PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Cappuccino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cappuccino comes to the cage accompanied by I Shot the Sheriff. Vince Noir has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Al Cappuccino's chin.

Cappuccino
vs
Noir

192 cm
22
215 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Black Skull Clothing

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Al Cappuccino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vince Noir!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cappuccino has closed the distance and engaged Noir in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino controlling the action here for a moment.
Cappuccino throws an elbow that misses.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Noir is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.

It looks like Vince Noir has been cut.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cappuccino tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Noir blocks with his arms.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Noir's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Noir tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cappuccino's elbow.
Cappuccino taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino taking a breather.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body.
Noir wants to break free but Cappuccino has control.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Noir's ribcage.
Noir looks gassed!
Noir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Noir wants to get back to striking at distance but Cappuccino won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noir's face.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Cappuccino keeps him there for the moment.
Noir tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Cappuccino leaning against his opponent.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noir is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noir is defending well for now.
Noir takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir is trying to break free.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but Noir blocks it.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noir's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cappuccino tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Noir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Noir is blocking nicely.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four 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.
Noir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cappuccino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Cappuccino taking a breather.
Cappuccino throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Noir blocks it with crossed arms.
Noir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Noir is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
Noir wants to break free but Cappuccino has control.
Noir is trying to break free.
Cappuccino missing with knees to the body.
Noir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cappuccino has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Cappuccino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vince Noir's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Noir looks to land a left hand but Cappuccino moved out of range nicely.
Cappuccino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cappuccino throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Noir lands the left hand.
Cappuccino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Noir misses with the combination.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino throws a front kick that sends Noir stumbling back into the cage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cappuccino!
Noir lunges at Cappuccino with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cappuccino's hand.
Cappuccino has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
No joy there for Noir, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vince Noir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Noir throws a series of punches but Cappuccino moves out of range.
Noir lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cappuccino circles away quickly and effectively.
Noir throws a combination. Cappuccino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Noir throws a series of punches but Cappuccino avoids them all with ease.
Noir blocks the body kick.
Noir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Noir does no damage.
Al Cappuccino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir swats away the attempt to clinch by Cappuccino.
Cappuccino misses with a kick to the body.
Cappuccino displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Noir throws out the jab.
Cappuccino feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Noir's calf.
Cappuccino wants to clinch up but Noir keeps it at a distance.
Cappuccino tries to close the distance and clinch up but Noir swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cappuccino fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noir throws a right and a left that both miss.
Noir scores with a jab to the jaw.
Noir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cappuccino scores with a push kick.

Cappuccino takes the fight into the clinch.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Noir is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cappuccino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Noir's efforts to push away.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Noir is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Noir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Noir is trying to stall.
Noir managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Noir wants to break free but Cappuccino has control.
Noir managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noir is defending well for now.
Cappuccino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Noir is breathing heavily.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling the position.
Noir tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Noir takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Cappuccino.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cappuccino obliges.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino working Noir over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino just leaning against Noir, taking a breather.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cappuccino working Noir over with knees to the body.
Noir wants to break free but Cappuccino has control.
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head.
Cappuccino working Noir over with knees to the body.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noir takes a knee to the side of the body.
Noir misses with the head strike.
Cappuccino lands a good knee to the midsection. Noir won't want to take too many of those.
Cappuccino keeps control of Noir as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cappuccino misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Cappuccino keeps him there for the moment.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Noir letting Cappuccino take a breather here.
Noir wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Cappuccino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vince Noir's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Noir looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cappuccino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cappuccino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Noir counters with a straight right hand.
Cappuccino throws a nice inside leg kick.
Noir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cappuccino.
Noir takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cappuccino thumps Noir with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Noir.
Noir scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Cappuccino moves into range and clinches up with Noir.
Cappuccino stalls.
Cappuccino tries to land knees in the clinch but Noir avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cappuccino looking to throw knees to the head but Noir is blocking nicely.
Cappuccino leaning against his opponent.
Noir managing to block the knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Noir is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body.
Cappuccino working Noir over with knees to the body.
Noir takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cappuccino crunches a lovely knee into Noir's ribcage.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.
Knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Al Cappuccino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees to the body from Cappuccino.
Cappuccino is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Cappuccino.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Cappuccino unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cappuccino landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino connects with a knee to the head.
Noir is trying to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling him.
Noir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Noir can't break the clinch.
Cappuccino misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Noir.
Cappuccino scores with a knee to the head.
Cappuccino has Noir pushed against the cage.
Cappuccino landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cappuccino lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cappuccino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Noir in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cappuccino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Noir tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Cappuccino trying to land knees to the body.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.
Noir wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cappuccino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Noir is defending well for now.
Noir tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Cappuccino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cappuccino throws a knee to the head but misses.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling the position.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Noir wants to break the clinch but can't.
Noir blocks the elbow strike.
Cappuccino scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Noir on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cappuccino landing knees to the head.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but Noir blocks with his arms.
Noir tries to work over Cappuccino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cappuccino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Noir has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cappuccino tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Noir avoiding damage as Cappuccino throws knees to the body.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Noir tries to break free but Cappuccino pushes him back against the cage.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Cappuccino is controlling the position.
Cappuccino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Noir's efforts to push away.
Vince Noir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cappuccino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Noir's face.
Cappuccino misses with a knee strike.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cappuccino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Noir avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Cappuccino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cappuccino, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Cappuccino!