PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sakke Somali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Percival Pickervance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Somali's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sakke - Oonhan Suomalainen. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Percival Pickervance was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Somali
vs
Pickervance

183 cm
25
180 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

184 cm
29
185 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Sakke Somali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Percival Pickervance!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickervance throws a push kick but Somali slaps the foot to one side.
Somali wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Somali.
Somali dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pickervance. That did some damage!
Pickervance throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pickervance swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pickervance tries to land a front kick but Somali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Somali looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Somali misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Pickervance misses its intended target.
Some bone on bone action there as Pickervance checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab from Pickervance misses.
Pickervance lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pickervance. Somali does a little dance to reset his feet.

Somali closes the distance and clinches.
Pickervance misses with a punch to the body.
Pickervance tries to throw a body punch but Somali avoids it by throwing Pickervance back against the cage.

Pickervance manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Somali misses with a straight right.
Pickervance lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickervance swings for the body but Somali moves out of range.
Somali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pickervance throws a right and a left that Somali avoids nicely.
Sakke Somali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Somali defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pickervance.
Pickervance checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pickervance looks to land a right hand but Somali moved out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Somali.
Pickervance fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Somali checks it well.
Somali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Somali clinches up against the cage.
Somali tries a body shot but Pickervance blocks it.
Pickervance is trying to force a seperation but Somali has the dominant position.
Pickervance looking to slow down the pace here.
Somali blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pickervance doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pickervance wants to break the clinch but can't.

Pickervance breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pickervance ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Somali moves away.
Percival Pickervance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pickervance checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Somali.
Pickervance throws a solid leg kick but Somali takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pickervance.
Pickervance misses with a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pickervance. Somali shrugs it off though.
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!
Somali moves out of range of the strikes.
Pickervance throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Somali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Somali scores with a push kick.
Pickervance misses with a body kick.
Somali with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crunch! Somali slams his shin into Pickervance's torso.
Somali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pickervance throws a right and a left that Somali avoids nicely.
Pickervance lands a nice looking body shot.
Somali tries to clinch there but Pickervance circles away.
Somali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pickervance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Pickervance misses its intended target.
Pickervance throws a series of punches but Somali moves out of range.
Pickervance checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Somali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pickervance misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Somali misses.
Somali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Somali tries to move into range but Pickervance moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Somali throws a wild body kick that Pickervance sees coming a mile off.
Somali tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pickervance is able to avoid easily.
Pickervance ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Somali clinches.
Pickervance misses with a punch on the inside.
Somali tries a body shot but Pickervance blocks it.
Somali lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Percival Pickervance has been cut.
Somali creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pickervance's defenses.

Pickervance's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Somali pushes Pickervance up against the cage in a clinch.
Somali trying to stall but Pickervance improves his position.
Pickervance misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickervance lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pickervance digs a right hand into Somali's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Somali's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickervance fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Somali wants to stall.
Pickervance with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pickervance tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Somali's elbow.
Pickervance doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from Pickervance.
Pickervance lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Somali backwards.
Pickervance tries to land a knee to the head but Somali blocks with his arms.
Somali tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Pickervance.

Pickervance has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Somali regains guard immediately.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Pickervance missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Somali is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Percival Pickervance dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Percival Pickervance's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Somali throws the kick towards the body but Pickervance avoids it.
Somali fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pickervance is out of range.
Somali with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Somali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pickervance misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Somali.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pickervance, right into the meat.
A jab from Somali misses.
Pickervance misses with a kick to the body.
Pickervance's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Somali ducks under a wild hook from Pickervance.
Pickervance ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Somali moves away.
Somali fakes the leg kick and cracks Pickervance in the body.
Somali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pickervance.
Somali blocks the body kick.
Somali lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pickervance throws an overhand right that lands on Somali's shoulder, as Somali tries to avoid the shot.
Somali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pickervance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pickervance. Somali does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Somali throws a quick inside leg kick.
Somali throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pickervance looks to land a left hand but Somali moved out of range nicely.
Somali thumps Pickervance with a low kick.
Pickervance misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Somali.
Somali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Somali looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick lands from Somali.
A looping hook to the body misses from Somali. Pickervance does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pickervance throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Somali. That's going to slow Pickervance down.
Somali walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pickervance checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Somali ducks under a wild hook from Pickervance.
Somali doesn't manage to clinch there - Pickervance circles away.
Somali dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pickervance. That did some damage!
Somali lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pickervance throws out a loose jab but Somali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pickervance has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Somali.
Pickervance misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Somali throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Somali walks into a straight right hand from Pickervance.
Pickervance looks to score with a jab to the body but Somali is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Somali.
The fighters circling - Pickervance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Somali.
Pickervance is looking to chop away at Somali's legs.
Pickervance swats away the attempt to clinch by Somali.
An inside leg kick lands from Somali.
Pickervance misses with a body shot.
Pickervance takes a swing at Somali's ribcage but misses.
Somali fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pickervance has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Somali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Somali throws a right and a left that Pickervance avoids nicely.
Pickervance shoots in but Somali avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pickervance shoots for a takedown but Somali saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Somali.
Pickervance misses the jab.
Somali with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Somali feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pickervance's calf.
A jab from Pickervance misses.
Somali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakke Somali is winning the standup battle so far.
Somali lands a right hook to the body.
Somali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pickervance manages to avoid it.
Pickervance misses with a wild body shot.
Somali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pickervance looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Somali feints and then cracks Pickervance's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pickervance down.
A good leg kick by Somali.
Somali throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Somali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Somali slips under a jab from Pickervance.
Pickervance throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Somali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pickervance checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickervance throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pickervance throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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!
Pickervance on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pickervance digs a good body shot into Somali's ribs.
Pickervance missing with a left hand there. Somali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Somali misses with a low kick.
Pickervance misses with a body shot.
Somali looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pickervance misses with a looping right.
Pickervance misses with an attempted mid kick.
Somali works over Pickervance's head and body with a nice combination.
Pickervance on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Somali. Somali obviously looking to wear him down.
The fighters circling - Pickervance throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Somali blocks the body kick.
Somali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Pickervance 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Somali.
Nice uppercut there from Somali.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakke Somali dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Percival Pickervance's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pickervance misses with the combination.
Pickervance misses with a straight left.
Somali connects with a body shot.
Pickervance cracks Somali with a good jab.
Nice shot by Somali.
Pickervance moves out of range of the leg kick from Somali.
Sakke Somali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Somali motions for Pickervance to come forward. Somali throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Somali.
Somali displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pickervance throws out the jab.
Somali tries to score with a low kick but Pickervance moves his leg out of the way.
Pickervance takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pickervance has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Somali.
Somali swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pickervance walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Somali gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Somali manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickervance tries to hold on but Somali pushes him away.
Pickervance holds of for dear life.
Pickervance is squirming around, avoiding Somali's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Somali prevents Pickervance from getting the reversal.
Somali tries to push Pickervance's head away but Pickervance is holding on tight.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Percival Pickervance wasn't active enough on the ground.
Pickervance throws a hook but Somali blocks it.
Somali misses with a low kick.
Pickervance tries for a takedown but Somali sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Somali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickervance looks for the body kick but Somali saw that one coming.
Pickervance lands with a hook. Somali tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pickervance fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Somali manages to avoid it.
Pickervance moves out of range of the body kick from Somali.
A punch lands to the side of Pickervance 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pickervance. Somali does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pickervance misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Somali moves out of range as Pickervance strikes.
A good leg kick by Somali.
Pickervance takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Somali fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pickervance is out of range.
Pickervance misses with a looping left.
Somali pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pickervance misses with a low kick.
Pickervance looks to throw a body kick
and Somali counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pickervance misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickervance swats away the attempt to clinch by Somali.
Pickervance misses with a lunging right hand
and Somali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pickervance throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pickervance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pickervance throws a hook but Somali blocks it.
Somali tries to land a front kick but Pickervance steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
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!
Pickervance throws out a loose jab but Somali uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pickervance. Somali does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good work by Pickervance as he checks the leg kick.
Somali misses with a body shot.

Somali gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pickervance is working for takedown but Somali is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sakke Somali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Percival Pickervance.
Somali tries to land knees in the clinch but Pickervance avoids the damage to the body.
Somali lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Somali pushes Pickervance back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Somali lands a body punch.
Pickervance with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pickervance throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Somalis head.

Pickervance manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sakke Somali.
I think Somali has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sakke Somali!
Sakke Somali decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.