PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between YB Sol Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Random (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sol Jr
vs
Random

189 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

210 cm
22
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, YB Sol Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommy Random!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sol Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Random circles away.
Random swats away the attempt to clinch by Sol Jr.
YB Sol Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sol Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Sol Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Random wants to stall.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sol Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Random avoids it.
Sol Jr is working Random over against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sol Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sol Jr presses Random against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sol Jr digs a right hand into Random's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Random's gas tank.
Sol Jr lands an uppercut.
Sol Jr avoiding damage as Random throws knees to the body.
Sol Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sol Jr scores with a knee to the head.
Sol Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Sol Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sol Jr presses Random against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sol Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Random's face.

It looks like Tommy Random has been cut.
Random looks gassed!
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Sol Jr on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol Jr lands a shot to the body.
Sol Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Sol Jr lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sol Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sol Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Random is rocked!
Sol Jr crunches a lovely knee into Random's ribcage.
A right hook to the body lands for Sol Jr.
A left hand lands to the body for Sol Jr.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sol Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sol Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice left hand lands by Sol Jr.
A short right from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sol Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sol Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sol Jr.
Sol Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sol Jr presses Random against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sol Jr is working Random over against the cage.
Sol Jr lands with a right to the head.
Sol Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Random.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sol Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands a knee to the head.
Sol Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sol Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Sol Jr.
A short left from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Random up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr.
Random managing to block the knees to the body from Sol Jr.
Random stalling in the clinch but Sol Jr improves position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sol Jr.
Sol Jr is struggling to control the position.
Random trying to control the position but instead, Sol Jr has worked for underhooks and has pushed Random into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr works on Random's body with a couple of short punches.
Sol Jr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Random blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sol Jr - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A body shot lands from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Random blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sol Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sol Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sol Jr lands a right hand.
Sol Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Random.
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Sol Jr on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr scores with a hook to the body.
Sol Jr stalling in the clinch.
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Sol Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Sol Jr.
A left hand lands to the body for Sol Jr.
Sol Jr'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.
Sol Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands a body punch.
Sol Jr avoiding damage.
Sol Jr landing knees to the head.
Sol Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Random won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sol Jr lands a right hand.
Sol Jr lands a right hand.
A body shot lands from Sol Jr.
Random takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sol Jr lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sol Jr has Random pressed against the cage.
Sol Jr presses Random against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sol Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Random in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

YB Sol Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Random's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sol Jr clinches up with Random and pushes him back against the cage.
Sol Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Random can do to turn this around?
Sol Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Random.
Sol Jr lands a right hand.
Sol Jr lands with a left to the head.
Sol Jr slows down the pace here.
Sol Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sol Jr is pushing Random up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Random tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sol Jr avoids it.
Sol Jr stalling against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sol Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sol Jr lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sol Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sol Jr is pushing Random up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sol Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sol Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Sol Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Random up against the cage.
YB Sol Jr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sol Jr lands a left hand.
Sol Jr pushes Random back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sol Jr scores with a hook to the body.
Sol Jr avoiding damage as Random throws knees to the body.
Random takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sol Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sol Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Random.
Sol Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Random backwards.
A short uppercut from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Randoms head.
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sol Jr digs a right hand underneath Random's ribcage. Random let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr slows down the pace here.
Sol Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Random or not.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Sol Jr.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr - that landed with a thud.
Sol Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sol Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sol Jr lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Random or not.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sol Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sol Jr scores with a shoulder strike.
Sol Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sol Jr with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Sol Jr.
Sol Jr looking to throw knees to the head but Random is blocking nicely.
Random missing with knees to the body.
Sol Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sol Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sol Jr connects with a knee to the head.
Sol Jr misses with a knee strike.
Sol Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sol Jr pushes Random back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr - that landed with a thud.
Sol Jr pushes Random back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sol Jr.
Random takes a shot to the head.
Sol Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sol Jr.
Sol Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Random lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Random looking to stall.
Sol Jr cracks Random with a nice body shot.
Sol Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sol Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Random blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sol Jr is trying to stall.
Random looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr - that landed with a thud.
Sol Jr content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Random is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sol Jr is keeping busy.
Sol Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Random trying to land knees to the body.
Sol Jr digs a right hand into Random's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Random's gas tank.
Sol Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Sol Jr on the inside.
Sol Jr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sol Jr holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sol Jr is trying to stall.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

YB Sol Jr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Random's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Sol Jr is looking to clinch but Random is avoiding it.
Random wants to clinch.
Sol Jr circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sol Jr counters by clinching up.
Random tries to land knees in the clinch but Sol Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Random won't want to take too many of those.
Sol Jr digs a right hand underneath Random's ribcage. Random let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sol Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sol Jr lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sol Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sol Jr obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Random missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Sol Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Sol Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sol Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Random backwards.
A short right from Sol Jr on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Sol Jr.
Random avoiding damage as Sol Jr throws knees to the body.
Random controlling the action here for a moment.
Sol Jr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Random has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sol Jr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sol Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sol Jr lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sol Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Random managing to block the knees to the body from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Sol Jr controlling the action here for a moment.
Sol Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sol Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Random trying to land knees to the body.
Random looking to slow down the pace here.
Sol Jr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sol Jr as Random tries to tie him up.
Random's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sol Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. Random won't want to take too many of those.
Sol Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Sol Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Random's face.
Sol Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sol Jr presses Random against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Sol Jr.
Nice body punch from Sol Jr - that landed with a thud.
Sol Jr gets through Random's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sol Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sol Jr lands a body shot.
Sol Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sol Jr lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Random.
Sol Jr scores with a knee to the head.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sol Jr is defending well for now.
Sol Jr avoiding damage.
Sol Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sol Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Random's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sol Jr works on Random's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sol Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of Random backwards.
Sol Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Sol Jr digs a right hand underneath Random's ribcage. Random let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sol Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sol Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sol Jr has Random pushed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Random looking to stall.
Sol Jr tries to land a knee to the head but Random blocks with his arms.
Sol Jr avoiding damage.
Sol Jr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Random's face.
Random misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sol Jr.
A short uppercut from Sol Jr.
Sol Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Random is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sol Jr is defending well for now.
Tommy Random has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
YB Sol Jr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sol Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Random or not.

And that's the end of the fight!
YB Sol Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sol Jr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:24
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... YB Sol Jr!