PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and To Hak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noob Saibot could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to To Hak's chin.

Saibot
vs
Hak

182 cm
28
178 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
185 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

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 20 - 5 - 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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, To Hak!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saibot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hak misses with a leg kick.
Hak throws a push kick but Saibot slaps the foot to one side.
Saibot takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Saibot swinging wildly here.
Saibot avoids a kick to the body.
Hak ducks under a wild hook from Saibot.
Saibot has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Saibot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hak manages to avoid it.
Saibot moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromHak.
Hak throws a big shot that misses.
Saibot gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saibot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Saibot throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Saibot tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hak throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hak throws a low kick but it's checked well by Saibot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hak throws a sloppy head kick and Saibot moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hak checks a leg kick.
Hak throws a leg kick but Saibot sees it coming and moves out of range.
Saibot pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Saibot throws a hook to the side of Hak's head but Hak sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saibot checks a leg kick nicely.

Hak rushes Saibot and presses him up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot avoiding damage as Hak throws knees to the body.
Saibot can't find room to land a body shot as Hak controls the action.

Hak breaks the clinch.
Hak blocks the body kick.
Hak throws a body kick that misses.
Saibot fakes the leg kick and cracks Hak in the body.
Hak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saibot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saibot misses with an uppercut.
Hak wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibot takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hak lands an overhand right.
Good work by Saibot as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Saibot wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hak throws a jab when Saibot was well out of range.
Noob Saibot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hak lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Hak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saibot on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice uppercut lands for Saibot. That snapped Hak's head back.
Hak throws a chopping leg kick but Saibot manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Saibot avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hak misses with a body kick.

Hak moves into the clinch successfully.
Saibot tries a body shot but Hak blocks it.
Saibot is leaning against Hak and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saibot's elbow.
Saibot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saibot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hak misses with the head strike.
Hak lands with a left to the head.
Saibot stalls.
Hak is trying to stall.
Saibot has Hak pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Saibot.
A bit of stalling here from Hak.
Saibot tries to work over Hak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hak misses with the head strike.
Saibot managing to block the knees to the body from Hak.
Saibot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hak lands with a light punch inside.
Saibot is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hak is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hak is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The referee calls for Hak to work.
Hak misses with some punches.
Hak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hak taking a breather.
Hak throws a head punch that misses.
Saibot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hak lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Hak fails to land.
Saibot swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saibot misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saibot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hak's elbow.
Saibot blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hak digs a right hand underneath Saibot's ribcage. Saibot let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hak misses with a body punch.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Saibot misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

To Hak dominated that round.
That's time! Saibot's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hak cracks the inside of Saibot's front leg.
Hak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saibot's sensitive parts.
Hak digs a good hook to Saibot's body.
Saibot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hak.
Saibot takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hak has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Hak clinches.
Saibot lands a body shot in the clinch.
The referee calls for Hak to work.
Hak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saibot.
Saibot taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Saibot tries to throw a body punch but Hak avoids it by throwing Saibot back against the cage.
Hak throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saibots head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Saibot controlling the action here for a moment.
Hak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hak - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saibot gets through Hak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Saibot - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hak misses with some punches.
Hak lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hak fails to land.
Hak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Saibot.
Saibot misses with a body punch.

Hak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saibot avoids the head kick by Hak.
Hak looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Saibot throws a poor cross that misses

and Hak moves into the clinch.
Saibot softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saibot stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hak.
Hak working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Saibot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hak tries to work over Saibot's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saibot pushes Hak back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saibot is struggling to control the position.
Saibot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Saibot lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Saibot is trying to maintain a safe position but Hak gets an underhook and turns Saibot into the cage.
A short right from Hak on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Saibot.
Saibot blocking some punches.
Hak blocks a body shot from Saibot.
To Hak seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hak trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Saibot as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hak.
Saibot lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot lands an uppercut.

Hak is rocked!
Saibot lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hak is still on wobbly legs! Can Saibot finish him?
Saibot dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Saibot lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Hak to his knees! Saibot keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noob Saibot!
Noob Saibot retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Noob Saibot, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.