PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Sabacajan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Sixth Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sabacajan
vs
Sixth Man

172 cm
25
167 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
181 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sean Sabacajan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, The Sixth Man!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabacajan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sixth Man as he avoids it easily.

Sabacajan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sixth Man utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sixth Man wants to stand up but Sabacajan is controlling him.

Sixth Man looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sabacajan passes into side control.
Sixth Man takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sixth Man defending against the ground and pound.
Sixth Man is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sabacajan connects with a decent elbow.
Sabacajan tries to score with some ground and pound. Sixth Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sabacajan scoring with punches and elbows.
Sixth Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sabacajan. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sabacajan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sixth Man knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sabacajan working the ground and pound but Sixth Man is defending the strikes.
Sabacajan misses with the ground and pound.
Sabacajan is putting a hurting on Sixth Man here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sixth Man wants to control but Sabacajan postures up.
Sabacajan tries to score with some ground and pound. Sixth Man controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sabacajan sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Sixth Man is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sabacajan landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sabacajan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sabacajan lands a few punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sabacajan has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sabacajan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sabacajan lands a big shot there that rocks Sixth Man but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sabacajan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sabacajan cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sabacajan has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sixth Man's face.
Sabacajan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sabacajan lands a big shot there that rocks Sixth Man but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sabacajan raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sabacajan lands with some strikes.
Sabacajan is landing with some decent strikes but Sixth Man is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sabacajan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabacajan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sabacajan landing strikes from the mount and Sixth Man is in trouble!
Sabacajan unloading with bombs!
Sabacajan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sixth Man?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabacajan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sabacajan dominating with strikes here.
Sabacajan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
A big strike lands for Sabacajan! That's really hurt Sixth Man and he's turned his back - Sabacajan keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sabacajan jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Sabacajan!
After winning the bout, Sean Sabacajan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.