PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Collin Glorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pelle Paniikki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glorious comes into the arena with Rick Ross ft Weezy - I'm a G blaring out of the sound system. Paniikki has chosen N'sync - Bye Bye Bye as his entrance music. Collin Glorious has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Glorious
vs
Paniikki

180 cm
43
154 lbs
29 - 14 - 3

165 cm
36
155 lbs
21 - 27 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 29 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Collin Glorious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pelle Paniikki!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Glorious moves into the clinch.
Glorious lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Glorious just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paniikki's brow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Glorious.
Glorious lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paniikki jumps guard but Glorious turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Glorious tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paniikki's elbow.
Glorious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paniikki is defending well for now.
Glorious tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paniikki avoids it.
A short right from Glorious.
Glorious scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Glorious.
Paniikki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Paniikki is trying to pull guard but Glorious has him pressed against the cage.
Collin Glorious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pelle Paniikki.
Paniikki tries to pull guard but Glorious forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paniikki tries to pull guard but Glorious won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paniikki tries to pull guard but Glorious forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Glorious scores with a shoulder strike.
Glorious creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Paniikki goes for a takedown attempt but Glorious pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorious is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paniikki.
Glorious looks to score with a jab to the body but Paniikki is just out of range.
Glorious misses with a wild body shot.
Glorious fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paniikki.
Glorious slaps away a takedown attempt from Paniikki, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Glorious lands a jab to Paniikki's midsection.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Paniikki has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Paniikki fails with the takedown
and Glorious counters with a body kick.
Glorious attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorious throws a lazy right hand but Paniikki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paniikki fails with the takedown
and Glorious counters with a two punch combo.
Paniikki darts in looking for a takedown but Glorious gets double underhooks and turns Paniikki into the cage.
Glorious lands with a light punch inside.
Paniikki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paniikki is trying to pull guard but Glorious turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Paniikki tries to pull guard but Glorious holds him up against the cage and eventually Paniikki drops back down to his feet.
Glorious prevents a takedown attempt there.
Glorious missing with knees to the body.
Glorious lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paniikki.
Glorious lands a nice shot to the body.
Glorious looking to throw knees to the head but Paniikki is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorious tries a body shot but Paniikki blocks it.
Paniikki is trying to pull guard but Glorious has him pressed against the cage.
Glorious tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paniikki avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Glorious just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paniikki's brow.
Paniikki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Glorious is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, Glorious throws an elbow but misses.
Paniikki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Paniikki managing to block the knees to the body from Glorious.
Glorious misses with a body punch.
A short left from Glorious.
Paniikki avoids the elbow strike from Glorious, against the cage.
Glorious struggles to land a body shot inside as Paniikki controls his hands.
Glorious missing with knees to the body.
Glorious lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Glorious lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paniikki jumps guard but Glorious turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Paniikki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glorious struggles to land a body shot inside as Paniikki controls his hands.
Paniikki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice body punch from Glorious.
Paniikki fails to pull guard.
Glorious misses with a hook to the ribs.
Glorious tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paniikki avoids it.
Glorious misses with a punch to the body.
Glorious is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paniikki is defending well for now.
Glorious throws an elbow that misses.
Glorious gets through Paniikki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Glorious misses with an elbow over the top.
Paniikki jumps guard but Glorious stands there with Paniikki around his waist. Paniikki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Glorious misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Glorious lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin Glorious dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Paniikki tries for a takedown but Glorious circles away easily
letting Glorious counter with a right hand.
Paniikki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Glorious as Paniikki shoots in.
Collin Glorious has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pelle Paniikki.
Glorious throws out a powerful jab.

Paniikki is rocked!
That kick from Glorious tenderised Paniikki's leg. Paniikki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Paniikki is still on wobbly legs! Can Glorious finish him?
Glorious throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Paniikki shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Paniikki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Glorious defends it well.
Paniikki seems to have recovered his senses.
Paniikki is looking to advance position but Glorious won't allow it.
Glorious is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paniikki can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Glorious is defending against the submission attempts here by Paniikki.
Glorious won't allow Paniikki to pass to mount.

Glorious is defending against the submission attempts here by Paniikki.
Glorious knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paniikki on the ground.
Glorious tries to get to full guard but Paniikki has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Paniikki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Paniikki is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Paniikki seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paniikki is trying to work for a kimura but Glorious is defending well.
Glorious wants to get back to full guard.

Paniikki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Glorious has managed to free his arm - good work.

Paniikki seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Glorious has recovered full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paniikki throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Glorious escapes and throws Paniikki's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Paniikki gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Glorious controlling the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Paniikki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
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 Collin Glorious will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Glorious throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Glorious scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paniikki in his tracks.
Glorious misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paniikki.
Glorious avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paniikki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Glorious tries to avoid it but Paniikki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Glorious to the ground. Glorious escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Paniikki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Glorious but Glorious pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Glorious wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glorious misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paniikki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Paniikki is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Glorious!

Paniikki swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Glorious is now in Paniikki's guard. A big mistake from Paniikki there, giving up the dominant position!

Paniikki looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Glorious passes into side control.
Paniikki is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paniikki is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Paniikki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Paniikki looking for submissions off his back.
Glorious wants to free his trapped foot but Paniikki is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorious content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Paniikki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Paniikki moves into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Glorious avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Paniikki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Paniikki looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Glorious has picked Paniikki up and slammed him! Paniikki can't keep hold of the triangle and Glorious manages to pass to side control!
Glorious will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Paniikki is looking for a sweep.
Paniikki looks to move to half guard but instead Glorious has passed into mount! Damn!
Paniikki is squirming around, avoiding Glorious's attempts to control the action.
Pelle Paniikki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Glorious is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Collin Glorious showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Glorious, 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Collin Glorious!