PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Ahma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Pipkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ahma
vs
Pipkin

186 cm
26
220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antti Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andy Pipkin!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ahma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ahma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pipkin.
Ahma connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pipkin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ahma throws out a loose jab but Pipkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pipkin staying out of range there.
Pipkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Pipkin.
Pipkin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Antti Ahma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahma throws a jab but it's blocked by Pipkin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pipkin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ahma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ahma throws the left hand but Pipkin avoids the punch easily.
Pipkin tries to counter by closing the distance.
Ahma has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ahma dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahma scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pipkin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ahma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pipkin wants to counter the offense by Ahma and move into the clinch position.

Pipkin clinches up against the cage.
Ahma takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ahma misses with a body punch.
Pipkin tries to work over Ahma's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ahma goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ahma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pipkin or not.
Pipkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahma will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pipkin up against the cage.
Ahma avoids a wild elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma blocks an elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma blocking some punches.
Ahma wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ahma on the inside.
Ahma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pipkin throws an elbow but it misses.
Good body shot from Pipkin.
Ahma blocks an uppercut.
Pipkin lands an elbow inside that Ahma shrugs off.

It looks like Antti Ahma has been cut.
Stalling in the clinch from Pipkin.
Ahma slowing the pace effectively.
Ahma dodges an elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pipkin or not.
Ahma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pipkins head.
Ahma dodges an elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma takes an elbow to the temple.
Pipkin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ahma lands with a short shot to the head.
Ahma stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Ahma.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahma.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ahma lands with a light punch inside.
Ahma misses with a punch to the body.
Pipkin misses with an elbow strike.
Pipkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ahma's defenses.
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma taking a breather.
Pipkin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pipkin misses with an elbow over the top.
Pipkin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pipkin lands an uppercut.
Pipkin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pipkin takes a shot to the head.
Ahma dodges an elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pipkin lands a body punch.
A short left from Ahma.
Ahma scores with a shot to the side of Pipkin's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pipkin lands an elbow that stopped Ahma in his tracks for a moment.
Ahma working aggressively here.
Ahma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pipkin misses with an elbow strike.
Pipkin pushes off an throws an elbow but Ahma leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pipkin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ahma's brow.
Pipkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pipkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pipkin.
Ahma avoids a wild elbow strike from Pipkin.
Ahma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pipkin throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Ahma.
Pipkin looks winded!
Ahma pushes Pipkin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pipkin misses with a punch to the body.
Ahma is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pipkin is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Ahma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antti Ahma's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Good shot there by Ahma.
Pipkin tries to clinch up but Ahma circles away and keeps his distance.
Ahma misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Ahma misses.
Pipkin is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ahma jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ahma scores with a punch to the head.

Pipkin is rocked!
Ahma scores with a shot to the body.
Ahma lands a nice shot to the body.
and Ahma counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Pipkin! He's just covering up as Ahma starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antti Ahma!