PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Snorodecki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gichin Funakoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funakoshi has chosen Martial Art Drum Beat as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Snorodecki
vs
Funakoshi

173 cm
25
154 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

168 cm
26
154 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Snorodecki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gichin Funakoshi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funakoshi throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Chris Snorodecki has been cut.
Snorodecki throws a lazy right hand but Funakoshi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Funakoshi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snorodecki manages to avoid it.
Funakoshi walks into a left hand.
Snorodecki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Funakoshi misses with a straight right.
A big left from Funakoshi misses.
Funakoshi misses with a looping left.

Snorodecki gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Funakoshi avoids it.
Funakoshi throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Snorodecki.
Funakoshi lands a right hand.
Snorodecki blocking some punches.
Snorodecki stalling in the clinch but Funakoshi improves position.

Funakoshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snorodecki has managed to clinch.
Snorodecki has Funakoshi pressed against the cage, preventing Funakoshi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Snorodecki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Funakoshi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Funakoshi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snorodecki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Funakoshi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Funakoshi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Funakoshi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Snorodecki blocks an elbow strike.
Funakoshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snorodecki backwards.
Funakoshi has had enough of the clinch but Snorodecki keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Funakoshi fails to land.
Funakoshi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Snorodecki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Funakoshi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Funakoshi throws a head punch that misses.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Funakoshi is blocking nicely.
A short left from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Funakoshi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Funakoshi pushes off an throws an elbow but Snorodecki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Snorodecki missing with knees to the body.
Snorodecki blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Funakoshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Snorodecki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Funakoshi up against the cage.
Funakoshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Funakoshi misses with an elbow strike.
Snorodecki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snorodecki avoids a wild elbow strike from Funakoshi.
Snorodecki looking to throw knees to the head but Funakoshi is blocking nicely.
Funakoshi throws an elbow that misses.
Snorodecki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Funakoshi is defending well for now.
Snorodecki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Funakoshi.
Funakoshi managing to block the knees to the body from Snorodecki.
Funakoshi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Funakoshi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Snorodeckis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Snorodecki throws out a loose jab but Funakoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funakoshi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Funakoshi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Snorodecki doesn't seem phased though.
Snorodecki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Snorodecki.
Funakoshi lands a body shot.
Snorodecki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Snorodecki stuns Funakoshi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funakoshi throws a lazy right hand but Snorodecki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Funakoshi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funakoshi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Funakoshi checks a leg kick.
Snorodecki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Funakoshi.
Snorodecki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Snorodecki blocks a jab.
A nice combination there by Snorodecki.
Funakoshi misses the jab.
Funakoshi connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Snorodecki misses with a wild body shot.
Snorodecki slips a straight right by Funakoshi.
Funakoshi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gichin Funakoshi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chris Snorodecki'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.

A slow jab from Funakoshi misses its intended target.
Nice shot lands for Snorodecki.
Chris Snorodecki is winning the standup battle so far.
Snorodecki ducks under a wild hook from Funakoshi.
Snorodecki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch but Funakoshi is avoiding it.
Snorodecki tries to land a leg kick but Funakoshi saw it coming and moves away.
Snorodecki misses with a head kick.
Snorodecki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Snorodecki looks to land a body kick but Funakoshi moved away.
Snorodecki wants to clinch up but Funakoshi keeps it at a distance.
Funakoshi avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snorodecki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Funakoshi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Snorodecki slips a jab from Funakoshi.
Snorodecki throws a series of punches but Funakoshi avoids them all with ease.
Snorodecki throws a nice looking combination but Funakoshi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Snorodecki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Funakoshi.
Snorodecki is looking to clinch.
Snorodecki thows a body kick. Funakoshi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Snorodecki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Snorodecki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Snorodecki is looking to slow Funakoshi down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snorodecki wants to clinch up but Funakoshi keeps it at a distance.
Chris Snorodecki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Funakoshi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Snorodecki under the eye.
Snorodecki connects with a body shot.
Snorodecki misses the shot to the body.
Funakoshi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Funakoshi clinches.
Funakoshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Snorodecki backwards.
Snorodecki tries to land knees in the clinch but Funakoshi avoids the damage to the body.
Snorodecki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Funakoshi avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Funakoshi.

Snorodecki is rocked!
Funakoshi lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Snorodecki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Funakoshi has a couple of punches blocked by Snorodecki.

Funakoshi manages to break the clinch.
Snorodecki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Funakoshi.
A big left from Funakoshi misses.
Funakoshi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Funakoshi throws a hook to the side of Snorodecki's head but Snorodecki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Funakoshi throws an overhand right that has Snorodecki reeling! Funakoshi follows up with more punches and Snorodecki is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gichin Funakoshi!
During a confident post fight interview, Gichin Funakoshi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.