PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Date (ranked 683 p4p, 98 weight class) and Darth Sidious (ranked 743 p4p, 110 weight class). Darth Sidious acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Date
vs
Sidious

194 cm
24
215 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

180 cm
25
204 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

FORCEE
RAGS of a RONIN

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Date!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darth Sidious!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sidious moves into the clinch successfully.
Date misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sidious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Date scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sidious blocks a body shot from Date.
A right hook to the body lands for Sidious.
Date 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.
Date lands with a right to the head.
Sidious throws an elbow but it misses.
Date stalling in the clinch but Sidious improves position.
Date prevents a body shot from Sidious.
Sidious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sidious lands a body shot.
Date misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Sidious.
Sidious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Sidious.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sidious lands a body punch.
Date blocks the elbow strike.
Sidious misses with an elbow over the top.
Sidious lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Date or not.
Date is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sidious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Sidious misses with a punch to the body.
Date misses with some punches.
Sidious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sidious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sidious lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Date backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sidious.
Sidious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Date's elbow.
Sidious blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sidious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sidious pushes off an throws an elbow but Date leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sidious blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sidious pushes Date back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sidious lands a nice elbow.
Date lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sidious pushes Date back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Date throws a head punch that misses.
Sidious presses Date against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sidious digs a right hand underneath Date's ribcage. Date let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sidious blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Sidious.
Sidious works on Date's body with a couple of short punches.
Date tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sidious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Date's elbow.
Date has a couple of punches blocked by Sidious.
Date misses with the head strike.
Sidious's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Sidious.
Date working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sidious doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sidious throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sidious.
Date misses with a punch on the inside.
Sidious struggles to land a body shot inside as Date controls his hands.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Date misses with a short punch on the inside.
Date doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sidious lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sidious digs a right hand underneath Date's ribcage. Date let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sidious lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Date fails to land.
Nice elbow from Sidious.
Sidious doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sidious lands a body shot.
Sidious misses with a punch to the body.
Sidious gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Lee Date has been cut.
Sidious lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Date struggles to land a body shot inside as Sidious controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sidious.
Sidious blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Date.
Date throws a punch but it's blocked by Sidious.
Nice body punch from Sidious.
Sidious lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Sidious struggles to land a body shot inside as Date controls his hands.
Date tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sidious's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Sidious.
A right handed body shot lands from Sidious.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Date.
Sidious lands an elbow inside that Date shrugs off.
Sidious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Date's elbow.
Good body shot from Sidious.
Date lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sidious tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sidious working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sidious as the two fighters clinch.
Sidious tries to throw a body punch but Date avoids it by throwing Sidious back against the cage.
Sidious lands a shoulder strike.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Sidious scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Sidious.
Sidious goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sidious digs a right hand into Date's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Date's gas tank.
Date swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darth Sidious dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Date's cut.
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.

Date on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sidious ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sidious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sidious throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Date on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sidious lands a jab to Date's midsection.
Lee Date seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sidious misses with a wild body shot.
Sidious connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Date momentarily.
Sidious cracks Date with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sidious tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Date manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sidious scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Sidious. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sidious.
Date misses with a straight left.
Sidious scores with a hook.

Date is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sidious throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Date sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sidious circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sidious counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Date is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sidious has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Date throws an off balance right hand
and Sidious counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darth Sidious!
Darth Sidious managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Aspire Clothing, into his post fight interview.