PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Armand Agasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Imum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Agasi comes to the cage accompanied by Disicable -:Eminem . Imum has chosen Candy Paint - Ken Tuck as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Armand Agasi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Agasi
vs
Imum

177 cm
29
177 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

185 cm
28
186 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Grace Grappling Gear
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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 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armand Agasi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Max Imum!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imum leaves Agasi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Agasi closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Imum's guard.
Agasi wants to pass the guard but Imum is keeping the position.
Imum working a defensive guard here.
Agasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Imum works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Imum is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Imum trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Imum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Imum is trying to keep Agasi in close.

Max Imum has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Imum misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Agasi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Imum looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Imum is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Agasi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Agasi is working for a submission of some sort.
Agasi prevents Imum from improving his position.
Imum keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Agasi winds up and cracks Imum with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Imum is looking to improve his position.
Imum keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Agasi lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imum is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Agasi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Agasi's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Agasi tries to escape but Imum has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Imum looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

Imum is persistently looking for the submission but Agasi is defending it well.
Agasi breaks Imum's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Agasi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Agasi chips away with some ground and pound.
Agasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Imum works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Imum working a defensive guard here.
Agasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Imum avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Imum working a defensive guard here.
Imum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agasi wants to pass the guard but Imum is keeping the position.
Agasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Agasi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Imum is on top in guard.
Imum wants to control from the top but Agasi keeps moving.
Imum tries to free his leg and advance position but Agasi is retaining full guard.
Agasi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Imum is one step ahead there.
Imum trying to control the position from guard on top but Agasi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Imum sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Max Imum wasn't active enough on the ground.
Agasi tries for a takedown but Imum circles away easily
and Imum counters with an outside leg kick.
Imum slips a straight right by Agasi.

Agasi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Agasi lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Imum pulls Agasi in close to his closed guard and prevents Agasi from doing any damage or advancing position.
Agasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Imum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Agasi works over Imum with some ground and pound from guard.
Imum is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Agasi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Imum gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Agasi throwing strikes but missing.
Agasi cracks Imum with a solid left hand.
Agasi postures up and lands a big shot to Imum's brow.
Imum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Agasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Agasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Agasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Imum looking to hit a scissor sweep but Agasi is one step ahead there.
Agasi scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agasi wants to pass the guard but Imum is keeping the position.
Imum working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Agasi.
Imum preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Agasi throwing strikes from guard but Imum blocks nicely.
Agasi throwing strikes but missing.
Imum wants to sweep but no luck.
Imum utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Imum is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Agasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Imum swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imum looking for a sweep. Not yet Imum, not yet.
Agasi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Imum's head.
Agasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Imum works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Agasi throws a big right hand that misses.
Agasi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Imum is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Imum wants to sweep here but Agasi controlling him for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Agasi lands a couple of elbows.
Agasi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Imum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Agasi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agasi throwing strikes from guard but Imum blocks nicely.
Imum is trying to control the position but Agasi postures up.
Agasi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Agasi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Armand Agasi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Imum is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Agasi tries to free his leg and advance position but Imum is retaining full guard.
Agasi throwing strikes but missing.

Imum looking for a guillotine here but Agasi defends easily.
Imum lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Agasi!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agasi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Agasi sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Imum trying to control the action but Agasi is working from the bottom.
Agasi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Agasi is looking for a sweep. Imum is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Imum working Agasi over with strikes.
Imum prevents Agasi from improving his position.
Agasi moves into full guard.
Agasi trying to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Imum throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Agasi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Imum lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Agasi is trying to keep Imum in close.
Agasi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armand Agasi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Agasi moves out of range of the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Imum.
Agasi avoids the body shot from Imum.
Agasi with a poor takedown
and Imum counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Agasi thinking.
Agasi misses with a takedown attempt
and Imum counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Agasi.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Armand Agasi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Agasi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Agasi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Imum sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Agasi somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Imum looks to land a right hand but Agasi moved out of range.
A low kick from Imum is predictable there

and Agasi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Agasi prevents Imum from improving his position.
Imum is trying to maintain the position but Agasi is very close to passing his half guard.
Imum regains full guard. Nicely done.
Imum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Agasi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Max Imum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imum gets back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice strikes from Agasi there.
Agasi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Imum is looking for a sweep. Agasi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Agasi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Imum trying to get back to full guard but Agasi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Imum is bucking up trying to escape but Agasi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Agasi with the ground and pound from mount.
Agasi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Imum slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Agasi wants to free his trapped foot but Imum is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Agasi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agasi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Imum tries to roll over but Agasi keeps him under control.
Imum trying to control from the bottom.
Imum desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Agasi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Imum with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Agasi is nestled in close to Imum, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Imum tries to get to full guard but Agasi has control of the leg.
Agasi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Agasi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Imum sees it coming and defends easily.
Imum trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Agasi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Agasi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Imum makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Imum.
Agasi throwing strikes from guard but Imum blocks nicely.
Agasi advances to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Imum is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Agasi pulls his head out easily.
Imum takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Imum tries to roll over but Agasi keeps him under control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Armand Agasi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Agasi, 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armand Agasi!
After the big win, Armand Agasi made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors - - - - - All Nutrients 160 - - - - - and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.