PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nye Obney (ranked 3267 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Happy (ranked 4708 p4p, 411 weight class). Happy has chosen Ken Dodd & the Diddy Men: Happiness as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Obney
vs
Happy

177 cm
25
187 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nye Obney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Happy Happy!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Happy ducks under a wild hook from Obney.
Happy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Obney digs a good hook to Happy's body.
Happy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Obney getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Obney misses the jab.
Happy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Happy scores with a sloppy right hand. Obney should have avoided that one.
Nye Obney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Happy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Happy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Obney.
Obney cracks Happy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Obney thuds his right hand into Happy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Happy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obney looks to land a left hand but Happy moved out of range nicely.
Happy takes one to the side of the head.
Happy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Obney throws an overhand right that lands on Happy's shoulder, as Happy tries to avoid the shot.
Happy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Happy misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Happy gets tackled into the cage by Obney. Obney maintains the clinch.
Happy blocks an uppercut.
Obney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Happy backwards.
Happy wants to get back to striking at distance but Obney won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Obney - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Obney fails to land.
Obney is leaning against Happy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Happy looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Obney scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obney.
A shot in the inside from Obney.
Obney lands a hook that snaps the head of Happy backwards.
Obney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Happy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Obney.
Obney lands a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Obney lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Happy or not.
Obney tries a body shot but Happy blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Obney swings wildly with an uppercut but Happy uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Happy takes a shot to the head.
Obney lands with a short shot to the head.
Obney tries a body shot but Happy blocks it.
Obney lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obney.
Obney is working Happy over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Obney.
Obney works on Happy's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Obney.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obney.
Obney lands with a light punch inside.
Obney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Happy's elbow.

Obney has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Happy uses from the top position.

Obney is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Happy is aware though and is defending well.

Obney is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Happy is aware though and is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obney looking for a sweep. Not yet Obney, not yet.
Obney pulls Happy in to control the position.

Obney working for a triangle but Happy defends it easily.
Obney manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Happy manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obney controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Obney in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Obney stands and throws Happy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Obney throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Obney misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Obney working the ground and pound but Happy is defending the strikes.
Obney misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Obney controls the position.
Obney throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Obney misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Obney just content to control the position.
Happy defending against the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obney controlling the position.
Happy is not content to let Obney control the position.
Obney controls the position from side control.
Obney continues to stall.
Obney is looking to take a break and control but Happy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Happy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Obney working the ground and pound but Happy is defending the strikes.
Obney slows the pace down.
Obney tries to score with some ground and pound. Happy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nye Obney dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Obney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Obney throws a body punch but Happy moves out of range.
Happy throws a counter combo.
A punch combination from Happy misses.
Obney tries to counter by clinching up but Happy breaks away and moves out of range.
Happy fails to land with a series of punches.
Obney throws a lazy right hand but Happy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Happy moves out of range as Obney strikes.

Obney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Happy, pushing him back against the cage.
Obney misses with a body punch.
Obney has a couple of punches blocked by Happy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Obney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Happy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Obney keeps control of Happy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Obney misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obney has Happy pressed against the cage, preventing Happy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Obney.
Obney is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Happy can do to turn this around?
Obney lands a right hand that snaps the head of Happy backwards.
Obney scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Happy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Happy is breathing heavily.
Obney lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Obney cracks Happy with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Obney.
A right hand to the body from Obney.
Obney tries to throw a body punch but Happy avoids it by throwing Obney back against the cage.
Obney lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Obney on the inside.
A short right from Obney on the inside.

Happy is rocked!
Nice body punch from Obney - that landed with a thud.
Obney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Happy is still on wobbly legs! Can Obney finish him?
Obney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Happy backwards.
Obney throws a big uppercut that drops Happy! More strikes from Obney and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Happy lies dazed against the cage as Obney celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nye Obney!
Nye Obney was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
The defeated Happy Happy had this to say: 'Losing makes us grow, growth leads to happiness.'.