PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Settakian Fett (ranked 446 p4p, 69 weight class) and Thug Life (ranked 565 p4p, 86 weight class). Life has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! 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.

Fett
vs
Life

180 cm
31
173 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

188 cm
33
178 lbs
21 - 9 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Settakian Fett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fett ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Life slips a jab from Fett.
Fett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Life has time to react.
Life drops his hands momentarily and Fett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Donk. Life catches Fett right on the button with a cross.
Life lands a jab to the head.
Life blocks the body kick.
Life uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Life connects with a right hand. Fett shakes it off.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
Life misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Life looks to land a right hand but Fett moved out of range.
A big left from Fett misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fett avoids the head kick by Life.
Life throws a jab when Fett was well out of range.
Fett throws a body shot but no joy.
Fett wants to land a leg kick but Life is out of range.
Life counters with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Fett misses the target.
Life has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Life catches Fett with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fett scores with a hook to the body. Life takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fett misses the jab.
Life throws a leg kick which misses Fett's front leg but catches the back leg as Fett tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Life.
Fett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Life throws out the jab.
Life takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fett looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Life has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Life throws a leg kick which misses Fett's front leg but catches the back leg as Fett tries to avoid it.
Life slips under a jab.
Life connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab by Life.
Fett tries to clinch up but Life circles away and keeps his distance.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fett was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Fett lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Life ducks under a wild hook from Fett.
Life is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fett had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fett lands a lovely overhand right.
Life scores with a jab. Fett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fett cracks a nice hook into Life's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Life doesn't seem bothered though.
Life misses with a leg kick
and Fett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Life slips under a jab.
Life on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Life stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fett.
Life misses with a body shot.
Fett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Life.
Fett throws a shot to the body.
Fett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Life scoring well with a low kick there.
Fett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Life.
Fett throws a body punch but Life moves out of range.
Fett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Life misses with a hook. Fett ducked under it nicely.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fett.
Fett ducks under a wild hook from Life.
Fett is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Fett slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life looks to throw the jab but Fett is out of range.
Fett cracks Life with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fett walks into a left hand.
Life on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fett throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Fett misses with a straight left.
Life throws a sloppy head kick and Fett moves out of range easily.
Fett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Life looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A nice inside leg kick there by Life. That's going to slow Fett down.
Fett misses with an uppercut. Life saw that one coming.
Life attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fett throws a hook but Life avoids it easily.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fett.
Fett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fett throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
Fett throws a series of punches but Life moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life throws a push kick but Fett slaps the foot to one side.
Fett throws a hook but Life blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fett misses with an uppercut. Life saw that one coming.
That kick from Fett tenderised Life's leg. Life is trying to keep his angry face on.
Life throws a hook but Fett avoids it easily.
A jab from Life finds it's way through Fett's defenses.
Fett misses with a hook.
Life tests Fett's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Life slips under a jab.
Fett misses with a body shot.
Fett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Life darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Life tried to score with a low kick but Fett checks it.
Fett looks to land a right hand but Life moved out of range.
Life gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fett was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Fett throws a front kick aimed at Life's knee but Life avoids it well.
Fett throws a good cross that connects.
Fett staying out of range there.
Life steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fett.
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 Settakian Fett will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fett throws a shot from downtown. Life moves away and avoids it.
Fett throws a body kick that misses
and Life counters with an outside leg kick.
Life misses with a low kick as Fett jumps back.
Fett throws a lazy right hand but Life sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fett swings for the body but Life moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Life! But no joy.
Fett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fett.
Fett throws a jab when Life was well out of range.
Life connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fett momentarily.
Settakian Fett is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fett.
Life bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Life misses with a body kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Fett misses the target.
Life throws a jab when Fett was well out of range.
Fett swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Life misses with a leg kick
and Fett counters with a straight right hand.
Fett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fett misses with a straight right.
Life is looking to slow Fett down with leg kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Fett slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fett connects with a single shot there.
Fett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fett throws a leg kick but Life moved away.
Life misses with a low kick as Fett jumps back.
Jab, jab by Fett - just one landing.
Fett uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fett throws a body punch but Life moves out of range.
Life looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fett throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
Life swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fett buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Life walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fett checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fett throws a leg kick but Life sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fett looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Life lands with a right hand.
Life throws a looping overhand right but Fett ducks down to avoid it.
Fett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Life momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life throws a body punch but Fett moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fett misses with a shot to the body
enabling Life to counter with a crisp jab.
Fett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Life throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
Fett thuds a left hand into Life's body.
Fett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Life.
Life misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Life manages to avoid it.
Life let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Life dips to his left and cracks Fett with an uppercut!
Life scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Life throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fett misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Life.
Fett walks into a stiff left hand from Life.
Fett lands with a cross.
Life connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fett's head backwards.
Fett looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Life finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It looked like Fett was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Life.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Life checks a leg kick.
Life fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fett has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fett missing with a left hand there. Life was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fett swings for the body but Life moves out of range.
Life keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Fett.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Fett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life feints a counter leg kick.
A low kick from Life is predictable there
and Fett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fett misses with a wild body shot.
Life misses with an attempted mid kick.
Life misses with a series of wild punches.
Life scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life connects with a looping right hand.
Life bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life throws a poor cross that misses
and Fett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Life takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Life throws a wild body kick that Fett sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Fett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Life.
Fett throws a low kick, looking for Life's leg but Life calmly moves out of range.
Life keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Life works over Fett's head and body with a nice combination.
Life feints and then cracks Fett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fett down.
Life checks a leg kick.
Fett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Life moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Fett coming out on top.
Life throws the left hand but Fett avoids the punch easily.
Fett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Life lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thug Life showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Fett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fett checks a low kick from Life.
Fett defending well as Life loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot by Fett.
Fett tests Life's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Fett moves into range and clinches up with Life.
Life lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fett backwards.
Fett lands a shoulder strike.
Fett lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Life backwards.
Fett lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fett stalling.
Life throws a punch but it's blocked by Fett.

Fett pulls Life into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Life is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Life wants to control from the top but Fett keeps moving.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Life would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fett has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Life trying to control but Fett is working from the bottom.
Life slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Life stopping the sweep attempt from Fett.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Life wants to control from the top but Fett keeps moving.
Fett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Life slips nicely into half guard.
Life is trying to control the action in half guard but Fett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fett is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Fett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Life pulls his head out easily.
Life content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Life is continuing to stall.

Fett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Life tries to stand but can't do so whilst Fett controls his leg.
Fett tries to roll over but Life keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fett wants to improve his position but Life is controlling well.

Fett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Life pulls his head out easily.
Well, if Life is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Fett wants to control but Life is keeping busy.
Life is controlling the pace.
Life is keen to just control but Fett is a slippery customer.
Life is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Fett wants to improve his position but Life is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Life controlling the action here.
Fett makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Fett.
Life stands and throws Fett's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Life tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Fett's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Life wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fett keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fett is trying to control Life's posture but Life avoids it.
Fett manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Life manages to get to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Settakian Fett showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Settakian Fett!
Settakian Fett looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'The bitch met a real fighter tonight'.