PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arne Kjolby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kjolby's choice of entrance music: Killing in the name of.... Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faria
vs
Kjolby

195 cm
30
265 lbs
24 - 6 - 0

225 cm
36
280 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arne Kjolby!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kjolby displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Faria throws out the jab.
A big right from Faria misses.
Kjolby scores with a jab.

It looks like Abbe Faria has been cut.

Kjolby has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kjolby controlling the action here for a moment.
Faria swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kjolby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Faria obliges.
Kjolby blocking some punches.
Faria cracks Kjolby with a nice body shot.
Kjolby looks winded!
Faria works on Kjolby's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faria working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kjolby's coach down at FEN GYM was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kjolby's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Faria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kjolby backwards.
Faria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Faria.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Faria.
Faria lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Faria lands a hook that snaps the head of Kjolby backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria working Kjolby over with knees to the body.
Faria misses with a punch on the inside.
Faria missing with knees to the body.
Faria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kjolby blocks it with crossed arms.
Faria throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kjolbys head.
Faria working Kjolby over with knees to the body.
Faria lands a knee to the body.
Faria stalling in the clinch.
Kjolby is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kjolby blocks a body shot from Faria.
Kjolby is trying to maintain a safe position but Faria gets an underhook and turns Kjolby into the cage.
Faria lands a shoulder strike.
Kjolby takes a shot to the head.
Kjolby throws a punch but it's blocked by Faria.
Kjolby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Faria backwards.
Kjolby takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjolby managing to block the knees to the body from Faria.
Faria tries to throw a body punch but Kjolby avoids it by throwing Faria back against the cage.
Kjolby swings wildly with an uppercut but Faria uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjolby throws a head punch that misses.
Faria misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kjolby.
Faria blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kjolby.
Kjolby throws a punch but it's blocked by Faria.
Faria blocks an uppercut.
Faria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kjolby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Faria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kjolby blocks it with crossed arms.
Faria is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kjolby is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kjolby as Faria tries to tie him up.
Faria trying to land knees to the body.
Faria tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kjolby avoids it.
Kjolby looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faria.
Faria trying to land knees to the body.
Kjolby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Faria lands a hook that snaps the head of Kjolby backwards.
Faria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kjolby working aggressively here.
Faria blocks an uppercut.
Kjolby tries to stall but Faria uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Faria blocking some punches.
Kjolby stalling.
Faria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kjolby has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kjolby on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Faria looking to throw knees to the head but Kjolby is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kjolby.
Faria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faria misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kjolby tries to stall but Faria uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kjolby.
Kjolby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faria misses with a knee strike.
Faria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjolby trying to stall but Faria improves his position.
Faria working aggressively here.
Kjolby working aggressively here.
Faria blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Faria lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Faria misses with a knee strike.
Kjolby lands with a short shot to the head.
Faria misses with a punch on the inside.
Faria throws a knee to the head but misses.
Faria misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Faria - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Faria is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kjolby is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Faria misses with a wild body shot.
Kjolby tries to counter with a clinch but Faria shakes him off and moves away.
Arne Kjolby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kjolby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kjolby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kjolby tries to clinch but Faria is having none of it.
Kjolby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Faria manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Faria appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kjolby throws a sloppy head kick and Faria moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faria. Kjolby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kjolby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kjolby on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Faria circles away from the clinch attempt

and Faria counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kjolby won't be happy with that.
Faria tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Faria advances to mount.
Kjolby working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjolby is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kjolby keeps trying to improve his position.
Faria trying to control but Kjolby is having none of it.
Faria prevents Kjolby from getting the reversal.
Faria postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kjolby looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Faria connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kjolby is looking to get to half guard.
Kjolby tries to lock up and control but Faria gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Faria raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Faria.
Kjolby tries to hold on but Faria pushes him away.
Abbe Faria overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Faria trying to control but Kjolby is having none of it.
Faria is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kjolby can do to turn this around?
Faria unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kjolby wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Faria celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abbe Faria!
Abbe Faria retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Abbe Faria thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.