PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mike Sadollah (ranked 2926 p4p, 130 weight class) and Kenneth Pierce (ranked 7189 p4p, 272 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sadollah
vs
Pierce

165 cm
26
137 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Sadollah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenneth Pierce!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce misses with a head kick.
Pierce swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kenneth Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierce throws out a leg kick but Sadollah moves out of range and Pierce only half commits.

Sadollah moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Sadollah.
Sadollah definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pierce takes a shot to the head.
Sadollah lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sadollah works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sadollah misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sadollah fails to land.
Sadollah scores with a shot to the side of Pierce's head.
Pierce jumps guard but Sadollah turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Sadollah lands with a short shot to the head.
Sadollah lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pierce backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sadollah cracks Pierce with a nice body shot.
Pierce blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sadollah throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierce.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadollah scores with a shot to the side of Pierce's head.
Pierce blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pierce blocks an uppercut.
Sadollah lands a body shot.
Sadollah misses with a short punch on the inside.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pierce has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Pierce blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sadollah swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Sadollah scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Sadollah as the two fighters clinch.
Sadollah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sadollah lands a shoulder strike.
Sadollah throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierce.
Sadollah dips a shoulder and cracks Pierce with a mighty uppercut! Pierce falls back against the ropes and Sadollah unloads with a barrage of strikes! Pierce is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Sadollah screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Sadollah!
Mike Sadollah decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.