PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damo Bodhidharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Callum Tweedie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bodhidharma's entrance music is Houzan Yamamoto - Little Green Apple. A fine choice. Tweedie has chosen Snow Patrol - Chocolate as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Callum Tweedie told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bodhidharma
vs
Tweedie

180 cm
35
265 lbs
27 - 21 - 0

197 cm
34
258 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Underworld Clothing

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 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damo Bodhidharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Callum Tweedie!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Bodhidharma misses

and Tweedie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bodhidharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tweedie blocking some punches.
Tweedie blocks a body shot from Bodhidharma.
Tweedie avoids the elbow strike from Bodhidharma, against the cage.
Bodhidharma lands a nice uppercut.
Tweedie blocks an elbow strike from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma misses with the head strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bodhidharma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tweedie's brow.
Bodhidharma pushes off an throws an elbow but Tweedie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bodhidharma works on Tweedie's body with a couple of short punches.
Bodhidharma lands a nice knee to the body.
Tweedie looks winded!
Tweedie blocks an elbow strike.
Tweedie blocks an elbow strike from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Callum Tweedie has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tweedie blocking some punches.
Bodhidharma landing knees to the head.
Bodhidharma lands an elbow inside that Tweedie shrugs off.
A short left from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma can't find room to land a body shot as Tweedie controls the action.
Bodhidharma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tweedie blocks it with crossed arms.
Bodhidharma looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bodhidharma lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bodhidharma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tweedie is defending well for now.
Bodhidharma misses with a knee strike.
Bodhidharma missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bodhidharma tries to land knees in the clinch but Tweedie avoids the damage to the body.
Bodhidharma prevents a body shot from Tweedie.
A knee to the head by Tweedie.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tweedie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bodhidharma misses with the head strike.
Bodhidharma misses with a knee to the head.
Bodhidharma lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bodhidharma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tweedie blocks it with crossed arms.
Bodhidharma missing with knees to the body.
Tweedie working aggressively here.
Bodhidharma lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tweedie backwards.
Bodhidharma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tweedie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tweedie blocks a body shot from Bodhidharma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tweedie just leaning against Bodhidharma, taking a breather.
Tweedie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tweedie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bodhidharma lands an uppercut.
Bodhidharma with a knee to the head.
Bodhidharma missing with knees to the body.
Bodhidharma takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bodhidharma tries to work over Tweedie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bodhidharma with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tweedie is looking to break free of the clinch but Bodhidharma has double underhooks.
Bodhidharma struggles to land a body shot inside as Tweedie controls his hands.
Tweedie tries to land knees in the clinch but Bodhidharma avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tweedie.
Bodhidharma stalling in the clinch but Tweedie improves position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bodhidharma.
Bodhidharma swings wildly with an uppercut but Tweedie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Bodhidharma.
Tweedie jumps guard but Bodhidharma turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bodhidharma is leaning against Tweedie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bodhidharma tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bodhidharma gets through Tweedie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bodhidharma misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bodhidharma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tweedies head.
Bodhidharma lands a right hand.
Bodhidharma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damo Bodhidharma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Callum Tweedie's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bodhidharma drops Tweedie with a huge uppercut! Tweedie drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Bodhidharma is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damo Bodhidharma!
Damo Bodhidharma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Callum Tweedie spoke after the fight, saying 'Eh..... Ok.....'.