PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon DeLaurier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Saibot
vs
DeLaurier

182 cm
24
178 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

170 cm
21
170 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon DeLaurier!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeLaurier misses the shot to the body.
Saibot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but DeLaurier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saibot changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Saibot throws a head kick that misses.
Saibot throws a leg kick which misses DeLaurier's front leg but catches the back leg as DeLaurier tries to avoid it.
No luck for DeLaurier with that takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Saibot.
Saibot moves in looking to clinch but DeLaurier pushes him off.
Saibot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but DeLaurier was well out of range. Poor timing from Saibot.
Saibot plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Saibot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Saibot. That's going to slow DeLaurier down.
DeLaurier fails to land the takedown.

Saibot gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
DeLaurier drops down looking for an ankle pick but Saibot pulls his leg out and moves away.
Noob Saibot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon DeLaurier.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! DeLaurier crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Saibot - the referee stops the clock and DeLaurier gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Saibot. DeLaurier manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saibot looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Saibot just misses with a punch to the body.

Saibot pushes DeLaurier up against the cage in a clinch.
DeLaurier wants to take the fight to the mat but Saibot manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Saibot is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Saibot lands an uppercut.
DeLaurier dodges an elbow strike from Saibot.
Saibot creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DeLaurier's defenses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Saibot prevents DeLaurier from breaking the clinch.
DeLaurier avoids the elbow strike from Saibot, against the cage.
Saibot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saibot displaying some good clinch control by pressing DeLaurier up against the cage.
Saibot lands an elbow just above DeLaurier 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot digs a right hand into DeLaurier's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on DeLaurier's gas tank.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saibot.
Saibot gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeLaurier's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Saibot has DeLaurier pressed against the cage.
DeLaurier is working for takedown but Saibot is calmly controlling the position for now.
DeLaurier takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Saibot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saibot.

DeLaurier is rocked!
DeLaurier is trying to drag Saibot to the mat but Saibot just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
DeLaurier is still on wobbly legs! Can Saibot finish him?
Saibot dips a shoulder and cracks DeLaurier with a mighty uppercut! DeLaurier falls back against the cage and Saibot unloads with a barrage of strikes! DeLaurier is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Saibot screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noob Saibot!
Noob Saibot retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Noob Saibot thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.