PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Loopin Louie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinbad Sailor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sailor has chosen Sailing on the Seven Seas as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Louie
vs
Sailor

180 cm
22
175 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
170 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Pitt Nutrition + Laundry (160 Recovery, Stamina

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Loopin Louie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sinbad Sailor!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sailor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Louie!
Louie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sailor misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sailor tries to score with some ground and pound. Louie controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sailor working the ground and pound but Louie is defending the strikes.
Check out the look on Sailor's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Sailor is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Louie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
An elbow from Sailor crashes against the mat.
Sailor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sailor throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Louie works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

Sailor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailor lands with a punch from half guard.
Sailor throwing shots but Louie is blocking nicely.
Louie's coaches at The Exiled Elite have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Louie is not content to let Sailor control the position.
Sailor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louie defending well though.
Louie is staying active underneath Sailor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sailor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sailor misses with a head shot. Louie uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sailor scoring with punches to the head and body.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sailor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Louie holds on and takes a little breather.
Louie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sailor controls the pace.
Sailor throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sailor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor scoring with some ground and pound.

Sailor drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Louie dives on top into guard.

Sailor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Louie defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Sailor has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Louie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sailor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louie.

Sailor looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sailor looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Sailor is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Sailor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Louie defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sailor wants to hit a switch here but Louie passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sailor there!
Sailor wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Louie.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sailor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sailor working to try and regain half guard.
Louie scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sailor?
Poor strikes thrown by Louie there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Louie raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louie lands a nice shot to the head.
Sailor is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Louie unloads with some shots from mount but Sailor bucks and avoids them well.
Louie landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sailor slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinbad Sailor dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sailor ducks right into an uppercut from Louie.
Louie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sailor's hands.
Louie throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sailor.
Louie pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sailor is out of range and Louie settles back down.
Sailor throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sailor is looking to clinch but Louie is avoiding it.
Louie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louie misses with a looping right.
Sailor blocks a jab.
Louie misses the jab.
Louie misses with a right hand
and Sailor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sailor slips under a jab.
Louie lands a head shot.
Sailor tries to clinch up.
Louie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sailor moves away.
Louie misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Louie circles away.
Loopin Louie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Louie just misses with a punch to the body.
Louie throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sailor's head.
Sloppy strikes from Louie. Those never looked like landing.
Louie has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sailor misses with the combination.
Sailor scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sailor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Louie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Louie misses with an uppercut
and Sailor counters with a left and a right that stings Louie.
Louie lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Loopin Louie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Louie throws a sloppy head kick and Sailor moves out of range easily.
Louie misses with a few strikes there.
Good work by Sailor as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Louie scores with a four punch combination!
Louie scores with a nice head shot.
Louie misses with a hook
and Sailor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Sailor finds it's target.
Sailor defending well as Louie loads up on a big left hand.
Sailor misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Sailor.
Louie swings for the body but Sailor moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Louie misses the target.
Sailor misses with a wild body shot.
Louie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Loopin Louie is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sailor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louie slips a jab and a cross from Sailor.
Sailor blocks a jab.
Louie swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Louie throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Louie. That's going to slow Sailor down.
Louie scores with a nice right hand.
Louie throws a low kick, looking for Sailor's leg but Sailor calmly moves out of range.

Sailor gets the takedown into side control.
Sailor throws a strike aimed at the side of Louie's head but Louie avoids it well.
Sailor lands some shots froms side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sailor throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Sailor looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sailor is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Louie knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sailor working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sailor scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The strikes coming from Sailor are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Sailor tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Louie taking a bit of punishment here - Sailor scoring with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sinbad Sailor will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Louie connects with a looping right hand.
Sailor is trying hard to land a takedown here. Louie sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Louie jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Louie throws a hook but Sailor avoids it easily.
Louie throws a leg kick which misses Sailor's front leg but catches the back leg as Sailor tries to avoid it.
Sailor cracks Louie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sailor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Louie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sailor circles away quickly and effectively.
Louie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sailor's calf.

Sailor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Louie to the mat! Louie manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sailor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Louie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Louie is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sailor trying to control the position from guard on top but Louie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sailor throws a strike but Louie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sailor throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sailor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louie.
Our spies down at at Gym inform us that Sailor has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Sailor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Louie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Sailor is tightening it up a little... Louie has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Louie reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Louie taps out! Nice BJJ there by Sailor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sinbad Sailor! Sinbad Sailor retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Sinbad Sailor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.