PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brett Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamaal Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Brett Sinclair has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sinclair
vs
Charles

182 cm
30
192 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Brett Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamaal Charles!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sinclair.
Some wild striking there from Charles.
Sinclair gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sinclair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinclair looks to clinch
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Sinclair cracks Charles with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sinclair scores with a hook.
Sinclair throws a jab when Charles was well out of range.
Sinclair throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinclair wants to clinch but Charles slips to the side
and Charles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sinclair lands a glancing blow to the side of Charles's head.

Charles closes the distance and pushes Sinclair back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sinclair throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Despite the aggression on Charles's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sinclair throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Charles lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sinclair throws a big shot that misses.
Charles scores with a decent looking hook.
Sinclair getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Charles has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Charles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Charles. No joy for Sinclair on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Sinclair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Sinclair does it's job there.
Sinclair fails with the takedown
and Sinclair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinclair moves to clinch but Charles breaks away
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.
Sinclair tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair closes the distance looking to clinch
and Charles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles moves out of range as Sinclair strikes.
Sinclair throws an overhand right that lands on Charles's shoulder, as Charles tries to avoid the shot.
Sinclair misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Sinclair misses with an uppercut
and Charles counters with a left and a right that stings Sinclair.
Sinclair doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Sinclair misses with a takedown attempt
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
Sinclair shoots in looking for a takedown but Charles manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sinclair's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sinclair is breathing heavily.
A jab from Sinclair misses.
Charles fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sinclair has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sinclair misses with a right hand
and Charles counters with a two punch combo.
Sinclair misses with a left hand
and Sinclair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Sinclair is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Charles swivels and escapes.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Charles sprawls well. Charles wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sinclair gets slowly back to his feet.
Charles moves out of range as Sinclair strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Charles. Sinclair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sinclair shoots and misses
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
Charles connects with a leg kick. Sinclair looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sinclair tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sinclair takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Charles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sinclair.
Sinclair misses with a takedown
and Charles counters with a left and a right that stings Sinclair.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt.
And Charles responds with a good body kick, but Sinclair manages to step out the way in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circling - Sinclair throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jamaal Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sinclair throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donk. Charles catches Sinclair right on the button with a cross.
Charles scores with the left hand. Sinclair knows he should have avoided that one.
Sinclair moves to clinch but Charles breaks away
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.

Sinclair closes the distance and pushes Charles back into the cage.
Charles stalling against the cage.
Charles has Sinclair pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Charles's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles is pressed up against the cage. Sinclair has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Charles down to the mat. Charles avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamaal Charles 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.

Sinclair lands a jab.
Charles connects with a nice looking jab.
Sinclair throws a left and a right that both miss
and Charles counters with a head kick.
Sinclair misses with a wild body shot.
Sinclair throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Charles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Charles moves out of range as Sinclair strikes.
Charles slips a jab from Sinclair.
Sinclair changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sinclair fails with the takedown
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinclair tries for a takedown but Charles circles away easily
and Charles counters with a three punch combo that has Sinclair backing up. Sinclair nods at Charles to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles lands with an uppercut that bounces Sinclair off the cage and back into range.
Sinclair tries to clinch up but Charles circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair shoots in but no luck this time.
Despite the aggression on Charles's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brett Sinclair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sinclair misses with a left hand
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Charles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sinclair finds it's way round the side to connect with Charles's head.
Sinclair misses with a straight left.
Charles throws a counter combo.

Charles drops Sinclair with a beautiful combination! Sinclair stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Charles is looking for the KO!
Oh Sinclair is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A slow jab from Sinclair misses its intended target.
Sinclair misses with a takedown
and Charles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sinclair looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles ducks under a wild hook from Sinclair.
Charles buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sinclair pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charles is looking for the big counter here.
Sinclair seems to have got his legs back now.
Charles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Sinclair backs off Charles throws a huge counter combo but Sinclair manages to avoid it all.
Sinclair misses with a left hand
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sinclair throws a good cross that connects.
Sinclair is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Charles slips a jab and a cross from Sinclair.
Charles unleashes a big counter combination but Sinclair bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brett Sinclair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A jab lands there for Charles.
Charles connects with a jab.
Sinclair fails with an attempt to clinch.
Charles is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sinclair tries to clinch but Charles moves out of range.

Sinclair closes the distance and clinches.
Sinclair blocks an uppercut.
Sinclair wants a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Charles.

Charles breaks the clinch.
Sinclair tries for a takedown but Charles sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Charles feints a counter leg kick.
Sinclair swings widly with a right hand
and Charles counters with a straight right hand.
Sinclair swings widly with a right hand
and Charles counters with a good, hard body kick but Sinclair shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles clobbers Sinclair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Charles misses with a few strikes there.
Jamaal Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sinclair has managed to clinch.

Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sinclair throws a hook but Charles blocks it.
Charles let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sinclair looks to score with a jab to the body but Charles is just out of range.
Charles lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A punch combination from Sinclair misses.
Charles is looking for the big counter here.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Charles counters with a left to the body.
Sinclair tries to clinch there but Charles circles away.
Charles lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sinclair throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sinclair throws an off balance right hand
and Charles counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sinclair's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sinclair throws the left hand but Charles avoids the punch easily.
Charles throws a counter combo.
Charles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charles lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sinclair swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Charles counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sinclair's knee momentarily.
Charles lands with an uppercut that bounces Sinclair off the cage and back into range.
Sinclair moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
Charles lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Charles circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sinclair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinclair throws an off balance right hand
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sinclair throws a poor cross that misses
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
Sinclair with a poor takedown
and Charles counters with a big head kick but Sinclair shrugs it off.
Sinclair takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Charles leaves Sinclair with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamaal Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Charles sends Sinclair crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Charles is motioning to the referee to let Sinclair up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Charles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinclair.
It seemed like Charles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Charles fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sinclair on the side of the head.
Sinclair throws a poor cross that misses
and Sinclair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sinclair with a poor takedown
and Charles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sinclair missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sinclair gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Charles counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Sinclair badly! Charles follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Sinclair out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Charles finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jamaal Charles!