PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cpl. Sam Fender (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sioux Sie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Fender and Sioux Sie. Fender comes to the ring accompanied by The Art of War. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sam Fender
vs
Sie

197 cm
36
218 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

189 cm
27
220 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite 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 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cpl. Sam Fender!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sioux Sie!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sie uses his free foot to push down on Fender's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Fender.
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.
Sie sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Fender sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fender is trying to get back to full guard.
Sie thows a huge punch but Fender dodges it nicely.
Sie looks to land a strike but Fender avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sie postures up.
Sie trying to control but Fender is working from the bottom.
Sie is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fender had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sie defends it easily.

Sie postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Fender is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sie, into his guard.

Sie looking for a guillotine here but Fender defends easily.
Fender wants to control from the top but Sie keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sie working for submissions but it's allowed Fender to get to half guard.
Sie tries to roll over but Fender keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sie is looking to control Fender's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sie avoid being mounted?

Fender is looking for a kimura here.
Fender passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sie!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fender blocks Sie's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sie tries to hold on but Fender pushes him away.
We've been informed that Sie has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Fender content just to control the position here.

Fender is working for a guillotine from mount but Sie frees his head quite easily.
Sie tries to hold on but Fender pushes him away.
Sie swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sie is working to get back to half guard.
Sie sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Fender is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sie has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fender is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sie punching from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sie trying to control from the bottom.
Sie wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sioux Sie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sie looks to throw the jab but Fender is out of range.
Fender stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sie.
Sie throws a jab but it's blocked by Fender.
Sie throws a leg kick
and Fender counters with a nice leg kick.
Sie shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fender sprawls well. Fender wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sie gets slowly back to his feet.
Fender scores with a shot to the body.
Sie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sie thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fender if he has to take too many more of those.
Fender drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sie looks for the body kick but Fender saw that one coming.
Nice jab there from Sie.
Sie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Fender to counter with a crisp jab.
Sie throws a lazy right hand but Fender sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fender.
Sie throws a body punch but Fender moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Sie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sie misses with a lunging right hand
and Fender counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick misses from Sie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fender takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sie misses with a head kick.
Sie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fender moves out of range of the body kick from Sie.
Fender thumps Sie with a low kick.
Cpl. Sam Fender is winning the standup battle so far.
Sie is breathing heavily.
Fender tries a head kick but it misses.
Sie shoots in looking for a takedown but Fender manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sie's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fender throws a head kick but Sie moves out of range.
Sie throws an overhand right that lands on Fender's shoulder, as Fender tries to avoid the shot.
Fender walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sie shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sie showed some decent athleticism there.
Nice strikes from Sie there.
Fender tries to get to full guard but Sie has control of the leg.

Sie is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fender is staying active underneath Sie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fender wants to control but Sie is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fender actively working from the bottom here.
Sie content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fender wants to control but Sie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sioux Sie will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sie misses with a head kick.
Sie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sie scores with a nice strike.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sie.
Sie throws a combination that misses
and Fender counters with a straight right hand.
Sie misses with a wild body shot.
Fender walks into a left hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fender.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fender gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sie throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Fender counters with a crisp right hand that drops Sie! Fender lets Sie back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fender throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fender moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good work by Sie as he checks the leg kick.
Fender drops Sie with a big left hand! Sie is injured, injured bad! Fender jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cpl. Sam Fender!
After the fight, Cpl. Sam Fender was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.