PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kin Ring Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Siouxsie Banshees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett comes to the ring accompanied by (I'm not your) steppin' stone . Banshees is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cities in Dust. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ring Sackett
vs
Banshees

190 cm
26
217 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

192 cm
26
213 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BHP's Shaolin Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kin Ring Sackett!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Siouxsie Banshees!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Banshees.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Banshees goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banshees prevents a body shot from Sackett.
Sackett tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Banshees's elbow.
Banshees has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.
Banshees blocks an uppercut.
Banshees blocks a body shot from Sackett.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Banshees crunches a lovely knee into Sackett's ribcage.
Banshees lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sackett is trying to force a seperation but Banshees has the dominant position.
Banshees misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Banshees lands a hook that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Banshees fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sackett's defenses.
Banshees tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Banshees pushes off an throws an elbow but Sackett leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Banshees scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sackett is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Sackett lands an uppercut.
Banshees tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Banshees tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banshees missing with knees to the body.
Banshees struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
Banshees struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
Banshees misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Banshees.
Banshees lands a body punch in the clinch.
Banshees misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banshees throws an elbow but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Banshees.
Sackett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sackett has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Banshees misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a hook from the clinch.
Banshees swings wildly with an uppercut but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Banshees fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Banshees lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Banshees doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees throws a punch but it's blocked by Sackett.
Banshees tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Banshees throws an elbow but it misses.

Sackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Banshees misses with a head kick.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Banshees.
A slapping leg kick lands for Banshees.
Sackett throws a lazy uppercut
and Banshees counters with a straight right hand.
Banshees tries a low kick but Sackett avoids it.
Banshees cracks the inside of Sackett's front leg.
Sackett 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.
Banshees misses the jab.
Banshees throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banshees throws a sloppy head kick and Sackett moves out of range easily.
Banshees tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sackett lands with a hook. Banshees tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banshees throws a hook to the side of Sackett's head but Sackett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Sackett misses the target.
Sackett goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Banshees slips under a jab.
Banshees moves in looking to clinch but Sackett pushes him off.
Sackett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banshees dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
Nice body kick there by Banshees.
Banshees misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Banshees bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees dominated that round.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Banshees uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett moves forwards but Banshees connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Banshees throws a leg kick but Sackett sees it coming and moves out of range.

Banshees closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Banshees tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sackett's elbow.
Sackett misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banshees misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett can't find room to land a body shot as Banshees controls the action.
Banshees looking to throw knees to the head but Sackett is blocking nicely.
Banshees fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sackett blocks a body shot from Banshees.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sackett.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
Banshees lands with a short shot to the head.
Sackett can't break the clinch.
Banshees throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sacketts head.
A nice left hand lands by Banshees.
A short right from Banshees on the inside.
Banshees lands a nice elbow.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Banshees avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the ropes.
Sackett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Banshees is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A right hook to the body lands for Banshees.
Banshees blocking some punches.
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sackett avoids a wild elbow strike from Banshees.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banshees lands an uppercut.
Banshees creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Banshees scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.

Sackett is rocked!
Banshees tries a body shot but Sackett blocks it.
Oh Sackett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Sackett blocks an uppercut.
Sackett seems to have got his legs back now.
Sackett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Banshees is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Banshees scores with a nice short uppercut.
Banshees misses with a knee to the head.
Banshees makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sackett looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett is looking to break free of the clinch but Banshees has double underhooks.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Banshees has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.

Sackett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sackett blocks the body kick.
Banshees tries a head kick but it misses.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sackett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Banshees throws a head kick but Sackett moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Banshees as he connects with a hook.
Sackett keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Banshees - just one landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Banshees.
Banshees throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett throws a low kick, looking for Banshees's leg but Banshees calmly moves out of range.

Banshees clinches up with Sackett and pushes him back against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Sackett misses.
Sackett lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick from Banshees.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sackett tries to land a leg kick but Banshees saw it coming and moves away.
Banshees walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sackett.
Sackett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Banshees momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Banshees buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Banshees there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sackett misses with a head kick.
Banshees lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sackett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banshees wants to land a leg kick but Sackett is out of range.
Banshees is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Banshees chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sackett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banshees.
Banshees throws a right hand that Sackett ducks under and follows up with a left that Sackett also avoids with ease.
Banshees fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sackett. That's going to slow Banshees down.
Banshees tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Banshees connects with a solid leg kick.
Sackett misses with the combination.
Sackett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Banshees's sensitive parts.
Sackett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Banshees uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Banshees swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sackett lands a jab to the head.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Banshees moved away.
Sackett pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Banshees misses.
Banshees throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sackett.

Banshees gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Banshees as Sackett tries to tie him up.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sackett.
A short right from Banshees on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Banshees unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sackett is trying to break the clinch but Banshees is controlling him.
Banshees creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sackett stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Banshees lands a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sackett tries to stall but Banshees uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Banshees misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sackett wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Banshees lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Banshees.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sackett.
Siouxsie Banshees seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sackett lands a left hand.
Banshees scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
A short uppercut from Sackett.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Banshees unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sackett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Banshees lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banshees tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sackett's elbow.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
A short left from Banshees.
Banshees has a couple of punches blocked by Sackett.
Sackett is trying to push Banshees away but Banshees has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Banshees lands a good knee to the midsection. Sackett won't want to take too many of those.

Banshees drops Sackett with a big knee straight up the middle! Sackett is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Kin Ring Sackett has been cut.
Sackett blocks a head kick by Banshees.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banshees with a jab.
Banshees tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sackett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sackett takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kin Ring Sackett's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Banshees lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sackett at a distance.
Banshees throws a leg kick which misses Sackett's front leg but catches the back leg as Sackett tries to avoid it.
Sackett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sackett finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jab by Banshees.
An inside leg kick lands from Banshees.
Banshees with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Banshees tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Sackett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sackett misses with a straight left.
Banshees finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Banshees misses with a kick to the body.
Banshees throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Banshees will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Banshees throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sackett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sackett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Banshees tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sackett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Banshees tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Sackett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Banshees throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Banshees lands a nice shot that snaps Sackett's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
Banshees pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Banshees thows a body shot but no joy.
Sackett throws an overhand right that lands on Banshees's shoulder, as Banshees tries to avoid the shot.
Banshees tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sackett is able to avoid easily.
Banshees fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Banshees throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sackett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sackett takes one to the side of the head.
A head kick by Banshees misses
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
Banshees throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sackett slips under a jab from Banshees.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Banshees.
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Banshees is looking to clinch.
That kick from Banshees tenderised Sackett's leg. Sackett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sackett throws a body kick that misses.
Banshees thows a body kick. Sackett tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Banshees buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sackett will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sackett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sackett blocks a leg kick.
Banshees plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Banshees slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Banshees takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Banshees misses with a kick to the body.
Sackett throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A bone on bone clash there as Sackett blocks the leg kick.
Banshees turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sackett circles away from the clinch attempt.

Banshees closes the distance and pushes Sackett back into the ropes.
Banshees stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sackett is trying to break the clinch but Banshees is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banshees lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
A short right from Banshees.
Banshees has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sackett throws a punch but it's blocked by Banshees.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Siouxsie Banshees dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kin Ring Sackett's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Banshees tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banshees turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sackett avoids a kick to the body.
Sackett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Banshees.
A nice inside leg kick there by Banshees. That's going to slow Sackett down.
Sackett takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sackett moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Banshees's head but Banshees sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Banshees lands with a nice body kick.
Banshees will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banshees misses the jab.
Banshees lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sackett's sensitive parts.
Banshees bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Banshees lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sackett blocks a low kick nicely.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Sackett avoids the head kick by Banshees.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Banshees.
Sackett jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sackett misses with a kick to the body.
Banshees with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kin Ring Sackett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Siouxsie Banshees is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banshees will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Banshees keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Banshees connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sackett throws a right hand that misses
and Banshees counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Banshees has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Sackett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Banshees looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sackett throws a leg kick but Banshees sees it coming and moves out of range.
Banshees lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Banshees throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Banshees slips under a jab.
Banshees lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banshees scores with a leg kick.
Sackett misses with an uppercut. Banshees saw that one coming.
A right-left combo lands from Sackett.
Sackett misses the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Banshees.

Banshees clinches.
Banshees blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banshees scores with a shot to the side of Sackett's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sackett.
Banshees goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Banshees lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Banshees.
Banshees lands an elbow just above Sackett 's eye.
Sackett misses with some punches.
Banshees blocks a body shot from Sackett.
Banshees blocks a body shot from Sackett.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett lands a body punch in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banshees blocks a body shot from Sackett.
Banshees tries to work over Sackett's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sackett stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Siouxsie Banshees.
Well Banshees has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Siouxsie Banshees! Siouxsie Banshees retains his light heavyweight title!