PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amigo Cerveza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and arthur spankalot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cerveza
vs
spankalot

189 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
19
205 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amigo Cerveza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, arthur spankalot!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cerveza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
spankalot moves away from the strike by Cerveza.
spankalot shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cerveza as he avoids it easily.
Cerveza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cerveza throws a big shot that misses.
spankalot takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
spankalot shoots for a double leg takedown but Cerveza sprawls well. He's pushed spankalot's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Amigo Cerveza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of arthur spankalot.
spankalot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Cerveza scores with a takedown into spankalot's guard.
Cerveza trying to control the position from guard on top but spankalot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cerveza is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

spankalot throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cerveza uses it to pass to side control.
spankalot manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cerveza is taking a breather. spankalot says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerveza is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Cerveza wants to lay and pray for a moment but spankalot keeps working.
Cerveza is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
spankalot looks gassed!
Cerveza trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cerveza avoids the attempt from spankalot to control.
Cerveza prevents spankalot from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cerveza landing shots from mount.
spankalot manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Cerveza trying to pass the guard but spankalot defending well.
Cerveza is figuring out what he wants to do next.
spankalot has hold of Cerveza's hands but Cerveza slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Cerveza controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerveza seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down spankalot for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Amigo Cerveza just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Cerveza gets a takedown into half guard.
Cerveza passes the guard and advances to mount!
A nice elbow there by Cerveza.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cerveza lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cerveza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Cerveza connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cerveza controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Cerveza connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cerveza knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for spankalot on the ground.
Cerveza lands a heavy elbow.
Cerveza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cerveza has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of spankalot's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amigo Cerveza dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cerveza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cerveza fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
spankalot manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Cerveza wants to stand up but spankalot has a hold of him and won't allow it.
spankalot wants to get back to full guard but Cerveza has mounted him!
Cerveza scoring with strikes but spankalot is staying in there.
Cerveza content just to control the position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
spankalot tries to hold on but Cerveza pushes him away.
Cerveza tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cerveza can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as spankalot is looking to escape.
Cerveza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Amigo Cerveza just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cerveza punishes spankalot's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Cerveza darts in and clinches spankalot up against the ropes.

Cerveza breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cerveza connects with a single shot there.

Cerveza changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. spankalot looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cerveza trying to control the position but spankalot is working away.
spankalot regains half guard there - taking advantage of Cerveza's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Cerveza trying to control from half guard but spankalot is working away.
spankalot trying to hold on to Cerveza's head to control him but Cerveza postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cerveza works his way into full mount!
Amigo Cerveza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cerveza controlling from the full mount.
Cerveza with shots to the head and body - spankalot looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cerveza controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cerveza with good strikes from the mount here!
Cerveza looking to control and managing it successfully.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Amigo Cerveza just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cerveza tests spankalot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
spankalot has his takedown stuffed
and Cerveza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
spankalot walks into a stiff left hand from Cerveza.
arthur spankalot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cerveza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cerveza connects with a nice looking jab.
Cerveza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amigo Cerveza dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Cerveza fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. spankalot sprawls well initially but Cerveza persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cerveza stalling away here and it's allowed spankalot to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Cerveza trying to control the position from guard on top but spankalot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cerveza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Cerveza avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cerveza controls from within his opponent's guard.
spankalot wants to sweep here but Cerveza controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cerveza trying to control the position from guard on top but spankalot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cerveza seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cerveza working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cerveza is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cerveza wants to control from the top but spankalot keeps moving.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Amigo Cerveza just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cerveza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck spankalot on the side of the head.
Cerveza jabs at spankalot's body.

Cerveza shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cerveza looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cerveza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cerveza postures up in spankalot's guard and throws a big left but spankalot blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

spankalot looking for a guillotine here but Cerveza defends easily.
Cerveza showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cerveza preventing the sweep.
Cerveza controlling from the top position.
spankalot has momentary wrist control but Cerveza slips an elbow through the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

spankalot looking for a guillotine here but Cerveza defends easily.
spankalot keeping moving, preventing Cerveza from controlling successfully.
Cerveza controlling from the top position.
arthur spankalot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Amigo Cerveza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cerveza trying to control the position from guard on top but spankalot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amigo Cerveza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cerveza 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 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amigo Cerveza!