PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frekkas Poop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sigurd Fafnisbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fafnisbani has chosen What Frequencies Do to People by Tieum and Ophidian as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Poop
vs
Fafnisbani

165 cm
29
168 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

176 cm
28
162 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Frekkas Poop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sigurd Fafnisbani!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Poop checks a leg kick.
Fafnisbani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poop stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Poop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fafnisbani.
Poop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Fafnisbani. Those never looked like landing.
Poop blocks a leg kick.
Fafnisbani closes the distance looking to clinch
and Poop counters with a left and a right that stings Fafnisbani.
Poop is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poop just misses with a punch to the body.
Fafnisbani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poop manages to avoid it.
Poop ducks under a wild hook from Fafnisbani.
No joy there for Fafnisbani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fafnisbani feints and then cracks Poop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Poop down.
Fafnisbani misses with a double jab.
Fafnisbani throws a right and a left that Poop avoids nicely.
Fafnisbani avoids the body shot from Poop.
Fafnisbani throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Poop counter with a right hand.
Fafnisbani misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poop.
Poop throws a hook but Fafnisbani blocks it.
Poop misses with a body shot.
Poop thows a body shot but no joy.
Fafnisbani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fafnisbani moves away.
Some wild striking there from Fafnisbani.
Poop throws the left hand but Fafnisbani avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Fafnisbani as Poop shoots in.
Fafnisbani misses with a head kick.
Fafnisbani scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Poop shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Poop showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Poop is trying to control. Fafnisbani wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Poop trying to pass the guard but Fafnisbani defending well.
Fafnisbani is trying to stand up here but Poop is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poop thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Poop sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fafnisbani defending well though.
Poop is taking a breather. Fafnisbani says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Fafnisbani tries to roll over but Poop keeps him under control.
Poop thows a huge punch but Fafnisbani dodges it nicely.
Poop thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poop tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Poop throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frekkas Poop dominated that round.
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.

Fafnisbani tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poop scores with a decent looking hook.
Fafnisbani tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A left and a right from Fafnisbani both land. Nice combination.

Fafnisbani forces Poop back against the cage and clinches.
Fafnisbani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fafnisbani tries to work over Poop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fafnisbani trying to land knees to the body.
Fafnisbani tries a body shot but Poop blocks it.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poop is trying to break the clinch but Fafnisbani is controlling him.
Fafnisbani has Poop pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani tries a body shot but Poop blocks it.
Fafnisbani controlling the action here for a moment.

Poop manages to break the clinch.
Poop loads up on a big right hand but Fafnisbani slips the punch.
Fafnisbani misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani misses with a combination
and Poop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sigurd Fafnisbani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fafnisbani feints and then cracks Poop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Poop down.
Poop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sigurd Fafnisbani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poop throws a jab when Fafnisbani was well out of range.
Fafnisbani swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Poop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fafnisbani tries to bum rush Poop with a series of wild strikes but Poop uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fafnisbani takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Poop fails to land the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Fafnisbani.

Fafnisbani clinches.
Fafnisbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fafnisbani misses with a punch to the body.
Fafnisbani stalling in the clinch but Poop improves position.
Fafnisbani misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poop.
Fafnisbani misses with a punch to the body.
Poop jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fafnisbani walks away with a smile on his face. Poop gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fafnisbani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poop fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frekkas Poop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Poop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sigurd Fafnisbani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poop takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fafnisbani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poop moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fafnisbani tries to close the distance and clinch but Poop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poop just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poop misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fafnisbani scores with a hook to the body. Poop takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sigurd Fafnisbani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Fafnisbani lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fafnisbani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fafnisbani throws a solid leg kick but Poop takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fafnisbani.
Poop sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Poop jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Poop missing with a left hand there. Fafnisbani was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fafnisbani tries to clinch but Poop moves out of range.
Fafnisbani pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Poop back to the cage. Fafnisbani follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fafnisbani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poop moves away.
Fafnisbani misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poop throws a body punch but Fafnisbani moves out of range.

Poop fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fafnisbani to the ground. Poop is now in Fafnisbani's guard.
Poop looking to sit in guard and control but Fafnisbani gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fafnisbani controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Poop is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fafnisbani trying to stand up but can't free himself from Poop's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani trying to control but Poop is working from the bottom.
Poop wants to sweep here but Fafnisbani controlling him for the moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sigurd Fafnisbani hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Fafnisbani misses with a low kick.
Fafnisbani walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Poop throws a shot from downtown. Fafnisbani moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poop throws a hook but Fafnisbani avoids it easily.
Poop avoids the body shot from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fafnisbani throws the left hand but Poop avoids the punch easily.
Poop shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fafnisbani as he jumps to the side.
Poop throws a sloppy body shot
and Fafnisbani counters with a nice low kick that buckles Poop's knee momentarily.
Fafnisbani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fafnisbani throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Poop counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fafnisbani thinking.
Poop misses with a hook.
Sigurd Fafnisbani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani swings for the body but Poop moves out of range.
Poop fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fafnisbani looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fafnisbani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Poop.
Fafnisbani gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Fafnisbani takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poop connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fafnisbani momentarily.
Poop shoots in looking for a takedown. Fafnisbani tries to sprawl out of it but Poop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fafnisbani manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Fafnisbani clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sigurd Fafnisbani.
I think Fafnisbani 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sigurd Fafnisbani!