PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Master Sifu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Remnant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sifu
vs
Remnant

183 cm
27
190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

181 cm
23
199 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Sifu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Remnant!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sifu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sifu closes the distance and clinches.
Remnant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sifu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Remnant managing to block the knees to the body from Sifu.
Sifu lands an elbow that stopped Remnant in his tracks for a moment.
Sifu gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Remnant.
Remnant drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sifu pulls his leg out and moves away.
Master Sifu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Remnant.
Sifu avoids a kick to the body.
Remnant fails with a takedown attempt.
Sifu tries to clinch up but Remnant circles away and keeps his distance.
Sifu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Remnant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Remnant keeps the fight on the outside.
Remnant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sifu rushes Remnant and presses him up against the ropes.
Remnant tries for a takedown but Sifu manages to get underhooks.
Sifu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sifu tries to land a knee to the head but Remnant blocks with his arms.
Remnant swings wildly with an uppercut but Sifu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Remnant takes an elbow to the forehead.
Remnant has a couple of punches blocked by Sifu.
Remnant takes an elbow to the temple.
Remnant drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sifu lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Chris Remnant has been cut.
Nice elbow from Sifu.
Sifu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sifu lands a nice elbow.
Remnant letting Sifu take a breather here.
Remnant tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sifu smiles and moves away.
Remnant tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sifu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Remnant tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sifu swivels and escapes.
Master Sifu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sifu fails with an attempt to clinch.

Sifu gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Remnant to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Remnant seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Remnant throwing strikes from guard but Sifu blocks nicely.
Remnant postures up in Sifu's guard and throws a big left but Sifu blocks it.
Sifu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sifu tries to get out of the position.
Remnant landing with the ground and pound.
Remnant stops Sifu from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sifu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sifu striking off his back but it's not causing Remnant any problems.

Remnant drops back looking for a leg! Sifu is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sifu manages to kick Remnant off! Remnant jumps back into Sifu's guard.
Sifu trying to keep a closed guard but Remnant is proving a slippery customer.

Remnant drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Remnant seems to have locked his on tight now - Sifu screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Remnant, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Chris Remnant!
During a confident post fight interview, Chris Remnant thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.