PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrik Mustonen (ranked 2696 p4p, 4510 weight class) and Vahid Azari (ranked 328 p4p, 496 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Mustonen
vs
Azari

180 cm
27
168
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
28
160
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrik Mustonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vahid Azari!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azari looks to land a left hand but Mustonen moved out of range nicely.
Azari checks a leg kick nicely.
Azari misses with a straight right.
Mustonen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Azari just manages to avoid it.
Mustonen connects with a leg kick.
Azari misses with a hook.
Mustonen misses with a leg kick.
Mustonen ducks under a wild hook from Azari.
Mustonen throws a counter high kick but Azari was just alert enough to avoid it.
Azari throws a hook but Mustonen avoids it easily.
Azari misses with a hook.
Mustonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azari.
Mustonen is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've been informed that Azari has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mustonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azari.
Azari stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mustonen.
Azari throws the left hand but Mustonen avoids the punch easily.
Mustonen tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Azari manages to circle out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azari throws a jab when Mustonen was well out of range.
Azari throws a looping overhand right but Mustonen ducks down to avoid it.
Mustonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Azari misses with a left hand
and Mustonen counters with a body kick that stops Azari in his tracks momentarily.
Mustonen slips under a jab from Azari.
Mustonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Azari.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azari.
Azari misses with a right hand
and Mustonen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mustonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Azari is out of range and Mustonen settles back down.
Azari takes a swing at Mustonen's ribcage but misses.
Mustonen lands a leg kick that knocks Azari off balance momentarily.
Vahid Azari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mustonen connects with a leg kick.
Azari throws a jab when Mustonen was well out of range.
Mustonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azari.
Some bone on bone action there as Azari checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mustonen scores with a kick to the body.
Mustonen throws a leg kick that misses.
Mustonen throws a leg kick but Azari sees it coming and moves out of range.
Azari looks to throw the jab but Mustonen is out of range.
Mustonen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mustonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azari throws out the jab.
Mustonen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Azari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustonen.
Azari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mustonen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Azari throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen throws a front kick aimed at Azari's knee but Azari avoids it well.
Mustonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azari throws out the jab.
Azari misses with a straight right.
Azari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mustonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Azari.
Mustonen misses with a low kick as Azari jumps back.
Azari throws a jab but it's blocked by Mustonen.
Mustonen throws a leg kick but Azari moved away.
Azari throws a hook but Mustonen blocks it.
Mustonen blocks a jab.
Mustonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Azari.
Azari works the jab nicely.
Azari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mustonen.
Mustonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mustonen misses with a leg kick.
Mustonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azari.
Mustonen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Azari looks to land a left hand but Mustonen moved out of range nicely.
Azari throws a looping overhand right but Mustonen ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Azari.
Nice defenses there by Mustonen.
Mustonen half committed to a counter leg kick.
Azari throws a lazy uppercut

and Mustonen counters by moving into the clinch.
Azari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Azari blocks it.
Mustonen connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Azari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Vahid Azari has been cut.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Mustonen misses with a knee to the head.
Mustonen working Azari over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mustonen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Azari looks winded!
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Azari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Mustonen blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Azari pushes Mustonen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mustonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the head but Azari blocks with his arms.
Azari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mustonen backwards.
Mustonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Azari's face.
Azari misses with a punch on the inside.
Mustonen misses with a knee to the head.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Azari misses with some punches.
Azari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Azari has a couple of punches blocked by Mustonen.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Mustonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mustonen throws a leg kick but Azari sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mustonen slips a jab from Azari.
Azari's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mustonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Azari.
Mustonen lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mustonen blocks a jab.
Vahid Azari seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mustonen blocks a jab.
Mustonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Azari scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Azari.
Azari lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Azari looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustonen is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azari pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mustonen misses with a head kick.
Mustonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mustonen throws a low kick but Azari moves out of range easily.
Azari checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Azari swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen avoids the body shot from Azari.
Azari jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Azari throws a lazy uppercut

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Mustonen counters by clinching up.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Azari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Mustonen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Azari is breathing heavily.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Mustonen blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Patrik Mustonen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Azari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari blocks a body shot from Mustonen.
Azari lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Azari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Azari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen working Azari over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Mustonen.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Azari's ribcage.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Mustonen scores a nice knee to the body.
Mustonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Azari avoids the damage to the body.
Azari throws a head punch that misses.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azari has a couple of punches blocked by Mustonen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mustonen.
Azari misses with some punches.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azari avoids it.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen blocks an uppercut.
Azari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azari managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Mustonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Azari on the inside.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Azari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mustonen missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Mustonen working Azari over with knees to the body.
Mustonen missing with knees to the body.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mustonen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Azari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azari tries a body shot but Mustonen blocks it.
Mustonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Azari has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azari lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Azari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Azari throws a punch but it's blocked by Mustonen.
A short uppercut from Azari.
Azari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Azari lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mustonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Azari throws a head punch that misses.
Azari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mustonen connects with a knee to the head.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mustonen.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azari avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mustonen.
Mustonen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Azari throws a punch but it's blocked by Mustonen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
A short left from Azari.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Patrik Mustonen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vahid Azari's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Mustonen.
Mustonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azari throws out the jab.
Mustonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Decent striking displayed by Azari there.
Mustonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azari throws out the jab.
Mustonen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mustonen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Azari checks it well.
Azari misses with a straight right.
Mustonen slips under a jab.
Mustonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Azari throws an overhand right that lands on Mustonen's shoulder, as Mustonen tries to avoid the shot.
Mustonen connects with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustonen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mustonen throws a sloppy head kick and Azari moves out of range easily.
Mustonen lands a leg kick that knocks Azari off balance momentarily.
Azari takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Azari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Azari misses with a lunging right hand

and Mustonen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Mustonen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mustonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Azari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the head but Azari blocks with his arms.
Mustonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Azari misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Azari creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Azari has a couple of punches blocked by Mustonen.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Azari blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azari.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Azari's ribcage.
Azari throws a head punch that misses.
Azari misses with a punch on the inside.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azari avoids it.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azari lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Azari swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azari managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Vahid Azari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mustonen missing with knees to the body.
Mustonen looking to throw knees to the head but Azari is blocking nicely.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azari working aggressively here.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Azari is working Mustonen over against the cage.
Mustonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Azari can do to turn this around?
Azari managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.
Mustonen missing with knees to the body.
Azari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mustonen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Azari blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Azari.
A head punch on the inside from Azari fails to land.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
Azari misses with the head strike.
Azari misses with a punch on the inside.
Azari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mustonen landing knees to the body.
Azari takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mustonen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Azari avoids it.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
Azari tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mustonen's elbow.
Azari misses with some punches.
Azari doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Azari throws a head punch that misses.
Mustonen scores a nice knee to the body.
Azari throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A knee to the head by Mustonen.
Mustonen trying to land knees to the body.
Mustonen crunches a lovely knee into Azari's ribcage.
Mustonen tries a knee to the head but Azari blocks it.
Azari lands a left hand.
Azari lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azari avoiding damage as Mustonen throws knees to the body.
Azari tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mustonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Azari avoids the damage to the body.
Mustonen blocking some punches.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mustonen.
Mustonen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mustonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Azari is defending well for now.
Mustonen blocks an uppercut.
Azari lands a nice shot to the body.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
Azari misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azari misses with some punches.
Azari misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mustonen landing knees to the head.
Azari is leaning against Mustonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mustonen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Azari.
Azari managing to block the knees to the body from Mustonen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrik Mustonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mustonen, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patrik Mustonen!