PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kon Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sai comes to the ring accompanied by Sleep Now In the Fire. Kidd is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ain't No Sunshine. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sai
vs
Kidd

176 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Wolfpack Threadz

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kon Sai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Robin Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kidd darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Kidd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sai tries to roll over but Kidd keeps him under control.
Sai trying to hold on to Kidd's head to control him but Kidd postures up.
Kidd prevents Sai from standing back up.
Kidd thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sai's head.
Sai moves into full guard.
Sai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kidd.
Kidd postures up in Sai's guard and throws a big left but Sai blocks it.
Kidd makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kidd lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kidd's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sai wants to sweep here but Kidd controlling him for the moment.
Kidd postures up.
Sai keeping full guard, as Kidd tries to pass.
Kidd scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sai is trying to control the position but Kidd postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kidd accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kidd throwing strikes from guard but Sai blocks nicely.
Kidd distracts Sai with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kidd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sai is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kidd is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidd tries to free his leg and advance position but Sai is retaining full guard.
Kidd is looking to work some ground and pound but Sai has wrist control.
Kidd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kidd postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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!
Kidd throws a big right hand that misses.
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.
Kidd with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kidd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kidd is looking to work some ground and pound but Sai has wrist control.
Kidd throws a big right hand that misses.
Kidd working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kidd postures up in Sai's guard and throws a big left but Sai blocks it.
Kidd cracks Sai with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai controls Kidd momentarily but Kidd frees himself.
Kidd trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kidd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sai looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kon Sai wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sai stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sai wants it to stay on the feet.
Sai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kidd takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kidd throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sai's waist but Sai gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kidd off to one side.
Kidd looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kon Sai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Kidd.
Sai leaves Kidd with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sai throws out the jab.
Kidd fails to land the takedown.
Sai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kidd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kidd keeps the fight on the outside.
Sai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Sai pushes Kidd up against the ropes in a clinch.
Kidd tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sai tries for a takedown but Kidd manages to get underhooks.
Kidd prevents a takedown attempt there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sai prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Kidd dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Kidd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sai wants to clinch.
Kidd lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Sai has Kidd up against the ropes in a clinch.

Sai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sai looks to clinch

and Kidd counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kidd lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kidd sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sai defending well though.
Kidd tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sai knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidd lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kidd looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sai with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kidd landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kidd missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kidd prevents Sai from improving his position.
Kidd working Sai over with strikes.
Kidd not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sai has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kidd is working away from the top position though.
Kidd is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidd not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kidd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidd throwing shots but Sai is blocking nicely.
Sai is trying to stand.
Kidd lands strikes from half guard.
Kidd throwing shots but Sai is blocking nicely.
Sai is trying to control but can't.
Kidd slips a nice elbow through Sai's hands, connecting with Sai's forehead.
Kidd throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kidd thows a huge punch but Sai dodges it nicely.
Sai has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kidd is working away from the top position though.
Kidd not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidd working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kidd thows a huge punch but Sai dodges it nicely.
Sai trying to control but Kidd postures up.
Kidd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kidd not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sai is trying to stand back up but Kidd is controlling him
Sai taking some punishment here, with Kidd in his half guard.
Sai is trying to stand up here but Kidd is controlling him well.
Kidd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kidd is nestled in close to Sai, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidd lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sai is looking to improve his position.
Kidd not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sai is looking for a sweep. Kidd is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kidd looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidd thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kidd stops Sai from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sai wants to control the action here but instead Kidd manages to pass to full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee warns Sai that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kidd lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sai hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Kidd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Kidd shoots in looking for a takedown but Sai manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kidd's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kidd is defended easily by Sai.
Kidd swats away the attempt to clinch by Sai.
Kidd shoots in and drives through. Sai sprawls well.
Kon Sai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Kidd.
Sai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kidd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Robin Kidd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kidd fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sai avoids it really well and circles away.

Sai shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kidd napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kidd is pushing Sai's head away, looking to escape. Sai manages to hold on to the position though.

Sai tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kidd is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Sai has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sai looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kidd pushes Sai away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sai gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Sai tries for a kimura but Kidd is defending well.

Kidd sneaks out the side door and pushes Sai away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Sai pulls Kidd into guard.
Sai working a defensive guard here.

Sai is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kidd is aware though and is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kidd lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kidd stopping the sweep attempt from Sai.
Kidd throwing strikes from guard but Sai blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kidd's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidd throwing strikes but missing.
Kidd working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kidd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kidd working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Robin Kidd has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sai is trying to keep Kidd in close.
Sai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kidd postures up in Sai's guard and throws a big left but Sai blocks it.
Sai is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kon Sai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kidd postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kon Sai has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Kidd shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sai as he avoids it easily.

Kidd changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sai looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Kidd cracks Sai with a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kidd in side control, throwing shots but Sai defends.
Kidd working the ground and pound.
Kidd misses with the ground and pound.
Sai tries to escape but Kidd is in control.
Sai is looking for a sweep.
Kidd tries to score with some ground and pound. Sai controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sai is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kidd asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kidd lands a nice forearm strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Kidd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kidd winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Robin Kidd!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Robin Kidd!
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Robin Kidd!

Robin Kidd wins by unanimous decision!
Robin Kidd was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.