PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spete Pasanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristofy Napps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pasanen comes into the arena with Rolling Stones - Paint it black blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pasanen
vs
Napps

204 cm
25
251 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
27
260 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Spete Pasanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kristofy Napps!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napps ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Pasanen scores with a takedown into Napps's guard.
Napps trying to keep a closed guard but Pasanen is proving a slippery customer.
Pasanen tries to free his leg and advance position but Napps is retaining full guard.
Pasanen wants to control from the top but Napps keeps moving.
Pasanen throwing strikes from guard but Napps blocks nicely.
Napps trying to keep a closed guard but Pasanen is proving a slippery customer.
Napps keeping moving, preventing Pasanen from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pasanen throws a nice looking combination but Napps bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pasanen connects with a right hand. Napps shakes it off.
Pasanen looks to land a combination but Napps avoids it well.
Napps displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pasanen throws out the jab.
Pasanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Napps missing with a left hand there. Pasanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Napps.
Pasanen ducks under a wild hook from Napps.
Pasanen moves forwards but Napps connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Pasanen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Napps napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Pasanen is looking to take a break and control but Napps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen in side control lands a decent elbow.
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Pasanen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Napps sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Napps struggling a bit here.
Pasanen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pasanen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pasanen throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napps parries the strikes from Pasanen easily there. Pasanen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Napps to escape.

Pasanen tries for a kimura but Napps is defending well.
Pasanen trying to control the action but Napps is working from the bottom.
Napps controls the position for a moment.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pasanen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pasanen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pasanen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pasanen misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pasanen throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Napps works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Napps regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Pasanen.
Pasanen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spete Pasanen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Napps ducks under a wild hook from Pasanen.
Napps will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kristofy Napps is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Napps takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pasanen misses with a wild body shot.
Napps scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big right from Pasanen misses.
Napps feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pasanens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pasanen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Napps scores with a three punch combo!
Napps ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pasanen moves away.
Napps slips a jab and a cross from Pasanen.
Napps falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pasanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Napps fails to land with a series of punches.
Pasanen missing with a left hand there. Napps was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pasanen takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasanen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Napps ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pasanen misses with a body shot
and Napps counters with a nice body shot.
Pasanen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Napps counters with a stiff right hand.
Spete Pasanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pasanen tries to score with a low kick but Napps moves his leg out of the way.
Pasanen cracks Napps with a good jab.
Pasanen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Napps misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pasanen.
Napps staying out of range there.
Pasanen throws a hook to the side of Napps's head but Napps sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Napps pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pasanen back to the ropes. Napps follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pasanen throws a hook but Napps avoids it easily.
Pasanen fails with a takedown attempt.
Pasanen looks to land a left hand but Napps moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napps bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Napps fails to land with a series of punches.
Napps uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pasanen slips a jab from Napps.
Napps tries to bum rush Pasanen with a series of wild strikes but Pasanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Napps looks to score with a jab to the body but Pasanen is just out of range.
Napps misses the body punch
enabling Pasanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Pasanen lands with a shot to the body.
Napps throws a right hand that Pasanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pasanen also avoids with ease.
Pasanen fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spete Pasanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napps throws a right hand that Pasanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Pasanen also avoids with ease.
Napps throws a jab when Pasanen was well out of range.
Napps keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasanen throws a series of strikes that have Napps backpedaling.
Napps tries to bum rush Pasanen with a series of wild strikes but Pasanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Napps is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pasanen.
Pasanen misses with a looping right.
Pasanen ducks under a wild hook from Napps.
Napps will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Napps swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pasanen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Napps defending well as Pasanen loads up on a big left hand.
Good exchange - Pasanen coming out on top.
Pasanen looks to land a left hand but Napps moved out of range nicely.
Pasanen jabs Napps to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pasanen connects with a crisp jab.
Napps connects with a looping right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Napps misses.

Pasanen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pasanen is looking to take a break and control but Napps is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Napps tries to get to full guard but Pasanen has control of the leg.
Pasanen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Napps's head.
Pasanen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pasanen is trying to control the action in half guard but Napps is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pasanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pasanen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Napps's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kristofy Napps showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pasanen throws out a powerful jab.
Napps gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pasanen misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Napps misses.
Napps scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pasanen avoids the body shot from Napps.
Pasanen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Napps.
Napps slips a jab from Pasanen.
Pasanen missing with a left hand there. Napps was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Napps defending well as Pasanen loads up on a big left hand.
Napps throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Napps lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pasanen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Napps under the eye.
Napps darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pasanen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kristofy Napps seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasanen misses with a wild body shot.
Napps keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pasanen.
Napps takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Napps takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pasanen throws a hook but Napps avoids it easily.
No luck for Pasanen with that takedown attempt.
Pasanen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Napps swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pasanen misses with a body shot.
Napps keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pasanen.
Pasanen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Napps misses with a body shot
and Pasanen counters with a three punch combo that has Napps backing up. Napps nods at Pasanen to acknowledge the strikes.

Pasanen rushes Napps and presses him up against the ropes.
Napps tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pasanen lands with a short shot to the head.

Napps is rocked!
Pasanen dips a shoulder and cracks Napps with a mighty uppercut! Napps falls back against the ropes and Pasanen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Napps is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the ropes! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Pasanen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spete Pasanen!