PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Sisko (ranked 4221 p4p, 0 weight class) and Linux Steve (ranked 5733 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Sisko
vs
Steve

180 cm
18
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
172 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benjamin Sisko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Linux Steve!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sisko lands a jab.
Steve keeps the fight on the outside.
Steve looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Steve lands a nice shot that snaps Sisko's head back.

It looks like Benjamin Sisko has been cut.
Steve takes one on the button.
Sisko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A jab from Steve does it's job there.
Sisko misses with a hook.
Sisko scores with a nice strike.
Sisko misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steve. Sisko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve tries to bum rush Sisko with a series of wild strikes but Sisko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sisko misses the body punch
and Steve cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sisko lands a nice looking body shot.
Steve throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sisko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sisko. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steve tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sisko was well out of range. Poor timing from Steve.
Steve throws a hook but Sisko blocks it.
Steve on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sisko moves into the clinch.
Sisko misses with some punches.
Sisko lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sisko fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Steve.
Sisko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steves head.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sisko's elbow.
Sisko scores with a shot to the side of Steve's head.
Sisko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Steve is keeping busy.
Steve is leaning against Sisko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sisko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sisko lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sisko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Steves head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve takes a shot to the head.
Sisko effectively controlling the action here.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve blocking some punches.
Sisko stalling against the cage.
Sisko prevents a body shot from Steve.
Sisko is working Steve over against the cage.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steve blocking some punches.
Sisko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Steve lands an uppercut.
Sisko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Steve.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steve stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sisko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sisko throws a head punch that misses.
Steve lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Sisko.
Sisko struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steve.
Sisko tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sisko blocks a body shot from Steve.
Sisko misses with a punch to the body.
Steve makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sisko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steve lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sisko misses with a punch on the inside.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steve prevents a body shot from Sisko.
Steve misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sisko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Steve tries to work over Sisko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sisko can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Sisko throws a head punch that misses.
Sisko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Steve's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sisko taking a breather.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sisko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sisko's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sisko blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve prevents a body shot from Sisko.
A short right from Steve.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benjamin Sisko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Sisko's cut.
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.

Sisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sisko misses with an uppercut.
Sisko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steve can do to turn this around?
A jab lands there for Sisko.
Steve fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sisko takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Sisko is rocked!
Sisko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Oh Sisko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left lands for Sisko.
Sisko ducks under a wild hook from Steve.
Sisko loads up on a big right hand but Steve slips the punch.
Sisko seems to have got his legs back now.
Benjamin Sisko is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab lands there for Steve.
Sisko lands a nice hook to Steve's body. Steve takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Steve lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve throws out a loose jab but Sisko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steve throws an overhand right that lands on Sisko's shoulder, as Sisko tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sisko. Steve does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Steve.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
Sisko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sisko connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steve keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steve scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sisko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sisko misses with a double jab.
Sisko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steve scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Steve has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Steve there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Sisko slips the punch.
Steve shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sisko lands with a shot to the body.
Sisko misses with a body shot.
Steve let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sisko lands a right hook to the body.
Sisko takes a swing at Steve's ribcage but misses.
Sisko slips a straight right by Steve.
Sisko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Sisko slips the punch.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
Sisko throws a good cross that connects.
Sisko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sisko swings for the body but Steve moves out of range.
Steve waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sisko.
Steve throws the left hand but Sisko avoids the punch easily.
Steve lands with a nice body punch.
Steve is breathing heavily.
Sisko misses with a double jab.
Steve gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sisko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sisko has closed the distance and engaged Steve in a clinch.
Sisko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sisko tries a body shot but Steve blocks it.
Steve throws a punch but it's blocked by Sisko.
Steve working aggressively here.
Sisko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steve.
Sisko working aggressively here.
Sisko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Steve scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sisko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Sisko tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sisko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sisko misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Steve blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Steve - that landed with a thud.
Sisko wants to stall.
Sisko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Sisko fails to land.
Steve can't find room to land a body shot as Sisko controls the action.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sisko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Steve up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Steve.
Steve lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Linux Steve will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Benjamin Sisko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sisko misses the shot to the body.
Steve looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steve circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steve counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sisko misses with a straight right.
Steve slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sisko just misses with a punch to the body.
Sisko avoids the body shot from Steve.
Sisko throws a combination that misses

and Steve counters with a crisp right hand that drops Sisko! Steve lets Sisko back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sisko throws a lazy right hand but Steve sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steve swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Steve on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sisko throws a body punch but Steve moves out of range.
Sisko rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Steve scores with a counter punch that sends Sisko to the canvas! Steve smells blood - he's punishing Sisko with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Sisko has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Linux Steve!
After winning the bout, Linux Steve thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Benjamin Sisko was interviewed post fight and said 'I've brought back a little surprise for the Dominion.'.