PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie The Rocket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Piper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robbie The Rocket has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Rocket
vs
Piper

182 cm
24
249 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
238 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robbie The Rocket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Piper!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Rocket takes a swing at Piper's ribcage but misses.
Piper connects with a jab.
Piper throws a sloppy body shot
and The Rocket counters with a thumping low kick.
Good leg kick by The Rocket there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Some bone on bone action there as Piper checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Rocket looks to score with a jab to the body but Piper is just out of range.
The Rocket is looking to score with low kicks.
Piper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piper catches The Rocket with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Piper scores with a nice head shot.
The Rocket fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Piper is out of range.
The Rocket throws out a leg kick but Piper moves out of range and The Rocket only half commits.
Piper misses with a hook.
The Rocket ducks right into an uppercut from Piper.
The Rocket scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Peter Piper has been cut.
Piper is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Rocket lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Piper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Rocket.
The Rocket keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piper has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Piper throws a shot from downtown. The Rocket moves away and avoids it.
Piper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.
The Rocket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Piper manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piper connects with a body shot.
The Rocket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Rocket is looking to wear down Piper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The Rocket throws a predictable looking body shot
and Piper counters with a straight right hand.
Piper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Rocket.
Piper swings for the body but The Rocket moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Rocket.
Piper looks gassed!
A big left from Piper misses.
Piper scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Piper down.
The Rocket fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Piper is out of range.
The Rocket misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Piper counters with a straight right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Rocket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Rocket scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by The Rocket there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Piper swats away the attempt to clinch by The Rocket.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Rocket.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Rocket, right into the meat.
The Rocket tries to clinch there but Piper circles away.
Piper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The Rocket tries to clinch there but Piper circles away.
Robbie The Rocket seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Piper moves out of range.
Piper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.
The Rocket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piper.
The Rocket misses with a body shot.
Piper looks to score with a jab to the body but The Rocket is just out of range.
The Rocket connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Rocket.
The Rocket scoring well with a low kick there.
The Rocket misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Rocket looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Piper misses with a looping right.
The Rocket doesn't manage to clinch there - Piper circles away.
The Rocket misses with a low kick.
The Rocket throws a leg kick that misses.
The Rocket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Piper is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! The Rocket had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A swing and a miss from Piper.
The Rocket feints and then cracks Piper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Piper down.
The Rocket moves in looking to clinch but Piper pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket throws a sloppy body shot
and Piper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Piper lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Piper slips to the side
enabling Piper to counter with a crisp jab.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Piper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Piper looks to land a right hand but The Rocket moved out of range.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piper misses with a wild body shot.
The Rocket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Piper looks to score with a jab to the body but The Rocket is just out of range.
Piper throws an overhand right that lands on The Rocket's shoulder, as The Rocket tries to avoid the shot.
Piper showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Rocket.
Piper swings for the body but The Rocket moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
The Rocket misses with a low kick.
Piper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Rocket.
Piper thows a body shot but no joy.
The Rocket takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piper swats away the attempt to clinch by The Rocket.
The Rocket changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Rocket swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The Rocket wants to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Rocket lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Piper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Piper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Piper checks a low kick from The Rocket.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from The Rocket lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Piper has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Piper and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Piper looks to throw the jab but The Rocket is out of range.
The Rocket has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Rocket there as he acknowledges the shot.
The Rocket misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Piper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Rocket.
The Rocket ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Piper moves away.
The Rocket throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie The Rocket dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Piper'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.

Piper swings for the body but The Rocket moves out of range.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Piper sees it coming and moves out of range.
Piper jabs at The Rocket's body.
The Rocket swings for the body but Piper moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Rocket.
The Rocket takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Piper in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The Rocket misses with a jab, cross combination.
Piper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Piper moves out of range.
Piper checks the leg kick nicely there.
Robbie The Rocket is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Rocket throws a low kick but it's checked well by Piper.
Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Rocket tries to bum rush Piper with a series of wild strikes but Piper uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Piper is breathing heavily.
The Rocket gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Rocket lands a nice leg kick that just misses Piper's sensitive parts.
Piper throws a looping overhand right but The Rocket ducks down to avoid it.
The Rocket thumps Piper with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rocket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piper throws a body punch but The Rocket moves out of range.
The Rocket lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Piper circles away quickly and effectively.
Good work by Piper as he checks the leg kick.
The Rocket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Piper down.
The Rocket is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Piper can do to turn this around?
The Rocket throws a nice outside leg kick.
Piper avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Rocket scores with a leg kick.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Piper's front leg but catches the back leg as Piper tries to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Rocket.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Robbie The Rocket is winning the standup battle so far.
The Rocket dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Piper. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rocket throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Piper down.
Piper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Rocket takes a swing at Piper's ribcage but misses.
Piper keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Rocket throws a body punch but Piper moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Piper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Rocket doesn't manage to clinch there - Piper circles away.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Piper's front leg but catches the back leg as Piper tries to avoid it.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket tries to clinch there but Piper circles away.
Piper waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Rocket.
Piper checks a leg kick nicely.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Piper might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, The Rocket has got the better of the exchanges.
The Rocket clinches but Piper breaks the clinch
and Piper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Rocket scores with a leg kick.
The Rocket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Piper manages to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Piper down.
The Rocket feints and then cracks Piper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Piper down.
The Rocket with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Rocket misses with a low kick.
The Rocket fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Rocket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piper avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Rocket tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Rocket uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Piper.
Piper getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Rocket. That's going to slow Piper down.
The Rocket throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Rocket. Piper does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Piper's front leg but catches the back leg as Piper tries to avoid it.
The Rocket throws a front kick aimed at Piper's knee but Piper avoids it well.
The Rocket throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Rocket throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The Rocket misses with a double jab.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Piper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Rocket.
Piper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Rocket. The Rocket obviously looking to wear him down.
The Rocket tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Rocket connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket lands a slapping body shot.
The Rocket wants to clinch but Piper slips to the side
and Piper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Rocket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Piper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Piper checks a leg kick.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Piper blocks a leg kick.
The Rocket lands with a nice body punch.
The Rocket wants to clinch up but Piper keeps it at a distance.
Piper throws out a loose jab but The Rocket uses good head movement to avoid it.
Piper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Rocket moves away from the strike by Piper.
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Piper is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piper swats away the attempt to clinch by The Rocket.
The Rocket throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Piper.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch up but Piper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Rocket throws a body punch but Piper moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie The Rocket dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Peter Piper'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. This is the final round!

Piper lands a right hook to the body.
The Rocket buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Piper sees it coming and moves out of range.
The Rocket tries to close the distance and clinch but Piper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Piper lands a glancing blow to the side of The Rocket's head.
The Rocket throws a leg kick that misses.
Piper lunges at The Rocket with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Rocket's hand.
Piper throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Rocket stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Rocket.
Piper checks a low kick from The Rocket.
The Rocket is looking to clinch but Piper is avoiding it.
The Rocket misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Piper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Piper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Piper misses the jab.
The Rocket uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Piper.
Piper blocks a low kick nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Rocket misses with a leg kick.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piper connects with the punch.
Piper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Piper throws a looping overhand right but The Rocket ducks down to avoid it.
Piper swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Rocket finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The Rocket throws a leg kick which misses Piper's front leg but catches the back leg as Piper tries to avoid it.
Piper thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket looks to score with a jab to the body but Piper is just out of range.
The Rocket looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Rocket tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Piper counter with a right hand.
The Rocket slips under a jab.
The Rocket takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Rocket throws a leg kick that misses.
The Rocket throws a nice inside leg kick.
Piper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Rocket.
The Rocket thows a body shot but no joy.
The Rocket is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piper misses with an uppercut.
Peter Piper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robbie The Rocket is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Piper.
Piper lands a nice hook to The Rocket's body. The Rocket takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Rocket throws a leg kick but Piper checks it.
Piper scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Piper connects with a right hand. The Rocket shakes it off.
The Rocket throws out a leg kick but Piper moves out of range and The Rocket only half commits.
The Rocket buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Rocket bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Piper cracks The Rocket with a right hand to the side of the head.
The Rocket slips under a jab.
Piper throws the left hand but The Rocket avoids the punch easily.
Piper thows a body shot but no joy.
The Rocket looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Rocket lands a nice leg kick that just misses Piper's sensitive parts.
A punch lands to the side of The Rocket 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Rocket looks to score with a jab to the body but Piper is just out of range.
Piper throws a jab when The Rocket was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piper works The Rocket's body with a nice hook.
The Rocket cracks the inside of Piper's front leg.
Piper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Rocket. The Rocket obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Rocket.
Piper takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Rocket throws a low kick but it's checked well by Piper.
The Rocket darts in trying to clinch
and Piper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Rocket fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Piper manages to avoid it.
The Rocket misses with a body shot
and Piper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Rocket uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piper.
The Rocket tries to clinch but Piper is having none of it.
The Rocket uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Piper.
The Rocket throws a nice outside leg kick.
Piper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Rocket can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rocket throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Piper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Rocket, right into the meat.
Piper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Rocket.
The Rocket turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Rocket is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Piper misses with an uppercut.
Piper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Piper checks a low kick from The Rocket.
The Rocket throws a chopping leg kick but Piper manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Piper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Rocket defending well as Piper loads up on a big left hand.
Piper fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Rocket manages to avoid it.
The Rocket throws a left and a right that both miss
and Piper counters with a nice uppercut.
The Rocket looks to clinch
and Piper counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by The Rocket.
Piper throws a body punch but The Rocket moves out of range.
Piper tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Rocket scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robbie The Rocket showed his dominance in that final round.
Well The Rocket 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbie The Rocket!