PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeus Leonidas (ranked 520 p4p, 17 weight class) and Roman Sionis (ranked 375 p4p, 13 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Leonidas
vs
Sionis

195 cm
35
251 lbs
30 - 16 - 0

200 cm
36
243 lbs
32 - 11 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zeus Leonidas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Sionis!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sionis moves away from the strike by Leonidas.
Leonidas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sionis.
Leonidas goes for a double leg but Sionis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sionis continues to drive forward.
Sionis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Sionis gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Leonidas stays in close to Sionis's body and controls the position.
Sionis pulls Leonidas in close to prevent any damage.
Sionis keeping full guard, as Leonidas tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonidas is working hard here to advance position.
Sionis controlling Leonidas's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas trying to control but Sionis is working from the bottom.
Leonidas tries to free his leg and advance position but Sionis is retaining full guard.
Sionis keeping moving, preventing Leonidas from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Sionis ducks under a wild hook from Leonidas.
Leonidas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sionis.
Zeus Leonidas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonidas sizes up Sionis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Leonidas loads up on a big right hand but Sionis slips the punch.
Sionis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonidas.
Sionis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sionis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sionis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sionis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sionis's coach down at Phoenix Fight Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sionis's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sionis staying out of range there.
Leonidas is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Sionis misses with a straight left.
Sionis lands a front kick.
Sionis checks a low kick from Leonidas.
Sionis throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Leonidas throws a hook to the side of Sionis's head but Sionis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leonidas wants to slow Sionis down by chopping away at his legs.
Leonidas cracks the inside of Sionis's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonidas misses with a body shot.
Sionis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Leonidas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sionis scrambles back to his feet.
Leonidas scores with a shot to the body.
Sionis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonidas manages to avoid it.
Sionis lands a nice looking body shot.
Leonidas throws a hook but Sionis blocks it.
Sionis throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonidas misses the target.
Leonidas lands a nice shot to the body.
Roman Sionis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sionis on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Roman Sionis has been cut.
Leonidas throws a body punch but Sionis moves out of range.
Sionis throws a shot from downtown. Leonidas moves away and avoids it.
Leonidas tries to move into range but Sionis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sionis throws a jab but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Leonidas lands with a right hand.
Leonidas throws a hook to the side of Sionis's head but Sionis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leonidas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sionis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leonidas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sionis.
Leonidas throws a looping overhand right but Sionis ducks down to avoid it.
Leonidas slips a straight right by Sionis.
Leonidas misses with a body kick.
A jab from Leonidas misses.
Leonidas takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonidas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas lands a nice looking body shot.
Leonidas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sionis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leonidas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sionis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Leonidas's head.
Sionis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Leonidas blocks a jab.
Sionis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leonidas.
Sionis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leonidas's sensitive parts.
Sionis lands a jab to the nose.
Sionis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sionis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sionis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sionis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A left lands for Leonidas.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leonidas.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sionis. Leonidas shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeus Leonidas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Sionis'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.

A slow jab from Leonidas misses its intended target.
Leonidas throws a body shot but no joy.
Sionis slips under a jab from Leonidas.
Sionis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonidas.
Leonidas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sionis.
Leonidas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sionis.
Leonidas throws the left hand but Sionis avoids the punch easily.
Sionis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sionis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonidas.
Leonidas blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sionis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonidas.
Sionis avoids the body shot from Leonidas.
Sionis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sionis thuds his shin into the meat of Leonidas's side.
An inside leg kick from Sionis misses.
Leonidas throws out a loose jab but Sionis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sionis is looking to slow Leonidas down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sionis walks into a stiff left hand from Leonidas.
Sionis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leonidas slips a jab from Sionis.
A big right from Leonidas misses.
Sionis throws a big shot that misses.
Sionis slips under a jab.
Sionis throws out a counter right but Leonidas avoids it with no problem.
Sionis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leonidas misses with a straight right.
Leonidas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonidas throws a leg kick that misses.
Sionis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leonidas looks to land a combination. Sionis sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sionis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Leonidas lands a glancing blow to the side of Sionis's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sionis will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Leonidas misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Leonidas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sionis moves away.
Sionis is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Leonidas with a body shot.
Leonidas throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Sionis counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sionis checks a leg kick.
Sionis lands a nice hook to Leonidas's body. Leonidas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leonidas throws a leg kick but Sionis moved away.
Leonidas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leonidas tries to score with a low kick but Sionis moves his leg out of the way.
Sionis throws a leg kick but Leonidas sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sionis misses with a right hand
and Leonidas counters with a leg kick.
Sionis misses the jab.
Zeus Leonidas is winning the standup battle so far.
Sionis blocks a jab.
Leonidas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sionis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonidas tried to counter with a leg kick but Sionis avoided it.
Sionis slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Leonidas does it's job there.
Leonidas lands a slapping body shot.
Sionis walks into a jab.
Leonidas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sionis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sionis tries a head kick but it misses.
Leonidas misses with a two punch combination.
Leonidas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sionis.
Leonidas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leonidas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Leonidas clobbers Sionis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sionis blocks the body kick.
Leonidas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Leonidas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sionis to score with a decent uppercut.
Leonidas misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sionis misses with a low kick.
Leonidas throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sionis counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sionis scoring well with a low kick there.
Leonidas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sionis. Sionis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Leonidas avoids a kick to the body.
Leonidas misses with a body punch
and Sionis counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Leonidas throws a right hand that misses
and Sionis counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Leonidas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonidas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sionis's head.
Sionis looks to score with a jab to the body but Leonidas is just out of range.
Sionis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leonidas counters with a nice uppercut.
Sionis clobbers Leonidas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A swing and a miss from Leonidas.
Sionis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big right from Sionis misses.
Sionis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sionis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leonidas in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Roman Sionis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roman Sionis's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Leonidas throws a poor cross that misses
and Sionis counters with a good, hard body kick but Leonidas shrugs it off.
Leonidas just misses with a punch to the body.
Leonidas throws a solid leg kick but Sionis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Leonidas.
Sionis walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leonidas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sionis misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Leonidas.
Sionis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sionis keeps Leonidas at a distance using the push kick.
Leonidas throws a leg kick but Sionis checks it.
Sionis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jab, jab by Sionis - just one landing.
Sionis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leonidas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leonidas throws a hook but Sionis blocks it.
Leonidas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sionis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leonidas.
Leonidas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Leonidas checks a low kick from Sionis.
Leonidas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sionis moves out of range as Leonidas strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonidas. Sionis does a little dance to reset his feet.
A low kick from Leonidas is predictable there
and Sionis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leonidas fails with a takedown attempt.
Sionis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sionis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Leonidas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sionis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Leonidas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sionis throws a looping overhand right but Leonidas ducks down to avoid it.
Leonidas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leonidas throws a hook to the side of Sionis's head but Sionis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Leonidas misses.
Sionis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leonidas.
Sionis swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses with a straight left.
Leonidas misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Sionis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Leonidas avoids the head kick by Sionis.
Sionis throws a hook but Leonidas blocks it.
Leonidas connects with a crisp jab.
Sionis lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonidas scores with a nice strike.
Leonidas checks a leg kick.
Leonidas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leonidas throws a lazy right hand but Sionis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sionis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Sionis rushes Leonidas and presses him up against the cage.
A short right from Sionis.
Sionis blocks an uppercut.
Sionis lands a shoulder strike.
Sionis can't find room to land a body shot as Leonidas controls the action.
Leonidas wants to take the fight to the mat but Sionis manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Leonidas fails to land.
Leonidas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leonidas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sionis tries a body shot but Leonidas blocks it.
Sionis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sionis wants to stall.
Leonidas gets through Sionis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Leonidas fails to land.
Sionis tries a body shot but Leonidas blocks it.
Leonidas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sionis misses with a body punch.
Sionis lands a body shot.
Leonidas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Leonidas misses with some punches.
Sionis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sionis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Leonidas misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Sionis.
Sionis prevents a body shot from Leonidas.
Leonidas tries to throw a body punch but Sionis avoids it by throwing Leonidas back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sionis.
A short left from Sionis.
Sionis misses with a punch to the body.
Sionis lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Zeus Leonidas has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sionis blocks an uppercut.
Leonidas throws a punch but it's blocked by Sionis.
A head punch on the inside from Sionis fails to land.
Sionis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Leonidas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sionis cracks Leonidas with a nice body shot.
Sionis misses with a punch on the inside.
Sionis lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sionis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sionis throws a head punch that misses.
Sionis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Leonidas backwards.
Sionis working some nice short punches in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Sionis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sionis 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!