PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clement Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blue Kandle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Giles
vs
Kandle

218 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clement Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Blue Kandle!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kandle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Giles circles away quickly and effectively.
Giles misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Kandle pushes Giles up against the cage in a clinch.
Kandle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Giles is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kandle can't fight it off and eventually Giles manages to take the fight to the floor. Kandle looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Giles stands up and waves to Kandle to follow him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kandle throws a combination. Giles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Horrible takedown attempt by Giles or perhaps it was just good defense by Kandle, which made it look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kandle lands a nice looking body shot.
Blue Kandle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kandle takes the fight into the clinch.
Giles has Kandle pressed against the cage, preventing Kandle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kandle lands a right hand.
Giles is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kandle gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clement Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Giles is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kandle is defending well.
Giles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Giles is breathing heavily.
Kandle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Giles tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kandle just stands there and leans against the cage.
Giles trying to land knees to the body.
Giles prevents Kandle from breaking the clinch.
Kandle throws an elbow that misses.
Giles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kandle pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kandle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kandle is trying to break the clinch but Giles is controlling him.
Giles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kandle walks away with a smile on his face. Giles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kandle throws a push kick but Giles slaps the foot to one side.
Giles tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kandle manages to circle out of the way.
Kandle misses with a few strikes there.
Giles attempts a counter takedown but Kandle avoids it well and moves away.
Kandle lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Giles goes down and covers up as Kandle starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blue Kandle!
Blue Kandle bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.