PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Flo Wer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatau Bloodgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wer comes to the cage accompanied by My Sweet Lord by George Harrison. Bloodgood has chosen Dark Tranquility - Terminus (Where Death Is Most Alive) as his entrance music. Tatau Bloodgood has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Flo Wer's chin.

Wer
vs
Bloodgood

182 cm
24
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

189 cm
28
180 lbs
18 - 15 - 1

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Flo Wer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tatau Bloodgood!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bloodgood thumps Wer with a low kick.
Bloodgood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bloodgood checks a leg kick.
Bloodgood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wer.
Bloodgood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wer.
Bloodgood misses with a two punch combination.
Wer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wer connects with a body shot.
Bloodgood connects with a single shot there.

Wer clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bloodgood backwards.
A body shot lands from Wer.
A head punch on the inside from Bloodgood fails to land.
Bloodgood blocks a body shot from Wer.
Bloodgood keeps control of Wer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bloodgood prevents Wer from breaking the clinch.
Wer swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wer lands a right hand.

Bloodgood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bloodgood thows a body shot but no joy.
Wer takes a swing at Bloodgood's ribcage but misses.
Bloodgood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wer was well out of range. Poor timing from Bloodgood.
Bloodgood misses with a body shot.
Wer moves out of range as Bloodgood strikes.
Bloodgood avoids the body shot from Wer.
Bloodgood takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wer moves out of range as Bloodgood strikes.
Bloodgood misses the shot to the body.
Wer walks into a left hand.
Wer slips a jab from Bloodgood.
Wer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bloodgood's sensitive parts.
Wer needs to keep his hands up - Bloodgood had a free shot at his head there.
Wer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice combination there by Bloodgood.
Wer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bloodgood was well out of range. Poor timing from Wer.
Bloodgood misses with a low kick.

Wer has Bloodgood up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Wer.
Wer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wer misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wer.
Bloodgood misses with a punch on the inside.

Wer manages to break the clinch.
Wer tries to score with a low kick but Bloodgood moves his leg out of the way.
Wer looks to land a left hand but Bloodgood moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bloodgood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wer's calf.
Some bone on bone action there as Bloodgood checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bloodgood throws a leg kick but Wer checks it.
Bloodgood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wer sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Wer has closed the distance and engaged Bloodgood in a clinch.
Bloodgood blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wer.
Wer is trying to break the clinch but Bloodgood is controlling him.
Wer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bloodgood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wer lands a shot to the body.
Bloodgood stalling in the clinch but Wer improves position.
Bloodgood stalls.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bloodgood scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bloodgood has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Wer.
Wer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wer misses with a body punch.
Wer working hard to break the clinch.

Wer breaks the clinch.
Wer moves away from the strike by Bloodgood.
Wer throws a leg kick which misses Bloodgood's front leg but catches the back leg as Bloodgood tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bloodgood tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bloodgood has time to react.
Bloodgood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wer.
Bloodgood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Flo Wer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bloodgood misses with an uppercut. Wer saw that one coming.
Bloodgood jabs Wer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice body kick from Wer.
Wer throws a series of punches but Bloodgood avoids them all with ease.
Wer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bloodgood.
Wer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bloodgood.
Bloodgood lands with a straight right. Wer didn't see that one coming.
Bloodgood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wer sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Wer has Bloodgood up against the cage in a clinch.
Bloodgood throws a punch but it's blocked by Wer.
Bloodgood tries to circle away but Wer has him pinned against the cage.
Wer throws a punch but it's blocked by Bloodgood.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodgood blocks a body shot from Wer.
Wer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bloodgood backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bloodgood's elbow.
Wer working aggressively here.

Bloodgood breaks the clinch.
Wer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wer wants to slow Bloodgood down by chopping away at his legs.
Wer defending well as Bloodgood loads up on a big left hand.
Wer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bloodgood avoids the head kick by Wer.
Bloodgood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wer misses with the combination.
Wer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bloodgood throws a big shot that misses.
Bloodgood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wer.
Wer looks to land a body kick but Bloodgood moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bloodgood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wer misses with a double jab.
Bloodgood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tatau Bloodgood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bloodgood thuds his right hand into Wer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bloodgood pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wer is out of range and Bloodgood settles back down.
Bloodgood swinging wildly here.
Bloodgood misses with the combination.
Bloodgood tries to score with a low kick but Wer moves his leg out of the way.
A big left from Wer misses.
Wer connects with the punch.
Bloodgood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bloodgood blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bloodgood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bloodgood lands a nice looking body shot.
Bloodgood slips a jab from Wer.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wer.
Wer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bloodgood scoring well with a low kick there.
Bloodgood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bloodgood throws out the jab.
Bloodgood cracks Wer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wer tries to close the distance and clinch but Bloodgood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wer misses with an uppercut
and Bloodgood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wer takes a swing at Bloodgood's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Wer tenderised Bloodgood's leg. Bloodgood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bloodgood misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodgood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wer.
Wer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wer throws a chopping leg kick but Bloodgood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wer tries to move into range but Bloodgood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bloodgood throws an overhand right that lands on Wer's shoulder, as Wer tries to avoid the shot.

Wer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wer showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bloodgood is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bloodgood is trying to stand back up but Wer is controlling him
Wer working the head and body with strikes.
Wer moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tatau Bloodgood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Wer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bloodgood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bloodgood looks to score with a jab to the body but Wer is just out of range.
Bloodgood takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bloodgood was well out of range. Poor timing from Wer.
Wer throws a head kick but Bloodgood moves out of range.
Bloodgood misses with an uppercut.
Bloodgood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wer.
Bloodgood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bloodgood checks it well.
Bloodgood's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good leg kick by Bloodgood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bloodgood with a nice cross.
Wer throws a hook but Bloodgood blocks it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Bloodgood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bloodgood is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wer misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Wer misses the target.
Wer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bloodgood swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bloodgood misses with a wild combination.
Wer misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Wer blocks the leg kick.
Bloodgood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bloodgood throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Wer drops Bloodgood with a nice combination! Wer dives into Bloodgood's guard, looking to finish!

Bloodgood is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wer is looking to work some ground and pound but Bloodgood has wrist control.
Bloodgood is still in real trouble! Can Wer finish him?
Wer works over Bloodgood with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodgood trying to keep a closed guard but Wer is proving a slippery customer.
Wer is looking to work some ground and pound but Bloodgood has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wer postures up in Bloodgood's guard and throws a big left but Bloodgood blocks it.
Wer passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Bloodgood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wer working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Bloodgood gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bloodgood's head.
Wer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bloodgood's head.
Wer controlling the action here.
Wer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bloodgood seems to have recovered his senses.
Wer is looking to advance position but Bloodgood won't allow it.
Wer is looking to pass Bloodgood's guard but actually Bloodgood recovers to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wer chips away with some ground and pound.
Wer scoring with some ground and pound.
Wer trying to control the position from guard on top but Bloodgood is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bloodgood is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bloodgood keeping moving, preventing Wer from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Flo Wer wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bloodgood misses the shot to the body.
Wer scores with a body shot.
Wer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Wer.
Wer looks to score with a jab to the body but Bloodgood is just out of range.
Bloodgood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wer misses with a straight left.
Wer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wer defending well as Bloodgood loads up on a big left hand.
Bloodgood scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Flo Wer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wer 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flo Wer!
Flo Wer really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.