PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brian Redban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Sinker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redban comes to the cage accompanied by M83 - Midnight City. The key to victory for Brian Redban has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Redban
vs
Sinker

171 cm
22
143 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

150 cm
25
130 lbs
10 - 5 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Redban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Drew Sinker!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redban throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sinker's head.

It looks like Drew Sinker has been cut.
Sinker wants to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Redban scores with a four punch combination!
Redban fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sinker.
Sinker closes the distance but Redban moves to the side
and Redban counters with a stiff right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Redban.
Redban circles away from the clinch attempt
and Redban counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sinker takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Redban is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
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!
Redban listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sinker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sinker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Redban paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redban lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sinker at a distance.
Sinker is looking to clinch but Redban is avoiding it.
Sinker takes a kick to the side of the head.
Redban connects with a crisp jab.
Redban swats away the attempt to clinch by Sinker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Redban keeps the fight on the outside.
Sinker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sinker closes the distance but Redban moves to the side
and Redban counters with a left to the body.
Redban lands a front kick.
Sinker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Redban counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sinker's knee momentarily.
Redban scores with a push kick.
Nice uppercut there from Redban.
Sinker wants to clinch but Redban slips to the side
and Redban counters with a straight right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Redban.
Sinker darts in trying to clinch
and Redban counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Redban lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sinker takes a step back to recover.
A good leg kick by Redban.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinker darts in trying to clinch
and Redban counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sinker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Redban lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Redban scores with a jab to the head.
Redban looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sinker tries to clinch up but Redban circles away and keeps his distance.
Redban clobbers Sinker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Redban lands with a hook. Sinker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Redban connects with a leg kick. Sinker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Redban lands a glancing blow to the side of Sinker's head.
Redban is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Redban fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sinker tries to clinch up
and Redban counters with a straight right hand.
Sinker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Redban lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinker moves to clinch but Redban breaks away
and Redban counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Redban.
Redban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinker moves away.

Sinker clinches up with Redban and pushes him back against the cage.

Redban escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Redban lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sinker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Redban paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Redban works the jab nicely.
Redban connects with a solid leg kick.
Sinker tries to clinch there but Redban circles away.
Redban explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sinker is looking to clinch but Redban is avoiding it.
Redban throws a head kick but Sinker moves out of range.
Redban circles away from the clinch attempt.
Redban with a nice cross.

Sinker has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Redban content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sinker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redban backwards.
Redban stalling in the clinch but Sinker improves position.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Redban has had enough of the clinch but Sinker keeps him there for the moment.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Redban.
Sinker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Redban's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Redban.
Redban is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Redban leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Redban dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Drew Sinker's cut.
That's time! Redban's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Redban connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sinker's hands.
Redban dips to his left and cracks Sinker with an uppercut!
Sinker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sinker wants to clinch up but Redban keeps it at a distance.
Redban cracks the inside of Sinker's front leg.
Sinker tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Redban counters with a thumping low kick.
Sinker wants to clinch
and Sinker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinker is looking to clinch.
Redban connects with a right hand. Sinker shakes it off.
Redban throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Redban looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Redban misses with a head kick.
Redban misses with the combination.
Sinker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Redban changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Redban wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Redban tries to bum rush Sinker with a series of wild strikes but Sinker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Sinker clinches.
Redban blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Redban tries to circle away but Sinker has him pinned against the cage.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Redban wants to get back to striking at distance but Sinker won't allow it.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Redban.
Redban tries to circle away but Sinker has him pinned against the cage.
Sinker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Sinker working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Sinker fails to land.
Sinker throws a punch but it's blocked by Redban.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinker working aggressively here.
Sinker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Redban controlling the action here for a moment.
Sinker lands a left hand.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Redban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sinker throws a head punch that misses.
Redban blocks an uppercut.
Redban tries to circle away but Sinker has him pinned against the cage.
Redban working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinker misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Redban's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Redban, as that shot connected.

Sinker clinches up against the cage.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sinker fails to land.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Sinker fails to land.
Redban wants to break the clinch but can't.
Redban wants to stall.
Redban is struggling to control the position.

Redban manages to break the clinch.
Sinker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sinker 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.
Sinker on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sinker doesn't manage to clinch there - Redban circles away.
Sinker takes one to the chin there.
Sinker tries to clinch but Redban is having none of it.
Sinker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
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!
Sinker tries to clinch up but Redban circles away and keeps his distance.

Sinker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Redban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drew Sinker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Redban has had enough of the clinch but Sinker keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Redban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sinker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sinker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sinker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brian Redban will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Drew Sinker's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Redban bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Redban circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sinker wants to clinch
and Sinker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Sinker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sinker blocks a body shot from Redban.
Sinker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redban is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Redban wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sinker has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sinker lands a right hand.
Redban blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinker misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinker misses with the head strike.
Sinker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redban backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Redban.
Redban blocking some punches.
Sinker has a couple of punches blocked by Redban.
Sinker working aggressively here.
Sinker misses with some punches.
Sinker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Redban gets through Sinker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sinker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redban blocking some punches.
Redban is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redban blocks an uppercut.
Sinker swings wildly with an uppercut but Redban uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redban blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redban holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.
Redban can't break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sinker working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Redban stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.
A shot in the inside from Sinker.
Redban tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sinker avoids it.
Redban is trying to break free.
Sinker throws a punch but it's blocked by Redban.
Sinker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
Sinker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinker misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Sinker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sinker.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redban.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinker moves to clinch but Redban breaks away
and Redban counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Redban circles away from the clinch attempt
and Redban counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sinker doesn't manage to clinch there - Redban circles away.
Sinker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Redban makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redban lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Redban swats away the attempt to clinch by Sinker.
Sinker wants to clinch up but Redban keeps it at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sinker closes the distance looking to clinch
and Redban counters with an inside leg kick.
Drew Sinker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brian Redban is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Redban scores with a kick to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Sinker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Redban 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Brian Redban!
During a confident post fight interview, Brian Redban thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.