PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thorstein Olafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Unclefucker. Olafsson has chosen Twilight of the Thunder God as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cartman
vs
Olafsson

184 cm
22
179 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Fire Nutrition (Muscle Bulk 157)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Cartman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thorstein Olafsson!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Olafsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Olafsson misses with a straight right.
Olafsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olafsson throws a shot to the body.
Cartman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Olafsson's sensitive parts.
Cartman shoots in for a takedown but Olafsson shows good takedown defense.
A good leg kick by Cartman.
Cartman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olafsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartman shoots in and bounces Olafsson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cartman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Olafsson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Olafsson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Olafsson looking for a sweep. Not yet Olafsson, not yet.
Cartman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cartman wants to control from the top but Olafsson keeps moving.
Olafsson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cartman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Olafsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cartman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Olafsson is looking for a sweep. Cartman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cartman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson is trying to control but can't.
Cartman trying to control the action but Olafsson is working from the bottom.
Cartman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cartman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cartman is trying to control. Olafsson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Olafsson wants to sweep but Cartman has passed to side control!
Olafsson dodges the ground and pound from Cartman.
Olafsson is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Olafsson's face as Cartman controls the position.
Cartman landing strikes.
Olafsson is trying to control Cartman's posture but Cartman avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cartman throws a strike aimed at the side of Olafsson's head but Olafsson avoids it well.
Cartman is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Olafsson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cartman wants to control but Olafsson is keeping him busy.
Cartman throws an elbow but Olafsson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cartman postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cartman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Olafsson is avoiding damage well.
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Olafsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cartman sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Olafsson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Olafsson sneaks back into half guard.
Olafsson wants to sweep but Cartman has passed to side control!
Cartman lands a nice forearm strike.
Cartman trying to control the position but Olafsson is working away.
Olafsson parries the strikes from Cartman easily there. Cartman is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Olafsson to escape.
Cartman trying to control the action but Olafsson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cartman lands a nice looking body kick.
Olafsson misses with a jab to the body

and Cartman counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Olafsson's guard now.
Olafsson wants to sweep but no luck.
Cartman wants to pass the guard but Olafsson is keeping the position.
Olafsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartman.
Olafsson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Olafsson has Cartman pulled in close to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Olafsson working a defensive guard but Cartman manages to pass into side control anyway.
Cartman misses with the ground and pound.
Olafsson is not content to let Cartman control the position.
Olafsson wants to control but Cartman postures up.
Cartman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cartman cracks Olafsson with a big elbow.
Olafsson is not content to let Cartman control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Cartman seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Olafsson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cartman creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Olafsson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cartman scores with punches from side control.
Olafsson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cartman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cartman 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.
Cartman trying to control the action but Olafsson is working from the bottom.
Olafsson is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Olafsson is trying to improve his position.
Cartman trying to control the position but Olafsson is working away.
Olafsson wants to get back to his feet.
Cartman throws an elbow but Olafsson slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman 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.
Olafsson is looking for a sweep.
Olafsson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cartman working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
A lull in the action here.
Cartman working the body and head with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Olafsson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Olafsson is not content to let Cartman control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartman throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cartman connects with a body shot.
Cartman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Olafsson.
A slow jab from Cartman misses its intended target.
Cartman looks to score with a jab to the body but Olafsson is just out of range.
Cartman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartman throws a leg kick which misses Olafsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Olafsson tries to avoid it.
Cartman lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cartman misses the jab.
Cartman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Olafsson.
Olafsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Cartman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thorstein Olafsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Cartman finds it's way through Olafsson's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Olafsson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olafsson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cartman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Olafsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cartman manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cartman is defended easily by Olafsson.
Olafsson staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cartman lands with a nice body punch.
Cartman scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cartman throws a right and a left that Olafsson avoids nicely.
Cartman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olafsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartman.
Olafsson blocks a jab.
Olafsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cartman.
Thorstein Olafsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Olafsson.
Cartman misses with a wild combination.
Eric Cartman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eric Cartman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olafsson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cartman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cartman throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Olafsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Cartman looks to land a combination but Olafsson avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Olafsson misses
and Cartman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Cartman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cartman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Cartman!