PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kristof Sienly (ranked 2309 p4p, 241 weight class) and Patrick Seery (ranked 1555 p4p, 181 weight class). Seery is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: An Irish Pub Song. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sienly
vs
Seery

175 cm
39
155 lbs
25 - 11 - 1

175 cm
41
147 lbs
31 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Kristof Sienly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Patrick Seery!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seery works Sienly's body with a nice hook.
Sienly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seery lands with an uppercut that bounces Sienly off the cage and back into range.
Sienly connects with a leg kick. Seery looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Seery misses with a wild body shot.
Sienly throws a hook but Seery blocks it.

Seery gets caught napping as Sienly dives in and scores a takedown. Seery manages to retain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sienly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sienly throws a big elbow that misses.
Sienly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seery swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seery utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Seery keeping moving, preventing Sienly from controlling successfully.
Sienly advances to half guard.

Seery pushes Sienly off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Seery has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Seery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sienly was well out of range. Poor timing from Seery.
Seery swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Patrick Seery is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sienly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sienly there as he acknowledges the shot.
Seery paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Seery lands a nice shot that snaps Sienly's head back.
Seery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seery dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seery throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sienly stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Seery connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sienly slips under a jab.
Sienly thinks about countering with a head kick.
Seery punishes Sienly's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Sienly on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Sienly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Seery kicks Sienly off and gets back to his feet.
Sienly punishes Seery's body with a nice straight punch.
Seery lands a slapping body shot.
Sienly looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Seery misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sienly has Seery up against the cage in a clinch.
Sienly struggles to land a body shot inside as Seery controls his hands.
Sienly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sienly can't find room to land a body shot as Seery controls the action.
Sienly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sienly working aggressively here.
Seery tries to break free but Sienly pushes him back against the cage.
Seery is trying to break the clinch but Sienly is controlling him.
Sienly misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sienly misses with a punch on the inside.
Seery tries to break free but Sienly pushes him back against the cage.
Sienly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seery pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seery fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seery. Sienly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sienly was well out of range. Poor timing from Seery.
Seery throws a sloppy body shot
and Sienly counters with a nice uppercut.
Seery throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sienly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Seery circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seery dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seery ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sienly moves away.
Sienly half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sienly avoids the body shot from Seery.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seery. Sienly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patrick Seery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sienly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seery.
Seery ducks under a wild hook from Sienly.
Sienly lands a nice hook to Seery's body. Seery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seery is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sienly rather than just go for the knockout.
Sienly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seery.
As Seery backs away, Sienly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sienly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seery throws a nice looking combination but Sienly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Seery misses with a looping left.
Seery throws the left hand but Sienly avoids the punch easily.
Sienly appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sienly throws out a loose jab but Seery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seery throws a lazy right hand but Sienly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Seery backs away, Sienly returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Seery stuns Sienly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Seery misses with a hook.
Sienly lands with a good body shot.
A good leg kick by Sienly.
Seery on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sienly throws a head kick that half lands.
Seery lands a body shot.
Seery lands a jab to Sienly's midsection.
Sienly swings for the body but Seery moves out of range.
Seery on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seery connects with a body shot that sends Sienly's belly button to the back.
Sienly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sienly looks to land a right hand but Seery moved out of range.
Seery let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sienly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seery throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sienly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seery throws out the jab.
Sienly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sienly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sienly fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Seery swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sienly. That's going to slow Seery down.
Seery jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seery cracks Sienly with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sienly tries a low kick but Seery avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Seery.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seery throws a body punch but Sienly moves out of range.
Seery fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seery throws a body punch but Sienly moves out of range.
Seery bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sienly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sienly moves out of range as Seery strikes.
Sienly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sienly throws a big counter combination but Seery scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sienly finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly misses the shot to the body.
Sienly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Seery misses with a wild body shot.
Sienly drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Seery throws a body punch but Sienly moves out of range.
Sienly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seery moves away.
Sienly wants to land a leg kick but Seery is out of range.
Seery throws a big shot that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sienly.
Patrick Seery seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sienly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seery.
Seery misses with a straight right.
Seery scores with a shot to the body.
Seery fails to land with a series of punches.
Sienly misses with a low kick.
Seery checks a low kick from Sienly.
Seery throws a body punch but Sienly moves out of range.
Seery swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sienly was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seery swings for the body but Sienly moves out of range.
Seery scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seery lands with a shot to the body.
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!
Sienly is looking to chop away at Seery's legs.
Sienly lands with a nice body kick.
Sienly takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sienly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sienly manages to avoid it.
Sienly tried to counter with a leg kick but Seery avoided it.
Sienly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seery.
Sienly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sienly tries to score with a low kick but Seery moves his leg out of the way.
Sienly throws a looping overhand right but Seery ducks down to avoid it.
Sienly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sienly dodges the punch combination from Seery.
Seery lands a nice hook to Sienly's body. Sienly takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seery moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Seery misses with an uppercut.
Seery is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sienly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sienly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sienly connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Seery lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sienly doesn't seem phased though.
The fighters circle momentarily. Seery darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sienly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seery was well out of range. Poor timing from Sienly.
Seery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sienly was well out of range. Poor timing from Seery.
Seery bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sienly fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Seery dips to his left and cracks Sienly with an uppercut!
Seery lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sienly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seery.
Sienly defending well as Seery loads up on a big left hand.
Seery slips a jab from Sienly.
A telegraphed right hand from Seery misses the target.
Sienly slips under a jab.
Sienly throws a leg kick but Seery moved away.
Seery has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seery throws a jab when Sienly was well out of range.
Seery is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sienly.
Seery with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sienly blocks a jab.
Seery loads up on a big right hand but Sienly slips the punch.

Sienly decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Seery avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sienly.
Seery is looking to improve his position.
Seery pushes Sienly off looking to stand but Sienly dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sienly working over Seery with some ground and pound. Seery looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sienly not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Sienly is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seery has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Seery showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Seery throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big left from Sienly misses.

Sienly closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Seery tries to get to full guard but Sienly has control of the leg.
Sienly looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seery with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sienly throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Seery is trying to stand back up but Sienly is controlling him
Kristof Sienly overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sienly seems to be working for a kimura but Seery defends the submission attempt.
Sienly wants to control but Seery is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sienly passes to side control.
You can see the frustration on Seery's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Seery tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sienly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Seery keeps working.
Seery tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sienly wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Seery wants to get back to his feet but Sienly drags him back down.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sienly trying to control the action but Seery is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sienly blocks a jab.
Seery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sienly manages to avoid it.
Sienly moves out of range of the strikes.
Sienly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seery.
Seery throws a good cross that connects.
Sienly moves away from the strike by Seery.
Seery pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sienly thinks about countering with a body kick.
Seery misses with a body shot.
Sienly scores with a nice right hand.
Sienly lands with a nice body punch.
Sienly takes a swing at Seery's ribcage but misses.
Sienly slips a straight right by Seery.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seery fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sienly manages to avoid it.
Seery blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seery. Sienly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sienly misses with an uppercut.
Seery looks to throw the jab but Sienly is out of range.
Sienly lands a nice looking body shot.
Sienly misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seery throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kristof Sienly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seery misses with a hook. Sienly ducked under it nicely.
Sienly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sienly takes one on the button.
The crowd cheers as Seery lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sienly doesn't seem phased though.
Sienly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Seery's head.
Donk. Seery catches Sienly right on the button with a cross.
Sienly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seery moves away.
Sienly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the liver by Seery. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sienly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sienly fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sienly fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Seery sprawls well initially but Sienly persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sienly missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Seery is refusing to be controlled, as Sienly sits in half guard.
Seery looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sienly thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Seery's head.
Seery is trying to get back to full guard.
Sienly is nestled in close to Seery, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kristof Sienly.
I think Seery has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrick Seery!
Patrick Seery bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.