PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billa Bong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tony Sinclair enters the cage!

Bong
vs
Sinclair

180 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
182 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billa Bong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sinclair shoots in but no luck this time.
Bong works Sinclair's body with a nice hook.
Bong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sinclair looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bong misses with an uppercut.
Sinclair takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bong but Bong pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab from Sinclair misses.
Sinclair misses with a takedown attempt - Bong sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Billa Bong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Sinclair.
Sinclair throws out a loose jab but Bong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bong scores with a nice head shot.
Bong looks to throw the jab but Sinclair is out of range.
Sinclair keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair shoots for a takedown but Bong saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sinclair misses with a hook.
Sinclair misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sinclair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sinclair takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A left lands for Bong.
A cross from Bong lands.

Bong gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sinclair to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sinclair trying to control but Bong is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair won't allow Bong to sweep him here.
Sinclair in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bong scores with a nice shot.
Bong keeping full guard, as Sinclair tries to pass.
Sinclair looking to sit in guard and control but Bong gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sinclair on the ground.
Bong trying to control the position from guard on top but Sinclair is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair is trying to control the position but Bong postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bong sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bong throws a big right hand that misses.
Bong is looking to work some ground and pound but Sinclair has wrist control.
Bong throws a big right hand that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A big left from Bong misses.

Sinclair decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bong is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sinclair's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sinclair's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Bong.
I really don't envy Sinclair right now.
Bong landing with strikes.
Sinclair covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Bong punches the canvas rather than the man.
Bong throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Sinclair!
Bong scores with punches from the back.
Bong keeps control of the position as Sinclair tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billa Bong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sinclair is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bong.
Bong lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A swing and a miss from Bong.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bong sprawls well. Bong wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sinclair gets slowly back to his feet.
Bong scores with a jab. Sinclair acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bong lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sinclair.
Sinclair thows a body shot but no joy.
Bong stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bong wants it to stay on the feet.

Sinclair shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sinclair was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sinclair with the ground and pound from mount.
Sinclair throws some wild stikes that Bong manages to avoid easily.
Bong wants to control but Sinclair is having none of it.
Sinclair wants to control the pace but Bong is squirming around nicely.

Sinclair looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bong is desperately trying to improve his position but Sinclair has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair with a couple of short strikes.
Sinclair is landing with some decent strikes but Bong is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sinclair with the ground and pound from mount.
Bong avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sinclair.
Sinclair has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bong's face.
Sinclair can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bong is looking to escape.
Bong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bong tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sinclair throwing strikes here but Bong is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sinclair tries to control but Bong wriggling away.
Sinclair sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bong keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sinclair working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sinclair avoids the attempt from Bong to control.
Sinclair unloading with bombs!
Sinclair tries to control but Bong wriggling away.
Sinclair landing punches.
Sinclair looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Sinclair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Bong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sinclair.
Bong throws the left hand but Sinclair avoids the punch easily.
Bong connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sinclair's hands.
A shot to the body from Sinclair misses
and Bong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bong slips under a jab.
Bong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sinclair was well out of range. Poor timing from Bong.
Bong has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sinclair.
Sinclair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bong avoids the body shot from Sinclair.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair fails to land the takedown.
Sinclair misses with a hook to the body
and Bong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sinclair thinking.
Good standup being displayed there by Bong as he connects with a hook.
Bong throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sinclair gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Bong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bong scores with a hook to the body. Sinclair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sinclair misses with a looping right.
Sinclair needs to keep his hands up - Bong had a free shot at his head there.
Sinclair ducks under a wild hook from Bong.

Sinclair gets the takedown into side control.
Sinclair controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bong stops Sinclair from passing to mount.
Bong tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Bong manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Sinclair not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bong manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sinclair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bong has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sinclair has passed into side control.
You can see the frustration on Bong's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair trying to control the action but Bong is working from the bottom.
Sinclair working away.
Sinclair advances nicely into full mount.
Sinclair with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Billa Bong has been cut.
Bong is trying desperately to improve position.

Sinclair goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Bong is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bong looking to sit in guard and control but Sinclair gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sinclair trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sinclair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sinclair won't allow Bong to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tony Sinclair.
I think Sinclair has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!