PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Martin Pospisil (ranked 4589 p4p, 25108 weight class) and Arrinui Afereti (ranked 231 p4p, 0 weight class). Pospisil comes to the cage accompanied by Raketou na Mars. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pospisil
vs
Afereti

182 cm
24
135
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
145
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Pospisil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arrinui Afereti!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Afereti lands with an overhand left.
Afereti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Afereti misses with a takedown
letting Pospisil counter with a right hand.

It looks like Arrinui Afereti has been cut.
Afereti tries to clinch but Pospisil moves out of range.
Pospisil tries for a takedown but Afereti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Pospisil as he connects with a hook.
Pospisil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Pospisil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pospisil has Afereti pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Afereti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Afereti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pospisil circles away quickly and effectively.
Pospisil scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Pospisil clinches with his opponent.
Afereti looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Afereti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Afereti tests Pospisil's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Afereti tries to close the distance and clinch but Pospisil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Afereti is looking to clinch.
Pospisil swats away the attempt to clinch by Afereti.

Pospisil closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Afereti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Afereti wants to clinch up but Pospisil keeps it at a distance.

Pospisil darts in and clinches Afereti up against the cage.
Pospisil connects with a nasty looking knee right to Afereti's face.
Afereti being controlled against the cage.

Afereti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Afereti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pospisil tries to bum rush Afereti with a series of wild strikes but Afereti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pospisil gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Afereti being controlled against the cage.

Afereti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Pospisil has closed the distance and engaged Afereti in a clinch.
Afereti throws a head punch that misses.
Pospisil slows down the pace here.

Afereti breaks from the clinch.
Afereti throws a right hand that misses
and Pospisil counters with a two punch combo.
Afereti lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Afereti darts in trying to clinch
and Pospisil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Afereti is looking to clinch.
Afereti takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pospisil lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Afereti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Pospisil drops Afereti with a beautiful combination! Afereti stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pospisil is looking for the KO!

Afereti is rocked!
Afereti wants to stay close but Pospisil steps back to make room for something. Afereti seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Pospisil and Afereti drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Martin Pospisil!