PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Travis Copeland (ranked 457 p4p, 60 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 811 p4p, 102 weight class). The Human is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Adventure Time. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Copeland
vs
The Human

175 cm
23
165 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

175 cm
31
161 lbs
20 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Copeland staying out of range there.
The Human fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Copeland looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Copeland on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Human misses with a hook.
Copeland uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
The Human throws a front kick aimed at Copeland's knee but Copeland avoids it well.
Copeland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Copeland misses.
The Human throws a shot from downtown. Copeland moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Copeland throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Human swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Human.
The Human tries to score with a low kick but Copeland moves his leg out of the way.
Copeland lands a jab.
Copeland takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Human bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Copeland's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Copeland misses with a looping left.
Copeland tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Human manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Copeland 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.
Copeland throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Copeland does it's job there.
The Human scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human lunges at Copeland with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Copeland's hand.
Copeland tries to clinch there but The Human circles away.
The Human cracks a nice hook into Copeland's ribs.
Copeland gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Copeland on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Copeland has The Human up against the cage in a clinch.
Copeland blocks an uppercut.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.

The Human breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Copeland drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

The Human has taken the fight to the clinch.
Copeland blocks an uppercut.

The Human escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Copeland doesn't manage to clinch there - The Human circles away.
Copeland misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Human scores with a jab.
The Human feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Copeland's calf.
The Human misses with an uppercut
and Copeland counters with a left and a right that stings The Human.
The Human cracks a nice hook into Copeland's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Human.
The Human misses with a lunging right hand
and Copeland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Copeland wants to clinch.
The Human ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Human connects with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
The Human has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The Human displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Copeland throws out the jab.
Good exchange - The Human coming out on top.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Human. Copeland does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Copeland misses.
The Human throws a shot from downtown. Copeland moves away and avoids it.
The Human goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Copeland clinches with his opponent.
The Human lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Copeland takes a shot to the head.
Copeland blocks an uppercut.
The Human lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human has a couple of punches blocked by Copeland.
Copeland is struggling to control the position.
Copeland throws a knee to the head but misses.
Copeland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Human misses with the head strike.
Copeland throws an elbow but it misses.
Copeland blocks a body shot from The Human.
Copeland blocking some punches.
The Human misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the head but The Human blocks with his arms.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Human avoids it.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.
Copeland lands an elbow that stopped The Human in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Finn The Human has been cut.
Copeland blocks a body shot from The Human.
Copeland throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Human blocks it with crossed arms.
Copeland misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Human.
The Human avoids the elbow strike from Copeland, against the cage.
Copeland blocking some punches.
The Human lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Copeland backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human lands a nice shot to the body.
The Human misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Human throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Copeland trying to land knees to the body.
The Human misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Human gets through Copeland's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Copeland tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Copeland controls his hands.

The Human breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch but The Human swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Human connects with a right hand. Copeland shakes it off.
A punch combination from Copeland misses.
The Human throws the left hand but Copeland avoids the punch easily.
Copeland tries to clinch but The Human moves out of range.
The Human takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Copeland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Human.
Copeland was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left lands for The Human.
The Human scores with a jab. Copeland acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Human lands a really nice looking cross but Copeland seems unphased.
The Human looks to throw the jab but Copeland is out of range.
The Human uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Copeland.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn The Human dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Finn The Human's cut.
That's time! Copeland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Human throws a body punch but Copeland moves out of range.
Copeland uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Human.
Finn The Human seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Copeland. The Human does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Human looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The Human throws a shot from downtown. Copeland moves away and avoids it.
Copeland takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The Human misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Copeland counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Human avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Copeland looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Copeland fails in his attempt to clinch.
Copeland tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Human has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice defenses there by Copeland.
Copeland takes a swing at The Human's ribcage but misses.
Copeland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Human paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Human throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Copeland stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Copeland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Copeland has taken the fight to the clinch.
Copeland taking a breather.
The Human lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Copeland or not.
The Human is working Copeland over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland tries to land knees in the clinch but The Human avoids the damage to the body.
Finn The Human seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Copeland throws an elbow but it misses.
A shot in the inside from The Human.
The Human scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Human blocks the elbow strike.
The Human lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

The Human manages to break the clinch.

Copeland moves into the clinch successfully.
The Human lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from The Human.
The Human scores with a hook to the body.

The Human breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Human connects with a good right hand that stumbles Copeland. Copeland circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Copeland keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Human.
Copeland throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Human moves out of range as Copeland strikes.
Copeland takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Human loads up on a big right hand but Copeland slips the punch.
The Human misses with a straight right.

Copeland takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Copeland pushes off an throws an elbow but The Human leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

The Human breaks from the clinch.

The Human has closed the distance and engaged Copeland in a clinch.
The Human tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Human misses with a punch on the inside.

The Human breaks the clinch.
The Human throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Copeland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Human lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Copeland wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
Copeland is looking to clinch.
Copeland tries to clinch but The Human moves out of range.
Copeland slips under a jab.
Travis Copeland is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Human throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Copeland takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Copeland takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The Human throws a lazy uppercut
and Copeland counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human throws a jab but it's blocked by Copeland.
The Human throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The Human with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Human throws a big shot that misses.
The Human throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Copeland to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from The Human misses.
Copeland takes a swing at The Human's ribcage but misses.
Copeland on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Human blocks a jab.
Copeland fails with an attempt to clinch.

Copeland gets tackled into the cage by The Human. The Human maintains the clinch.
Copeland tries to land knees in the clinch but The Human avoids the damage to the body.
The Human takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Human.
Copeland misses with an elbow strike.
The Human lands with a right to the head.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
Copeland's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Human.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Copeland misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Human.
Copeland wants to stall.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Human lands a shoulder strike.
Copeland works on The Human's body with a couple of short punches.
Copeland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Copeland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Copeland lands a damaging elbow.
Copeland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Human avoids a wild elbow strike from Copeland.
The Human blocks a body shot from Copeland.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Copeland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Copeland tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Human avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Human.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Copeland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.
Copeland is trying to maintain a safe position but The Human gets an underhook and turns Copeland into the cage.
Copeland blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Finn The Human showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Finn The Human's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Copeland misses with the combination.

Copeland forces The Human back against the cage and clinches.
The Human lands with a light punch inside.
The Human misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Copeland holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Copeland is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Human is defending well for now.
Copeland's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Copeland misses with a knee strike.
The Human avoids a wild elbow strike from Copeland.
The Human tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from The Human.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from The Human.
The Human lands a right hand.
The Human fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Human blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Human throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Copelands head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Copeland lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Human lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Copeland trying to stall but The Human improves his position.
Copeland misses with an elbow strike.
The Human lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Human lands a left hand.

Copeland is rocked!
The Human scores with a shot to the side of Copeland's head.
Oh Copeland is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Copeland is looking to control The Human's arms but The Human gets an underhook and turns him. Now Copeland has his back to the cage.
The Human lands an uppercut.
The Human creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Copeland with a big uppercut! Copeland tries to clinch up but The Human pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Copeland to the mat! Copeland covers up and The Human unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Finn The Human!
In his post fight interview, Finn The Human started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Travis Copeland had this to say: 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.