PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Dismantle (ranked 1205 p4p, 1967 weight class) and Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 142 p4p, 213 weight class). Dismantle's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Come As You Are. Kalmisto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tässäkö tää oli kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mickey Dismantle had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Dismantle
vs
Kalmisto

170 cm
27
148
14 - 7 - 1

175 cm
28
147
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

New Standard
Brooklyn Threads

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
FF Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mickey Dismantle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apophis Kalmisto!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalmisto walks into a stiff left hand from Dismantle.
Dismantle cracks Kalmisto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kalmisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dismantle manages to avoid it.
Dismantle looks to land a left hand but Kalmisto moved out of range nicely.
Kalmisto steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dismantle.
Dismantle 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.
Kalmisto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kalmisto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kalmisto throws out a loose jab but Dismantle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kalmisto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kalmisto throws a leg kick but Dismantle moved away.
Dismantle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalmisto.
Dismantle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kalmisto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dismantle.
Mickey Dismantle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dismantle tests Kalmisto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kalmisto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dismantle throws a body shot but no joy.
Dismantle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kalmisto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kalmisto lunges at Dismantle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dismantle's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dismantle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kalmisto under the eye.
Dismantle scores with a nice head shot.
Kalmisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dismantle throws the left hand but Kalmisto avoids the punch easily.
Kalmisto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dismantle can pounce on him.
Dismantle tries to bum rush Kalmisto with a series of wild strikes but Kalmisto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dismantle takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.
Dismantle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kalmisto missing with a left hand there. Dismantle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dismantle looks for the body kick but Kalmisto saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dismantle. That's going to slow Kalmisto down.
Dismantle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kalmisto on the side of the head.
Kalmisto connects with a jab.
Dismantle misses with a straight left.
Kalmisto tries a low kick but Dismantle avoids it.
Kalmisto just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by Kalmisto as he checks the leg kick.
Dismantle throws a sloppy head kick and Kalmisto moves out of range easily.
Kalmisto misses with a kick to the body.
Dismantle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kalmisto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kalmisto misses with an uppercut.
Dismantle loads up on a big right hand but Kalmisto slips the punch.
Kalmisto now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dismantle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dismantle connects with a body shot that sends Kalmisto's belly button to the back.
Kalmisto avoids the body shot from Dismantle.
Kalmisto looks to land a body kick but Dismantle moved away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Kalmisto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dismantle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Dismantle misses the target.
Kalmisto lands a nice looking body shot.
Kalmisto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dismantle was well out of range. Poor timing from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kalmisto walks into a straight right hand from Dismantle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dismantle slips a jab and a cross from Kalmisto.
Dismantle misses with a low kick.
Kalmisto looks to score with a jab to the body but Dismantle is just out of range.
A quick step to the side and Dismantle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dismantle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dismantle slips a jab from Kalmisto.
Nice defenses there by Dismantle.
Dismantle tries to land a leg kick but Kalmisto saw it coming and moves away.
Dismantle connects with a high kick.
Dismantle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dismantle with a hook.
A lazy body kick from Dismantle
letting Kalmisto counter with a right hand.
Kalmisto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dismantle manages to avoid it.
Dismantle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kalmisto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kalmisto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kalmisto throws a series of punches but Dismantle moves out of range.
Dismantle takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dismantle under the eye.
Kalmisto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dismantle misses with a kick to the body.
Kalmisto is looking to land body kicks.
Dismantle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dismantle takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kalmisto misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dismantle moves out of range of the body kick from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto connects with a solid leg kick.
Dismantle lands a glancing blow to the side of Kalmisto's head.
Dismantle connects with a looping right hand.
Good leg kick by Dismantle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto lands a nice looking body kick.
Dismantle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dismantle misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Dismantle.
Dismantle throws a body punch but Kalmisto moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dismantle darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dismantle.
Kalmisto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dismantle throws a body shot but no joy.
Kalmisto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kalmisto scores with a nice body kick.
Dismantle connects with a leg kick.
Dismantle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dismantle gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dismantle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dismantle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto misses with a body kick.
Dismantle lands with a hook. Kalmisto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kalmisto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dismantle misses with an uppercut. Kalmisto saw that one coming.
Kalmisto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dismantle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Kalmisto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dismantle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Dismantle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dismantle.
Dismantle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mickey Dismantle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A jab from Dismantle does it's job there.
Dismantle moves out of range as Kalmisto throws a body kick.
Dismantle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalmisto.
Dismantle tries to score with a low kick but Kalmisto moves his leg out of the way.
Kalmisto cracks Dismantle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kalmisto throws a head kick that misses.
Kalmisto tries a low kick but Dismantle avoids it.
Dismantle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dismantle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kalmisto can do to turn this around?
Kalmisto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dismantle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kalmisto finds it's way round the side to connect with Dismantle's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Kalmisto might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dismantle has got the better of the exchanges.
Dismantle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kalmisto misses with a body shot.
Dismantle throws a leg kick
and Kalmisto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dismantle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kalmisto tries a low kick but Dismantle avoids it.
A slow jab from Dismantle misses its intended target.
Kalmisto throws a hook but Dismantle avoids it easily.
Kalmisto throws the left hand but Dismantle avoids the punch easily.
Dismantle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kalmisto is able to avoid easily.
Kalmisto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dismantle!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kalmisto misses with a leg kick.
Dismantle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A bone on bone clash there as Kalmisto blocks the leg kick.
Dismantle misses with a body shot.
Dismantle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kalmisto.
Dismantle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kalmisto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dismantle ducks under a wild hook from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Dismantle misses its target.
Dismantle takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.
Kalmisto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dismantle momentarily.
Kalmisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dismantle scores with a body shot.
Dismantle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kalmisto moves away.
Dismantle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kalmisto throws a low kick but Dismantle moves out of range easily.
Dismantle motions for Kalmisto to come forward. Dismantle throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kalmisto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dismantle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dismantle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle throws a sloppy head kick and Kalmisto moves out of range easily.
Nice jab there from Dismantle.
Dismantle throws a body punch but Kalmisto moves out of range.
Kalmisto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dismantle throws a hook but Kalmisto blocks it.
Mickey Dismantle is winning the standup battle so far.
Kalmisto misses with a body shot.
Kalmisto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dismantle staying out of range there.
Dismantle slips under a jab.
Kalmisto throws out a powerful jab.
Kalmisto lands with an overhand left.
Kalmisto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dismantle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kalmisto at a distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Kalmisto blocks the leg kick.
Dismantle avoids a kick to the body.
Kalmisto lands with a nice body punch.
Kalmisto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kalmisto misses with a low kick.
Dismantle throws a big shot that misses.
Kalmisto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Dismantle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dismantle connects with a leg kick.
Dismantle has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kalmisto.
Dismantle misses with an uppercut. Kalmisto saw that one coming.
Kalmisto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kalmisto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dismantle.
Dismantle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kalmisto.
Dismantle misses with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Kalmisto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dismantle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dismantle throws a leg kick
and Kalmisto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dismantle moves out of range as Kalmisto throws a body kick.
Dismantle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kalmisto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kalmisto cracks Dismantle with an open hand slap.
Kalmisto jabs at Dismantle's body.
Dismantle on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dismantle looks to score with a jab to the body but Kalmisto is just out of range.
Dismantle misses with a kick to the body.
Dismantle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dismantle throws a leg kick but Kalmisto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kalmisto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dismantle moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dismantle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kalmisto is out of range.
Kalmisto looks to score with a jab to the body but Dismantle is just out of range.
Kalmisto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dismantle.
Dismantle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kalmisto throws a hook but Dismantle blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Dismantle misses the target.
A leg kick checked by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto thinks about the counter body kick.
A cross from Dismantle lands.
Dismantle is looking to chop away at Kalmisto's legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kalmisto.
Dismantle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dismantle lands a leg kick that knocks Kalmisto off balance momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Dismantle as he connects with a hook.
Dismantle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kalmisto can pounce on him.
Kalmisto ducks under a wild hook from Dismantle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dismantle lunges at Kalmisto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kalmisto's hand.
Nice jab there from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto takes one on the button.
Dismantle misses with a hook. Kalmisto ducked under it nicely.
Kalmisto looks to throw the jab but Dismantle is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mickey Dismantle will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Kalmisto lands a nice shot to the body.
Apophis Kalmisto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dismantle wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kalmisto takes one to the chin there.
Kalmisto blocks a head kick by Dismantle.
Kalmisto throws a good cross that connects.
Dismantle misses with a low kick.
Dismantle takes a swing at Kalmisto's ribcage but misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Kalmisto blocks the leg kick.
Dismantle throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kalmisto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A combination from Kalmisto does no damage.
Dismantle lands a jab to the head.
Dismantle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto throws a lazy right hand but Dismantle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kalmisto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dismantle throws out the jab.
Dismantle lands a jab to the head.
Dismantle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dismantle misses with a hook to the body
and Kalmisto counters with a nice uppercut.
Kalmisto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dismantle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dismantle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dismantle ducks right into an uppercut from Kalmisto.
Dismantle tries a head kick but it misses.
Kalmisto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kalmisto throws a hook but Dismantle blocks it.
Kalmisto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dismantle tried to counter with a leg kick but Kalmisto avoided it.
The fighters circling - Kalmisto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kalmisto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kalmisto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kalmisto swings for the body but Dismantle moves out of range.
Kalmisto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dismantle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kalmisto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dismantle lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Dismantle.
Dismantle throws a hook to the side of Kalmisto's head but Kalmisto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kalmisto ducks under a wild hook from Dismantle.
Kalmisto takes a swing at Dismantle's ribcage but misses.
Dismantle tests Kalmisto's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dismantle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dismantle looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kalmisto scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dismantle lands a nice hook to Kalmisto's body. Kalmisto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Kalmisto pushes Dismantle up against the cage in a clinch.
Kalmisto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kalmisto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kalmisto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dismantle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dismantle misses with a punch on the inside.
Kalmisto blocks a body shot from Dismantle.
Kalmisto blocks an uppercut.

Kalmisto drags the fight down to the ground.

Kalmisto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dismantle is aware though and is defending well.
Kalmisto wants to hit a sweep here but Dismantle passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kalmisto there!
Kalmisto is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mickey Dismantle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kalmisto is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dismantle controlling from the full mount.
Dismantle avoids the attempt from Kalmisto to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kalmisto is working to get back to half guard.
Kalmisto bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kalmisto is looking to work some ground and pound but Dismantle has wrist control.
Kalmisto stopping the sweep attempt from Dismantle.
Dismantle can't keep his opponent in guard - Kalmisto advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kalmisto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dismantle knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Kalmisto is working for a submission of some sort.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mickey Dismantle.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dismantle, 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mickey Dismantle!
A very excited looking Mickey Dismantle 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.