PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rush Syckes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dominguez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to El Mariachi. Cesar Dominguez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dominguez
vs
Syckes

177 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cesar Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rush Syckes!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Hugh Johnson and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Syckes cracks Dominguez with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Cesar Dominguez has been cut.
Dominguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dominguez wants to clinch up but Syckes keeps it at a distance.
Syckes tries to bum rush Dominguez with a series of wild strikes but Dominguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dominguez is looking to clinch.
Dominguez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Syckes blocks a head kick by Dominguez.
Syckes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Syckes connects with a jab.
Cesar Dominguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Syckes.
Syckes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice defenses there by Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a leg kick.
Dominguez slips a jab from Syckes.
Dominguez shoots in but Syckes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Syckes cracks a nice hook into Dominguez's ribs.
Dominguez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dominguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Syckes keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dominguez, right into the meat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Syckes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Syckes.
Dominguez looking to throw knees to the head but Syckes is blocking nicely.
Syckes is working Dominguez over against the ropes.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the head but Syckes blocks with his arms.
Dominguez throws an elbow that misses.
Syckes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dominguez up against the ropes.
Dominguez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Syckes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Syckes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominguez.
Dominguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Syckes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dominguez working Syckes over with knees to the body.
Dominguez missing with knees to the body.
Syckes avoiding damage as Dominguez throws knees to the body.
Syckes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dominguez or not.
Dominguez is breathing heavily.
Dominguez tries to land a knee to the head but Syckes blocks with his arms.
Syckes pushes Dominguez back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Syckes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Dominguez throws an elbow but misses.
A right hand to the body from Syckes.
Syckes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dominguez or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from Syckes.

Syckes breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Syckes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dominguez momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dominguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Syckes lands a jab to the nose.
Dominguez takes one to the chin there.
Syckes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Syckes cracks Dominguez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Syckes cracks Dominguez with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the ropes! Dominguez falls to his knees and Syckes doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rush Syckes!