PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Cappuccino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cappuccino is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Shot the Sheriff. Don Draper had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Draper
vs
Cappuccino

187 cm
22
225 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
215 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Draper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Cappuccino!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Draper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Draper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Draper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cappuccino shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Al Cappuccino has been cut.
Cappuccino throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Draper tries to clinch up.
Draper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cappuccino wants to clinch up but Draper keeps it at a distance.
Draper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Cappuccino gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cappuccino lands a nice knee to the body.
Draper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Draper is breathing heavily.
Cappuccino stalling.
Draper working aggressively here.
Draper lands with a short shot to the head.
Cappuccino leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino working Draper over with knees to the body.
Draper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino blocks a body shot from Draper.
Draper avoids a wild elbow strike from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but Draper blocks it.
Draper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper misses with a punch to the body.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Draper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Draper avoids a wild elbow strike from Cappuccino.
Draper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Cappuccino stalling in the clinch but Draper improves position.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draper's face.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.
Draper is leaning against Cappuccino and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draper.
Draper struggles to land a body shot inside as Cappuccino controls his hands.
Draper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cappuccino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cappuccino.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Draper.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but Draper blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Draper as the two fighters clinch.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino trying to land knees to the body.
Draper pushes Cappuccino back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper lands a body punch in the clinch.

Draper breaks the clinch.

Draper pushes Cappuccino up against the cage in a clinch.
Draper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Draper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draper is defending well for now.
Draper gets through Cappuccino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cappuccino creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Draper's defenses.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Draper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cappuccino.
Draper scores with a shoulder strike.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Draper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cappuccino backwards.
Draper working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Draper is looking to break free of the clinch but Cappuccino has double underhooks.
Draper digs a right hand underneath Cappuccino's ribcage. Cappuccino let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Draper.
Draper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Draper tries to throw a body punch but Cappuccino avoids it by throwing Draper back against the cage.
Draper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
Cappuccino trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Draper.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Draper wants to break free but Cappuccino has control.
Draper slowing the pace effectively.
Draper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Draper lands a shoulder strike.
Draper is struggling to control the position.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino working Draper over with knees to the body.
Draper lands a body punch.
Cappuccino prevents Draper from breaking the clinch.
Draper misses with a body punch.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.
Cappuccino lands a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Draper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Draper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Draper lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cappuccino backwards.
Draper tries to throw a body punch but Cappuccino avoids it by throwing Draper back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cappuccino takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Draper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Draper stalling the fight.
Draper lands a body shot.
Cappuccino tries to land knees in the clinch but Draper avoids the damage to the body.
Draper tries to work over Cappuccino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
Draper lands with a short shot to the head.
Draper cracks Cappuccino with a nice body shot.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Draper digs a right hand into Cappuccino's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cappuccino's gas tank.
Draper tries to throw a body punch but Cappuccino avoids it by throwing Draper back against the cage.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino wants to stall.
Draper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Draper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Draper avoiding damage as Cappuccino throws knees to the body.
Draper is leaning against Cappuccino and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cappuccino utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Draper works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cappuccino blocks a body shot from Draper.
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 Don Draper will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Al Cappuccino's cut.
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.

An inside leg kick lands from Cappuccino.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cappuccino.
Draper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino is looking to slow Draper down with leg kicks.
Cappuccino tries to clinch but Draper moves away
and Draper counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Cappuccino clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
Cappuccino stalling.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Draper is looking to control Cappuccino's arms but Cappuccino gets an underhook and turns him. Now Draper has his back to the cage.
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.
Draper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cappuccino's elbow.
Draper takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Draper's ribcage.
Cappuccino is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but Draper blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Draper is looking to break free of the clinch but Cappuccino has double underhooks.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Draper avoids it.
Draper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draper is defending well for now.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Draper scores with a shoulder strike.
Draper throws a punch but it's blocked by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Draper's ribcage.
Draper takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cappuccino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Draper's brow.
Draper will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cappuccino up against the cage.
Draper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cappuccino avoids it.
Cappuccino stalling.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draper.

Draper breaks from the clinch.

Cappuccino moves into the clinch.
Draper working aggressively here.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino trying to land knees to the body.
Draper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Draper lands a body shot.
Draper lands with a light punch inside.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Draper avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A shot in the inside from Draper.
Al Cappuccino seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Draper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Draper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cappuccino tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cappuccino thuds his shin into the meat of Draper's side.
Al Cappuccino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cappuccino tries to clinch up.
The fighters circling - Draper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cappuccino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cappuccino connects with a solid leg kick.
Cappuccino tries to clinch up but Draper circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cappuccino.
Cappuccino scores with a push kick.
Cappuccino keeps Draper at a distance using the push kick.

Cappuccino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draper, pushing him back against the cage.
Draper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Draper.
Draper scores with a hook to the body.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draper.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.
Draper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cappuccino or not.
Draper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cappuccinos head.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino has him pressed against the cage.
Draper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draper is defending well for now.
Draper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino has him pressed against the cage.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
Draper lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling him.
Cappuccino is looking to control Draper's arms but Draper gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cappuccino has his back to the cage.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Draper scores with a nice short uppercut.
Draper tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Draper working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draper working aggressively here.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino blocks a body shot from Draper.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draper.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper tries to throw a body punch but Cappuccino avoids it by throwing Draper back against the cage.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Draper scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Draper's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cappuccino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
A short left from Draper.
Cappuccino working Draper over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Draper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Draper lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cappuccino backwards.
Draper works on Cappuccino's body with a couple of short punches.
Cappuccino prevents Draper from breaking the clinch.
Draper wants to get back to striking at distance but Cappuccino won't allow it.
Cappuccino prevents Draper from breaking the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Cappuccino working Draper over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Draper is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino has him pressed against the cage.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draper.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Draper avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Draper.
Cappuccino trying to land knees to the body.
Draper lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Cappuccino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Al Cappuccino's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Draper catches Cappuccino with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cappuccino moves away from the strike by Draper.
Cappuccino throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Draper throws a right hand that Cappuccino ducks under and follows up with a left that Cappuccino also avoids with ease.
Draper fails to land with a series of punches.
Cappuccino bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Draper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cappuccino clinches but Draper breaks the clinch
and Draper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cappuccino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cappuccino looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cappuccino cracks the inside of Draper's front leg.
Cappuccino looks to land a body kick but Draper moved away.
Draper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cappuccino.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cappuccino keeps Draper at a distance using the push kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cappuccino - that will leave a mark!
Draper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cappuccino throws a wild body kick that Draper sees coming a mile off.
Cappuccino scoring well with a low kick there.
Cappuccino wants to clinch.
Cappuccino connects with a solid leg kick.
Cappuccino tries a head kick but it misses.

Cappuccino moves into the clinch.
Draper misses with a body punch.
Draper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cappuccinos head.
Draper will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Draper's face.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draper.
Cappuccino tries to land knees in the clinch but Draper avoids the damage to the body.
Draper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Draper avoiding damage as Cappuccino throws knees to the body.
Draper lands a shot to the body.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Draper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Draper gets through Cappuccino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cappuccino stalling the fight.
Draper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper misses with a body punch.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Draper's ribcage.
Cappuccino lands a good knee to the midsection. Draper won't want to take too many of those.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.
Draper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Draper is blocking nicely.
Draper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Draper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Draper cracks Cappuccino with a nice body shot.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Draper scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Draper.
Cappuccino looking to slow down the pace here.
Draper scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Draper in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Draper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cappuccino.
Draper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Draper pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Cappuccino closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Draper misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.
Draper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino stalling the fight.
Draper is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Draper dodges an elbow strike from Cappuccino.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Draper.
Draper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cappuccino or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Draper.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Draper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Draper lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Draper lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cappuccino or not.
Draper lands a shoulder strike.
Draper lands a body shot.
Cappuccino lands a nice knee to the body.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Draper.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Draper is defending well for now.
Draper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Draper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cappuccino is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cappuccino lands a good knee to the midsection. Draper won't want to take too many of those.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Draper blocks with his arms.
Draper is working Cappuccino over against the cage.
Draper on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Draper blocks it with crossed arms.
Draper managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Draper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Draper wants to stall.
Draper tries to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling the position.
Draper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Draper can't find room to land a body shot as Cappuccino controls the action.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Draper.
Draper takes a knee right on the jaw!

Draper breaks the clinch.
Cappuccino moves out of range of the strikes.
Cappuccino connects with a solid leg kick.
Cappuccino throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Cappuccino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Draper, pushing him back against the cage.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Draper's ribcage.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Draper.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Cappuccino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cappuccino has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Cappuccino!