PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaka Pheu Pheu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almasy has chosen The Black Mages - Force Your Way as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Pheu Pheu
vs
Almasy

184 cm
35
207 lbs
23 - 12 - 1

188 cm
34
215 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaka Pheu Pheu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy ducks under a wild hook from Pheu Pheu.

Almasy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pheu Pheu, pushing him back against the cage.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Pheu Pheu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pheu Pheu avoiding damage as Almasy throws knees to the body.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Almasys head.
Almasy controlling the action here for a moment.
Pheu Pheu misses with a punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Almasy or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pheu Pheu blocks it with crossed arms.
Almasy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Almasy misses with a punch to the body.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pheu Pheu lands an uppercut.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.
Almasy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Pheu Pheu.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pheu Pheu letting Almasy take a breather here.
Pheu Pheu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pheu Pheu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pheu Pheu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Almasy misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pheu Pheu letting Almasy take a breather here.
A short left from Pheu Pheu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pheu Pheu working aggressively here.
Pheu Pheu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pheu Pheu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pheu Pheu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pheu Pheu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pheu Pheu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Almasy or not.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Almasy lands a knee to the body.
Pheu Pheu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Almasy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Almasy blocking some punches.
Pheu Pheu swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pheu Pheu takes a knee to the side of the body.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pheu Pheu avoids it.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Almasy.
A short uppercut from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Almasy is looking to control Pheu Pheu's arms but Pheu Pheu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Almasy has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
Pheu Pheu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Almasy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pheu Pheu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pheu Pheu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pheu Pheu prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pheu Pheu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pheu Pheu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Almasys head.
Pheu Pheu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Almasy blocks the elbow strike.
Almasy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pheu Pheu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kaka Pheu Pheu will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Almasy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Almasy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seifer Almasy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Almasy misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Pheu Pheu.
Almasy shoots in but no luck this time.
Pheu Pheu throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Almasy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.
Almasy slows down the pace here.
Almasy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pheu Pheu is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pheu Pheu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pheu Pheu blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy tries to land knees in the clinch but Pheu Pheu avoids the damage to the body.
Pheu Pheu avoiding damage as Almasy throws knees to the body.
Almasy missing with knees to the body.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Pheu Pheu fails to land.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy working aggressively here.
Pheu Pheu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Almasy avoids it.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Almasy missing with knees to the body.
Almasy throws a punch but it's blocked by Pheu Pheu.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pheu Pheu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Almasy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy misses with a knee strike.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pheu Pheu blocks an uppercut.
Pheu Pheu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
Almasy trying to control the position but instead, Pheu Pheu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Almasy into the cage.
Pheu Pheu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pheu Pheu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Almasy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pheu Pheu is defending well.
Kaka Pheu Pheu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seifer Almasy.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pheu Pheu lands with a left to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pheu Pheu as Almasy tries to tie him up.
Seifer Almasy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Pheu Pheu pushes Almasy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pheu Pheu throws a punch but it's blocked by Almasy.
Almasy scores with an uppercut up the middle.

It looks like Kaka Pheu Pheu has been cut.
Almasy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pheu Pheu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pheu Pheu managing to block the knees to the body from Almasy.
Almasy slowing the pace effectively.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pheu Pheu blocks it with crossed arms.
Almasy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Almasy lands a nice knee to the body.
Pheu Pheu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Almasys head.
Almasy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pheu Pheu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Almasys head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
Almasy wants to stall.
Almasy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seifer Almasy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kaka Pheu Pheu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Good exchange - Pheu Pheu coming out on top.
Pheu Pheu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pheu Pheu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pheu Pheu slips a jab and a cross from Almasy.

Almasy pushes Pheu Pheu up against the cage in a clinch.
Almasy blocking some punches.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks with his arms.
Pheu Pheu tries a body shot but Almasy blocks it.
Almasy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pheu Pheu is defending well for now.
Almasy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Almasys head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pheu Pheu lands a shoulder strike.
Pheu Pheu tries to work over Almasy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pheu Pheu lands with a left to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pheu Pheu throws a punch but it's blocked by Almasy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pheu Pheu misses with a punch on the inside.
Pheu Pheu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.
Almasy wants to stall.
Almasy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu is leaning against Almasy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pheu Pheu working aggressively here.
Almasy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pheu Pheu.
Pheu Pheu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Almasy backwards.
Almasy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Almasy blocks an uppercut.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Pheu Pheu is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Pheu Pheu blocks it.
Almasy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pheu Pheu tries a knee to the head but Almasy blocks it.
Almasy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pheu Pheu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Almasy. Those never looked like landing.
Almasy wants to clinch
and Pheu Pheu counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Almasy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pheu Pheu.
Kaka Pheu Pheu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almasy with a poor takedown
and Almasy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kaka Pheu Pheu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seifer Almasy.
Pheu Pheu feints and then cracks Almasy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Almasy down.
That kick from Pheu Pheu tenderised Almasy's leg. Almasy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jab by Pheu Pheu.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pheu Pheu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy walks into a left hand.

Almasy is rocked!
A thudding body kick lands there by Pheu Pheu!
Almasy is still on wobbly legs! Can Pheu Pheu finish him?
Pheu Pheu connects with a leg kick. Almasy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pheu Pheu drops Almasy with a naaaaasty hook - Almasy is in real trouble here! Pheu Pheu dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaka Pheu Pheu!
After winning the bout, Kaka Pheu Pheu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.