PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 117 p4p, 153 weight class) and Enzo Salvatore (ranked 16 p4p, 20 weight class). Salvatore has chosen Reich mir die Hand as his entrance music. Finnish Experiment Il could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Enzo Salvatore's chin.

Experiment Il
vs
Salvatore

175 cm
36
148
28 - 15 - 0

172 cm
34
160
22 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Enzo Salvatore!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment Il throws a shot from downtown. Salvatore moves away and avoids it.
Salvatore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salvatore will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Salvatore clinches up against the cage.
Salvatore letting Experiment Il take a breather here.
Salvatore's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Experiment Il lands a right hand.

Salvatore pulls guard effortlessly.
Experiment Il showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Salvatore is adopting a defensive guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment Il not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il looking to pass the guard.
Experiment Il showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Experiment Il trying to control but Salvatore is working from the bottom.

Experiment Il avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salvatore trying to control the position.
Salvatore manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Experiment Il manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two 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.

Salvatore is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Experiment Il is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Experiment Il has escaped and now he's on top!

Salvatore has Experiment Il pulled in close to control his posture.

Salvatore looking for a guillotine here but Experiment Il defends easily.

Salvatore escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Experiment Il gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Experiment Il got a little sloppy there for a moment and Salvatore has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Experiment Il has managed to get both his arms back between Salvatore's legs - danger averted.
Experiment Il wants to pass the guard but Salvatore is keeping the position.
Salvatore can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Experiment Il controls the pace.
Salvatore has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Experiment Il has passed into side control.
You can see the frustration on Salvatore's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Experiment Il trying to control the action but Salvatore is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Experiment Il working away.
Salvatore tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Experiment Il wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Experiment Il in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Salvatore can't do much from the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Salvatore is looking to regain half guard here but Experiment Il keeps moving and retains side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Experiment Il throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salvatore misses with a left hand
and Experiment Il counters with a nice leg kick.
Salvatore goes for a double leg but Experiment Il avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Experiment Il continues to drive forward.
Experiment Il throws a lazy uppercut

and Salvatore counters with a nice double leg into side control. Experiment Il won't be happy with that.

Salvatore thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Experiment Il wants to control but Salvatore postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Salvatore is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Experiment Il is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Salvatore takes a little break here. Experiment Il wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il can't do much from the bottom here.
Salvatore is looking to take a break and control but Experiment Il is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Salvatore tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Salvatore has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Salvatore wants to lay and pray for a moment but Experiment Il keeps working.
Salvatore is staying tight to Experiment Il's torso, preventing him from escaping.

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.
Experiment Il is trying to improve his position.

Salvatore is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Experiment Il has escaped the position, nice work there.
Experiment Il is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Experiment Il is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Salvatore has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il tries to improve position but can't.

Salvatore tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Salvatore is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Experiment Il knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Salvatore is trying to get an arm triangle but Experiment Il is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Experiment Il is looking to reverse the position.
Enzo Salvatore has got the better of the ground game so far.
Salvatore slows the pace down.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Salvatore's coach down at King's Cross MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Salvatore's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Experiment Il misses with a head kick.
Experiment Il sets himself, and Salvatore steps forward looking for the clinch! Experiment Il avoids it this time.
Salvatore shoots in looking for a takedown. Experiment Il tries to sprawl out of it but Salvatore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Experiment Il manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A counter left hand to the body from Experiment Il misses its target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Experiment Il clobbers Salvatore with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Enzo Salvatore showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Salvatore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Experiment Il's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Salvatore connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Experiment Il scrambles back to his feet.
Salvatore misses the shot to the body.
Experiment Il looks to score with a jab to the body but Salvatore is just out of range.
A slow jab from Experiment Il misses its intended target.
Experiment Il misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment Il walks into a stiff left hand from Salvatore.
Salvatore is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Experiment Il misses the target.
Experiment Il ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Experiment Il moves out of range of the strikes.
Experiment Il looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Salvatore tries to clinch up but Experiment Il circles away and keeps his distance.
Salvatore shoots for a takedown but Experiment Il saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Experiment Il closes the distance and clinches.
Experiment Il throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Salvatore blocks it with crossed arms.
Experiment Il blocks an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Experiment Il lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Salvatore is trying to pull guard but Experiment Il turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Finnish Experiment Il has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enzo Salvatore.
Experiment Il crunches a lovely knee into Salvatore's ribcage.
Salvatore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Experiment Il tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Experiment Il landing knees to the head.
Experiment Il lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Experiment Il lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Experiment Il escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Experiment Il tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've been told by Experiment Il's head coaches at The Lab that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Salvatore bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Experiment Il's head backwards.
Experiment Il misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Experiment Il throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Salvatore is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Finnish Experiment Il!
A pretty intense looking Finnish Experiment Il took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.