PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Haiki Masatupo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drottinn Hrothgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hrothgar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Howling Fjord kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Masatupo
vs
Hrothgar

180 cm
27
158 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

220 cm
26
156 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Haiki Masatupo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Drottinn Hrothgar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Masatupo clinches up with Hrothgar and pushes him back against the cage.
Hrothgar scores with a hook to the body.
Masatupo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hrothgar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Masatupo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good body shot from Hrothgar.
Masatupo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masatupo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hrothgar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Hrothgar.
Masatupo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hrothgar.
A right handed body shot lands from Hrothgar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Hrothgar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Masatupo working Hrothgar over with knees to the body.
Masatupo keeps control of Hrothgar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hrothgar works on Masatupo's body with a couple of short punches.
Hrothgar is stalling here.
Masatupo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masatupo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masatupo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hrothgar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hrothgar's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Masatupo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masatupo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masatupo tries a knee to the head but Hrothgar blocks it.
Masatupo misses with the head strike.
Masatupo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Masatupo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hrothgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Hrothgar lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Hrothgar.
Masatupo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hrothgar digs a right hand underneath Masatupo's ribcage. Masatupo let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two 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.
Hrothgar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hrothgar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masatupo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hrothgar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Masatupo wants to break free but Hrothgar has control.
Hrothgar can't find room to land a body shot as Masatupo controls the action.
Hrothgar holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Masatupo stalling.
Masatupo misses with a knee strike.
Masatupo looking to throw knees to the head but Hrothgar is blocking nicely.
Masatupo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hrothgar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hrothgar will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Masatupo up against the cage.
Masatupo misses with a knee to the head.
Masatupo is breathing heavily.
Hrothgar lands a shot to the body.
Hrothgar avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masatupo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hrothgar is keeping busy.
Masatupo lands a good knee to the midsection. Hrothgar won't want to take too many of those.
Hrothgar taking a breather.
Masatupo stalls.
Masatupo has Hrothgar pressed against the cage, preventing Hrothgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hrothgar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Masatupo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hrothgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Hrothgar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Masatupo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good body shot from Hrothgar.
Hrothgar wants to get back to striking at distance but Masatupo won't allow it.
Masatupo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hrothgar.
Masatupo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

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.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hrothgar.
Hrothgar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hrothgar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masatupo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Masatupo scores with a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hrothgar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Masatupo backwards.
Masatupo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masatupo can't break the clinch.
Masatupo is pushing Hrothgar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hrothgar pushes Masatupo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Masatupo tries a knee to the head but Hrothgar blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hrothgar as Masatupo tries to tie him up.

Hrothgar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hrothgar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hrothgar keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drottinn Hrothgar dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hrothgar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Masatupo is rocked!
Hrothgar ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Masatupo out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Drottinn Hrothgar!