PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pancho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villa has chosen Guerrilla Radio as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Christianson
vs
Villa

191 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cameron Christianson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pancho Villa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Villa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christianson sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Christianson takes the fight into the clinch.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Christianson has the dominant position.
Christianson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Christianson lands an elbow inside that Villa shrugs off.
Christianson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Villa takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Pancho Villa has been cut.
Villa takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Villa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Christianson has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Villa takes an elbow to the temple.
Christianson misses with an elbow strike.
Villa dodges an elbow strike from Christianson.
Christianson lands an elbow that stopped Villa in his tracks for a moment.
Villa wants to break free but Christianson has control.
Christianson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Villa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Villa tries to break free but Christianson pushes him back against the cage.
Christianson throws an elbow that misses.
Christianson lands a nice elbow.
Villa tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Villa looks gassed!
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Christianson tries a knee to the head but Villa blocks it.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villa dodges an elbow strike from Christianson.
Christianson scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Christianson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Christianson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Villa's face.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but Villa blocks with his arms.
Villa takes an elbow to the temple.
Christianson landing knees to the body.
Villa takes an elbow to the temple.
Christianson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Villa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Christianson looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
Villa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Christianson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but Villa blocks with his arms.
Christianson throws an elbow that misses.
Christianson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Villa tries to break free but Christianson pushes him back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Christianson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Villa's brow.
Villa is trying to break free.
Christianson lands an elbow inside.

Villa breaks the clinch.
Villa takes a swing at Christianson's ribcage but misses.
Christianson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Christianson tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa wants to clinch but Christianson slips to the side

and Christianson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling him.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Christianson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Christianson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christianson has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christianson lands a damaging elbow.
Christianson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.
Christianson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Christianson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Villa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Christianson smiles and moves away.
Villa closes the distance but Christianson moves to the side

and Christianson counters by clinching up.
Christianson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Villa's defenses.
Villa wants to get back to striking at distance but Christianson won't allow it.
Villa wants a takedown but no success here.
Christianson throws an elbow but it misses.
Christianson lands a damaging elbow.
Villa can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Villa is trying to break free.
Villa tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
Villa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Villa wants to get back to striking at distance but Christianson won't allow it.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Christianson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cameron Christianson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pancho Villa.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling him.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Christianson lands an elbow inside that Villa shrugs off.
Christianson scores a nice knee to the body.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Christianson has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christianson misses with an elbow over the top.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling the position.
Villa tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Christianson keeps him there for the moment.
Christianson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short left from Christianson.
Villa lands an uppercut.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Christianson has the dominant position.
Christianson lands an elbow inside that Villa shrugs off.

Villa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Villa tries to clinch but Christianson moves away

and Christianson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Christianson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Christianson prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Christianson connects with a knee to the head.
Christianson prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Christianson lands a knee to the head.
Christianson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Villa is trying to break free.
Christianson keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Christianson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christianson throws an elbow but misses.
Christianson trying to land knees to the body.

Villa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villa with a lazy takedown attempt

and Christianson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Christianson.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Christianson lands an elbow inside that Villa shrugs off.
Christianson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Villa.
Christianson lands a damaging elbow.
Christianson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Christianson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but Villa blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Christianson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pancho Villa's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Christianson tries to clinch up.
Christianson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Villa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Villa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Christianson moves into the clinch.
Villa tries to break free but Christianson pushes him back against the cage.
Christianson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling the position.
Christianson looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.
Christianson trying to land knees to the body.
Christianson lands an elbow that stopped Villa in his tracks for a moment.
Villa tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
Villa jumps guard but Christianson stands there with Villa around his waist. Villa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Christianson scores a nice knee to the body.
Christianson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Christianson lands an elbow just above Villa 's eye.
Christianson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Christianson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.
Christianson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Christianson throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christianson throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christianson lands a damaging elbow.
Villa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Christiansons head.
Christianson prevents Villa from breaking the clinch.
Christianson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Villa tries to circle away but Christianson has him pinned against the cage.
Christianson misses with an elbow over the top.
Christianson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christianson throws an elbow but it misses.
Christianson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Christianson has Villa pressed against the cage, preventing Villa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Villa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Villa wants to get back to striking at distance but Christianson won't allow it.
Villa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Christianson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Villa dodges an elbow strike from Christianson.
Christianson missing with knees to the body.
Christianson throws an elbow that misses.
Villa pushes Christianson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christianson pushes off an throws an elbow but Villa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Villa gets control of Christianson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Villa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Villa working for a triangle but Christianson defends it easily.

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.
Villa wants to stand and escape but Christianson is having none of it.
Christianson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Villa on the ground.
Christianson won't allow Villa to sweep him here.
Villa looking to control but Christianson passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Villa tries to kick Christianson off but Christianson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Christianson content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Villa misses with a double jab

and Christianson counters by clinching up.
Christianson lands a nice elbow.
Christianson misses with an elbow strike.
Christianson connects with a knee to the head.
Villa blocks an elbow strike.
Christianson tries to land knees in the clinch but Villa avoids the damage to the body.
Villa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Christianson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Christianson keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Christianson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Christianson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Villa blocks it with crossed arms.
Villa blocks the elbow strike.
Christianson lands an elbow inside that Villa shrugs off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Christianson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christianson pushes off an throws an elbow but Villa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christianson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.
Christianson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Villa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Christianson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pancho Villa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Villa looks to land a combination but Christianson avoids it well.
Christianson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Villa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Villa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Villa wants it to stay on the feet.
Christianson tries to clinch but Villa moves away
and Villa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Christianson scores with a jab to the body.
Christianson stuffs the takedown.
Christianson wants to clinch up but Villa keeps it at a distance.

Christianson rushes Villa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Christianson has the dominant position.
Villa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Christianson lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Christianson.
Christianson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Christianson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Villa's brow.
Christianson lands a damaging elbow.
Villa wants to break free but Christianson has control.
Christianson looking to throw knees to the head but Villa is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christianson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Villa's defenses.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Christianson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling the position.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Christianson keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa tries to break the clinch but Christianson is controlling the position.
Christianson connects with a knee to the head.
Villa avoids the elbow strike from Christianson, against the cage.
Villa tries to pull guard but Christianson holds him up against the cage and eventually Villa drops back down to his feet.
Cameron Christianson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pancho Villa.
Christianson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Villa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christianson throws an elbow but misses.
Christianson gets through Villa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Villa can't break the clinch.
Christianson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Villas head.

Villa breaks the clinch.
Villa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Christianson counters by clinching up.
Christianson throws an elbow that misses.
Christianson scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Christianson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cameron Christianson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Christianson keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Villa working hard to break the clinch.
Villa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christianson lands an elbow just above Villa 's eye.
Villa wants to break free but Christianson has control.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christianson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Christianson lands with a right to the head.
Christianson misses with an elbow over the top.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Christianson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Villa wants to break free but Christianson has control.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Christianson keeps him there for the moment.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Christianson keeps him there for the moment.
Villa blocks an elbow strike from Christianson.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Christianson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Villa's efforts to push away.
Christianson lands with a left to the head.
Christianson tries a knee to the head but Villa blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Villa's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christianson tries to land a knee to the head but Villa blocks with his arms.
Villa has had enough of the clinch but Christianson keeps him there for the moment.
Villa tries to break free but Christianson pushes him back against the cage.
Villa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Christianson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Villa tries to break free but Christianson pushes him back against the cage.
Christianson working Villa over with knees to the body.
Villa wants to break free but Christianson has control.
Christianson keeps control of Villa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Villa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Christianson.
Christianson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Christianson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Villa is trying to break the clinch but Christianson has him pressed against the cage.
Villa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Villa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Villa is trying to force a seperation but Christianson has the dominant position.
Christianson crunches a lovely knee into Villa's ribcage.

Villa has Christianson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Villa pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Christianson tumbling to the mat - Villa dives into Christianson's guard.
Villa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Villa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Christianson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Christianson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Christianson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Villa is looking to work some ground and pound but Christianson has wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Villa is looking to work some ground and pound but Christianson has wrist control.
Pancho Villa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christianson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

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 Cameron Christianson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Christianson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Christianson!