PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Almodovar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aster Sand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aster Sand acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Almodovar
vs
Sand

155 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Almodovar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aster Sand!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almodovar throws a good cross that connects.
Pedro Almodovar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sand defending well as Almodovar loads up on a big left hand.
Almodovar could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Almodovar lands the left hand.
Sand slips under a jab.
Almodovar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sand was well out of range. Poor timing from Almodovar.
Sand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almodovar goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Almodovar looks to land a right hand but Sand moved out of range.
Almodovar lands a glancing blow to the side of Sand's head.
Almodovar scores with a hook to the body. Sand takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sand tries to close the distance and clinch up but Almodovar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Almodovar misses with an uppercut. Sand saw that one coming.
Almodovar takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almodovar lands an overhand right.
Sand misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sand misses with a wild combination.
Almodovar misses with a left hand
and Sand counters with a stiff right hand.
Almodovar throws a shot from downtown. Sand moves away and avoids it.

Sand moves into range and clinches up with Almodovar.
Sand blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Almodovar is working Sand over against the cage.
Almodovar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Almodovar.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sand dodges the punch combination from Almodovar.
Almodovar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sand.
Sand walks into a straight right hand from Almodovar.
Sand takes one on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almodovar misses with a two punch combination.
Almodovar throws a lazy uppercut
and Sand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Almodovar throws an off balance right hand
and Sand counters with a three punch combo that has Almodovar backing up. Almodovar nods at Sand to acknowledge the strikes.
Sand avoids the body shot from Almodovar.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almodovar. Sand does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sand lands with a nice body punch.
Sand takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sand stuns Almodovar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Almodovar misses the shot to the body.
Almodovar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sand misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Almodovar misses.
Almodovar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Almodovar misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar misses with a left hand

and Sand holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice body punch from Almodovar - that landed with a thud.
Almodovar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almodovar has Sand pressed against the cage, preventing Sand from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almodovar lands a shot to the body.
Almodovar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sand blocks an uppercut.

Almodovar manages to break the clinch.
Almodovar connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sand gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Almodovar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Almodovar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Almodovar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Almodovar throws a poor cross that misses
and Sand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Almodovar misses.
Almodovar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sand.
Almodovar tests Sand's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Almodovar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sand thows a body shot but no joy.
Sand tries to clinch there but Almodovar circles away.
Sand moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy left from Almodovar finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almodovar throws an overhand right that lands on Sand's shoulder, as Sand tries to avoid the shot.
No joy there for Sand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Almodovar lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Almodovar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Almodovar keeps the fight on the outside.
Almodovar thuds his right hand into Sand's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab from Almodovar.
Almodovar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Almodovar looks to throw the jab but Sand is out of range.
Almodovar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar throws a sloppy body shot
and Sand counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Almodovar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sand moves away.
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!
Almodovar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Almodovar throws a jab when Sand was well out of range.
Sand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almodovar.
Almodovar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Almodovar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sand.
Sand tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Almodovar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Almodovar scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sand in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sand tries to bum rush Almodovar with a series of wild strikes but Almodovar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almodovar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sand on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Almodovar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Almodovar punishes Sand's body with a nice straight punch.
Sand steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Almodovar.
Almodovar lands a right hook to the body.
Almodovar misses the jab.
A combination from Sand does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar connects with a single shot there.
Almodovar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sand counters with a left and a right that stings Almodovar.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almodovar lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Almodovar misses the target.
Almodovar throws a right hand that misses
and Sand counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sand looks to score with a jab to the body but Almodovar is just out of range.
Almodovar misses with a two punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almodovar misses with a left hand
and Sand counters with a one-two to the body.
Almodovar scores with a jab.
Almodovar misses with a hook. Sand ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pedro Almodovar will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sand throws a right hand that Almodovar ducks under and follows up with a left that Almodovar also avoids with ease.
Sand swings for the body but Almodovar moves out of range.
Sand needs to keep his hands up - Almodovar had a free shot at his head there.
Almodovar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Almodovar misses with a left hand
and Sand counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Pedro Almodovar has been cut.
Sand swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Almodovar counters with a nice body shot.
Sand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aster Sand is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sand uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Almodovar.
Almodovar connects with a body shot.
Jab by Almodovar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almodovar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pedro Almodovar is winning the standup battle so far.
Almodovar lands with a nice body punch.
Almodovar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sand fails to land with a series of punches.
Sand misses with the combination.
Almodovar looks to land a left hand but Sand moved out of range nicely.
Sand uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Almodovar.
Almodovar takes a swing at Sand's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Sand does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar takes a swing at Sand's ribcage but misses.
Sand shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Almodovar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Almodovar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sand circles away quickly and effectively.
Almodovar throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Almodovar swings for the body but Sand moves out of range.
Sand tries to clinch but Almodovar is having none of it.
Almodovar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almodovar misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sand ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sand is looking to clinch but Almodovar is avoiding it.
Sand moves away from the strike by Almodovar.
Almodovar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sand jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Almodovar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sand was well out of range. Poor timing from Almodovar.
Almodovar slips under a jab.
Sand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Almodovar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almodovar looks to land a left hand but Sand moved out of range nicely.
Sand throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Almodovar cracks Sand with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A combination from Almodovar does no damage.
Sand connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Almodovar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sand momentarily.
Almodovar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Almodovar connects with a nice looking jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almodovar dodges the punch combination from Sand.
Aster Sand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Almodovar misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pedro Almodovar.
Well Almodovar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pedro Almodovar!