PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Split Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Metsa Aff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Split Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brown
vs
Aff

178 cm
22
183 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
32
180 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Split Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Metsa Aff!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aff misses with a kick to the body.
Aff takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Brown takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Split Brown has been cut.

Aff closes the distance and clinches.
Aff is pushing Brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Aff dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Aff swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Aff is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aff missing with knees to the body.
Aff prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Aff is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Aff prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Aff misses with some punches.
Aff has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown blocking some punches.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aff.

Brown breaks from the clinch.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aff throws out the jab.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Brown lands a head kick. Aff smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown avoids the head kick by Aff.
It appears Brown was looking to counter with a kick there.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Aff fails to land.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Aff has double underhooks.
Aff missing with knees to the body.
Aff tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Aff pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Aff has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aff lands a hook to the side of the head.
Aff with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aff lands an uppercut.
Aff throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.
Aff trying to land knees to the body.
Brown avoiding damage as Aff throws knees to the body.
Aff lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
A right hand to the body from Aff.
Aff tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aff landing knees to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aff.
Aff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aff - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Aff misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aff is struggling to control the position.
Aff trying to land knees to the body.
Aff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aff lands a body shot in the clinch.
Aff stalling in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Aff.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aff has Brown pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metsa Aff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Split Brown's cut.
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.

Aff avoids the head kick by Brown.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick from Aff.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Aff has managed to clinch.
Aff lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown tries to break free but Aff pushes him back against the cage.
Aff keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Aff misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aff scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Brown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown slips under a jab from Aff.
Aff just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBrown.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Aff shrugs it off though.
Aff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Aff on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Aff looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.

Aff clinches up against the cage.
Aff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Aff with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Brown is trying to push Aff away but Aff has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Aff on the inside.
Aff throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown avoiding damage as Aff throws knees to the body.
Aff is trying to maintain a safe position but Brown gets an underhook and turns Aff into the cage.
Aff misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Aff.
Aff avoiding damage.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown prevents a body shot from Aff.
Brown blocks a body shot from Aff.
Brown wants to break free but Aff has control.
Aff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aff has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aff scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aff throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown is trying to force a seperation but Aff has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aff.
Brown prevents a body shot from Aff.
Brown avoiding damage as Aff throws knees to the body.
Aff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Aff tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aff unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown avoiding damage as Aff throws knees to the body.
Brown being controlled against the cage.
Aff has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Aff is controlling the position.
Aff tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aff.
Aff tries to throw a body punch but Brown avoids it by throwing Aff back against the cage.
Brown is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown can't break the clinch.
Brown blocks a body shot from Aff.
A knee to the head by Aff.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Come on Aff - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Aff misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Metsa Aff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Split Brown's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Aff tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Aff throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brown misses with a hook
and Aff counters with a series of strikes. Brown will be more careful next time no doubt.
Aff throws a head kick that half lands.
Brown takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Aff moves out of range of the body kick.
Aff moves out of range of the body kick.
Aff misses with a body shot.
Aff throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters with a nice body kick.
Aff swinging wildly here.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown looks to land a body kick but Aff moved away.
Aff let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Brown scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aff shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aff just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBrown.
Aff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Aff.
Brown misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Brown seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Aff forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.
Aff misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aff tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Aff tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aff tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aff prevents Brown from breaking the clinch.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Aff won't allow it.
Brown blocking some punches.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Aff tries to counter with a clinch but Brown shakes him off and moves away.
Aff throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Aff moves out of range easily.
Brown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Aff throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a low kick, looking for Aff's leg but Aff calmly moves out of range.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Aff sees coming a mile off.
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Aff moves out of range easily.
Aff misses with a body shot.
Aff misses with a head kick.
Aff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aff is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brown rather than just go for the knockout.
Aff moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brown throws a wild body kick that Aff sees coming a mile off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brown.
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Aff shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Brown.
Brown takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Aff.
Brown was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Aff misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aff takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Aff misses with a series of wild punches.
Aff misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Metsa Aff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aff takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown is looking to counter with a body kick.
Aff tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Aff.
Aff throws a head kick that misses.
Aff takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
Brown throws a head kick but Aff moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Aff misses.
Metsa Aff is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Metsa Aff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aff has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Metsa Aff!
Our winner, Metsa Aff, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.