PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop (ranked 624 p4p, 80 weight class) and Johannes Brahms (ranked 643 p4p, 84 weight class). Brahms is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 40 : 1 - Sabaton. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop
vs
Brahms

182 cm
37
170 lbs
29 - 14 - 1

169 cm
29
154 lbs
15 - 6 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
Hardcore Nutrition 160Q ($150)

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 3, fighting out of New York, Johannes Brahms!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has Brahms up against the cage in a clinch.
Brahms lands an uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brahms's elbow.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brahms blocks an uppercut.
Brahms softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Brahms's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body punch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to work over Brahms's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop rushes Brahms and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scoring well with a low kick there.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brahms dodges the punch combination from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brahms tries to move into range but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a kick to the body
and Brahms counters with a good low kick that Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop was not able to check.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land a body kick
and Brahms cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brahms connects with a solid leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to clinch.
Brahms appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brahms scoring well with a low kick there.
Brahms blocks the body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahms throws a leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop checks it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brahms uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms tries a quick counter leg kick but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is wise to it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brahms chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop can pounce on him.
Brahms avoids the head kick by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brahms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a one two! Brahms had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to chop away at Brahms's legs.
Brahms is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a hook but Brahms avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to clinch there but Brahms circles away.
Brahms misses with a body shot.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop swings for the body but Brahms moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop backing away here, and Brahms unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop forces Brahms back against the cage and clinches.
Brahms pushes Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to land a right hand but Brahms moved out of range.
Brahms displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws out the jab.
Brahms takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brahms checks the leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to close the distance and clinch up but Brahms swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brahms blocks a jab.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to clinch there but Brahms circles away.
Brahms feints a counter leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a two punch combo.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop wants to clinch up but Brahms keeps it at a distance.
Brahms swings for the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a low kick but Brahms moves out of range easily.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a nice body kick.
Brahms misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
A jab from Brahms finds it's way through Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's defenses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a leg kick. Brahms looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brahms takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Brahms dodges the punch combination from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBrahms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to land a body kick but Brahms moved away.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brahms pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves in looking to clinch but Brahms pushes him off.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Brahms makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Brahms scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a jab to the jaw.
Brahms avoids the head kick by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to clinch up but Brahms circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab lands there for Brahms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop pushes Brahms up against the cage in a clinch.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop struggles to land a body shot inside as Brahms controls his hands.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Brahms gets tackled into the cage by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brahms misses with the head strike.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop can't find room to land a body shot as Brahms controls the action.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brahms scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land a leg kick but Brahms saw it coming and moves away.
Brahms is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brahms changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a looping overhand right but Brahms ducks down to avoid it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a leg kick but Brahms sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brahms can do to turn this around?
Brahms gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a lazy right hand but Brahms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brahms ducks under a wild hook from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brahms was well out of range. Poor timing from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with the left hand. Brahms knows he should have avoided that one.
Brahms steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. That one must have hurt.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a head kick that misses
and Brahms counters with a head kick. That will keep Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop. Brahms shrugs it off though.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Brahms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms feints the counter takedown.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a good cross that connects.
Brahms checks a leg kick nicely.
Brahms slips a jab from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brahms! But no joy.
Brahms swings widly with a right hand
and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop doesn't seem bothered though.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses the body punch
and Brahms counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brahms feints and then cracks Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop down.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop with a jab.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brahms's head backwards.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brahms is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop delivers a nice body kick.
Brahms ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves away.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks for the body kick but Brahms saw that one coming.
Brahms appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop works over Brahms's head and body with a nice combination.
Brahms shoots in and drives through. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop sprawls well.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop swings widly with a right hand
and Brahms counters with a nice uppercut.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to close the distance and clinch but Brahms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brahms with the counter takedown but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids it easily.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a leg kick which misses Brahms's front leg but catches the back leg as Brahms tries to avoid it.
Brahms takes one to the chin there.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a lunging right hand

and Brahms counters with a head kick that drops Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop to the mat! Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is rocked!
Brahms has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Brahms shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Oh Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brahms working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brahms throws a big elbow that misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop seems to have got his legs back now.
Brahms trying to control but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook.
Brahms let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop takes a swing at Brahms's ribcage but misses.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with the left hand. Brahms knows he should have avoided that one.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries a low kick but Brahms avoids it.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brahms is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop rather than just go for the knockout.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brahms manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brahms is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's corner calls for a 1-2. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a low kick as Brahms jumps back.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop backing away here, and Brahms unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a head kick.
Brahms feints the counter takedown.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahms's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brahms scrambles back to his feet.
Brahms avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brahms looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop forces Brahms back against the cage and clinches.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a punch but it's blocked by Brahms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brahms.
Brahms softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brahms.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop prevents the takedown attempt.
Brahms can't get the takedown.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brahms wants to take the fight to the mat but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johannes Brahms.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is working Brahms over against the cage.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop manages to break the clinch.
Brahms stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop scores with a leg kick.
Johannes Brahms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop moves in looking to clinch but Brahms pushes him off.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop lands a really nice looking cross but Brahms seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brahms is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
That kick from Brahms tenderised Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop's leg. Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is trying to keep his angry face on.

Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brahms, pushing him back against the cage.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brahms scores with a shoulder strike.
Brahms is looking to take this one to the mat.
Brahms drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brahms blocking some punches.
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahms throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bops head.
Brahms can't get the takedown.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop misses with a body punch.
Brahms goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop can't find room to land a body shot as Brahms controls the action.
Brahms lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brahms has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop after a bit of a struggle.
Brahms prevents a body shot from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Brahms's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brahms blocks a body shot from Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brahms throws a head punch that misses.
Brahms lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop.
Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop throws a punch but it's blocked by Brahms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brahms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brahms.
Brahms misses with a punch on the inside.
Brahms working aggressively here.
Brahms is trying to drag Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop to the mat but Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brahms is looking to take this one to the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop!
A very excited looking Beezow Doo-Doo Zopitty-Bop-Bop-Bop 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.