PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moistly Seeping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurul Aspanuhkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurul Aspanuhkin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Seeping
vs
Aspanuhkin

189 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

210 cm
24
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Steel Penn's All 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moistly Seeping!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kurul Aspanuhkin!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Aspanuhkin dives in and scores a takedown into Seeping's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Aspanuhkin stands up and waves to Seeping to follow him.
Seeping throws the left hand but Aspanuhkin avoids the punch easily.
Aspanuhkin tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Seeping defends well and Aspanuhkin ends up having to push Seeping into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Seeping misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aspanuhkin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Seeping has him pressed against the cage.
Aspanuhkin prevents a body shot from Seeping.
Seeping is working Aspanuhkin over against the cage.
Seeping scores with a shot to the side of Aspanuhkin's head.
Aspanuhkin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Seeping to keep the fight standing.
Seeping misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aspanuhkin's coach down at MMA Sanok Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Aspanuhkin's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Aspanuhkin has had enough of the clinch but Seeping keeps him there for the moment.
Aspanuhkin wants to break the clinch but can't.

Aspanuhkin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Seeping uses from the top position.
Seeping knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Aspanuhkin on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seeping stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aspanuhkin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seeping is working hard here to advance position.
Aspanuhkin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seeping's guard.

Aspanuhkin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Seeping misses with a body shot.
Aspanuhkin wants to slow Seeping down by chopping away at his legs.
Aspanuhkin fails to land the takedown.
Moistly Seeping has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurul Aspanuhkin.
Seeping misses with a wild body shot.
Seeping misses with the combination.

Aspanuhkin has Seeping up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seeping wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Seeping tries to throw a body punch but Aspanuhkin avoids it by throwing Seeping back against the cage.
Aspanuhkin jumps guard but Seeping turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Aspanuhkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Seeping tries to work over Aspanuhkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Seeping doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Seeping tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Seeping fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Seeping tries to throw a body punch but Aspanuhkin avoids it by throwing Seeping back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Seeping.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seeping can't find room to land a body shot as Aspanuhkin controls the action.

Seeping's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seeping ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aspanuhkin moves away.
Seeping slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Moistly Seeping seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Seeping misses with a wild combination.
Seeping fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aspanuhkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seeping.
Seeping is looking to wear down Aspanuhkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Seeping throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seeping throws a body punch but Aspanuhkin moves out of range.
Seeping looks to land a combination. Aspanuhkin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Seeping looks to score with a jab to the body but Aspanuhkin is just out of range.
Aspanuhkin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aspanuhkin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seeping pinned against the cage. Seeping gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Aspanuhkin has closed the distance and engaged Seeping in a clinch.
Seeping misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Seeping is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Aspanuhkin pulls guard.
Aspanuhkin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aspanuhkin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Aspanuhkin tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aspanuhkin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kurul Aspanuhkin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Aspanuhkin dives in and grabs Seeping's left leg, looking for a takedown. Seeping pushes down on Aspanuhkin's head and hops out.
Seeping throws the left hand but Aspanuhkin avoids the punch easily.
Aspanuhkin dodges the punch combination from Seeping.
Seeping lands a nice hook to Aspanuhkin's body. Aspanuhkin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seeping. Aspanuhkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aspanuhkin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Aspanuhkin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seeping thows a body shot but no joy.
Aspanuhkin has a takedown stuffed.
Seeping throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aspanuhkin counters with a two punch combo.
Seeping fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aspanuhkin manages to avoid it.

Aspanuhkin clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seeping prevents a takedown attempt there.
Moistly Seeping has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurul Aspanuhkin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Seeping trying to control the position but instead, Aspanuhkin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Seeping into the cage.
Aspanuhkin tries to break free but Seeping pushes him back against the cage.

Seeping breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Seeping lands a right hook to the body.
Aspanuhkin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Seeping will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the body from Seeping misses

and Aspanuhkin counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Seeping!
Aspanuhkin is breathing heavily.
Aspanuhkin is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Seeping is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aspanuhkin controls the position.

Aspanuhkin decides to take the fight back to the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seeping. Aspanuhkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moistly Seeping is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeping just misses with a punch to the body.
Aspanuhkin moves in looking to clinch but Seeping pushes him off.
Aspanuhkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aspanuhkin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seeping fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aspanuhkin on the side of the head.
Aspanuhkin fails with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seeping. Aspanuhkin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Aspanuhkin ducks under a wild hook from Seeping.
Seeping slips a jab and a cross from Aspanuhkin.
Seeping thows a body shot but no joy.
Aspanuhkin defending well as Seeping loads up on a big left hand.
Seeping throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seeping takes a swing at Aspanuhkin's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Aspanuhkin goes for a double leg but Seeping avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Seeping continues to drive forward.
Seeping misses with a hook from the clinch.
Seeping tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seeping works on Aspanuhkin's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aspanuhkin tries to pull guard but Seeping won't allow it.
Aspanuhkin tries to stall but Seeping uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Seeping breaks the clinch.
Seeping takes a swing at Aspanuhkin's ribcage but misses.
Seeping misses with an uppercut. Aspanuhkin saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Aspanuhkin is defended easily by Seeping.
Seeping looks to land a combination but Aspanuhkin avoids it well.
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 Moistly Seeping will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Aspanuhkin avoids the body shot from Seeping.
Seeping ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aspanuhkin moves away.
Aspanuhkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seeping.
Seeping throws a sloppy body shot
and Aspanuhkin counters with a left and a right that stings Seeping.
Seeping misses with a shot to the body
and Aspanuhkin counters with a one-two to the body.
Seeping misses with a body shot
and Aspanuhkin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Aspanuhkin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seeping.
Seeping scores with a jab to the jaw.
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!
Aspanuhkin ducks under a wild hook from Seeping.
Seeping throws a body punch but Aspanuhkin moves out of range.

Aspanuhkin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Seeping quickly recovers to half guard.
Aspanuhkin prevents Seeping from improving his position.
Aspanuhkin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kurul Aspanuhkin has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin trying to control from half guard but Seeping is working away.
Seeping has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Aspanuhkin is working away from the top position though.
Seeping is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Aspanuhkin is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Seeping throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moistly Seeping is winning the standup battle so far.
Aspanuhkin dives in for a single leg takedown but Seeping sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Aspanuhkin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Seeping pushes Aspanuhkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Aspanuhkin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Seeping lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aspanuhkin or not.
Seeping misses with a hook to the ribs.

Seeping pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seeping scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aspanuhkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seeping.
Seeping swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Seeping misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aspanuhkin.
Aspanuhkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seeping.
Seeping lands a nice hook to Aspanuhkin's body. Aspanuhkin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Seeping misses.
Seeping fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aspanuhkin manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seeping throws an off balance right hand

and Aspanuhkin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Seeping gets back to full guard.
Seeping keeping moving, preventing Aspanuhkin from controlling successfully.
Seeping working a defensive guard here.

Aspanuhkin drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Seeping dives on top into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aspanuhkin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Seeping missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seeping throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seeping stands up over Aspanuhkin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Seeping avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Seeping trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

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 Moistly Seeping.
I think Seeping has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Moistly Seeping!