PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Groomph Baenre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Surfer Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baenre comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstorm is coming your way!. Dude comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jack Johnson - You And Your Heart kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Baenre
vs
Dude

170 cm
26
175 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

184 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Groomph Baenre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Surfer Dude!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baenre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Baenre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baenre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dude paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dude ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dude connects with an inside leg kick.

Baenre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Baenre blocks an uppercut.
Dude lands with a short shot to the head.
Baenre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dude is trying to push Baenre away but Baenre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Baenre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baenre using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dude has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dude tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Baenre's elbow.
Baenre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dude.

Dude breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dude misses with a leg kick
and Baenre counters with a straight right hand.
Dude misses with an attempted mid kick.
Baenre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baenre takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Baenre chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That kick from Baenre tenderised Dude's leg. Dude is trying to keep his angry face on.
Baenre throws a series of punches but Dude moves out of range.
Baenre misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dude throws a hook but Baenre avoids it easily.

Baenre darts in and clinches Dude up against the cage.
Baenre tries to land knees in the clinch but Dude avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dude breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baenre takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dude throws a shot to the body.
Dude lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baenre's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Dude.
Dude throws a half hearted mid kick.
Surfer Dude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baenre tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dude counters with a head kick. That will keep Baenre thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dude pivots, looking for a leg kick but Baenre is out of range and Dude settles back down.
Dude misses with a body kick.
Baenre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Dude throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baenre misses with a hook
and Dude counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dude swings for the body but Baenre moves out of range.
Dude throws a leg kick that misses.
Baenre lands with a slapping head kick.
Dude misses with a wild body shot.
Baenre fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dude lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dude misses with a low kick.
Baenre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dude throws a hook to the side of Baenre's head but Baenre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dude.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baenre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dude misses with a hook.
Baenre looks to land a left hand but Dude moved out of range nicely.
Dude throws a wild body kick that Baenre sees coming a mile off.
Dude fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baenre on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baenre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dude moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Baenre chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dude can pounce on him.
Dude is looking to score with low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baenre throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Baenre avoids the head kick by Dude.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Surfer Dude will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Baenre takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Surfer Dude seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dude lands with a nice body punch.
Baenre staying out of range there.
Baenre just misses with a punch to the body.
Dude misses with an uppercut
and Baenre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dude checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Dude. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dude.
Dude throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Baenre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dude checks a leg kick nicely.
Dude misses with a low kick as Baenre jumps back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baenre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dude swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Dude.
Dude scores with a head kick.
Dude with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A big left from Dude misses.
Baenre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dude paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baenre misses with a wild body shot.
Dude loads up on a big right hand but Baenre slips the punch.
Dude swats away the attempt to clinch by Baenre.
Baenre tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baenre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baenre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dude bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dude fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baenre on the side of the head.
Baenre takes one to the side of the head.
Baenre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dude lands the left hand.
Baenre connects with the punch.
Dude is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Baenre tries to clinch there but Dude circles away.
Baenre moves out of range as Dude strikes.
Baenre is looking to wear down Dude with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dude slips a jab and a cross from Baenre.
Dude misses with a looping left.
Dude throws a nice outside leg kick.
Baenre tries to bum rush Dude with a series of wild strikes but Dude uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baenre connects with a body shot that sends Dude's belly button to the back.
Baenre tries to bum rush Dude with a series of wild strikes but Dude uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab by Baenre.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dude.
Dude lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Baenre throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baenre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dude was well out of range. Poor timing from Baenre.
Dude keeps the fight on the outside.
Dude lands with a good body shot.
Dude misses with a head kick.
Dude scores with a jab. Baenre acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Baenre manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dude throws a head kick that Baenre semi-blocks.

Baenre is rocked!
Dude lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Baenre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baenre switches off momentarily and Dude cracks him with a monster right hand! Baenre topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Dude dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Dude!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Surfer Dude!
Post fight, Surfer Dude took to the microphone: 'Are we done here? Gotta go catch a wave man, a wave...'.