PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Sydal (ranked 3129 p4p, 5846 weight class) and Quireem Xavier (ranked 374 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sydal
vs
Xavier

201 cm
23
270
7 - 4 - 0

212 cm
25
283
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dylan Sydal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Quireem Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier throws a head kick that misses
and Sydal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Xavier. That's going to slow Sydal down.
Sydal throws a wild body kick that Xavier sees coming a mile off.

Xavier clinches.
Xavier connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sydal's face.

It looks like Dylan Sydal has been cut.
Sydal managing to block the knees to the body from Xavier.
Xavier landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sydal is breathing heavily.
Xavier is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Xavier.
Xavier crunches a lovely knee into Sydal's ribcage.
Sydal takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xavier lands a good knee to the midsection. Sydal won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Xavier.
Xavier comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Xavier breaks the clinch.

Xavier forces Sydal back against the cage and clinches.
Xavier lands a good knee to the midsection. Sydal won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Xavier.
Xavier scores a nice knee to the body.
Xavier lands a knee to the head.
Xavier scores a nice knee to the body.
Xavier scores a nice knee to the body.
Xavier comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Xavier using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Xavier lands an elbow inside that Sydal shrugs off.
Xavier lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xavier lands an elbow that stopped Sydal in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Xavier.
Xavier lands an elbow just above Sydal 's eye.
Xavier lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Xavier utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Xavier working Sydal over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Xavier drops Sydal with a big knee straight up the middle! Sydal is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Xavier clinches.

Xavier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Xavier has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Quireem Xavier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Xavier clinches up with Sydal and pushes him back against the cage.
Sydal trying to control the position but instead, Xavier has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sydal into the cage.
Knees to the body from Xavier.
A knee to the head by Xavier.
A knee to the head by Xavier.

Xavier drops Sydal with a big knee straight up the middle! Sydal is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sydal is rocked!

Xavier clinches up with Sydal and pushes him back against the cage.
Oh Sydal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Xavier lands a big knee! That's hurt Sydal! Oh, he's all over the place! Xavier lands another knee that sends Sydal to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quireem Xavier!
Quireem Xavier seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.