PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierce Proipeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Psa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Psa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Proipeau
vs
Psa

180 cm
24
205 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

193 cm
24
200 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pierce Proipeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam Psa!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psa is looking to clinch but Proipeau is avoiding it.
Psa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Proipeau throws out the jab.
Proipeau misses with the combination.
Proipeau tries to bum rush Psa with a series of wild strikes but Psa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Psa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Proipeau lands a jab-cross combination.
Psa moves out of range of the strikes.
Proipeau misses with a series of wild punches.
Proipeau missing with a left hand there. Psa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Psa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Proipeau scores with a sloppy right hand. Psa should have avoided that one.
Psa moves in looking to clinch but Proipeau pushes him off.
Psa tries to clinch there but Proipeau circles away.
Psa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Proipeau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Proipeau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Psa circles away quickly and effectively.
Proipeau moves out of range of the leg kick from Psa.

Psa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Proipeau, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Psa.
Still in the clinch, Psa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Psa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Psa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Psa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Psa tries to land a knee to the head but Proipeau blocks with his arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Psa looking to throw knees to the head but Proipeau is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Psa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Psa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Proipeau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Psa trying to land knees to the body.
Psa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Psa misses with a knee strike.
Psa tries a body shot but Proipeau blocks it.
Psa misses with a knee to the head.
Psa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Psa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Proipeau blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Psa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Proipeau avoiding damage as Psa throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Proipeau on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Psa tries to land knees in the clinch but Proipeau avoids the damage to the body.
Psa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Proipeau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Proipeau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Psa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Psa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Psa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Psa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Psa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Psa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Psa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Proipeau blocks it with crossed arms.

Proipeau jumps guard and drags Psa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Psa is fighting to break Proipeau's control of his arms but Proipeau is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psa wants to stand but Proipeau is controlling his posture from full guard.

Psa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Proipeau, up you get!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Psa instigates a clinch.
Psa stalling.

Proipeau jumps guard.
Proipeau might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Psa wants to stand and escape but instead Proipeau has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Psa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Proipeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Psa.
Proipeau circles away from the clinch attempt.
Psa tries to clinch but Proipeau is having none of it.
Psa staying out of range there.

Psa instigates a clinch.
A short left from Psa.

Proipeau gets control of Psa's arms and successfully pulls guard. Proipeau will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Proipeau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Psa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Proipeau throws the left hand but Psa avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Proipeau misses with a right hand
and Psa counters with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Proipeau.
Psa tries to clinch up but Proipeau circles away and keeps his distance.
Pierce Proipeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Psa is looking to clinch but Proipeau is avoiding it.
Psa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Psa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Psa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Proipeau manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Psa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Psa misses with a knee to the head.
Psa tries a knee to the head but Proipeau blocks it.
Psa misses with a knee to the head.
Psa just leaning against Proipeau, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psa misses with a punch on the inside.
Psa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Proipeau jumps into guard, dragging Psa to the mat.
Psa tries to stand but Proipeau is controlling from the bottom.

Proipeau is working an open guard so Psa takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Proipeau throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Proipeau. Those never looked like landing.
Proipeau misses with a combination
and Psa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Proipeau fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Psa slips a jab from Proipeau.
Proipeau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Psa moves out of range of the strikes.
Proipeau is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sloppy strikes from Proipeau. Those never looked like landing.
Proipeau keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice defenses there by Psa.
Proipeau throws a right and a left that both miss.
Proipeau connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Psa's hands.
Pierce Proipeau is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slow jab from Proipeau misses its intended target.
Psa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Proipeau avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psa moves away from the strike by Proipeau.
Proipeau throws an overhand right that lands on Psa's shoulder, as Psa tries to avoid the shot.
Psa slips a jab and a cross from Proipeau.
Psa wants to clinch.
Psa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Proipeau.
A nice combination there by Proipeau.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Proipeau throws an overhand right that lands on Psa's shoulder, as Psa tries to avoid the shot.
Psa moves out of range as Proipeau strikes.
Pierce Proipeau is winning the standup battle so far.
Proipeau throws a hook but Psa blocks it.
Psa tries to clinch there but Proipeau circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pierce Proipeau will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Psa ducks under a wild hook from Proipeau.

Psa has closed the distance and engaged Proipeau in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Psa.
Stalling in the clinch from Psa.
Psa misses with a knee to the head.
Psa misses with a knee strike.
Psa landing knees to the head.

It looks like Pierce Proipeau has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Psa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Psa.
Psa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Psa.

Proipeau jumps into guard, dragging Psa to the mat.
Psa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Proipeau's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Psa gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Proipeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Proipeau. Those never looked like landing.
Proipeau misses with a lunging right hand

and Psa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Psa.
Psa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Psa tries to work over Proipeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Psa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sam Psa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Psa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Psa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Proipeau avoiding damage as Psa throws knees to the body.

Proipeau pulls Psa into guard.
Proipeau has a closed guard, preventing Psa from standing up.
Proipeau has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Psa takes one to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Psa is looking to clinch but Proipeau is avoiding it.
Proipeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Psa.
Proipeau works over Psa's head and body with a nice combination.
Psa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Proipeau swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Psa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Psa moves out of range of the strikes.
Psa moves away from the strike by Proipeau.
Proipeau misses with a few strikes there.
Proipeau throws a looping overhand right but Psa ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Psa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psa scores with a leg kick.
Psa tries to close the distance and clinch but Proipeau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Proipeau.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Psa ducks under a wild hook from Proipeau.
Proipeau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Psa tries to close the distance and clinch but Proipeau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Psa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Proipeau.
Psa tries to clinch up.
Psa fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Proipeau. That did some damage!
Proipeau scores with a three punch combo!
Some wild striking there from Proipeau.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Psa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Psa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Psa!
Sam Psa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.