PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Doe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Hickey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hickey has chosen I Get Mad as his entrance music. Doe has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Mr Doe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doe
vs
Hickey

185 cm
18
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mr Doe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Earl Hickey!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Doe feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hickey looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Doe is in close to Hickey's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Doe is looking to work some ground and pound but Hickey has wrist control.
Doe throws and elbow that misses. Hickey uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Doe's guard. Nice move by Hickey!
Hickey won't allow Doe to sweep him here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Doe holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doe keeping moving, preventing Hickey from controlling successfully.
Doe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Doe tries to get out of the position.
Doe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hickey is one step ahead there.
Doe will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Hickey should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Doe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hickey is one step ahead there.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Doe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Doe lands strikes from half guard.
Doe drops an elbow to the side of Hickey's head.
Doe is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Doe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Doe.
Doe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Doe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doe working Hickey over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hickey is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Doe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hickey is trying to control but can't.
Hickey on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Doe is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Doe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Doe with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Doe connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Doe landing shots from mount.
Hickey tries to reverse the position but Doe maintains control.
Doe lands a nice shot to the head.
Doe is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hickey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Doe lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hickey is looking to escape.
Hickey taking shots to the head.
Hickey tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Doe with the ground and pound from mount.
Doe with good strikes from the mount here!
Hickey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Doe dominating with strikes here.
Doe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hickey hang on?
Hickey is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hickey in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Doe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Doe working Hickey over with strikes here.
Doe scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hickey?
Doe avoids the attempt from Hickey to control.
Doe lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Doe cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Doe lands a heavy elbow.
Doe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Doe landing strikes from the mount and Hickey is in trouble!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doe lands a big shot there that rocks Hickey but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Doe in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Hickey that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Doe dominated that round.
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.

Doe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hickey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Doe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hickey as he avoids it easily.
Hickey tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hickey tries to clinch up.

Doe closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hickey to the mat! Hickey manages to get full guard.
Hickey working a defensive guard here.
Doe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hickey's head.
Doe trying to control but Hickey is working from the bottom.
Doe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Doe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doe thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Hickey working for a triangle but Doe defends it easily.
Doe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hickey has momentary wrist control but Doe slips an elbow through the middle.

Hickey has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Doe can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Doe working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doe works over Hickey with some ground and pound from guard.
Doe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hickey's head.
Doe connects with a couple of short punches.
Doe won't allow Hickey to sweep him here.
Doe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doe postures up and lands a big shot to Hickey's brow.
Doe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doe is working Hickey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Doe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hickey can do to turn this around?
Doe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Doe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hickey's head.
Hickey trying to control the position.
Doe thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Hickey has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Doe is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Hickey.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Doe is looking to take a break and control but Hickey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hickey is trying to get back to half guard.
Doe scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Doe is looking to take a break and control but Hickey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Hickey's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Doe working the ground and pound.
Doe working the head and body with strikes.
Hickey takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hickey is working to avoid the ground and pound but Doe connects with a decent elbow.
Hickey taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hickey takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Doe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hickey on the ground.
Doe landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Doe landing a few strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Doe dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hickey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hickey wants it to stay on the feet.

Doe drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Doe scores with punches from side control.
Doe is chipping away with strikes.
Doe working away.

Doe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Doe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hickey parries the strikes from Doe easily there. Doe is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hickey to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Doe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Doe in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickey takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hickey is trying to get back to his feet.
Doe scoring with punches from side control.
Hickey on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Doe working the head and body with strikes.
Hickey struggling a bit here.
Hickey on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Doe grinds an elbow into Hickey's temple.
Doe laying and praying for a moment but Hickey takes advantage and regains half guard.
Hickey trying to control but Doe postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hickey has hold of Doe's hands but Doe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Doe winds up and cracks Hickey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hickey tries to roll over but Doe keeps him under control.
Hickey is trying to control but can't.
Doe lands with a punch from half guard.
Doe is keen to just control but Hickey is a slippery customer.
Doe winds up and cracks Hickey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Doe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Doe seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hickey does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Doe landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hickey blocking the ground and pound attempt from Doe.
Doe lands with a punch from half guard.
Doe is looking to take a break and control but Hickey is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Doe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hickey defending well though.
Hickey avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Doe.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Doe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hickey jabs at Doe's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hickey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mr Doe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Doe shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hickey works his way to full guard. Good work.
Doe stopping the sweep attempt from Hickey.
Hickey not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Doe postures up and lands a big shot to Hickey's brow.
Doe working some strikes from top position.
Earl Hickey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hickey looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Doe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Doe, 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Doe!