PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colburn Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Antoine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Antoine is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sackett
vs
Antoine

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
28
158 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Colburn Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Antoine!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antoine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Sackett gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antoine.
Antoine is trying to push Sackett away but Sackett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Antoine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Antoine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by Antoine.
Sackett keeps control of Antoine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Antoine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antoine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett missing with knees to the body.
Sackett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antoine backwards.
Sackett has Antoine pressed against the cage, preventing Antoine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Antoine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sackett has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett works on Antoine's body with a couple of short punches.
Sackett lands a body shot.
Sackett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antoine backwards.
Sackett tries to work over Antoine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sackett.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Antoine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Antoine working hard to break the clinch.
Antoine blocking some punches.
Antoine managing to block the knees to the body from Sackett.
Antoine managing to block the knees to the body from Sackett.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Antoine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sackett.
A shot in the inside from Sackett.
Sackett tries to work over Antoine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett lands with a light punch inside.
Sackett throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Antoine blocks it with crossed arms.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Antoine's efforts to push away.
Antoine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sackett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sackett goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sackett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Antoine's elbow.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antoine wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sackett throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Antoine.
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Sackett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Antoine is trying to break the clinch but Sackett is controlling him.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Antoine prevents a body shot from Sackett.
Antoine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sackett has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Antoine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
Antoine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sackett tries to work over Antoine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Antoine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sackett just misses with a elbow thrown towards Antoine's brow.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antoine backwards.
Sackett trying to land knees to the body.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Antoine avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
Antoine blocks an elbow strike.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett misses with a hook to the ribs.
Antoine is trying to push Sackett away but Sackett has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Antoine blocks an uppercut.
Sackett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Antoine.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A frustrated look appears on Antoine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Antoine has had enough of the clinch but Sackett keeps him there for the moment.
Antoine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colburn Sackett 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.

Antoine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sacketts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sackett.
Sackett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Antoine can do to turn this around?
A head kick misses from Sackett.
Antoine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sackett. Sackett obviously looking to wear him down.
Sackett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sackett throws a push kick but Antoine slaps the foot to one side.
Sackett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sackett gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Antoine gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sackett is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Antoine!