PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake The Spider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mahti Sonni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mahti Sonni is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

The Spider
vs
Sonni

150 cm
22
148 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
151 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Wolfpack Threadz

M/S Paint Fightwear **Laundry service**

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jake The Spider!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mahti Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Spider shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. The Spider showed some decent athleticism there.
Sonni pushes The Spider off looking to stand but The Spider dives back in and keeps control.
Sonni keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sonni blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Spider.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sonni wants to get back to his feet.
The Spider thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sonni's head.
The Spider tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sonni knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The Spider not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The Spider thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The Spider throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The Spider wants to control but Sonni is keeping him busy.
Sonni is trying to control but can't.
Sonni taking some punishment here, with The Spider in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider prevents Sonni from improving his position.
The Spider missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Spider is trying to control. Sonni wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Spider not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sonni is staying active underneath The Spider, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The Spider thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sonni's head.
The Spider trying to pass the guard but Sonni defending well.
Sonni wants to get back to his feet.
Sonni is looking for a sweep. The Spider is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The Spider not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Spider missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The Spider trying to pass the guard but Sonni defending well.

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.

Sonni actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Spider working Sonni over with strikes.
Sonni is looking to improve his position.

Sonni actively working from the bottom here.
Sonni slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The Spider thows a big elbow that misses.
The Spider thows a big elbow that misses.
The Spider wants to control from the top but Sonni keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Spider throws and elbow that misses. Sonni uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Spider's guard. Nice move by Sonni!
Sonni preventing the sweep.
Sonni looking to pass the guard.
The Spider has Sonni pulled in close to control his posture.
Sonni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sonni stopping the sweep attempt from The Spider.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sonni postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Spider keeping moving, preventing Sonni from controlling successfully.
Sonni sitting in guard here, content to control.
The Spider preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Spider fails with the takedown

and Sonni counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sonni.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sonni misses with a takedown

and The Spider counters with a takedown into side control.
The Spider misses with the ground and pound.
Sonni wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The Spider looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sonni is avoiding damage well.
Sonni wants to control but The Spider postures up.
Sonni gets back to half guard.
The Spider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sonni is trying to stand back up but The Spider is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Sonni has one foot on The Spider's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sonni misses with a body punch

and The Spider counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The Spider forces his way into half guard.
The Spider scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from The Spider there.
The Spider thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sonni is trying to control but can't.
The Spider throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Spider working the head and body with strikes.
The Spider stops Sonni from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from The Spider there.
The Spider seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Spider thows a huge punch but Sonni dodges it nicely.
The Spider missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The Spider sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The Spider is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sonni gets full guard.
The Spider trying to control the position from guard on top but Sonni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sonni is pulling down on The Spider's head to control his posture.

Sonni escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Spider gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sonni looking for a guillotine here but The Spider defends easily.
The Spider trying to control the position from guard on top but Sonni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Spider is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The Spider stops Sonni from standing up.
The Spider landing some decent shots from guard.
Sonni has momentary wrist control but The Spider slips an elbow through the middle.
The Spider throws a strike but Sonni rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sonni works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sonni is stalling here. The Spider is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sonni seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Spider has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sonni is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The Spider lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sonni down.
The Spider cracks Sonni with a big right hand but Sonni just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The Spider trying to control the action but Sonni is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Spider tries to move into full mount but can't pass Sonni's legs.
Sonni is trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake The Spider dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sonni gets caught napping as The Spider dives in and scores a takedown. Sonni manages to retain guard.
The Spider won't allow Sonni to sweep him here.
Sonni keeping moving, preventing The Spider from controlling successfully.
The Spider's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The Spider might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sonni avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sonni keeping full guard, as The Spider tries to pass.

Sonni throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The Spider wants to control from the top but Sonni keeps moving.
The Spider lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Spider not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Spider preventing the sweep.
The Spider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sonni is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Spider is not content to let Sonni control the position.
Sonni seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The Spider is pressing down on Sonni's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Spider wants to sweep but no luck.
Sonni stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Spider swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sonni is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Sonni drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and The Spider dives on top into guard.
The Spider looking to sit in guard and control but Sonni gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sonni looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Spider is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mahti Sonni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sonni is fighting to break The Spider's control of his arms but The Spider is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sonni trying to control but The Spider is working from the bottom.

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.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The Spider is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jake The Spider.
The Spider shoots and misses
and Sonni counters with a nice body shot.
Sonni swings for the body but The Spider moves out of range.
Sonni scores with a sloppy right hand. The Spider should have avoided that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The Spider tries for a takedown but Sonni circles away easily

and Sonni counters with a single leg into guard. The Spider didn't expect that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mahti Sonni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Spider has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake The Spider!
Jake The Spider retains his featherweight title!