PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Sykes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olavo Miranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olavo Miranda acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sykes
vs
Miranda

190 cm
21
222 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

197 cm
22
217 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Sykes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Olavo Miranda!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miranda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miranda tries to clinch up but Sykes circles away and keeps his distance.

Sykes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sykes.
Sykes lands a shot to the body.
Miranda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sykes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sykes tries to throw a body punch but Miranda avoids it by throwing Sykes back against the cage.
Sykes swings wildly with an uppercut but Miranda uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Miranda.
Sykes working aggressively here.
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
Miranda blocking some punches.
Sykes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Miranda blocking some punches.
Sykes misses with a punch on the inside.
Miranda connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Xavier Sykes has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miranda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sykes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Miranda prevents a body shot from Sykes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miranda looking to slow down the pace here.
Sykes misses with a punch on the inside.
Sykes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sykes lands a hook that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
Sykes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Miranda misses with a knee strike.
Miranda scores with a knee to the head.
Miranda's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sykes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sykes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miranda's elbow.
Sykes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miranda or not.
Miranda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sykes has a couple of punches blocked by Miranda.
Miranda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sykes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sykes struggles to land a body shot inside as Miranda controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Sykes fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miranda working Sykes over with knees to the body.
A short right from Sykes on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miranda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sykes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Miranda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sykes can't find room to land a body shot as Miranda controls the action.
Miranda blocks an uppercut.
Sykes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sykes blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sykes.
Miranda lands with a right to the head.
Sykes blocks an uppercut.
Sykes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Miranda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sykes is defending well for now.
Sykes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Miranda looking to throw knees to the head but Sykes is blocking nicely.
Sykes has a couple of punches blocked by Miranda.
Sykes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Miranda lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sykes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sykes gets through Miranda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sykes.
Miranda misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sykes.
Miranda gets through Sykes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sykes pushes Miranda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sykes misses with the head strike.
Sykes blocks an uppercut.
Sykes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sykes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Miranda landing knees to the body.
Miranda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miranda tries to work over Sykes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Miranda looking to slow down the pace here.
Miranda blocks an uppercut.
Miranda tries a body shot but Sykes blocks it.
Sykes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sykes lands a hook that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
Miranda stalling.
Miranda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Miranda blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sykes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sykes throws a punch but it's blocked by Miranda.
A right hook to the body lands for Miranda.
Sykes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Miranda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sykes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Miranda misses with the head strike.
Sykes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Miranda's elbow.
Miranda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Miranda tries to land knees in the clinch but Sykes avoids the damage to the body.

Sykes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sykes connects with a single shot there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Miranda tries to close the distance and clinch but Sykes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sykes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miranda.
Sykes throws the left hand but Miranda avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Sykes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Xavier Sykes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sykes misses with a hook. Miranda ducked under it nicely.
Miranda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Miranda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Sykes misses the target.

Miranda tries to keep at a distance but Sykes has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Miranda fails to land.
Sykes working aggressively here.
Sykes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sykes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miranda can do to turn this around?
Miranda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Miranda.
Miranda lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Miranda.
Sykes throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sykes wants to get back to striking at distance but Miranda won't allow it.
Sykes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Miranda backwards.
Miranda lands a hook that snaps the head of Sykes backwards.
Sykes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Miranda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sykes lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sykes misses with a punch on the inside.
Miranda landing knees to the head.
Sykes gets through Miranda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Miranda is rocked!
Sykes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Miranda is still on wobbly legs! Can Sykes finish him?
Miranda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sykes.
Sykes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sykes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Miranda working aggressively here.
Miranda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miranda tries to land a knee to the head but Sykes blocks with his arms.
Sykes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Miranda connects with a knee to the head.
Miranda misses with a body punch.
Sykes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sykes blocks an uppercut.
Sykes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sykes has a couple of punches blocked by Miranda.
Miranda blocking some punches.
Xavier Sykes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sykes swings wildly with an uppercut but Miranda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miranda tries to land a knee to the head but Sykes blocks with his arms.
Miranda misses with a knee to the head.
Sykes dips a shoulder and cracks Miranda with a mighty uppercut! Miranda falls back against the cage and Sykes unloads with a barrage of strikes! Miranda is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Sykes screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Sykes!
In defeat, Olavo Miranda stepped up to the mic, saying 'Foi uma grande luta. Ele foi melhor. Agora ficam as lições aprendidas para que eu possa melhorar na proxima'.