PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tyler Crain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rysty Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crain comes to the ring accompanied by The Roots - Kool On. Sankari has chosen 2Pac - Just Like Daddy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the ring it seems that Tyler Crain has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tyler Crain seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Crain
vs
Sankari

192 cm
28
242 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

225 cm
31
267 lbs
29 - 8 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry)
Master Lee's One Stop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Crain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rysty Sankari!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crain moves forwards but Sankari connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Crain blocks the leg kick.
Crain connects with a looping right hand.
Crain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sankari.
Crain has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Camelot's Court in the buildup to the fight.
Crain tries to clinch up but Sankari circles away and keeps his distance.
Sankari fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crain scores with a jab. Sankari acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Crain tests Sankari's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sankari's jab looks to have found its range, popping Crain under the eye.
Crain takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sankari slips a jab from Crain.
Sankari punishes Crain's body with a nice straight punch.
We've been informed that Sankari has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sankari scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sankari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sankari avoids a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain throws a lazy right hand but Sankari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sankari throws a low kick but Crain moves out of range easily.
Sankari throws a hook to the side of Crain's head but Crain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sankari throws a sloppy head kick and Crain moves out of range easily.
Sankari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crain.
Crain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sankari.
Sankari takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A left lands for Sankari.
A bone on bone clash there as Crain blocks the leg kick.
Sankari ducks under a wild hook from Crain.
Crain lands with a straight right. Sankari didn't see that one coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crain 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.
Crain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sankari lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sankari staying out of range there.
Crain thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick by Crain misses
letting Sankari counter with a right hand.
Sankari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sankari uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crain.
Sankari stuns Crain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crain stuns Sankari with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sankari is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big right from Sankari misses.
Sankari throws a hook but Crain avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sankari missing with a left hand there. Crain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sankari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sankari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rysty Sankari dominated that round.
That's time! Crain's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Crain walks into a straight right hand from Sankari.
Sankari misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Sankari.
Sankari uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crain.
Sankari is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice defenses there by Sankari.
Sankari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crain is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sankari lands with a kick to the ribs.
Crain looks to throw the jab but Sankari is out of range.
Sankari looks to land a left hand but Crain moved out of range nicely.
Sankari scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crain checks a leg kick.
Crain cracks a nice hook into Sankari's ribs.
Crain throws a sloppy head kick and Sankari moves out of range easily.
Crain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A right-left combo lands from Crain.
Crain scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sankari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crain manages to avoid it.
Sankari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sankari scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crain in his tracks.
Crain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sankari throws out the jab.
Crain misses with a looping left.
Sankari misses with a body kick.
Crain staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Crain misses the target.
Crain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sankari takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sankari throws a hook but Crain avoids it easily.
Crain moves out of range of the body kick.
Sankari throws a lazy right hand but Crain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice defenses there by Sankari.
Crain misses with a lunging right hand
and Sankari counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Sankari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Crain looks to score with a jab to the body but Sankari is just out of range.
Sankari scores with a kick to the body.
Sankari misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sankari throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Crain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sankari throws a jab when Crain was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rysty Sankari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Crain tries a head kick but it misses.
Crain throws out a loose jab but Sankari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sankari is looking to land body kicks.
Crain tries a head kick but it misses.
Crain misses with a leg kick.
Tyler Crain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crain scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sankari doesn't seem bothered though.
Sankari misses with a head kick.
Crain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sankari scoring well with a low kick there.
Sankari missing with a left hand there. Crain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crain checks a leg kick.
Rysty Sankari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crain drops his hands momentarily and Sankari takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sankari tries to land a front kick but Crain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain throws an overhand right that lands on Sankari's shoulder, as Sankari tries to avoid the shot.
Crain scores with a hook.
Crain defending well as Sankari loads up on a big left hand.
Crain throws a hook but Sankari blocks it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sankari.
Crain wants to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Sankari. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sankari.
Crain avoids a kick to the body.
Sankari keeps the fight on the outside.
Sankari dodges the punch combination from Crain.
Crain closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tyler Crain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crain misses with a body shot.
Sankari misses with a wild body shot.
Sankari throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
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!
Good work by Sankari as he checks the leg kick.
Crain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Crain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crain throws a sloppy head kick and Sankari moves out of range easily.
Sankari throws a low kick but Crain moves out of range easily.
A head kick by Crain misses
and Sankari counters with a low kick, right behind Crain 's knee.
Crain tries to close the distance and clinch but Sankari swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crain tries to move into range but Sankari moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sankari slips under a jab.
Rysty Sankari is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sankari scores with a head kick. Crain tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rysty Sankari comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sankari 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rysty Sankari!
A relieved looking Rysty Sankari thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.