PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bison Must See BG (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Must See BG
vs
Bautista

200 cm
23
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bison Must See BG!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alberto Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Bautista.
A nice inside leg kick there by Must See BG. That's going to slow Bautista down.
The fighters circling - Must See BG throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Must See BG fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bautista manages to avoid it.
Must See BG fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Must See BG lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bautista will feel that in the morning.
Bautista stuffs the takedown attempt from Must See BG. Must See BG gets slowly back to his feet.
Bautista misses with a hook.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Must See BG chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bison Must See BG seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Must See BG throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bautista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bautista looks gassed!
Must See BG misses with a two punch combination.
Must See BG tries to clinch but Bautista is having none of it.
Must See BG is looking to clinch but Bautista is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG wants to clinch.
Must See BG misses with a body kick.
Must See BG lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Must See BG is looking to clinch but Bautista is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bison Must See BG. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Must See BG tries to sprawl but Bautista drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bautista scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bautista prevents Must See BG from improving his position.

Must See BG pushes Bautista off and gets back to his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Must See BG, right into the meat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Must See BG tries to close the distance and clinch but Bautista swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Must See BG fails in his attempt to clinch.
Must See BG dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bautista. That did some damage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Must See BG throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bautista circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bison Must See BG dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Must See BG just misses with a punch to the body.
Must See BG throws a body kick that misses.
Must See BG scores with a push kick.
Must See BG has his takedown stuffed

and Bautista counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Must See BG has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bautista can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bautista won't allow Must See BG to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Must See BG looking to control.
Must See BG wants to sweep here but Bautista controlling him for the moment.
Bautista really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Must See BG. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Must See BG looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Must See BG wants to stand and escape but Bautista is having none of 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.
Bautista is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Must See BG is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bautista preventing the sweep.
Bautista won't allow Must See BG to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG is looking to stand back up but Bautista counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Must See BG.
Bautista seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Must See BG does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bautista lands with a punch from half guard.

Must See BG actively working from the bottom here.
Bautista working Must See BG over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bautista looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Must See BG with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Must See BG wants to get back to full guard.

Must See BG actively working from the bottom here.
Bautista seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bautista drops an elbow to the side of Must See BG's head.
Bautista lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Bautista showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Bautista looks to land a combination but Must See BG avoids it well.
Must See BG lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Must See BG misses with a body shot

and Bautista counters with a shoot takedown. Must See BG fights it but they end up in guard.
Must See BG is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Must See BG works his way into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Must See BG working the ground and pound but Bautista is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Must See BG stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Must See BG doesn't manage to clinch there - Bautista circles away.

Bautista shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Must See BG is trying to defend but Bautista finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Must See BG is trying to stand up here but Bautista is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG wants to control but Bautista is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Must See BG slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bautista lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Must See BG is looking to stand up but Bautista isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Must See BG wants to sweep here but Bautista controlling him for the moment.

Must See BG looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Must See BG is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Must See BG is looking for a triangle but Bautista pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bautista content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Must See BG throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bautista stops Must See BG from standing up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alberto Bautista.
I think Bautista 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Bautista!