PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Logan Xoom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Per Fekt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fekt comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jerry Cotton kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Xoom
vs
Fekt

178 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Logan Xoom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Per Fekt!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fekt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fekt slips under a jab from Xoom.
Logan Xoom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fekt slips under a jab.
Xoom keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fekt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Xoom is out of range and Fekt settles back down.
Xoom tries to close the distance and clinch but Fekt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fekt avoids the head kick by Xoom.
Xoom tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fekt slips under a jab.
Xoom throws a body punch but Fekt moves out of range.
Xoom throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Xoom scores with a hook to the body. Fekt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Xoom gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fekt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Fekt works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Fekt is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fekt trying to pass the guard but Xoom defending well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fekt is keen to just control but Xoom is a slippery customer.

Fekt is working for a kimura but Xoom is defending it quite comfortably.
Fekt keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

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.
Fekt wants to control but Xoom is keeping him busy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice defenses there by Fekt.

Fekt gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Xoom's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fekt tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Xoom is able to avoid easily.
Fekt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Xoom on the side of the head.
Xoom throws a hook to the side of Fekt's head but Fekt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fekt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Fekt instigates a clinch.
Nice elbow from Xoom.
Xoom tries to break the clinch but Fekt is controlling the position.

Xoom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xoom thows a left - swing and a miss!
Xoom misses with a hook.

Xoom clinches.

Xoom jumps guard and drags Fekt to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fekt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Xoom swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Xoom keeping moving, preventing Fekt from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fekt is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Fekt stands and throws Xoom's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Fekt has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Logan Xoom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fekt misses with a body kick.
Fekt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fekt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Xoom throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Fekt dominated that round.
That's time! Xoom's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Xoom throws a head kick but Fekt moves out of range.
Fekt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xoom.
Fekt wants to clinch up but Xoom keeps it at a distance.
Fekt doesn't manage to clinch there - Xoom circles away.
Fekt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xoom.
Fekt defending well as Xoom loads up on a big left hand.
Xoom throws a sloppy head kick and Fekt moves out of range easily.
Fekt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xoom.
Xoom throws a hook but Fekt blocks it.
Nice takedown defense from Xoom. No joy for Fekt on that attempt.
Xoom throws a lazy right hand but Fekt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fekt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Xoom stuffs the takedown.
Fekt lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Logan Xoom has been cut.
Fekt connects with a body shot.
Xoom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fekt moves into the clinch.
Xoom tries to pull guard but Fekt won't allow it.
Xoom fails to pull guard.
Fekt tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Xoom smiles and moves away.
Logan Xoom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Per Fekt.
Fekt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fekt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Xoom swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Xoom avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fekt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Xoom.
Fekt fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Xoom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fekt fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Xoom, pushing him back against the ropes.

Fekt pulls guard effortlessly.
Fekt doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fekt throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Xoom postures up.
Fekt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fekt seems keen to control Xoom's posture.
Fekt looking to control.
Xoom trying to control but Fekt is working from the bottom.
Fekt is pulling down on Xoom's head to control his posture.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fekt lands with a nice combination. Xoom backs away looking to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fekt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xoom.
Fekt fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fekt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Xoom defends it nicely.
Xoom looks to land a right hand but Fekt moved out of range.
Xoom closes the distance but Fekt moves to the side

and Fekt counters with a takedown into side control.
Xoom is not content to let Fekt control the position.
Xoom is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fekt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fekt trying to control the position but Xoom is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Fekt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Logan Xoom's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fekt shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters circling - Xoom throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Fekt.
Fekt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xoom is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Xoom looks to land a left hand but Fekt moved out of range nicely.
Jab by Xoom.
Xoom throws a jab when Fekt was well out of range.
Xoom paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fekt throws a leg kick but Xoom moved away.
Xoom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Fekt moves into the clinch.
Fekt fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Xoom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Xoom is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xoom manages to pull guard.
Fekt wants to control from the top but Xoom keeps moving.
Xoom keeping full guard, as Fekt tries to pass.
Xoom keeping moving, preventing Fekt from controlling successfully.
Fekt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fekt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Xoom is looking to stand up but Fekt isn't so interested in that idea.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Xoom tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Fekt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fekt drops down looking for an ankle pick but Xoom pulls his leg out and moves away.
Logan Xoom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Per Fekt.
Xoom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fekt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xoom tries to clinch up

and Fekt counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fekt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Xoom's elbow.
Fekt leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Fekt can't break the clinch.
Fekt is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Xoom breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Xoom looks to score with a jab to the body but Fekt is just out of range.
Xoom tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fekt fails with a takedown attempt.
Fekt goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Xoom swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Xoom throws a sloppy head kick and Fekt moves out of range easily.

Fekt instigates a clinch.
Fekt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Xoom walks away with a smile on his face. Fekt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fekt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xoom.
Logan Xoom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Xoom swats away the attempt to clinch by Fekt.
Xoom misses with a head kick.

Fekt drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fekt trying to control but Xoom is working from the bottom.
Per Fekt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fekt 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Per Fekt.
I've got Fekt winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Per Fekt!