PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Scooby Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideki Higkiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki Higkiko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ali
vs
Higkiko

170 cm
26
164 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

172 cm
26
150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Scooby Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hideki Higkiko!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ali thinks about countering with a body kick.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ali jabs at Higkiko's body.
Higkiko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It looked like Ali wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ali throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Higkiko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Higkiko connects with an inside leg kick.
Ali throws a body kick that misses
and Higkiko counters with a nice uppercut.
Ali scores with a hook to the body. Higkiko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Higkiko manages to avoid it.
Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Higkiko drops his hands momentarily and Ali takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Higkiko moves away.
It seemed like Higkiko was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Higkiko connects with a solid leg kick.
Higkiko has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Higkiko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Higkiko tries to land a front kick but Ali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Higkiko looks to land a body kick but Ali moved away.
Ali is looking to wear down Higkiko with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Higkiko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ali takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ali takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Higkiko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali throws a half hearted mid kick.
Higkiko misses with a head kick.
Higkiko misses with a body shot.
Higkiko throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A big left from Ali misses.
Higkiko throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali slips under a jab.
Ali jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Higkiko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Ali lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ali misses with a hook.
Higkiko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Higkiko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ali misses with a shot to the body
and Higkiko counters with a good low kick that Ali was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higkiko tries to land a front kick but Ali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Higkiko scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Higkiko misses with an uppercut.
Ali tried to score with a low kick but Higkiko checks it.
Ali misses with a body punch
and Higkiko counters with a nice body kick.
Higkiko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Higkiko moves away.
A good leg kick by Higkiko.
Ali works Higkiko's body with a nice hook.
Higkiko connects with an inside leg kick.
Higkiko delivers a nice body kick.
Higkiko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Higkiko.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Higkiko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Higkiko misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ali swings for the body but Higkiko moves out of range.
Ali looks to land a right hand but Higkiko moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Higkiko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hideki Higkiko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Higkiko was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
Higkiko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Higkiko is looking to chop away at Ali's legs.
Higkiko moves out of range of the body kick.
Ali takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Higkiko.
Higkiko misses with a looping left.
Higkiko cracks the inside of Ali's front leg.
Higkiko throws an off balance right hand
and Ali connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Higkiko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Higkiko explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ali avoids a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali throws out a loose jab but Higkiko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ali dodges the punch combination from Higkiko.
Ali just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Higkiko - just one landing.
Higkiko ducks under a wild hook from Ali.
Higkiko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.
Higkiko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Higkiko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Higkiko throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Higkiko throws a big shot that misses.
Ali has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ali there as he acknowledges the shot.
Higkiko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ali's sensitive parts.
Ali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hideki Higkiko dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ali misses with a straight left.
Higkiko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Higkiko looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ali throws a sloppy head kick and Higkiko moves out of range easily.
Ali has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Higkiko.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ali swings for the body but Higkiko moves out of range.
Higkiko is trying to counter with his kicks.
Higkiko throws a half hearted mid kick.
A quick step to the side and Ali tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Higkiko. That's going to slow Ali down.
Higkiko connects with a solid leg kick.
Ali throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Higkiko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Higkiko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hideki Higkiko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Higkiko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ali. That did some damage!
Higkiko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Higkiko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ali has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Higkiko.
Higkiko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ali with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Higkiko takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ali thuds his right hand into Higkiko's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ali moves out of range as Higkiko strikes.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Higkiko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Higkiko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
Ali avoids the body shot from Higkiko.
Higkiko avoids the head kick by Ali.
Higkiko moves out of range of the body kick from Ali.
Decent striking displayed by Ali there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali throws a body punch but Higkiko moves out of range.
Higkiko takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ali sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Higkiko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Higkiko misses with a low kick.
Ali misses with a body shot.
Ali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Higkiko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ali. That did some damage!
Ali throws a left and a right that both miss
and Higkiko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Higkiko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali throwing a counter right hand but Higkiko manages to avoid it.
Ali walks forward, straight into a front kick from Higkiko.
Ali scores with a shot to the body.
Higkiko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higkiko lands a high kick!
Ali scores with a hook to the body. Higkiko takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali misses with an attempted mid kick.
Higkiko throws a head kick but Ali moves out of range.
Ali is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Higkiko throws a head kick but Ali moves out of range.
Ali tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Higkiko throws out a leg kick but Ali moves out of range and Higkiko only half commits.
Higkiko just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromAli.
Ali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Ali takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Higkiko is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Higkiko misses the jab.
Ali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Higkiko.
Ali misses with a head kick.
Higkiko goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Ali.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Higkiko thuds his right hand into Ali's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Higkiko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ali.
Ali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali takes a swing at Higkiko's ribcage but misses.
Higkiko throws a push kick but Ali slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circling - Higkiko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Higkiko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Higkiko's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Higkiko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Higkiko misses with a body shot.
Higkiko avoids the head kick by Ali.
Ali throws a body kick that misses.
Higkiko replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ali blocks it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Higkiko.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Scooby Ali will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ali's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Higkiko lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Higkiko takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ali lands a slapping body shot.
Higkiko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Higkiko is looking to slow Ali down with leg kicks.
Ali tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Higkiko throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Higkiko throws a head kick that half lands.
Ali throws a jab but it's blocked by Higkiko.
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!
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Higkiko.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Higkiko.
Ali was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali misses the shot to the body.
Ali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Higkiko.
Higkiko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ali.
Higkiko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Higkiko scoring well with a low kick there.
Higkiko scoring well with a low kick there.
Higkiko thumps Ali with a low kick.
Higkiko misses the jab.
Ali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Higkiko.
Higkiko throws a leg kick but Ali sees it coming and moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Ali tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Higkiko lands a nice looking body kick.
Ali fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Higkiko lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ali fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Higkiko manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Higkiko on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Ali blocks the low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Higkiko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ali cracks Higkiko with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Higkiko scoring well with a low kick there.
Higkiko misses with a body kick.
Higkiko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Higkiko slips a straight right by Ali.
Higkiko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Higkiko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ali's sensitive parts.
Higkiko ducks right into an uppercut from Ali.
Ali throws a body shot but no joy.
Ali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Higkiko was well out of range. Poor timing from Ali.
Higkiko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ali.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Higkiko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ali on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Higkiko misses with a body kick.
Ali swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Higkiko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Higkiko throws a series of strikes that have Ali backpedaling.
Higkiko cracks the inside of Ali's front leg.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Higkiko, right into the meat.
Higkiko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Higkiko throws a leg kick which misses Ali's front leg but catches the back leg as Ali tries to avoid it.
Higkiko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Higkiko connects with a solid leg kick.
Higkiko misses with a low kick.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Higkiko moves away.
Ali misses the body punch
and Higkiko counters with an inside leg kick.
Ali checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ali is looking to slow Higkiko down with leg kicks.
Higkiko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ali's calf.
Higkiko misses with a left hand
and Ali makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ali pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Higkiko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ali lands with a right hand.
Higkiko misses with a kick to the body.
Ali jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Higkiko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ali on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Higkiko. Ali shrugs it off though.
Ali is looking to land body kicks.
Higkiko throws a head kick but Ali moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hideki Higkiko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Higkiko 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hideki Higkiko!