furcal misses the target.
Furcal misses with a body punch
and Sephiroth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sephiroth lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Furcal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sephiroth moves away.
Sephiroth lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Furcal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sephiroth lands with a cross.
Furcal tries to clinch up but Sephiroth circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Furcal.
Sephiroth slips a jab from Furcal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sephiroth misses its intended target.
Furcal throws a lazy right hand but Sephiroth sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sephiroth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Furcal throws out the jab.
Sephiroth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Furcal moves away.
Furcal throws out a loose jab but Sephiroth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Furcal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sephiroth.
Furcal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Furcal lands a head shot.
Furcal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Furcal slips a straight right by Sephiroth.
Furcal throws a combination that misses
and Sephiroth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sephiroth ducks under a wild hook from Furcal.
Sephiroth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furcal.
Furcal moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Furcal. Sephiroth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sephiroth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Furcal.
Sephiroth cracks a nice hook into Furcal's ribs.
Sephiroth misses with a series of wild punches.
Sephiroth looks to land a left hand but Furcal moved out of range nicely.
Sephiroth works Furcal's body with a nice hook.
Furcal looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sephiroth throws the left hand but Furcal avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Sephiroth.
Furcal throws an overhand right that lands on Sephiroth's shoulder, as Sephiroth tries to avoid the shot.
Sephiroth misses the body punch
and Furcal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sephiroth misses the body punch
and Furcal counters with a stiff right hand.
Sephiroth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Furcal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth lands a slapping body shot.
Furcal scores with a nice right hand.
Sephiroth throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Furcal throws the left hand but Sephiroth avoids the punch easily.
Furcal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sephiroth misses with a straight left.
Sephiroth missing with a left hand there. Furcal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sephiroth connects with a nice looking jab.
Furcal throws the left hand but Sephiroth avoids the punch easily.
Sephiroth misses with a body shot.
Sephiroth lands with a cross.
Furcal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furcal tries to clinch
and Sephiroth counters with a stiff right hand.
Sephiroth throws a sloppy body shot
and Furcal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some wild striking there from Sephiroth.
Sephiroth looks to score with a jab to the body but Furcal is just out of range.
Sephiroth is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sephiroth moves out of range of the strikes.
Sephiroth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Furcal misses with a hook.
Sephiroth connects with a single shot there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sephiroth looks to throw the jab but Furcal is out of range.
Sephiroth throws a big shot that misses.
Sephiroth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Furcal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zidane Sephiroth dominated that round.
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.

Sephiroth swings for the body but Furcal moves out of range.
Furcal misses with a body shot.
Sephiroth misses with a body shot.
Furcal avoids the body shot from Sephiroth.
Furcal tries to clinch but Sephiroth moves away
and Sephiroth counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Furcal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Some wild striking there from Sephiroth.
A shot to the body from Furcal misses
and Sephiroth counters with a right hand to the body.
Furcal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sephiroth manages to avoid it.
Sephiroth blocks a jab.
Sephiroth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Furcal.
Sephiroth blocks a jab.
Sephiroth blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furcal throws a series of punches but Sephiroth avoids them all with ease.
Furcal is breathing heavily.
Sephiroth throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Furcal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Furcal finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sephiroth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Furcal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sephiroth.
Sephiroth slips a jab from Furcal.
Furcal blocks a jab.
Furcal tries to move into range but Sephiroth moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Furcal slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zidane Sephiroth is winning the standup battle so far.
Furcal takes a swing at Sephiroth's ribcage but misses.
Sephiroth takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sephiroth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furcal was well out of range. Poor timing from Sephiroth.
Furcal tries to bum rush Sephiroth with a series of wild strikes but Sephiroth uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sephiroth misses with an uppercut.
Furcal walks into a left hand.
Furcal misses with a looping right.
Sephiroth misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Furcal. Sephiroth does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sephiroth walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
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!
A big right from Furcal misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sephiroth. Furcal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sephiroth moves out of range of the strikes.
Sephiroth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Furcal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth blocks a jab.
Furcal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sephiroth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sephiroth throws a hook but Furcal avoids it easily.
Sephiroth has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sephiroth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Furcal.
Sephiroth's corner calls for a 1-2. Sephiroth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sephiroth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sephiroth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Furcal circles away quickly and effectively.
Sephiroth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Furcal lands the left hand.
A slow jab from Sephiroth misses its intended target.
Furcal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Furcal ducks under a wild hook from Sephiroth.
Furcal connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sephiroth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Furcal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sephiroth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Furcal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Furcal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sephiroth.
Furcal throws the left hand but Sephiroth avoids the punch easily.
Sephiroth swings for the body but Furcal moves out of range.
Sephiroth lands a head shot.

Furcal clinches up with Sephiroth and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sephiroth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sephiroth digs a right hand underneath Furcal's ribcage. Furcal let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sephiroth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sephiroth lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Sephiroth - that landed with a thud.
Sephiroth is leaning against Furcal and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Furcal blocking some punches.
Sephiroth is working Furcal over against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zidane Sephiroth dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sephiroth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Furcal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sephiroth misses with a looping left.
Sephiroth misses the shot to the body.
Sephiroth misses with a looping right.
Sephiroth misses with a straight left.
Furcal takes a jab right on the kisser.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth avoids it easily.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Sephiroth looks to land a combination. Furcal sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Furcal misses with a looping right.
Furcal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Furcal misses the body punch
letting Sephiroth counter with a right hand.
Sephiroth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sephiroth cracks a nice hook into Furcal's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Furcal throws a jab when Sephiroth was well out of range.
Furcal throws the left hand but Sephiroth avoids the punch easily.
Furcal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Furcal loads up on a big right hand but Sephiroth slips the punch.
Furcal misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Sephiroth.
Sephiroth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Sephiroth.
Furcal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sephiroth with a jab.
Furcal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sephiroth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Sephiroth finds it's target.
Sephiroth swings for the body but Furcal moves out of range.
Sephiroth misses with a double jab
and Furcal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sephiroth lands with a nice body punch.
Sephiroth misses with an uppercut. Furcal saw that one coming.
Sephiroth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sephiroth moves out of range as Furcal strikes.
Furcal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sephiroth.
Sephiroth throws the left hand but Furcal avoids the punch easily.
Furcal moves into range and connects with a jab.
Zidane Sephiroth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sephiroth works Furcal's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furcal sizes up Sephiroth with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Furcal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sephiroth.
Sephiroth thows a body shot but no joy.
Sephiroth clobbers Furcal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Furcal throws a looping overhand right but Sephiroth ducks down to avoid it.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth avoids it easily.
Furcal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sephiroth lands a jab to Furcal's midsection.
Mike Furcal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sephiroth slips under a jab.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Sephiroth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sephiroth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Furcal loads up on a big right hand but Sephiroth slips the punch.
Furcal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sephiroth counters with a stiff right hand.
Sephiroth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Furcal throws a big shot that misses.
Furcal throws a hook but Sephiroth blocks it.
Furcal throws a leg kick but Sephiroth sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sephiroth misses the shot to the body.
Furcal misses with a straight right.
Sephiroth lands with an uppercut that bounces Furcal off the cage and back into rage.

Furcal forces Sephiroth back against the cage and clinches.
Sephiroth working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Sephiroth.
Furcal working some nice short punches in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zidane Sephiroth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sephiroth has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zidane Sephiroth!