PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zophiel Furfur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fresenius James (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.

Furfur
vs
James

178 cm
23
163 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

177 cm
28
165 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zophiel Furfur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fresenius James!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James throws a big shot that misses.
James is looking to clinch.
James misses with an uppercut
and Furfur counters with a nice uppercut.
Furfur misses with a double jab
and Furfur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James misses with a looping left.
Furfur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
Furfur tries a low kick but James avoids it.
James misses with a body punch
and Furfur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
James misses with an uppercut. Furfur saw that one coming.
Furfur pivots, looking for a leg kick but James is out of range and Furfur settles back down.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Furfur manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur cracks James with an open hand slap.
Furfur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
James looks to throw the jab but Furfur is out of range.
Zophiel Furfur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Furfur counters with a nice low kick that buckles James's knee momentarily.
Furfur fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and James has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Furfur cracks James with an open hand slap.
Furfur throws a head kick but James moves out of range.
Furfur missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Furfur lands with a good body shot.
Furfur scores with a push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Furfur throws a leg kick which misses James's front leg but catches the back leg as James tries to avoid it.
Furfur fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Furfur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James manages to avoid it.
Furfur feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
Furfur moves out of range as James strikes.
Furfur lands a leg kick that knocks James off balance momentarily.
Furfur dodges the punch combination from James.
Furfur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Furfur moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James moves out of range of the body kick from Furfur.
Furfur lands with a nice body kick.
James throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Furfur throws a sloppy head kick
and James cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Furfur scores with a head kick.
Furfur goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
James closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Furfur swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Furfur chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Furfur keeps the fight on the outside.
James connects with a looping right hand.
Furfur throws a sloppy head kick
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

James has closed the distance and engaged Furfur in a clinch.
James is trying to break the clinch but Furfur is controlling him.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Furfur obliges.
Furfur lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through James's defenses.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.

Furfur escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zophiel Furfur dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Furfur throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James dips to his left and cracks Furfur with an uppercut!
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Furfur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
Furfur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from James.
Furfur getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Furfur throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
James fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Furfur is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Furfur.
Furfur just misses with a punch to the body.
Crunch! Furfur slams his shin into James's torso.

Furfur has closed the distance and engaged James in a clinch.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Furfur's elbow.
James misses with a body punch.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James tries a body shot but Furfur blocks it.
Furfur pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James just leaning against Furfur, taking a breather.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Furfur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Furfur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Furfur fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zophiel Furfur is winning the standup battle so far.
A slapping leg kick lands for Furfur.
Furfur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. James manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
James avoids the body shot from Furfur.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Furfur manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Furfur throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Furfur tries a head kick but it misses.
Furfur moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James avoids the head kick by Furfur.
James misses with a right hand
letting Furfur counter with a right hand.
Furfur lands a head kick. James smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick misses from Furfur.
Good work by James as he checks the leg kick.
James throws the left hand but Furfur avoids the punch easily.
Furfur moves out of range as James strikes.
James missing with a left hand there. Furfur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Furfur cracks a nice hook into James's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from James.
Furfur is looking to land body kicks.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Furfur connects with a right hand. James shakes it off.
James scores with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Furfur misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zophiel Furfur dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

James takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
James throws a lazy right hand but Furfur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Furfur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Furfur misses with a body shot.
James swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Furfur wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
A big left from James misses.

Furfur takes the fight into the clinch.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Furfur controls the action.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Furfur controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James tries to work over Furfur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Furfur prevents a body shot from James.
James misses with a body punch.
James tries to work over Furfur's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
James wants to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Furfur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from James.
James checks a low kick from Furfur.
Furfur lands the left hand.
James moves out of range of the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Furfur has James up against the cage in a clinch.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Furfur holding his opponent close, against the cage.
James tries to throw a body punch but Furfur avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Furfur throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Furfur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Furfur is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but James is keeping busy.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Furfur controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looking to stall.

Furfur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Furfur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Furfur ducks under a wild hook from James.
Furfur tries to clinch but James moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Furfur.
James drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
James fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Furfur on the side of the head.
Furfur throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James walks into a straight right hand from Furfur.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
Furfur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fresenius James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Furfur moves forwards but James connects with a nice, crisp jab.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James blocks a low kick nicely.
James stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Furfur.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Furfur tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. James manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Furfur.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Furfur.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zophiel Furfur showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Furfur, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zophiel Furfur!