PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Maraçon (ranked 305 p4p, 45 weight class) and Aleksandr Sinytsyn (ranked 299 p4p, 43 weight class). Maraçon comes to the cage accompanied by Pistolero. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Maraçon
vs
Sinytsyn

186 cm
38
185 lbs
40 - 14 - 2

187 cm
36
195 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

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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 40 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Pablo Maraçon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maraçon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sinytsyn's hands.
Donk. Maraçon catches Sinytsyn right on the button with a cross.
Maraçon has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Dr Hatsumi's Clinic in the buildup to the fight.
Maraçon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maraçon misses with a body kick.
Good work by Maraçon as he checks the leg kick.
A cross from Maraçon lands.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sinytsyn lands a nice looking body kick.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sinytsyn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That kick from Maraçon tenderised Sinytsyn's leg. Sinytsyn is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maraçon swings for the body but Sinytsyn moves out of range.
Sinytsyn loads up on a big right hand but Maraçon slips the punch.
Sinytsyn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Maraçon is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Sinytsyn.
Nice shot by Maraçon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maraçon connects with a single shot there.
Sinytsyn throws a sloppy head kick and Maraçon moves out of range easily.
Maraçon throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sinytsyn avoids it.
Sinytsyn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sinytsyn throws an overhand right that lands on Maraçon's shoulder, as Maraçon tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn misses the jab.
Sinytsyn looks to land a left hand but Maraçon moved out of range nicely.
Sinytsyn checks the leg kick.
Sinytsyn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Maraçon wants to slow Sinytsyn down by chopping away at his legs.
An inside leg kick from Sinytsyn misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sinytsyn. Those never looked like landing.
Maraçon connects with a looping right hand.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the side of Maraçon's head but Maraçon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maraçon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Maraçon with a hook.
Sinytsyn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinytsyn connects with a body shot that sends Maraçon's belly button to the back.
Maraçon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Maraçon looks to throw the jab but Sinytsyn is out of range.
And Sinytsyn responds with a good body kick, but Maraçon manages to step out the way in time.
Sinytsyn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maraçon.
Maraçon on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinytsyn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maraçon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Maraçon takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maraçon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sinytsyn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sinytsyn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maraçon takes a swing at Sinytsyn's ribcage but misses.
Sinytsyn misses the shot to the body.
Maraçon fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sinytsyn just manages to avoid it.
Sinytsyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Maraçon throws a body kick that misses.
Sinytsyn avoids the body shot from Maraçon.
Maraçon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sinytsyn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sinytsyn connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maraçon momentarily.
Maraçon pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sinytsyn is out of range and Maraçon settles back down.
Maraçon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sinytsyn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maraçon.
Maraçon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sinytsyn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sinytsyn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maraçon moves away.
Maraçon misses the shot to the body.
Sinytsyn appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon tries to land a leg kick but Sinytsyn saw it coming and moves away.
Sinytsyn shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Maraçon eats them both and turns towards Sinytsyn to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sinytsyn defending well as Maraçon loads up on a big left hand.

Maraçon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maraçon struggles to land a body shot inside as Sinytsyn controls his hands.
Sinytsyn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Maraçon backwards.
Sinytsyn misses with a knee to the head.
Maraçon misses with a body punch.
A short right from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maraçon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maraçon is working Sinytsyn over against the cage.
Maraçon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinytsyn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A bit of stalling here from Sinytsyn.

Maraçon breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maraçon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sinytsyn lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon connects with an inside leg kick.
Maraçon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sinytsyns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sinytsyn throws a shot from downtown. Maraçon moves away and avoids it.
Maraçon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Sinytsyn blocks the leg kick.
Sinytsyn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sinytsyn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Maraçon scores with a push kick.
Sinytsyn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maraçon circles away quickly and effectively.
Maraçon tries to land a leg kick but Sinytsyn saw it coming and moves away.
Sinytsyn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donk. Sinytsyn catches Maraçon right on the button with a cross.
Crunch! Maraçon slams his shin into Sinytsyn's torso.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maraçon avoids the head kick by Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maraçon cracks Sinytsyn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maraçon slips under a jab from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sinytsyn just manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aleksandr Sinytsyn will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A left and a right from Maraçon both land. Nice combination.
Sinytsyn takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sinytsyn keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sinytsyn misses with a looping left.
Maraçon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sinytsyn misses with a looping right.
Sinytsyn ducks under a wild hook from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn throws the kick towards the body but Maraçon avoids it.
Sinytsyn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Maraçon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sinytsyn's calf.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maraçon lands a glancing blow to the side of Sinytsyn's head.
Maraçon throws a wild body kick that Sinytsyn sees coming a mile off.
Sinytsyn lands a glancing blow to the side of Maraçon's head.
Maraçon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon pushes Sinytsyn away with a front kick.
Sinytsyn misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn walks into a straight right hand from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sinytsyn lands with a good body shot.
A combination from Sinytsyn does no damage.
Nice uppercut lands for Maraçon. That snapped Sinytsyn's head back.
Maraçon works the jab nicely.
Sinytsyn checks a leg kick.
Sinytsyn doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sinytsyn misses with a straight right.
Maraçon takes one to the side of the head.
Maraçon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sinytsyn's calf.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinytsyn moves out of range as Maraçon strikes.
Sinytsyn throws a looping overhand right but Maraçon ducks down to avoid it.
Sinytsyn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Maraçon to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sinytsyn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sinytsyn tries to close the distance and clinch but Maraçon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sinytsyn connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn scores with a body shot.
Maraçon misses with the body kick
and Sinytsyn counters with a stiff right hand.
Sinytsyn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinytsyn tries to clinch but Maraçon is having none of it.
Sinytsyn lands with a good body shot.
Sinytsyn connects with an inside leg kick.
Maraçon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sinytsyn's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maraçon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinytsyn.
Maraçon slips a straight right by Sinytsyn.
Maraçon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sinytsyn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sinytsyn! But no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maraçon checks a leg kick.
Nice shot by Maraçon.
Good exchange - Sinytsyn coming out on top.

Sinytsyn clinches.
Maraçon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maraçon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn lands a knee to the body.
Sinytsyn throws an elbow but it misses.
Maraçon can't find room to land a body shot as Sinytsyn controls the action.
Maraçon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maraçon misses with a body punch.
Maraçon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinytsyn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Maraçon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sinytsyn can turn it around.
Maraçon misses with the head strike.
Maraçon avoiding damage.
Sinytsyn managing to block the knees to the body from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Maraçon.
Maraçon tries to throw a body punch but Sinytsyn avoids it by throwing Maraçon back against the cage.
Maraçon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sinytsyn can't find room to land a body shot as Maraçon controls the action.
Sinytsyn lands a left hand.
Sinytsyn lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maraçon is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maraçon misses with a punch to the body.
Maraçon misses with a punch to the body.
Maraçon tries a body shot but Sinytsyn blocks it.
Sinytsyn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maraçon.
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!
Sinytsyn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maraçon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Sinytsyn to work.
Maraçon scores with a shot to the side of Sinytsyn's head.
Sinytsyn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sinytsyn working Maraçon over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maraçon misses with some punches.
Maraçon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sinytsyn gets through Maraçon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandr Sinytsyn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Maraçon throws a hook but Sinytsyn blocks it.
Sinytsyn throws the left hand but Maraçon avoids the punch easily.
Maraçon throwing a counter right hand but Sinytsyn manages to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sinytsyn.
Maraçon lands a body shot.
Maraçon ducks under a wild hook from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sinytsyn. That did some damage!
Sinytsyn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sinytsyn moves out of range of the body kick from Maraçon.

Sinytsyn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sinytsyn or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maraçon lands a nice uppercut.
Sinytsyn throws a punch but it's blocked by Maraçon.
Maraçon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn lands a right hand.
Maraçon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sinytsyn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maraçon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Maraçon fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maraçon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maraçon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sinytsyn backwards.
Maraçon misses with a punch on the inside.
Maraçon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maraçon avoids a wild elbow strike from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon misses with a punch to the body.

Maraçon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sinytsyn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sinytsyn slips under a jab from Maraçon.
Maraçon misses with a low kick.
Sinytsyn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sinytsyn walks forward, straight into a front kick from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn takes a swing at Maraçon's ribcage but misses.

Maraçon tries to keep at a distance but Sinytsyn has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinytsyn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maraçon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sinytsyn struggles to land a body shot inside as Maraçon controls his hands.
Maraçon can't find room to land a body shot as Sinytsyn controls the action.
A hook to the body from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn scores with a knee to the head.
Maraçon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maraçon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sinytsyn pushes off an throws an elbow but Maraçon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sinytsyn blocks a body shot from Maraçon.
Maraçon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Maraçon blocks an elbow strike.
Maraçon pushes Sinytsyn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sinytsyn has a couple of punches blocked by Maraçon.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sinytsyn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pablo Maraçon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sinytsyn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maraçon's elbow.
Sinytsyn scores a nice knee to the body.
Sinytsyn scores a nice knee to the body.
Sinytsyn is stalling here.
Maraçon scores with a shot to the side of Sinytsyn's head.
Sinytsyn blocks a body shot from Maraçon.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maraçon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maraçon dodges an elbow strike from Sinytsyn.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sinytsyn.
A hook to the body from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sinytsyn backwards.
Maraçon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maraçon can't find room to land a body shot as Sinytsyn controls the action.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maraçon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Maraçon misses with some punches.
Maraçon prevents a body shot from Sinytsyn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maraçon avoids a wild elbow strike from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maraçon is defending well for now.
Sinytsyn trying to land knees to the body.
Sinytsyn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maraçon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maraçon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sinytsyn.
Maraçon misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Maraçon.
A nice left hand lands by Maraçon.
Maraçon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maraçon misses with a hook to the ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aleksandr Sinytsyn.
Well Sinytsyn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Maraçon!
A very excited looking Pablo Maraçon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.