PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Ahma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Sitko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Ahma
vs
Sitko

186 cm
26
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Vikai Gear Island

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antti Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Sitko!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma throws a looping overhand right but Sitko ducks down to avoid it.
Ahma throws out a loose jab but Sitko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma throws a lazy right hand but Sitko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sitko has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sitko there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ahma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Sitko gets a clinch.
Sitko misses with some punches.
Sitko throws a head punch that misses.
Sitko misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Ahma scores with a nice short uppercut.

Ahma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Ahma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ahma looks to land a left hand but Sitko moved out of range nicely.
Sitko tries to counter with a clinch but Ahma shakes him off and moves away.
Ahma loads up on a big right hand but Sitko slips the punch.
Sitko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitko moves away.
Sitko wants to counter the offense by Ahma and move into the clinch position.

Sitko has Ahma up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Sitko on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sitko swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitko controls his hands.
Sitko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Sitko fails to land.
Ahma controlling the action here for a moment.
Come on Ahma - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sitko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sitko scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Ahma - that landed with a thud.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitko has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Sitko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma avoiding damage.
Sitko misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitko working aggressively here.
Ahma is trying to break the clinch but Sitko has him pressed against the cage.
Sitko has Ahma pressed against the cage, preventing Ahma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sitko pushes Ahma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitko lands a left hand.
Ahma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sitko keeps control of Ahma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ahma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitko lands a shot to the body.
Sitko misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Sitko as the two fighters clinch.
Sitko misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Ahma on the inside.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sitko's elbow.
Sitko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ahmas head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sitko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitko misses with the head strike.
Ahma looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Sitko misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahma.
Ahma manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ahma pushes Sitko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitko being controlled against the cage.
Ahma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sitko throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahma.
Sitko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahma misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitko throws a head punch that misses.
Sitko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ahmas head.
Ahma misses with the head strike.
Ahma lands a shoulder strike.
Ahma doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahma is trying to break the clinch but Sitko is controlling him.
Sitko struggles to land a body shot inside as Ahma controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitko.
Sitko keeps control of Ahma as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ahma working aggressively here.
Sitko misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma tries to stall but Sitko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ahma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahma lands a left hand.
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitko letting Ahma take a breather here.
Sitko is pushing Ahma up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Sitko dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sitko moves out of range of the strikes.
Sitko tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ahma misses with a straight left.
Sitko tries to counter by closing the distance.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sitko. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ahma misses with a wild body shot.
Sitko slips a jab from Ahma.
Ahma swings for the body but Sitko moves out of range.
Ahma throws a body shot but no joy.
Ahma connects with a looping right hand.
Sitko tries to clinch but Ahma is having none of it.
Ahma misses with a looping left.
Sitko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitko tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ahma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sitko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitko tries to clinch but Ahma is having none of it.
Ahma lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Johnny Sitko has been cut.
Antti Ahma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Ahma, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ahma looks to land a left hand but Sitko moved out of range nicely.
Sitko tries to counter with a clinch but Ahma shakes him off and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitko tries to close the distance and clinch but Ahma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma swats away the attempt to clinch by Sitko.
Ahma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sitko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ahma lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ahma.
Sitko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ahma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ahma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sitko slips a jab from Ahma.
The fighters circling - Ahma throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sitko ducks right into an uppercut from Ahma.
A swing and a miss from Ahma.
Sitko tries to clinch but Ahma is having none of it.
Ahma lands a slapping body shot.

Sitko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahma digs a right hand into Sitko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sitko's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sitko has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Ahma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Sitko.
A head punch on the inside from Sitko fails to land.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Ahma.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahma.
Sitko misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma blocks an uppercut.
Sitko misses with a short punch on the inside.

Ahma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ahma tests Sitko's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Sitko moves into the clinch.
Sitko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Johnny Sitko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sitko lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma has Sitko pushed against the cage.
Ahma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sitko has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ahma has a couple of punches blocked by Sitko.
A nice left hand lands by Sitko.

Ahma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ahma tries to keep at a distance but Sitko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sitko scores with a shot to the side of Ahma's head.
Ahma stalling.
Sitko working aggressively here.
Ahma lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sitko backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ahma takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ahma working hard to break the clinch.
Ahma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sitko has him pressed against the cage.
Ahma is trying to break the clinch but Sitko has him pressed against the cage.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitko lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ahma.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Sitko is working Ahma over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sitko.

Ahma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ahma digs a good body shot into Sitko's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma fails to land with a series of punches.
Sitko tries to counter by closing the distance.

Sitko clinches with his opponent.
Sitko scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sitko lands with a right to the head.
Ahma tries to work over Sitko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahma.
Sitko misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sitko.
Ahma working aggressively here.
Sitko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Ahma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Sitko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sitko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ahma blocks an uppercut.
Ahma holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Sitko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitko misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ahma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Ahma.
Sitko working aggressively here.
Sitko is trying to stall.

Ahma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahma cracks Sitko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ahma swings for the body but Sitko moves out of range.

Sitko gets a clinch.
Sitko working aggressively here.

Ahma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sitko clinches.
Ahma taking a breather.
Sitko has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Ahma wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sitko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ahma backwards.
Sitko works on Ahma's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ahma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitko tries to work over Ahma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Ahma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ahma wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahma pushes Sitko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sitko swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahma.
Sitko has a couple of punches blocked by Ahma.
Ahma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sitko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ahma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Ahma to work.
Sitko trying to stall but Ahma improves his position.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sitko looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sitko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sitko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sitko gets through Ahma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahma is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sitko fails to land.
Ahma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitkos head.
Ahma blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sitko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitko.
Sitko misses with some punches.
Sitko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ahmas head.
Sitko lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sitko.
Sitko misses with some punches.
Ahma trying to stall but Sitko improves his position.
Sitko can't find room to land a body shot as Ahma controls the action.

Ahma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahma. Sitko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sitko wants to counter with a clinch but Ahma pushes him away.
Ahma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitko.
Ahma pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitko slips a jab and a cross from Ahma.
Ahma goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sitko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sitko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ahma.
Sitko tries to counter with a clinch but Ahma shakes him off and moves away.
Ahma misses with a body shot.
Ahma throws out a loose jab but Sitko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sitko wants to counter the offense by Ahma and move into the clinch position.
Sitko tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sitko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ahma tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sitko was well out of range. Poor timing from Ahma.
Ahma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Sitko gets a clinch.
Sitko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahma blocks a body shot from Sitko.
Sitko tries to throw a body punch but Ahma avoids it by throwing Sitko back against the cage.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahma struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitko controls his hands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Sitko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sitko 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Sitko!
A relieved looking Johnny Sitko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.