PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Publius Sestius (ranked 5151 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Lecter (ranked 3123 p4p, 0 weight class). Lecter has chosen The Hannibal Lecter Sonr as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Sestius
vs
Lecter

185 cm
26
196 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

171 cm
31
190 lbs
17 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Publius Sestius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannibal Lecter!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Lecter misses.
Lecter moves out of range as Sestius throws a body kick.
Sestius moves away from the strike by Lecter.
Sestius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lecter.
Lecter cracks Sestius with a good jab.
Sestius moves out of range as Lecter strikes.
Sestius is looking to counter with head kicks.
Lecter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A swing and a miss from Lecter.
Sestius lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lecter throws an off balance right hand
and Sestius counters with a straight right hand.
Sestius fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice side step and Lecter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lecter 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.
Lecter misses with a straight right.
Hannibal Lecter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lecter cracks Sestius with a good jab.

Sestius drives through and clinches with Lecter against the cage.

Sestius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lecter shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sestius wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecter slips a nice elbow through Sestius's hands, connecting with Sestius's forehead.
Sestius is positioning himself well to prevent Lecter advancing to mount.

Lecter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sestius is just riding it out for now. Lecter eventually gives up the hold.
Sestius avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lecter.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sestius is trying to stand.
Sestius is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sestius is looking to escape.

Sestius makes his way to full guard, as Lecter worked for a kimura.

Sestius is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lecter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Lecter breaks the clinch.
Lecter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sestius steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lecter.
Sestius moves in looking to clinch but Lecter pushes him off.
Lecter tests Sestius's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sestius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lecter.
Lecter misses with a hook.
Sestius thuds his right hand into Lecter's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lecter scores with a nice right hand.
Sestius tries to clinch but Lecter moves out of range.
Jab from Sestius.

Sestius clinches up with Lecter and pushes him back against the cage.
Lecter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lecter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sestius fails to land.

Sestius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sestius rushes Lecter and presses him up against the cage.
Sestius lands an elbow inside that Lecter shrugs off.
Lecter managing to block the knees to the body from Sestius.
Sestius is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lecter is defending well for now.
Sestius throws an elbow but it misses.
Sestius throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lecter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sestius is keeping busy.

Sestius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sestius fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sestius tries to clinch but Lecter is having none of it.
Sestius stuffs the takedown attempt from Lecter. Lecter gets slowly back to his feet.
Lecter might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lecter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lecter missing with a left hand there. Sestius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lecter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sestius wants to clinch.
Sestius tries to close the distance and clinch but Lecter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sestius closes the distance and pushes Lecter back into the cage.
Sestius lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Lecter fails to land.

Lecter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sestius is looking to clinch but Lecter is avoiding it.

Sestius gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Publius Sestius will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lecter keeps the fight on the outside.
Lecter throws the left hand but Sestius avoids the punch easily.
Lecter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good exchange - Lecter coming out on top.
Jab, jab by Lecter - just one landing.
Lecter looks to land a left hand but Sestius moved out of range nicely.
Sestius went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lecter misses with a wild body shot.
Sestius throws a nice head kick!
Sestius blocks a jab.
Lecter lands with a nice body punch.
Sestius ducks under a wild hook from Lecter.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lecter.
Sestius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sestius moves out of range of the strikes.

Sestius closes the distance and clinches.
Sestius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sestius lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lecter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sestius's elbow.
Sestius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sestius connects with a knee to the head.
Lecter is breathing heavily.
Sestius pushes Lecter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Sestius.
Sestius misses with a punch to the body.
Sestius throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lecters head.

Lecter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lecter gets tackled into the cage by Sestius. Sestius maintains the clinch.

Sestius breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lecter scores with a hook.
Sestius doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sestius takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lecter misses with a hook. Sestius ducked under it nicely.
Sestius pushes Lecter away with a front kick.

Lecter gets tackled into the cage by Sestius. Sestius maintains the clinch.
Sestius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sestius just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lecter's brow.
Sestius lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Publius Sestius has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Sestius pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sestius. That's going to slow Lecter down.
Lecter misses the jab.
Sestius on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sestius doesn't manage to clinch there - Lecter circles away.
A swing and a miss from Lecter.
Sestius slips a jab from Lecter.
Sestius moves in looking to clinch but Lecter pushes him off.
Sestius tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lecter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lecter looks to throw the jab but Sestius is out of range.
Sestius fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lecter with the counter takedown but Sestius avoids it easily.
Sestius wants to clinch.

Sestius closes the distance and pushes Lecter back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sestius breaks the clinch.
A big left from Lecter misses.
Sestius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lecter.
A big right from Lecter misses.
Sestius blocks a jab.
Lecter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hannibal Lecter seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sestius rushes Lecter and presses him up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Sestius.
Lecter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lecter misses with a body punch.
Sestius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sestius throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lecters head.
Sestius lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Hannibal Lecter has been cut.
Sestius utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Sestius manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sestius closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lecter misses with some punches.

Sestius drops Lecter with a big knee straight up the middle! Lecter is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Sestius tries to close the distance and clinch but Lecter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sestius is looking to clinch but Lecter is avoiding it.

Sestius drops Lecter with a beautiful combination! Lecter stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sestius is looking for the KO!

Lecter is rocked!
Sestius tries to clinch up.
Lecter is still on wobbly legs! Can Sestius finish him?
Sestius scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sestius tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sestius closes the distance and clinches.
Sestius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lecter backwards.
Still in the clinch, Sestius scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Sestius scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sestius lands a big right hand that drops Lecter! The killer instinct kicks in and Sestius finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sestius!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Publius Sestius!
Our winner, Publius Sestius, 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.
Hannibal Lecter was interviewed post fight and said 'fuck this shit. I'm out!'.