PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Sax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Cifer Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sax comes to the ring accompanied by Somebody gonna get they ass kicked by: 36 Mafia. Lou Cifer Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sax
vs
Cifer Jr

225 cm
23
260 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

200 cm
19
264 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Sax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lou Cifer Jr!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cifer Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sax pinned against the cage. Sax gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sax scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cifer Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Cifer Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sax is fending him off so far but Cifer Jr persists. Nope, Sax circles away and we're back to standing.
Harry Sax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lou Cifer Jr.
Sax shoots and misses

and Cifer Jr decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sax's guard.
Cifer Jr throwing strikes from guard but Sax blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cifer Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cifer Jr is looking to work some ground and pound but Sax has wrist control.
Cifer Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cifer Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cifer Jr postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sax keeping moving, preventing Cifer Jr from controlling successfully.
Sax looking for a sweep. Not yet Sax, not yet.
Cifer Jr landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr tries to stand but Sax is controlling from the bottom.
Cifer Jr wants to pass the guard but Sax is keeping the position.
Cifer Jr thows a big elbow that misses.
Cifer Jr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cifer Jr wants to pass the guard but Sax is keeping the position.
Cifer Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sax knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cifer Jr on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cifer Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sax's head.
Sax will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cifer Jr advances position into side control!
Cifer Jr grinds an elbow into Sax's temple.
Sax gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sax wants to control but Cifer Jr is having none of it.
Sax is in a horrible position here. Cifer Jr smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sax really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sax working to try and regain half guard.
Sax is breathing heavily.
Cifer Jr landing shots from mount.
Cifer Jr postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sax looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Sax that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Cifer Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sax defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cifer Jr.
Cifer Jr has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sax's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lou Cifer Jr dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sax clinches but Cifer Jr breaks the clinch

and Cifer Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lou Cifer Jr has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cifer Jr looking to pass the guard.
Sax working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cifer Jr.
Cifer Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Cifer Jr connects with a couple of short punches.
Cifer Jr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cifer Jr drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Cifer Jr seems to have locked his on tight now - Sax screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Cifer Jr, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Lou Cifer Jr!