PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Mordecai Sackett (ranked 2850 p4p, 273 weight class) and Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 (ranked 17530 p4p, 475 weight class). Blackmane 🐺 has chosen Fenrys Hjolda as his entrance music. 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.

Sackett
vs
Blackmane 🐺

178 cm
38
155 lbs
40 - 16 - 0

170 cm
33
154 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
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 40 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mordecai Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 !
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackmane 🐺 throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
Sackett thows a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 checks it
and Blackmane 🐺 counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sackett's knee momentarily.
Sackett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sackett gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sackett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blackmane 🐺 looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blackmane 🐺 finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Blackmane 🐺 is looking to clinch but Sackett is avoiding it.
Blackmane 🐺 thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blackmane 🐺 throws a body shot but no joy.
Blackmane 🐺 blocks a jab.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sackett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blackmane 🐺 swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blackmane 🐺 wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett throws a right and a left that Blackmane 🐺 avoids nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sackett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blackmane 🐺 throws out the jab.
Blackmane 🐺 wants to clinch.
Sackett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
Blackmane 🐺 motions for Sackett to come forward. Blackmane 🐺 throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Blackmane 🐺 closes the distance and clinches.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a head punch that misses.
Blackmane 🐺 with a knee to the head.
Blackmane 🐺 crunches a lovely knee into Sackett's ribcage.
Sackett avoiding damage as Blackmane 🐺 throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Blackmane 🐺 uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Sackett as the two fighters clinch.
Blackmane 🐺 goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sackett has a couple of punches blocked by Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
Blackmane 🐺 tries a knee to the head but Sackett blocks it.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a knee strike.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Sackett lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett managing to block the knees to the body from Blackmane 🐺 .
A short left from Sackett.
Sackett lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Sackett scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sackett lands a right hand.
Sackett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blackmane 🐺 backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Blackmane 🐺 tries to clinch up.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a series of punches but Sackett moves out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a leg kick
and Sackett counters with a stiff right hand.
Sackett throws a jab when Blackmane 🐺 was well out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 scores with a body shot.
Blackmane 🐺 paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Blackmane 🐺 checks the leg kick.
Sackett tests Blackmane 🐺 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice body kick there by Sackett.
Sackett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blackmane 🐺 fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sackett swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackmane 🐺 uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sackett.
Sackett avoids a kick to the body.
It looked like Sackett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sackett swats away the attempt to clinch by Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett throws a hook but Blackmane 🐺 blocks it.
Sackett throws out a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range and Sackett only half commits.
Sackett scores with a kick to the midsection.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to clinch but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett throws a low kick but Blackmane 🐺 avoids it.
Sackett checks a leg kick.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a front kick aimed at Sackett's knee but Sackett avoids it well.
Blackmane 🐺 throws the left hand but Sackett avoids the punch easily.
Blackmane 🐺 moves to clinch but Sackett breaks away
and Sackett counters with a straight right hand.
Sackett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blackmane 🐺 manages to avoid it.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Blackmane 🐺 sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Blackmane 🐺 pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sackett tries to counter by clinching up but Blackmane 🐺 breaks away and moves out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a double jab.
A leg kick checked by Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands a right hook to the body.
Sackett cracks Blackmane 🐺 with a good jab.
Sackett looks to land a right hand but Blackmane 🐺 moved out of range.
An inside leg kick from Blackmane 🐺 misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blackmane 🐺 . That's going to slow Sackett down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blackmane 🐺 walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sackett connects with a nice looking jab.
Mordecai Sackett is winning the standup battle so far.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackmane 🐺 misses the jab.
Sackett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Blackmane 🐺 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a straight left.
Sackett lands a jab to Blackmane 🐺 's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
Sackett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but Blackmane 🐺 manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mordecai Sackett dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Blackmane 🐺 takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ragnar Blackmane 🐺 has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blackmane 🐺 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Blackmane 🐺 lands with a cross.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Blackmane 🐺 throws an overhand right that lands on Sackett's shoulder, as Sackett tries to avoid the shot.
Blackmane 🐺 scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 wants to clinch up but Sackett keeps it at a distance.
Blackmane 🐺 tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sackett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blackmane 🐺 lands a jab to the nose.
Sackett throws a body punch but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blackmane 🐺 uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Blackmane 🐺 moves away from the strike by Sackett.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Blackmane 🐺 saw that one coming.
A jab from Blackmane 🐺 misses.
It looked like Sackett was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Blackmane 🐺 .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sackett.
Blackmane 🐺 changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett lands the left hand.
Blackmane 🐺 misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Blackmane 🐺 .
Sackett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett scores with a hook to the body. Blackmane 🐺 takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blackmane 🐺 lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blackmane 🐺 gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
Sackett swings for the body but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blackmane 🐺 throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sackett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sackett stuns Blackmane 🐺 with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a hook but Sackett avoids it easily.
Sackett throws a big counter combination but Blackmane 🐺 scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blackmane 🐺 on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.
Sackett lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blackmane 🐺 throws a combination. Sackett tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackmane 🐺 was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sackett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blackmane 🐺 throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackmane 🐺 fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Blackmane 🐺 - just one landing.
Sackett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blackmane 🐺 gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sackett.
Sackett throws a body punch but Blackmane 🐺 moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sackett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blackmane 🐺 .
Blackmane 🐺 checks the leg kick.
Sackett moves out of range of the strikes.
Sackett wants to slow Blackmane 🐺 down by chopping away at his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mordecai Sackett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sackett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mordecai Sackett!
In his post fight interview, Mordecai Sackett started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.