PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Decha Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Kilpatrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sai
vs
Kilpatrick

182 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

174 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Decha Sai!
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, Kevin Kilpatrick!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Sai blocks the leg kick.
Sai wants to clinch up but Kilpatrick keeps it at a distance.
Sai doesn't manage to clinch there - Kilpatrick circles away.
Kilpatrick has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sai is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Sai moves into the clinch.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Kilpatrick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Kilpatrick misses with an elbow strike.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Kilpatrick looking to slow down the pace here.
Kilpatrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpatrick lands an elbow inside that Sai shrugs off.
Kilpatrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Sai avoids the damage to the body.
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick missing with knees to the body.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kilpatrick lands a damaging elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick looking to throw knees to the head but Sai is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kilpatrick throws an elbow but misses.
Sai avoiding damage as Kilpatrick throws knees to the body.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sai avoids it.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sai avoids it.
Kilpatrick stalling against the cage.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kilpatrick throws an elbow but misses.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Kilpatrick is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Sai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilpatrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Sai avoids the damage to the body.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kilpatrick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kilpatrick misses with a knee strike.
Kilpatrick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kilpatrick trying to control the position but instead, Sai has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kilpatrick into the cage.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.

Kilpatrick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sai darts in trying to clinch
and Kilpatrick counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kilpatrick is looking to land body kicks.
Sai darts in trying to clinch
and Kilpatrick counters with a low kick, right behind Sai 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kilpatrick tries a knee to the head but Sai blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kilpatrick lands a nice elbow.
Sai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sai blocks the elbow strike.
Sai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kilpatrick's efforts to push away.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sai.
Kilpatrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Sai avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick is looking for a takedown.
Kilpatrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Sai avoids the damage to the body.
Kilpatrick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Sai.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Kilpatrick tries to stall but Sai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Decha Sai will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kilpatrick misses with a hook to the body

and Sai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kilpatrick looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike.
Sai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kilpatrick misses with a knee to the head.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Decha Sai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai avoiding damage as Kilpatrick throws knees to the body.
Kilpatrick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Kilpatrick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kilpatrick.

Sai drives through and clinches with Kilpatrick against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilpatrick working hard to break the clinch.
Kilpatrick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kilpatrick missing with knees to the body.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Sai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kilpatrick tries to land knees in the clinch but Sai avoids the damage to the body.
Kilpatrick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kilpatrick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sai is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick is trying to stall.
Kilpatrick is looking to break free of the clinch but Sai has double underhooks.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the head but Sai blocks with his arms.
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Kilpatrick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

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

Sai closes the distance and pushes Kilpatrick back into the cage.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
Sai lands an elbow just above Kilpatrick 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilpatrick misses with an elbow over the top.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Kilpatrick.

It looks like Decha Sai has been cut.
Sai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kilpatrick is looking to control Sai's arms but Sai gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kilpatrick has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick crunches a lovely knee into Sai's ribcage.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sai avoiding damage as Kilpatrick throws knees to the body.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick missing with knees to the body.
Kilpatrick utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Kilpatrick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sai takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Sai gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kilpatrick's defenses.
Sai takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kilpatrick avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sai blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sai in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kilpatrick has Sai pushed against the cage.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike.
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Kilpatrick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sai's elbow.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Kilpatrick on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Decha Sai will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Decha Sai's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kilpatrick with a hook.
Kilpatrick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Sai forces Kilpatrick back against the cage and clinches.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sai lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Sai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilpatrick misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick tries to stall but Sai uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sai blocks it with crossed arms.
Sai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Kilpatrick lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpatrick trying to land knees to the body.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sai avoids it.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kilpatrick takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kilpatrick obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kilpatrick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai blocks an uppercut.
Kilpatrick missing with knees to the body.

Kilpatrick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sai has managed to clinch.
Sai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kilpatrick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sai avoids it.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick blocks the elbow strike.
Sai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kilpatrick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kilpatrick obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Kilpatrick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sai.
Kilpatrick is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kilpatrick wants to stall.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Kilpatrick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kilpatrick takes an elbow to the temple.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Sai on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sai blocks an elbow strike.
Sai lands a nice elbow.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kilpatrick misses with a body punch.
Kilpatrick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick tries a knee to the head but Sai blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Kevin Kilpatrick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Sai blocks an elbow strike from Kilpatrick.
Sai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kilpatrick's brow.
Sai blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kilpatrick looking to slow down the pace here.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpatrick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sai throws an elbow that misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kilpatrick blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kilpatrick stalling in the clinch.
Kilpatrick misses with a knee to the head.
Kilpatrick lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sai.
Sai blocks the elbow strike.
Sai avoiding damage as Kilpatrick throws knees to the body.
Sai is pressed up against the cage. Kilpatrick has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sai down to the mat. Sai avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sai closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kilpatrick finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Decha Sai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Kilpatrick gets a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Decha Sai.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sai, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Decha Sai!