PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almasy comes into the arena with The Black Mages - Force Your Way blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Peter Maynard enters the cage!

Almasy
vs
Maynard

188 cm
37
215 lbs
23 - 21 - 0

195 cm
42
218 lbs
22 - 29 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
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 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Almasy closes the distance and pushes Maynard back into the cage.
Maynard avoiding damage as Almasy throws knees to the body.
Almasy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Maynard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maynard misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Almasy tries to throw a body punch but Maynard avoids it by throwing Almasy back against the cage.
Maynard is trying to maintain a safe position but Almasy gets an underhook and turns Maynard into the cage.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Maynard is blocking nicely.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maynard blocks it with crossed arms.
Almasy blocks an elbow strike.
Almasy looking to throw knees to the head but Maynard is blocking nicely.
Almasy stalling in the clinch.
Almasy managing to block the knees to the body from Maynard.
Almasy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maynard is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Almasy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maynard trying to control the position but instead, Almasy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maynard into the cage.
Maynard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Almasy is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard lands a nice elbow.

Almasy turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Almasy manages to end up in side control.
Almasy controls the position.
Maynard managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Almasy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Maynard wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maynard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Almasy lands a decent elbow from side control.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Almasy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Almasy is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Maynard's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sloppy strikes there by Almasy.
Almasy takes a little break here. Maynard wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The ground and pound from Almasy seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Maynard is looking to reverse the position.
Almasy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Maynard down.
Almasy tries to score with some ground and pound. Maynard controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The strikes coming from Almasy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Almasy postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Almasy controls the position.
Maynard avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Almasy.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Almasy.
Maynard defending against the ground and pound.
Almasy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Almasy in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Further stalling from Almasy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seifer Almasy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Almasy blocks a head kick by Maynard.
Almasy tries to clinch but Maynard is having none of it.
Almasy scoring well with a low kick there.
Almasy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Almasy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maynard.

Almasy pushes Maynard up against the cage in a clinch.
Almasy misses with a knee to the head.
Almasy managing to block the knees to the body from Maynard.
Maynard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maynard avoiding damage as Almasy throws knees to the body.
Maynard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Almasy avoids it.
Maynard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maynard throws an elbow but it misses.
Almasy missing with knees to the body.
Almasy lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Peter Maynard has been cut.
Maynard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maynard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Almasy blocks it with crossed arms.
Maynard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Maynard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Almasy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Maynard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Almasy lands a knee to the head.

Almasy gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Almasy throwing shots but Maynard is blocking nicely.
Maynard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Almasy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Maynard wants to improve his position but Almasy is controlling well.
Almasy is nestled in close to Maynard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Almasy working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Maynard's thigh. Maynard counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Almasy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Almasy slows the pace down in half guard.
Almasy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Almasy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almasy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Almasy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Maynard can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Almasy is working away from the top position though.
Almasy throwing shots but Maynard is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almasy stalling.
Almasy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Almasy prevents Maynard from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maynard is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Almasy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Almasy scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Almasy looking to finish Maynard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maynard!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Almasy! Maynard is hurt baaadly! Almasy is firing away with more strikes - Maynard is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seifer Almasy!
A very excited looking Seifer Almasy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.