PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Naankuse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Sten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacob Naankuse has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Naankuse
vs
Sten

165 cm
25
139 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

150 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob Naankuse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Sten!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sten throws a body shot but no joy.
Sten feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Naankuses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sten takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Naankuse paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've been hearing reports that Naankuse has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Sten moves into range and clinches up with Naankuse.
Naankuse tries to pull guard but Sten forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Naankuse avoids it.
Sten lands a right hand.
Sten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naankuse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sten misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naankuse is trying to push Sten away but Sten has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Naankuse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Naankuse blocks it with crossed arms.
Sten utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Naankuse backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naankuse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sten prevents Naankuse from breaking the clinch.
Sten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Naankuse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sten landing knees to the head.

It looks like Jacob Naankuse has been cut.
Naankuse prevents a body shot from Sten.
A short body shot lands from Sten as the two fighters clinch.
Naankuse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sten lands a nice shot to the body.
Sten putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Naankuse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Naankuse is breathing heavily.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Naankuse is looking to break free of the clinch but Sten has double underhooks.
Sten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Naankuse backwards.
Sten is working Naankuse over against the cage.
Sten scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sten obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naankuse avoiding damage as Sten throws knees to the body.
Naankuse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Naankuse.
Sten misses with a knee to the head.
Sten tries to land knees in the clinch but Naankuse avoids the damage to the body.
Sten lands a left hand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sten obliges.
Sten gets through Naankuse's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Naankuse managing to block the knees to the body from Sten.
Naankuse can't break the clinch.
Sten misses with a knee strike.
Sten connects with a knee to the head.
Sten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Naankuse is rocked!
Naankuse takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Naankuse is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sten scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sten has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Naankuse - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Sten, and another! Naankuse is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Dan Sten!