PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marek Siuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaun Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Russell's choice of entrance music: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Siuta
vs
Russell

189 cm
28
220 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

187 cm
24
219 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

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 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marek Siuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shaun Russell!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siuta swinging wildly here.
Siuta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Siuta throws a series of punches but Russell avoids them all with ease.
Russell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Siuta backs up against the cage.
Siuta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Russell was well out of range. Poor timing from Siuta.
Russell lands with an uppercut that bounces Siuta off the cage and back into range.
Russell misses with a low kick as Siuta jumps back.
Russell scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siuta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Russell avoids a kick to the body.
Siuta misses the shot to the body.
Russell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Siuta.
Siuta misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta scores with a hook.
Marek Siuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siuta throws a series of punches but Russell moves out of range.
Siuta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Siuta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Russell lands with an overhand left.
A telegraphed right hand from Siuta misses the target.
Siuta throws a push kick but Russell slaps the foot to one side.
Russell throws a right and a left that Siuta avoids nicely.
Shaun Russell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Russell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Russell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Russell misses with an uppercut. Siuta saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siuta throws a good cross that connects.
Siuta closes the distance and clinches up with Russell, looking for a takedown. Siuta pushes Russell against the cage but Russell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Russell lands a nice shot to the body.
Siuta scores with a jab. Russell acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Siuta.
Siuta looks to score with a jab to the body but Russell is just out of range.
Russell cracks a nice hook into Siuta's ribs.
Siuta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Siuta throws a shot from downtown. Russell moves away and avoids it.
Siuta misses the shot to the body.
Russell fails to land with a series of punches.
Russell throws a nice looking combination but Siuta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Siuta.
Siuta throws out a leg kick but Russell moves out of range and Siuta only half commits.
Russell throws a leg kick
and Siuta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siuta. Russell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Siuta connects with a body shot that sends Russell's belly button to the back.
Siuta tries to clinch there but Russell circles away.
Siuta misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a three punch combo that has Siuta backing up. Siuta nods at Russell to acknowledge the strikes.
Russell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Siuta 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.
Russell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siuta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siuta moves away from the strike by Russell.
Siuta throws a head kick but Russell moves out of range.
Russell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Siuta needs to keep his hands up - Russell had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siuta cracks Russell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Russell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Russell moves out of range of the body kick.
Russell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Siuta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Siuta misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shaun Russell will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Russell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Siuta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Russell.
Russell misses with a body punch
and Siuta counters with a right hand to the body.
Siuta defending well as Russell loads up on a big left hand.
Russell slips under a jab.
Siuta throws a push kick but Russell slaps the foot to one side.
Russell looks to throw the jab but Siuta is out of range.
Siuta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Russell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Russell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Siuta throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Shaun Russell has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Siuta's head.
Russell throws a hook to the side of Siuta's head but Siuta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Russell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siuta.
Siuta throws the left hand but Russell avoids the punch easily.
Siuta slips under a jab.
Shaun Russell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Russell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Siuta throws a low kick but Russell avoids it.
Siuta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by Russell there.
Good work by Russell as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell jabs Siuta to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Russell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell slips a jab from Siuta.
Siuta slips under a jab.
Siuta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Siuta throws a head kick that misses.
Russell lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siuta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Siuta.
Siuta with a nice cross.
Siuta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Russell has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta avoids the body shot from Russell.
Russell throws out a loose jab but Siuta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Russell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Siuta throws a right and a left that Russell avoids nicely.
Siuta is looking to clinch but Russell is avoiding it.
Siuta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Siuta scores with a sloppy right hand. Russell should have avoided that one.
Russell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Siuta.
Siuta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Russell misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Siuta to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell lands a leg kick that knocks Siuta off balance momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Siuta. Beautiful body shot.
Russell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Siuta.
Siuta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Siuta defending well as Russell loads up on a big left hand.
Russell dodges the punch combination from Siuta.
Russell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Siuta.
Russell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siuta tries to land a leg kick but Russell saw it coming and moves away.
Nice body punch from Siuta.
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 Marek Siuta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shaun Russell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A shot to the body from Siuta misses
and Russell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Siuta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Russell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Russell blocks a leg kick.
Russell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Siuta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Siuta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Siuta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Russell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Siuta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Siuta looks to throw the jab but Russell is out of range.
Russell swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell takes one to the side of the head.
Russell ducks under a wild hook from Siuta.
Russell connects with a body shot that sends Siuta's belly button to the back.
Siuta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Russell.
Siuta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Siuta has a takedown stuffed.
Russell moves away from the strike by Siuta.
Jab from Siuta.
Siuta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Russell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell cracks Siuta with a good jab.
Russell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Russell misses with an uppercut.
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!
Russell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shaun Russell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Siuta fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Russell lands a nice hook to Siuta's body. Siuta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Russell is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Russell swings widly with a right hand
and Siuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Siuta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Russell looks to land a combination but Siuta avoids it well.
Russell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Siuta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Russell misses with a straight left.
Russell misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Russell.
Siuta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Russell.
Russell tries to move into range but Siuta moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Russell!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siuta looks to land a left hand but Russell moved out of range nicely.
Russell closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Russell feints a jab promting Siuta to slip. Russell then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Siuta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Siuta throws a sloppy head kick
and Russell counters with a nice body shot.
Russell looks to land a right hand but Siuta moved out of range.
Russell attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Russell tries a low kick but Siuta avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Siuta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Russell.
Siuta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siuta. Russell does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shaun Russell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Russell has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29

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