PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Noob Saibot (ranked 1436 p4p, 160 weight class) and Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 1263 p4p, 143 weight class). Saibot comes to the cage accompanied by TEST YOUR MIGHT. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Saibot
vs
Experiment Il

168 cm
46
151 lbs
51 - 32 - 0

175 cm
28
153 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 51 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Noob Saibot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saibot with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Experiment Il to score with a decent uppercut.
Experiment Il dips to his left and cracks Saibot with an uppercut!
Experiment Il lands a glancing blow to the side of Saibot's head.
A good leg kick by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saibot avoids the body shot from Experiment Il.
Saibot throwing a counter right hand but Experiment Il manages to avoid it.
Experiment Il lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Saibot definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Experiment Il throws a leg kick
and Saibot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Saibot looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment Il tries to clinch up.
Experiment Il throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saibot counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Finnish Experiment Il has been cut.
Experiment Il throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Saibot on the side of the head.

Experiment Il drives through and clinches with Saibot against the cage.
Experiment Il is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Experiment Il on the inside.
Saibot misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Saibot misses with a punch on the inside.
Experiment Il tries a knee to the head but Saibot blocks it.
Saibot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saibot tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Experiment Il's elbow.
Experiment Il lands a knee to the body.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Saibot goes for a takedown attempt but Experiment Il pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Experiment Il loads up on a big right hand but Saibot slips the punch.
Experiment Il scores with a jab to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Saibot lands a glancing blow to the side of Experiment Il's head.
Finnish Experiment Il is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saibot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Experiment Il.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Saibot misses.
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!
Experiment Il lands a jab to the head.
A good leg kick by Experiment Il.
Saibot on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Experiment Il clinches.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Saibot tries for a takedown. No joy.
Saibot slows down the pace here.
Saibot working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Saibot fails to land.
Saibot takes a shot to the head.
Experiment Il with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Experiment Il lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saibot backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibot fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
Experiment Il lands a nice knee to the body.
Experiment Il blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saibot has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saibot is breathing heavily.
Experiment Il throws a knee to the head but misses.
Experiment Il content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Experiment Il stalling the fight.
Experiment Il receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Experiment Il with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Experiment Il landing knees to the head.
Experiment Il misses with a knee strike.
Experiment Il connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Noob Saibot has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Experiment Il with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Experiment Il has Saibot pushed against the cage.
Experiment Il tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saibot's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibot misses with a punch to the body.
The referee calls for Experiment Il to work.
Saibot drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noob Saibot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saibot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Saibot.
Experiment Il stalls.
Experiment Il looking to throw knees to the head but Saibot is blocking nicely.
Experiment Il has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Saibot trying to land knees to the body.
Experiment Il throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saibot working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Experiment Il - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Experiment Il prevents a body shot from Saibot.
Experiment Il is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finnish Experiment Il dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Experiment Il wants to clinch up but Saibot keeps it at a distance.
Saibot takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Experiment Il scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab lands there for Experiment Il.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saibot walks into a left hand.
Nice straight punches there by Experiment Il. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Experiment Il.
Experiment Il fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saibot.

Oooooh!!! Experiment Il has knocked Saibot down with a huge combo! Experiment Il steps away and waves a wobbly Saibot back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Saibot is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Experiment Il lands an uppercut, right on the button! Saibot tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Finnish Experiment Il!
In his post fight interview, Finnish Experiment Il started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.