PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harri Hippi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hippi has chosen Harry Hippy as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sabre
vs
Hippi

189 cm
27
212 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

195 cm
24
220 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harri Hippi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hippi throws a poor cross that misses
and Sabre counters with a one-two to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Hippi there.
Hippi lands a jab to the nose.
Sabre scores with a shot to the body.
Hippi looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabre with a hook.

It looks like Harri Hippi has been cut.
Hippi throws a right hand that misses

and Sabre counters with a takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Sabre in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sabre postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Sabre misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Sabre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hippi keeps working.
Sabre throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Hippi works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sabre is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Sabre trying to control from Hippi's half guard. Hippi has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hippi keeping moving, preventing Sabre from controlling successfully.

Matt Sabre has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sabre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hippi fails to land with a series of punches.
Sabre misses with a wild body shot.
Hippi misses the jab.
Sabre lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sabre connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hippi momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre lands an overhand right.
Hippi throws a right hand that misses

and Sabre counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sabre just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hippi's brow.
Sabre stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre misses with a punch to the body.
Sabre keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hippi's efforts to push away.
Hippi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sabre.
Sabre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sabre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sabre blocks an uppercut.
Hippi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sabre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sabre misses with the head strike.
Sabre lands with a left to the head.
Sabre misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sabre throws a punch but it's blocked by Hippi.
Sabre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hippi avoids it.
Sabre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sabre misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sabre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabre.
Sabre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hippi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hippi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sabre is defending well for now.
Sabre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hippi avoids the elbow strike from Sabre, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hippi takes an elbow to the temple.
Hippi looking for a takedown.
Sabre is looking to control Hippi's arms but Hippi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sabre has his back to the cage.
Sabre scores with a shot to the side of Hippi's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Sabre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harri Hippi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sabre has Hippi up against the cage in a clinch.
Sabre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hippi is defending well for now.
Sabre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sabre lands a body shot.
Sabre lands an elbow inside that Hippi shrugs off.
Sabre lands a shot to the body.
Sabre gets through Hippi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sabre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sabre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sabre tries to throw a body punch but Hippi avoids it by throwing Sabre back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabre scores with a shot to the side of Hippi's head.
Sabre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hippi's defenses.
Hippi is breathing heavily.
Sabre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sabre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hippi.
Sabre comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Harri Hippi's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Hippi is rocked!
Sabre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sabre looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sabre lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hippi backwards.
Hippi is still on wobbly legs! Can Sabre finish him?
A nice left hand lands by Sabre.
Sabre creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Hippi! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Sabre.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Sabre!
Our winner, Matt Sabre, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.