PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 666 p4p, 569 weight class) and Manco Capac (ranked 90 p4p, 73 weight class). Capac has chosen Iggy Pop - The Passenger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sinclair
vs
Capac

179 cm
32
182
19 - 8 - 3

180 cm
31
170
21 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manco Capac!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capac swings for the body but Sinclair moves out of range.
Sinclair misses with a body shot.
Capac lands a right hook to the body.
Sinclair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sinclair throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Capac avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sinclair looks to land a right hand but Capac moved out of range.

Sinclair moves into the clinch.
Capac missing with knees to the body.
Sinclair lands with a left to the head.

Sinclair breaks the clinch.
Capac misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sinclair is looking to land body kicks.
Sinclair scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Manco Capac has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sinclair closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Capac is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac struggling a bit here.
Capac is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sinclair cracks Capac with a big right hand but Capac just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sinclair landing strikes.
Sinclair lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Capac down.
You can see the frustration on Capac's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Capac tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sinclair wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair wants to control but Capac is keeping him busy.
Sinclair is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Capac will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Capac is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sinclair's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sinclair looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Capac with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Capac looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sinclair working over Capac with some ground and pound. Capac looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Sinclair is looking for submissions but instead, Capac has regained full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capac keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Capac manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sinclair manages to get himself to full guard.

Capac works over Sinclair with some ground and pound from guard.
Capac looking to pass the guard.
Sinclair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Capac working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Capac trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Capac content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sinclair looking to control.
Capac trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sinclair 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.
Sinclair keeping moving, preventing Capac from controlling successfully.
Capac looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capac keeps trying to improve his position.
Sinclair looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Capac pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sinclair is keeping the position for now.
Sinclair wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Capac pushing down on Sinclair's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sinclair has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Capac is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sinclair manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sinclair working a defensive guard here.
Capac sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sinclair's guard.
Capac wants to take a breather but Sinclair is having none of it.

Capac is looking for a kimura but Sinclair is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Capac to get the leverage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Itchy Sinclair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manco Capac's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A slow jab from Capac misses its intended target.
Sinclair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Capac with the counter takedown but Sinclair avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sinclair. Capac does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Capac. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Sinclair misses.
Capac feints the counter takedown.
No luck for Sinclair with that takedown attempt.
Sinclair keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Capac swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sinclair swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sinclair avoids the body shot from Capac.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capac uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Itchy Sinclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sinclair throws an off balance right hand
and Capac counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Capac throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sinclair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Sinclair coming out on top.
Sinclair dips to his left and cracks Capac with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac scores with a jab to the body.
Capac takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A big right from Capac misses.
Capac fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sinclair manages to avoid it.
Sinclair tries to clinch but Capac moves out of range.
Sinclair throws a hook but Capac blocks it.
Sinclair thuds his shin into the meat of Capac's side.
Sinclair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Sinclair manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Capac on his heels. He'll look to pass Capac's guard now, I'm sure.
Sinclair passes Capac's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sinclair takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Capac is trying to get back to full guard.
Sinclair looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capac tries to roll over but Sinclair keeps him under control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinclair trying to control from half guard but Capac is working away.
Ground and pound from Sinclair.
Capac is trying to maintain the position but Sinclair is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sinclair lands a nice short elbow.
Sinclair tries to pass the half guard into mount. Capac knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Capac is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sinclair wants to control but Capac is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sinclair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Capac keeps working.
Capac is looking to get back to full guard here but Sinclair has managed to pass to side control instead.
Capac is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Sinclair is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Capac has escaped the position, nice work there.

Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capac taking punishment in the form of punches.
Capac tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sinclair scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Capac to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Capac's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Sinclair is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Capac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Capac is trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Itchy Sinclair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manco Capac's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Capac scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sinclair in his tracks.
Manco Capac seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinclair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Capac.
Sinclair slaps away a takedown attempt from Capac, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Itchy Sinclair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Capac swinging wildly here.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Capac.
Capac misses with a body shot.
Sinclair throws a leg kick but Capac moved away.
Capac looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Sinclair gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Capac trying to control but Sinclair postures up.

Sinclair is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capac is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sinclair is looking to advance position but Capac won't allow it.
Capac works his way to full guard. Good work.
Capac is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sinclair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capac can do to turn this around?
Sinclair lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sinclair wants to pass the guard but Capac is keeping the position.
Manco Capac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.

Capac working for a triangle but Sinclair defends it easily.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Capac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair landing with the ground and pound.
Sinclair stands up over Capac, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sinclair distracts Capac with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Itchy Sinclair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Capac keeps moving.
Sinclair controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Capac throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sinclair stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Capac swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Capac is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sinclair postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Capac is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sinclair, into his guard.

Capac wants to control from the top but Sinclair keeps moving.
Sinclair seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Capac connects with a couple of short punches.
Capac wants to pass the guard but Sinclair is keeping the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sinclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Capac pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sinclair is keeping the position for now.
Itchy Sinclair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sinclair tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Itchy Sinclair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sinclair, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itchy Sinclair!
A very excited looking Itchy Sinclair made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.