PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mareko Siaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Levi Jeans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Siaki
vs
Jeans

177 cm
23
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mareko Siaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Levi Jeans!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siaki misses with a looping left.
Siaki moves out of range as Jeans strikes.
Siaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jeans.
Siaki lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Levi Jeans has been cut.
Jeans is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Siaki.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Siaki misses with a wild combination.
Decent striking displayed by Siaki there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jeans.
Jeans moves away from the strike by Siaki.
Levi Jeans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jeans scores with a crisp jab that stopped Siaki in his tracks.
Jeans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Jeans clinches with his opponent.

Jeans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Siaki as Jeans shoots in.
Siaki misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Jeans misses.
Siaki tests Jeans's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Siaki closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jeans to the mat! Jeans manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Siaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siaki preventing the sweep.
Siaki throws a big elbow that misses.
Siaki wants to pass the guard but Jeans is keeping the position.

Jeans working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Siaki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Siaki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jeans has momentary wrist control but Siaki slips an elbow through the middle.
Jeans really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Siaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Siaki postures up in Jeans's guard and throws a big left but Jeans blocks it.
Siaki is looking to work some ground and pound but Jeans has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeans keeping moving, preventing Siaki from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Siaki connects with a couple of short punches.
Siaki throws a big right hand that misses.
Jeans avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Siaki trying to control but Jeans is working from the bottom.
Siaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Siaki won't allow Jeans to sweep him here.
Siaki working some strikes from top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siaki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Siaki drops back looking for a leg! Jeans is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jeans manages to kick Siaki off! Siaki jumps back into Jeans's guard.
Siaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Jeans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siaki stays in close to Jeans's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Siaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Siaki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jeans's head.
Jeans has momentary wrist control but Siaki slips an elbow through the middle.
Siaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jeans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Siaki lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siaki sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jeans's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jeans looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jeans blocking the ground and pound attempt from Siaki.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jeans can do anything to dispel that myth.
Siaki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Siaki working over Jeans with some ground and pound. Jeans looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Siaki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jeans defending well though.
Siaki trying to mount his opponent but Jeans defends it.
Siaki not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Siaki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jeans is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mareko Siaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Levi Jeans's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good shot there by Jeans.
Jeans lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jeans wants to clinch.
Jeans looks to throw the jab but Siaki is out of range.
Siaki slips under a jab.

Siaki waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Jeans. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Jeans to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
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!
Siaki working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jeans's head.
Jeans controls Siaki momentarily but Siaki frees himself.
Siaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Jeans is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Siaki works over Jeans with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Siaki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Siaki postures up and lands a big shot to Jeans's brow.

That has opened up Levi Jeans's cut even more.
Siaki postures up.
Siaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Siaki stands and throws Jeans's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Siaki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jeans down.
Siaki cracks Jeans with an elbow. That is naaassty.

The cut above Levi Jeans's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeans tries to improve position but can't.
The strikes coming from Siaki are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Siaki wants to control but Jeans is keeping him busy.
Siaki tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeans is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Siaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Levi Jeans's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Siaki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Siaki winds up and cracks Jeans with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jeans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jeans is breathing heavily.
Jeans blocking the ground and pound attempt from Siaki.
Siaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jeans's head.
Siaki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Siaki is thwarting Jeans's attempts to control the position.
Siaki is nestled in close to Jeans, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siaki working Jeans over with strikes.
Siaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Levi Jeans's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mareko Siaki!
After winning the bout, Mareko Siaki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.