PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Calle Hogerstrom (ranked 2088 p4p, 3292 weight class) and Tourney Warrior (ranked 126 p4p, 212 weight class). Warrior has chosen Mortal Kombat by- some techno guy as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hogerstrom
vs
Warrior

157 cm
21
140
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
148
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Calle Hogerstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tourney Warrior!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogerstrom connects with a solid leg kick.
Hogerstrom with a nice calf kick.
A big right from Warrior misses.
Warrior throws a leg kick but Hogerstrom moved away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hogerstrom, as that shot connected.
Warrior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Hogerstrom wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Warrior wants to clinch up but Hogerstrom keeps it at a distance.
Warrior misses with an uppercut.
Warrior misses with a hook
and Hogerstrom counters with a straight right hand.
Warrior misses with a hook
and Hogerstrom counters with a nice leg kick.
Warrior moves out of range of the strikes.
Tourney Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hogerstrom misses with a hook.
Warrior appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Warrior lands a jab to Hogerstrom's midsection.
Warrior scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Warrior looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Warrior moves into the clinch.
Warrior throws a head punch that misses.
Warrior working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Warrior has a couple of punches blocked by Hogerstrom.
Warrior stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogerstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hogerstrom struggles to land a body shot inside as Warrior controls his hands.
Warrior misses with some punches.
Hogerstrom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Warrior backwards.
Hogerstrom pushes Warrior back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hogerstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warrior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Warrior throws a head punch that misses.
Warrior working aggressively here.
Warrior misses with the head strike.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Hogerstrom.
A left hand lands to the body for Hogerstrom.
A right hand to the body from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hogerstrom misses with some punches.
Hogerstrom lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hogerstrom blocking some punches.
Warrior has a couple of punches blocked by Hogerstrom.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom swings wildly with an uppercut but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Warrior tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Hogerstrom.
A short right from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Hogerstrom.
Warrior misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Hogerstrom - that landed with a thud.
Warrior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warrior prevents a body shot from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Warrior misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Warrior to work.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Warrior.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogerstrom makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Warrior blocks an uppercut.
Hogerstrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hogerstrom misses with the head strike.
Warrior scores with a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Calle Hogerstrom dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hogerstrom cracks Warrior with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Warrior misses with a right hand
and Hogerstrom finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Warrior looks to throw a body kick
and Hogerstrom counters with a nice body shot.
Hogerstrom moves out of range of the body kick.
Hogerstrom was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Warrior moves in looking to clinch but Hogerstrom pushes him off.
Hogerstrom scores with a jab to the head.
Warrior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogerstrom manages to avoid it.
Hogerstrom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Warrior sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hogerstrom lands a jab to the nose.
Hogerstrom swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hogerstrom swats away the attempt to clinch by Warrior.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hogerstrom blocks a low kick nicely.
Hogerstrom swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hogerstrom checks the leg kick nicely there.

Warrior takes the fight into the clinch.
Hogerstrom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warrior can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior blocks an uppercut.
Calle Hogerstrom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Warrior is leaning against Hogerstrom and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hogerstrom fails to land.
Hogerstrom misses with some punches.
Warrior looking to slow down the pace here.
Warrior tries to work over Hogerstrom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Hogerstrom fails to land.
Hogerstrom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hogerstrom blocking some punches.
A short right from Hogerstrom.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Warrior takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hogerstrom swings wildly with an uppercut but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogerstrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hogerstrom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hogerstrom tries to work over Warrior's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hogerstrom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hogerstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior swings wildly with an uppercut but Hogerstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Warrior scores with a nice short uppercut.
Warrior scores with a shoulder strike.
Warrior is leaning against Hogerstrom and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hogerstrom.
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!
Hogerstrom throws a punch but it's blocked by Warrior.
Hogerstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Warrior.
A right hand to the body from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hogerstrom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hogerstrom misses with a body punch.
Hogerstrom lands with a left to the head.
Warrior misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warrior tries to throw a body punch but Hogerstrom avoids it by throwing Warrior back against the cage.
Hogerstrom has a couple of punches blocked by Warrior.
A shot in the inside from Hogerstrom.
Hogerstrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hogerstrom struggles to land a body shot inside as Warrior controls his hands.
Warrior tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Calle Hogerstrom 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!

Warrior closes the distance and clinches.
Tourney Warrior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hogerstrom lands a hook to the side of the head.
Warrior lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hogerstrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Warrior.
Hogerstrom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Warrior blocking some punches.
Warrior misses with a punch on the inside.
Warrior misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hogerstrom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hogerstrom swings wildly with an uppercut but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Warrior lands with a left to the head.
Hogerstrom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warrior lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Warrior is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Hogerstrom breaks from the clinch.
Hogerstrom scores with a spinning back kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Warrior.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hogerstrom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hogerstrom scores with a leg kick.
Warrior attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Warrior defending well as Hogerstrom loads up on a big left hand.
Warrior misses with a straight right.

Warrior moves into the clinch.
Warrior swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Warrior lands with a right to the head.
Warrior lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hogerstrom backwards.
Hogerstrom misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Hogerstrom fails to land.
Warrior misses with a hook from the clinch.
Warrior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hogerstrom misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warrior.
Hogerstrom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Warrior backwards.
Warrior lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Warrior throws a punch but it's blocked by Hogerstrom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogerstrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Warrior's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hogerstrom misses with the head strike.
Hogerstrom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hogerstrom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Warrior lands a left hand.

Hogerstrom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Warrior 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hogerstrom checks a leg kick.
Hogerstrom scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Warrior misses with a low kick.
Warrior misses with a body shot.
Hogerstrom was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Warrior 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.
The fighters circling - Hogerstrom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hogerstrom smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hogerstrom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Calle Hogerstrom is winning the standup battle so far.
Hogerstrom scores with a decent looking hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Calle Hogerstrom.
Well Hogerstrom 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calle Hogerstrom!