PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Sienly (ranked 8158 p4p, 531 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 2992 p4p, 291 weight class). Kristof Sienly has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sienly
vs
Buchanan

175 cm
31
155 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

169 cm
28
147 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Revenge Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Kristof Sienly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sienly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buchanan slips a jab from Sienly.

Buchanan forces Sienly back against the cage and clinches.
Sienly blocks the elbow strike.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sienly.

Sienly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buchanan cracks Sienly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sienly throws a hook but Buchanan blocks it.
Buchanan throws a lazy head kick
and Sienly counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sienly's jab looks to have found its range, popping Buchanan under the eye.

Sienly gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buchanan wants to get back to his feet but Sienly drags him back down.

Sienly looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sienly cracks Buchanan with a big right hand but Buchanan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan gets back to half guard.
Sienly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sienly working the head and body with strikes.
Buchanan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sienly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Buchanan's head.

Sienly is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Buchanan is just riding it out for now. Sienly eventually gives up the hold.
Ground and pound from Sienly.
Buchanan tries to kick Sienly off but Sienly keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sienly trying to control the action but Buchanan is working from the bottom.
Sienly throws a strike but Buchanan avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Sienly tries to free his leg and advance position but Buchanan is retaining full guard.
Sienly won't allow Buchanan to sweep him here.
Sienly prevents Buchanan from getting back to his feet.
Sienly scoring with some ground and pound.
Sienly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Buchanan's head.
Sienly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Buchanan has momentary wrist control but Sienly slips an elbow through the middle.
Sienly lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sienly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Buchanan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sienly won't allow Buchanan to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sienly postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buchanan wants to stand up but Sienly is controlling him.
Sienly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sienly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sienly landing with the ground and pound.
Sienly trying to control the position from guard on top but Buchanan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sienly throwing strikes but missing.
Buchanan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sienly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sienly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Buchanan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sienly is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Buchanan keeping moving, preventing Sienly from controlling successfully.
Sienly is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sienly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Buchanan is keeping the position for now.
Buchanan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Buchanan is looking to stand up but Sienly isn't so interested in that idea.
Sienly throws a big elbow that misses.
Sienly won't allow Buchanan to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Buchanan lands a jab to the head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sienly pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Sienly dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Buchanan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sienly's calf.
Sienly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Buchanan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Buchanan misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Sienly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sienly tests Buchanan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Sienly pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Sienly.
Sienly jabs Buchanan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Buchanan scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sienly scores with a jab. Buchanan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Buchanan throws a sloppy head kick and Sienly moves out of range easily.
Buchanan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Buchanan throws a series of punches but Sienly moves out of range.
Sienly was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sienly tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan throws a leg kick
and Sienly counters with a series of strikes. Buchanan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sienly tries a head kick but it misses.
Sienly misses with a wild combination.
Buchanan throws a sloppy head kick and Sienly moves out of range easily.
Sienly appears to be looking for a big counter.
Buchanan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sienly was well out of range. Poor timing from Buchanan.
Sienly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Buchanan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Buchanan looks to land a right hand but Sienly moved out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Buchanan prevents a body shot from Sienly.
Buchanan is trying to push Sienly away but Sienly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Buchanan.
Sienly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buchanans head.
Buchanan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sienly is defending well for now.
Sienly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buchanan can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sienly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sienly misses with a straight left.
Buchanan throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sienly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kristof Sienly is winning the standup battle so far.
Buchanan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sienly tries to keep at a distance but Buchanan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sienly scores with a shoulder strike.
Buchanan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Buchanan tries to work over Sienly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sienly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
Sienly lands a shoulder strike.
Sienly slowing the pace effectively.
Sienly blocks an uppercut.

Sienly breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sienly paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Buchanan is looking to clinch but Sienly is avoiding it.
Sienly throws a body shot but no joy.
Sienly tries to score with a low kick but Buchanan moves his leg out of the way.
It seemed like Buchanan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sienly on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Buchanan throws a shot from downtown. Sienly moves away and avoids it.
Buchanan tries to bum rush Sienly with a series of wild strikes but Sienly uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Buchanan throws a nice looking combination but Sienly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Buchanan.
Buchanan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sienly misses with a double jab.
Buchanan lands the left hand.
Sienly cracks a nice hook into Buchanan's ribs.
Sienly cracks a nice hook into Buchanan's ribs.
Sienly takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sienly misses with a wild body shot.
Buchanan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Sienly misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Buchanan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Buchanan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Buchanan moves in looking to clinch but Sienly pushes him off.
Sienly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Buchanan was well out of range. Poor timing from Sienly.
Sienly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buchanan tries to clinch but Sienly is having none of it.
Sienly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Buchanan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Buchanan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ross Buchanan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sienly misses with an uppercut. Buchanan saw that one coming.
Despite the aggression on Buchanan's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Buchanan looks to land a right hand but Sienly moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristof Sienly dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Buchanan tries to clinch but Sienly moves out of range.
Buchanan walks into a jab.
Buchanan tries to clinch up but Sienly circles away and keeps his distance.
Buchanan misses with a few strikes there.
Sienly swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Buchanan slips a straight right by Sienly.
Sienly attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Buchanan was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ross Buchanan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Buchanan with a nice cross.
Buchanan moves to clinch but Sienly breaks away

and Sienly counters with a head kick that drops Buchanan to the mat! Buchanan scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Buchanan is rocked!
Sienly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buchanan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sienly.
Buchanan scores with a sloppy right hand. Sienly should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sienly drops Buchanan with a beautiful combination! Buchanan stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sienly is looking for the KO!
Buchanan is still on wobbly legs! Can Sienly finish him?
Buchanan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sienly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Buchanan thinking.
Buchanan takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Sienly feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Buchanan sprawling to the canvas! Buchanan rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Sienly finish him?!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Buchanan out cold! Buchanan corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kristof Sienly!
An out of breath Kristof Sienly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.