PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Sieler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josef Urrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urrah has chosen Johnny Cash - Oney as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sieler
vs
Urrah

169 cm
24
154 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

185 cm
22
159 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Sieler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josef Urrah!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Sieler.
Sieler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sieler throws a sloppy head kick

so Urrah counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Urrah trying to control the position from guard on top but Sieler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sieler wants to stand up but Urrah is controlling him.
Sieler might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Urrah postures up in Sieler's guard and throws a big left but Sieler blocks it.
Sieler wants to get back to his feet but Urrah is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Urrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Urrah throwing strikes but missing.
Urrah lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urrah stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sieler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Urrah is standing up over Sieler. Sieler looks to escape but Urrah dives into side control.

Sieler bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urrah stalks Sieler and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sieler's face. Sieler staggers backwards, shaken.
Urrah gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sieler.
Sieler walks into a left hand.
Sieler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Urrah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sieler walks into a stiff left hand from Urrah.
Urrah throws a shot to the body.
Sieler throws a big shot that misses.
Urrah is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Urrah is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Urrah moves out of range as Sieler strikes.
Urrah cracks Sieler with an open hand slap.
Sieler lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Urrah lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sieler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Urrah.
Sieler looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sieler lands a high kick!
Sieler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sieler misses with a looping left.
Sieler throws a big shot that misses.
Sieler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urrah was well out of range. Poor timing from Sieler.
Sieler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Urrah slips a jab from Sieler.
Sieler looks to land a combination but Urrah avoids it well.
Sieler misses with a head kick.
Urrah slips under a jab from Sieler.
Sieler throws a head kick that half lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sieler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sieler throws a head kick but Urrah moves out of range.
A head kick by Sieler misses

and Urrah counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sieler!
Urrah throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Urrah tries to advance to mount but Sieler denies him.
An elbow from Urrah crashes against the mat.
Sieler is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Urrah asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Urrah landing a few strikes.
Urrah working the ground and pound.
Urrah lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sieler down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Urrah trying to control the action but Sieler is working from the bottom.
Urrah connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sieler some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urrah throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sieler stops Urrah from passing to mount.
Sieler is trying to get back to his feet.
Sieler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Urrah prevents Sieler from escaping the position.
Sieler is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sieler on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sieler is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Urrah has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Urrah misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urrah advances to full mount.
Sieler wants to get back to his feet.
Urrah has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Urrah landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Urrah dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sieler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Urrah.
Ron Sieler is winning the standup battle so far.
Urrah scores with a push kick.
A jab from Sieler misses.
Sieler misses with a hook.
Urrah punishes Sieler's body with a nice straight punch.
Sieler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Urrah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Urrah tries to land a front kick but Sieler steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sieler swings widly with a right hand

and Urrah counters with a takedown into side control.
Urrah lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The ground and pound from Urrah seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sieler prevents Urrah from improving position.
Sieler wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sieler prevents Urrah from improving position.
Sieler is trying to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Urrah's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sieler defending against the ground and pound.
Urrah controls the position.
Sieler takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Urrah is looking to take a break and control but Sieler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sieler is trying to buck Urrah off.
Sieler trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urrah in side control, throwing shots but Sieler defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Urrah looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sieler tries to escape but Urrah is in control.
Urrah lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Urrah wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sieler keeps working.
Urrah in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Urrah wants to control but Sieler is keeping him busy.
Sieler is pushing Urrah's head away, looking to escape. Urrah manages to hold on to the position though.
Sieler is trying to escape the position but Urrah is controlling the position.
Urrah grinds an elbow into Sieler's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sieler wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Sieler bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Sieler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Urrah.
Nice body kick from Urrah.
Ron Sieler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Urrah throws a wild body kick that Sieler sees coming a mile off.
Urrah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Urrah takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sieler is looking to clinch but Urrah is avoiding it.
Sieler tries to close the distance and clinch but Urrah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Urrah bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Urrah drives through with a takedown into guard.
Josef Urrah has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urrah trying to control but Sieler is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sieler wants to stand but Urrah is controlling the position.
Sieler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Urrah stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sieler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Urrah works over Sieler with some ground and pound from guard.
Sieler wants to stand but Urrah is controlling the position.
Urrah trying to control but Sieler is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Urrah stays in close to Sieler's body and controls the position.
Urrah trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Urrah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sieler tries to work over Urrah's front leg with a kick but Urrah checks it.
Sieler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sieler throws an off balance right hand

and Urrah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Urrah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sieler pushes Urrah off and gets back to his feet.
Sieler turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sieler throws a lazy uppercut

and Urrah counters with a shoot takedown. Sieler fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Urrah trying to control but Sieler is working from the bottom.
Urrah landing with the ground and pound.
Urrah throwing strikes from guard but Sieler blocks nicely.
Urrah pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sieler is keeping the position for now.

Sieler pushes Urrah off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urrah scores with a hook to the body. Sieler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sieler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sieler looks to throw the jab but Urrah is out of range.
Urrah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Urrah scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sieler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sieler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sieler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Urrah was well out of range. Poor timing from Sieler.
Sieler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sieler misses with an uppercut

and Urrah counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Urrah landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Urrah.
Sieler is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sieler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sieler wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Urrah creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sieler sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sieler prevents Urrah from moving into mount.
Sieler is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Urrah looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sieler is avoiding damage well.
Urrah prevents Sieler from escaping the position.
Urrah landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Urrah is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urrah tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Urrah tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sieler tries to escape but Urrah is in control.
Urrah trying to control the position but Sieler is working away.
Ron Sieler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sieler is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Urrah has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Urrah creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Urrah working the head with strikes.

Sieler is rocked!
Urrah scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sieler to see if he's OK.
Oh Sieler is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urrah working the ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sieler is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Urrah asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sieler is being controlled here.

Urrah is trying to get an arm triangle but Sieler is defending well.
Urrah cracks Sieler with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Urrah immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Sieler is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Urrah!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josef Urrah!
Josef Urrah made sure to mention his sponsor, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140 in his post fight interview.