PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Syngin Colchester (ranked 6465 p4p, 3252 weight class) and Cecil Lightning (ranked 685 p4p, 417 weight class). Cecil Lightning has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Colchester
vs
Lightning

188 cm
20
200
2 - 4 - 0

199 cm
21
224
19 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Syngin Colchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cecil Lightning!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightning on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lightning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lightning pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Colchester looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lightning lands a nice leg kick that just misses Colchester's sensitive parts.
Lightning throws a head kick that misses.
Colchester throws a right and a left that Lightning avoids nicely.
Lightning throws a head kick that misses.
Lightning throws a head kick that misses.
Lightning misses with a hook.
Colchester lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lightning circles away quickly and effectively.
Colchester misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Colchester misses.
Colchester connects with a looping right hand.
Colchester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lightning bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Colchester's head backwards.

It looks like Syngin Colchester has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lightning pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Colchester takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Colchester looks to score with a jab to the body but Lightning is just out of range.
Colchester lands a slapping body shot.
Colchester lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lightning keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Colchester changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lightning tries to avoid it but Colchester manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lightning to the ground. Lightning escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Lightning 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightning delivers a nice body kick.
Colchester missing with a left hand there. Lightning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Lightning.
Colchester tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lightning was well out of range. Poor timing from Colchester.
Colchester works the jab nicely.
Colchester chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lightning can pounce on him.
Lightning uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Colchester.
Lightning takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Colchester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Colchester lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Colchester throws a right and a left that Lightning avoids nicely.
Colchester throws a series of punches but Lightning moves out of range.
Colchester is looking to wear down Lightning with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Colchester misses the jab.
Colchester tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Colchester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Colchester closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lightning's guard.
Colchester sitting in guard here, content to control.
Lightning keeping full guard, as Colchester tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightning being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Colchester throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Colchester has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Colchester throws a big right hand that misses.
Colchester tries to free his leg and advance position but Lightning is retaining full guard.
Colchester showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Colchester is pushing down on Lightning's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lightning is fighting to maintain full guard but Colchester has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Colchester seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Colchester.
Colchester thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Colchester lands with a punch from half guard.
Colchester not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Colchester thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lightning's head.
Colchester performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Colchester working the head and body with strikes.
Colchester is looking to take a break and control but Lightning is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Colchester throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colchester is nestled in close to Lightning, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Colchester.
Colchester with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lightning is looking to escape.
Colchester with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lightning uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Colchester.
A looping hook to the body misses from Colchester. Lightning does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lightning steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Lightning tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lightning.
Syngin Colchester is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Colchester. Lightning does a little dance to reset his feet.
Colchester throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lightning counters with a nice uppercut.
Lightning throws a chopping leg kick but Colchester manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lightning is looking to land body kicks.
Colchester on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lightning scores with a shot to the body.

Lightning gets caught napping as Colchester dives in and scores a takedown. Lightning manages to retain guard.
Colchester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lightning can do to turn this around?
Lightning is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Colchester pushes down on Lightning's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lightning really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Colchester. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Colchester content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Colchester is nestled in close to Lightning, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colchester is trying to control the action in half guard but Lightning is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Colchester looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lightning with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Colchester missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lightning is refusing to be controlled, as Colchester sits in half guard.
Colchester winds up and cracks Lightning with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Colchester seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Colchester content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colchester is nestled in close to Lightning, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Colchester is keen to just control but Lightning is a slippery customer.
Colchester lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Colchester with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Colchester winds up and cracks Lightning with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Colchester controlling the action here.
Colchester scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightning blocking the ground and pound attempt from Colchester.
Colchester wants to take a breather but Lightning is having none of it.
Colchester drops an elbow to the side of Lightning's head.
Colchester controlling the pace.
Colchester thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lightning's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Colchester throwing shots but Lightning is blocking nicely.
Lightning is refusing to be controlled, as Colchester sits in half guard.
Colchester is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Colchester connects with a nice short shot to Lightning's temple.
Colchester thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lightning is refusing to be controlled, as Colchester sits in half guard.
Colchester controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Syngin Colchester dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Syngin Colchester's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Lightning scores with a sloppy right hand. Colchester should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Colchester. Lightning does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lightning has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Colchester ducks under a wild hook from Lightning.
It looked like Colchester was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lightning.
Colchester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lightning.

Lightning gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Colchester throwing strikes from guard but Lightning blocks nicely.
Lightning wants to get back to his feet but Colchester is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Colchester trying to move into half guard but instead Lightning has managed to sweep!

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lightning wants to get up but he can't break Colchester's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Colchester manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lightning manages to get himself to full guard.

Colchester is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colchester throws a big elbow that misses.
Colchester showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Colchester postures up in Lightning's guard and throws a big left but Lightning blocks it.
Syngin Colchester overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Colchester throwing strikes from guard but Lightning blocks nicely.
Colchester is working Lightning over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Colchester looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Colchester accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Colchester might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

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.
Colchester wants to control from the top but Lightning keeps moving.
Colchester is pushing down on Lightning's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lightning is fighting to maintain full guard but Colchester has managed to sneak the leg through.
Colchester controlling the pace.
Colchester missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Colchester lands with a punch from half guard.
Colchester working Lightning over with strikes.
Colchester is taking a breather. Lightning says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Colchester has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Colchester seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lightning does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colchester stalling.
Cecil Lightning has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lightning is staying active underneath Colchester, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Lightning gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Colchester is looking to work some ground and pound but Lightning has wrist control.
Colchester chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colchester with a flurry of punches that miss.
Colchester missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Colchester working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Colchester working some strikes from top position.
Colchester wants to pass the guard but Lightning is keeping the position.
Colchester slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Lightning takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Colchester controls the position from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Syngin Colchester showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Colchester, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Syngin Colchester!