PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eto Na (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raging Douche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eto Na has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Na
vs
Douche

162 cm
19
142 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

150 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Poweful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eto Na!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raging Douche!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douche tries a head kick but it misses.
Douche swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Douche throws a low kick but it's checked well by Na.
Douche misses with a series of wild punches.
Douche misses with a body kick.
Douche keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Douche keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Douche misses with a low kick.
Na moves out of range of the body kick.
Na closes the distance and clinches up with Douche, looking for a takedown. Na pushes Douche against the cage but Douche circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eto Na. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Na avoids the head kick by Douche.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douche misses the jab.
Douche throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Douche lands a jab to Na's midsection.
Douche looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Douche misses with a looping right.
Douche throws a series of punches but Na moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douche misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Douche throws a nice looking combination but Na bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Douche throws a right and a left that Na avoids nicely.
Na blocks a head kick by Douche.
Na moves out of range of the leg kick from Douche.
Douche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Douche tries to score with a low kick but Na moves his leg out of the way.
Na closes this distance looking for a takedown but Douche circles away.
Douche tries to land a front kick but Na steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Na misses with the combination.
Douche throws a low kick but Na avoids it.
Douche throws a head kick but Na moves out of range.
Douche looks to score with a jab to the body but Na is just out of range.

Douche 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.
Douche postures up in Na's guard and throws a big left but Na blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douche throwing strikes from guard but Na blocks nicely.

Na is looking for a triangle but Douche pushes his legs off easily.
Na doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Douche trying to control the position from guard on top but Na is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douche lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Na is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Douche sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Na's guard.
Douche drops an elbow to the side of Na's head.
Na blocking the ground and pound attempt from Douche.

Na looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Na is breathing heavily.
Douche lands with a punch from half guard.
Douche lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Douche trying to control the action but Na is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douche lands with a punch from half guard.
Douche slips a nice elbow through Na's hands, connecting with Na's forehead.
Ground and pound from Douche.
Douche not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Douche is nestled in close to Na, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Douche not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Na avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Douche.
Douche thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Na actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Douche sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Na defending well though.
Na blocking the ground and pound attempt from Douche.
Na is staying active underneath Douche, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Na is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Douche scores with a couple of nice shots.
Na has hold of Douche's hands but Douche slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Na wants to get back to full guard.
Douche missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douche seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Na does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Douche drops an elbow to the side of Na's head.
Douche works his way into full mount!
Douche connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Douche with shots to the head and body - Na looks very uncomfortable down there.

Douche has control of Na's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Na regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Douche trying to control but Na is having none of it.
Douche lands with some strikes.
Douche cracks Na with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raging Douche dominated that round.
That's time! Na's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Douche.
Na takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Na is rocked!
Na takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Oh Na is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Na is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Douche off and has taken his back!
Na seems to have got his legs back now.

Na patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Douche is in bad spot here.
Douche tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Douche tries to hold on but Na postures up.
Douche working to try and regain half guard.
Douche is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Na working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Douche tries to reverse the position but Na maintains control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douche tries to hold on but Na pushes him away.
Douche might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Na kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Douche sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Douche missing with punches from the bottom.

Douche is defending against the submission attempts here by Na.
The fighters are battling for position here. Douche manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Douche manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Na manages to get himself to full guard.
Douche postures up and lands a big shot to Na's brow.
Douche is in close to Na's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douche wants to pass the guard but Na is keeping the position.
Douche passes Na's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Douche seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Douche throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Douche lands strikes from half guard.
Douche lands with a punch from half guard.
Na trying to control from the bottom.
Douche throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Douche prevents Na from improving his position.
Douche scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Douche looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Na with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Douche is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Na has hold of Douche's hands but Douche slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douche throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Douche 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.
Douche wants to free his trapped foot but Na is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Douche throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Douche looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Na with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Na is looking for a sweep. Douche is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Douche is nestled in close to Na, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Na has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Douche is working away from the top position though.
Raging Douche has got the better of the ground game so far.

Douche is working for a submission of some sort.
Douche looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Douche working over Na with some ground and pound. Na looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Douche is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Na is looking to improve his position.
Na on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Douche seems content to control.
Na tries to roll over but Douche keeps him under control.
Douche slips a nice elbow through Na's hands, connecting with Na's forehead.
Douche working over Na with some ground and pound. Na looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Douche is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Douche not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Na trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raging Douche showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Douche misses with a looping left.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Douche. Na shrugs it off though.
Douche throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Na.
Douche misses with a leg kick.
Na avoids the head kick by Douche.

Douche fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Na sprawls well initially but Douche persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Na has hold of Douche's hands but Douche slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Na is looking for a sweep. Douche is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Douche scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Douche is nestled in close to Na, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Douche working Na over with strikes.
Douche lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Douche connects with a nice short shot to Na's temple.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Douche is thwarting Na's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douche controlling the action here.
Douche is trying to control the action in half guard but Na is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Douche landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Na keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Douche takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Douche lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Douche thows a huge punch but Na dodges it nicely.

Douche is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Douche looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Na with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Na wants to control but Douche is keeping busy.
Na taking some punishment here, with Douche in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Na is refusing to be controlled, as Douche sits in half guard.

Na looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Douche seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Na does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Douche throws a right and a left that Na avoids nicely.

Douche shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Douche showed some decent athleticism there.

Na looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Douche is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Douche looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Na with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Na manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douche sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Na's guard.
Douche has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Na keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Douche is looking to advance position but Na won't allow it.
Na has hold of Douche's hands but Douche slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Douche thows a huge punch but Na dodges it nicely.
Na is trying to maintain the position but Douche is very close to passing his half guard.

Na looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Douche seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Eto Na has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Na regains full guard. Nicely done.
Douche wants to control from the top but Na keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Douche scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Na will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Douche seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Na not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Douche won't allow Na to sweep him here.
Douche wants to control from the top but Na keeps moving.
Douche makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Douche wants to control from the top but Na keeps moving.
Douche is working Na over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Douche must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Douche cracks Na with a solid left hand.

Douche is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Douche landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raging Douche comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Douche has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raging Douche!