PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Dog (ranked 1021 p4p, 137 weight class) and Aleksandr Sinytsyn (ranked 756 p4p, 108 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think The Dog might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Meditation Time. 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.

The Dog
vs
Sinytsyn

186 cm
29
195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

187 cm
34
195 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jake The Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinytsyn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sinytsyn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinytsyn lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Both fighters circling a little - Sinytsyn finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Sinytsyn misses.
Sinytsyn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Dog throws the left hand but Sinytsyn avoids the punch easily.
Sinytsyn appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sinytsyn misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from The Dog.
Sinytsyn blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinytsyn bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sinytsyn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sinytsyn.

It looks like Jake The Dog has been cut.
Sinytsyn blocks a low kick nicely.
The Dog throws a lazy right hand but Sinytsyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sinytsyn misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Dog feints and as Sinytsyn raises his hands in defense, The Dog changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sinytsyn wants to stand but The Dog is controlling the position.
The Dog's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sinytsyn wants to sweep here but The Dog controlling him for the moment.
The Dog not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Dog stopping the sweep attempt from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn is looking to stand up but The Dog isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The Dog working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Dog trying to control but Sinytsyn is working from the bottom.
The Dog won't allow Sinytsyn to get back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Sinytsyn misses.
The Dog scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog misses with a hook. Sinytsyn ducked under it nicely.
The Dog wants to land a leg kick but Sinytsyn is out of range.
Sinytsyn misses with a body punch

and The Dog counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Dog.
The Dog has a couple of punches blocked by Sinytsyn.
The Dog lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sinytsyn.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Dog.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Sinytsyn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sinytsyn cracks a nice hook into The Dog's ribs.
Sinytsyn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sinytsyn scores with a jab.
The Dog throws a body punch but Sinytsyn moves out of range.
Sinytsyn throws out a counter right but The Dog avoids it with no problem.
Sinytsyn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sinytsyn moves away.
Sinytsyn throws a jab when The Dog was well out of range.
Sinytsyn tests The Dog's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sinytsyn throws a leg kick but The Dog sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Dog looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sinytsyn tests The Dog's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good standup being displayed there by The Dog as he connects with a hook.
Sinytsyn lands with a shot to the body.
Sinytsyn lands with a nice combination. The Dog backs away looking to recover.
A leg kick checked by Sinytsyn.
The Dog takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Dog takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sinytsyn cracks a nice hook into The Dog's ribs.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Dog takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sinytsyn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Dog misses the shot to the body.
The Dog looks for a takedown but Sinytsyn sprawls well.
Sinytsyn throws a push kick but The Dog slaps the foot to one side.
The Dog misses with a looping left.
Aleksandr Sinytsyn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Dog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sinytsyn throws an ugly left hook that misses

and The Dog counters by moving into the clinch.
The Dog working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sinytsyn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn misses with some punches.
The Dog scores with a shoulder strike.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Sinytsyn - that landed with a thud.
Sinytsyn is trying to break the clinch but The Dog is controlling him.
A nice left hand lands by The Dog.
The Dog lands a nice uppercut.
The Dog tries to work over Sinytsyn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sinytsyn misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksandr Sinytsyn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake The Dog's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The Dog moves out of range of the strikes.
The Dog blocks a head kick by Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dog was well out of range. Poor timing from Sinytsyn.
The Dog swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sinytsyn.
The Dog connects with a body shot.
The Dog lands a nice hook to Sinytsyn's body. Sinytsyn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sinytsyn lands with an uppercut that bounces The Dog off the cage and back into range.
The Dog dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sinytsyn throws a jab but it's blocked by The Dog.

The Dog has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sinytsyn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Dog misses with a body punch.
Sinytsyn misses with some punches.
The Dog working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Dog throws a punch but it's blocked by Sinytsyn.
The Dog misses with some punches.
Sinytsyn misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn tries a knee to the head but The Dog blocks it.
A body shot lands from The Dog.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
Jake The Dog has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Sinytsyn.
The Dog misses with some punches.
The Dog swings wildly with an uppercut but Sinytsyn uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Dog gets through Sinytsyn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Dog misses with a punch to the body.
The Dog softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sinytsyn has a couple of punches blocked by The Dog.
The Dog tries a body shot but Sinytsyn blocks it.
The Dog lands with a right to the head.
The Dog tries to score a body lock takedown but Sinytsyn shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Sinytsyn manages to break the clinch.
Sinytsyn lands a head shot.
Sinytsyn misses with a looping left.
Sinytsyn getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sinytsyn.
The Dog misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The Dog dives in and grabs Sinytsyn's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sinytsyn pushes down on The Dog's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake The Dog. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Dog takes one to the side of the head.
Sinytsyn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Dog tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Dog avoids the body shot from Sinytsyn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sinytsyn. The Dog does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sinytsyn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sinytsyn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sinytsyn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn connects with a looping right hand.
Sinytsyn lands a nice hook to The Dog's body. The Dog takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Dog fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The Dog is looking to clinch.

The Dog drives through with a takedown into guard.
The Dog passes Sinytsyn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The Dog with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sinytsyn taking some punishment here, with The Dog in his half guard.
The Dog wants to control but Sinytsyn is keeping him busy.
The Dog not doing much here.
The Dog is looking to advance position but Sinytsyn won't allow it.
The Dog with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn trying to control but The Dog postures up.
Sinytsyn is refusing to be controlled, as The Dog sits in half guard.
The Dog content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Dog's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinytsyn is looking to escape.
The Dog content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jake The Dog will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jake The Dog's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sinytsyn misses with a series of wild punches.
The Dog shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left lands for Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn tries to bum rush The Dog with a series of wild strikes but The Dog uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sinytsyn misses the shot to the body.
Sinytsyn throws a jab but it's blocked by The Dog.
The Dog connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sinytsyn lands a slapping body shot.
Sinytsyn connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Dog. The Dog circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sinytsyn throws a head kick that misses.
The Dog throws a lazy right hand but Sinytsyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sinytsyn throws a body shot but no joy.
Sinytsyn ducks under a wild hook from The Dog.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinytsyn thuds a left hand into The Dog's body.
Sinytsyn misses with a low kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by The Dog or perhaps it was just good defense by Sinytsyn, which made it look bad.
The crowd cheers as Sinytsyn lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Dog doesn't seem phased though.
Sinytsyn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sinytsyn throws the left hand but The Dog avoids the punch easily.
Sinytsyn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The Dog shoots in and drives through. Sinytsyn sprawls well.
Sinytsyn throws out a counter right but The Dog avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake The Dog. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Dog scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sinytsyn's hands are dropping dangerously low here and The Dog connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sinytsyn scrambles back to his feet.
The Dog doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sinytsyn lands a head shot.
Sinytsyn throws an ugly left hook that misses

and The Dog counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Sinytsyn has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes The Dog off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Dog wants to clinch up but Sinytsyn keeps it at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sinytsyn, right into the meat.
Sinytsyn connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sinytsyn misses with a leg kick.
The Dog half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sinytsyn throws a jab but it's blocked by The Dog.
The Dog attempts a counter takedown but Sinytsyn avoids it well and moves away.
The Dog shoots in looking for a takedown. Sinytsyn tries to sprawl out of it but The Dog keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sinytsyn manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sinytsyn throws a series of punches but The Dog avoids them all with ease.
The Dog goes for a double leg but Sinytsyn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sinytsyn continues to drive forward.
Sinytsyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Dog scores with the left hand. Sinytsyn knows he should have avoided that one.
The Dog tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Sinytsyn counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinytsyn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Dog fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sinytsyn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sinytsyn jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sinytsyn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Dog on the side of the head.
Sinytsyn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Dog manages to avoid it.
Sinytsyn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The Dog avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sinytsyn lands a nice shot that snaps The Dog's head back.
A slow jab from Sinytsyn misses its intended target.
The Dog takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sinytsyn throws a lazy uppercut

and The Dog moves into the clinch.
The Dog blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Dog lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Dog tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Dog misses with a punch on the inside.
Sinytsyn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Dog misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinytsyn tries to throw a body punch but The Dog avoids it by throwing Sinytsyn back against the cage.
The Dog looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
Sinytsyn blocks a body shot from The Dog.
Sinytsyn wants to stall.

Sinytsyn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sinytsyn lands a leg kick that knocks The Dog off balance momentarily.
Sinytsyn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Dog was well out of range. Poor timing from Sinytsyn.
Sinytsyn cracks The Dog with an open hand slap.

The Dog clinches up against the cage.
Sinytsyn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Dog prevents a body shot from Sinytsyn.
The Dog misses with the head strike.
The Dog lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksandr Sinytsyn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sinytsyn 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandr Sinytsyn!
A victorious Aleksandr Sinytsyn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.