PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haraka Upanga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kubwa Scythes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Upanga's entrance music is Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. A fine choice. Scythes has chosen Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Upanga
vs
Scythes

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Haraka Upanga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kubwa Scythes!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upanga lands with a hook. Scythes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Upanga misses with a hook. Scythes ducked under it nicely.
Upanga misses with a body shot.
Scythes throws a lazy right hand but Upanga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Upanga scores with a jab. Scythes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Upanga slips a straight right by Scythes.
Upanga takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Upanga connects with a single shot there.
Scythes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scythes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Upanga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scythes looks to throw the jab but Upanga is out of range.
A big left from Scythes misses.
Upanga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scythes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scythes misses with a right hand
and Upanga counters with a stiff right hand.
Scythes throws out a loose jab but Upanga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Upanga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Upanga misses with a few strikes there.
Upanga looks to land a right hand but Scythes moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Upanga misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Scythes misses the target.
Upanga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scythes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Upanga fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scythes throws a shot from downtown. Upanga moves away and avoids it.
Scythes moves out of range of the strikes.
Scythes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Scythes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Scythes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Scythes loads up on a big right hand but Upanga slips the punch.
Scythes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Upanga there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scythes misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Scythes misses.
The fighters circling - Upanga throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Scythes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Scythes misses the jab.
Scythes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Upanga.
Jab, jab by Upanga - just one landing.
Upanga connects with a jab.
Upanga swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a hook. Scythes ducked under it nicely.
Scythes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Upanga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Scythes.
A slow jab from Scythes misses its intended target.
Scythes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Scythes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Scythes swats away the attempt to clinch by Upanga.
Upanga goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Upanga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the liver by Scythes. Beautiful body shot.
Upanga lands a nice shot that snaps Scythes's head back.
Scythes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Upanga's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scythes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Scythes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Upanga connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Scythes scrambles back to his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Scythes there.
Scythes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Upanga.
Upanga is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Scythes misses with a wild combination.
Upanga wants to clinch up but Scythes keeps it at a distance.
Scythes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Scythes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Upanga is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Upanga showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scythes.
Scythes moves away from the strike by Upanga.
Scythes throws a right hand that Upanga ducks under and follows up with a left that Upanga also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haraka Upanga dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A combination from Upanga does no damage.
Scythes missing with a left hand there. Upanga was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Scythes scores with a four punch combination!
Upanga throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scythes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Upanga lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Upanga connects with a nice looking jab.
Upanga rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Scythes counters with a stiff right hand.
Upanga throws a hook but Scythes avoids it easily.
Upanga scores with a decent looking hook.
Upanga's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Upanga duly obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Upanga throws a body punch but Scythes moves out of range.
Haraka Upanga is winning the standup battle so far.
Upanga works over Scythes's head and body with a nice combination.

Upanga instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Scythes.
Upanga wants to break the clinch but can't.
Scythes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scythes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Upanga being controlled against the cage.
Scythes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Upanga's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Upanga dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Scythes has Upanga pressed against the cage, preventing Upanga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Upanga tries to break the clinch but Scythes is controlling the position.
Upanga is trying to break free.
Upanga has Scythes pushed against the cage.
Scythes swings wildly with an uppercut but Upanga uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Scythes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scythes misses with a body punch.
Upanga lands with a right to the head.
Scythes taking a breather.
Upanga is trying to break the clinch but Scythes is controlling him.
Upanga taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scythes manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Scythes blocking some punches.
Scythes scores with a shoulder strike.
Upanga is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scythes letting Upanga take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a body punch.
Upanga is pushing Scythes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Haraka Upanga.
Upanga uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Scythes.
Upanga throws an overhand right that lands on Scythes's shoulder, as Scythes tries to avoid the shot.
Scythes lands an overhand right.
No joy there for Upanga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Upanga throws a right and a left that both miss.

Scythes instigates a clinch.
Upanga is stalling here.
Scythes is trying to break the clinch but Upanga is controlling him.

Upanga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scythes moves out of range of the strikes.
Scythes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Scythes throws a jab when Upanga was well out of range.
Scythes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Upanga.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Scythes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Upanga lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Scythes circles away quickly and effectively.
Upanga dodges the punch combination from Scythes.
Scythes misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scythes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Upanga throws out the jab.
Scythes throws a big shot that misses.
Scythes moves away from the strike by Upanga.
Nice defenses there by Scythes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Haraka Upanga dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Scythes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scythes swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Upanga.
Scythes scores with a decent looking hook.
Upanga slips a jab and a cross from Scythes.
Upanga scores with a crisp jab that stopped Scythes in his tracks.
Scythes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Upanga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Scythes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Upanga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scythes moves away.
Scythes looks to score with a jab to the body but Upanga is just out of range.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Upanga with a nice cross.
Scythes slips under a jab from Upanga.
Sloppy strikes from Upanga. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Upanga misses with a looping left.
Scythes slips a jab and a cross from Upanga.
Upanga steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Scythes.
Nice uppercut there from Scythes.
Upanga lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Upanga throws a looping overhand right but Scythes ducks down to avoid it.
Upanga throws a body punch but Scythes moves out of range.
A jab from Upanga finds it's way through Scythes's defenses.

Scythes clinches up against the cage.
Upanga is looking to control Scythes's arms but Scythes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Upanga has his back to the cage.
Upanga can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Upanga working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Upanga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scythes backwards.
Scythes blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Scythes wants to stall.
Scythes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Scythes stalling in the clinch but Upanga improves position.
Upanga has a couple of punches blocked by Scythes.
Scythes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Upanga prevents Scythes from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Upanga is trying to break free.
Upanga misses with a body punch.
Upanga throws a punch but it's blocked by Scythes.

Upanga breaks from the clinch.
Scythes slips a straight right by Upanga.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upanga moves out of range as Scythes strikes.
Upanga throws a jab but it's blocked by Scythes.
Scythes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Decent striking displayed by Upanga there.
Scythes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scythes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Scythes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Upanga.
Upanga misses with a few strikes there.
Upanga misses with a hook
and Scythes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scythes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Scythes throws a big shot that misses.
Scythes staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scythes misses with a few strikes there.
Scythes throws a series of strikes that have Upanga backpedaling.
Upanga lands a lovely overhand right.
Upanga waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scythes.
Scythes looks to land a right hand but Upanga moved out of range.
Scythes lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Upanga walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Upanga throws a hook to the side of Scythes's head but Scythes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Upanga pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Scythes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Scythes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Scythes seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kubwa Scythes.
Well Upanga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Haraka Upanga!

Haraka Upanga wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Haraka Upanga started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
76%

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