PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dang Sai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Keene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sai
vs
Keene

180 cm
29
145 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

180 cm
29
158 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

MayheM sportswear

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 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Dang Sai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Keene!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keene fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Sai instigates a clinch.
Keene is trying to force a seperation but Sai has the dominant position.
Keene blocks an elbow strike.
Keene avoids the elbow strike from Sai, against the cage.
Keene digs a right hand underneath Sai's ribcage. Sai let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Keene blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
A right hand to the body from Keene.
Keene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
Keene lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Keene.
Keene takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Keene avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Keene.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.

Keene breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sai looks to score with a jab to the body but Keene is just out of range.
Sai really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Sai has closed the distance and engaged Keene in a clinch.
Sai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Keene's efforts to push away.
Keene lands a body punch in the clinch.
Keene blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keene avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Keene tries to break the clinch but Sai is controlling the position.
Keene can't break the clinch.
Sai prevents a body shot from Keene.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Keene can't find room to land a body shot as Sai controls the action.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sai.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Sai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keene lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sai backwards.
Keene blocks the elbow strike.
Keene misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Keene leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Keene.
Keene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Scott Keene has been cut.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Sai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Keene blocks an elbow strike.
Keene takes an elbow to the temple.
Keene blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Keene misses with a punch to the body.
Keene avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Keene throws a punch but it's blocked by Sai.
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Keene lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sai or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keene dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Keene dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Keene.
Keene misses with a body punch.
Sai misses with an elbow over the top.
Keene pushes Sai back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keene takes an elbow to the temple.
Keene avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
Keene avoids a wild elbow strike from Sai.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Keene's brow.
Keene dodges an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Keene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sai's elbow.
Sai lands a damaging elbow.
Keene blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
Sai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Keene.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sai pushes off an throws an elbow but Keene leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Keene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keene wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Sai lands an elbow inside.
Keene blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Keene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Keene blocks an elbow strike.
Keene has had enough of the clinch but Sai keeps him there for the moment.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Keene blocks the elbow strike.
Keene blocks the elbow strike.
Sai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Keene.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sai throws an elbow but misses.
Sai misses with an elbow strike.
Sai throws an elbow but it misses.
Keene blocks an elbow strike from Sai.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sai misses with a shot to the body
and Keene counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sai slips under a jab from Keene.
Good standup being displayed there by Keene as he connects with a hook.
Keene paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Keene misses the target.
Sai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keene can do to turn this around?
A big left from Keene misses.
Sai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sai moves out of range as Keene strikes.
Keene has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sai is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Dang Sai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keene uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sai.
A little jabbing left from Keene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keene throws the left hand but Sai avoids the punch easily.

Keene cracks Sai with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Keene has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sai to stand back up!

Sai is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keene darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Sai's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Keene before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Scott Keene!
An out of breath Scott Keene thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.