PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julian The Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AK Forty Seven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Fury's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - White America. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

The Fury
vs
Forty Seven

185 cm
33
187 lbs
12 - 19 - 0

189 cm
26
199 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julian The Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, AK Forty Seven!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forty Seven misses with a hook.
Forty Seven rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Fury moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Forty Seven doesn't manage to clinch there - The Fury circles away.
Forty Seven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Fury takes a jab right on the kisser.
Forty Seven fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Forty Seven misses
and The Fury makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Forty Seven really felt that one!
The Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from Forty Seven, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Forty Seven gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Fury steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Forty Seven.
Forty Seven throws a jab but it's blocked by The Fury.
Forty Seven shoots for a double leg takedown but The Fury sprawls well. He's pushed Forty Seven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Julian The Fury has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of AK Forty Seven.
The Fury slaps away a takedown attempt from Forty Seven, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Forty Seven darts in trying to clinch
and The Fury counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Fury throws a sloppy head kick and Forty Seven moves out of range easily.
Forty Seven stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Fury.
Forty Seven with a poor takedown
and The Fury counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Forty Seven looks to land a left hand but The Fury moved out of range nicely.
Forty Seven misses with a straight right.
The Fury stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Fury wants it to stay on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forty Seven swings widly with a right hand
and The Fury counters with an inside leg kick.
Forty Seven checks a leg kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Forty Seven looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Fury defending well as Forty Seven loads up on a big left hand.
The Fury avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Fury stuffs the takedown attempt from Forty Seven. Forty Seven gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forty Seven fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Fury tries to land a front kick but Forty Seven steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Forty Seven misses with a body punch
and The Fury makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Forty Seven really felt that one!
The Fury tries a head kick but it misses.
The Fury slips a straight right by Forty Seven.
Forty Seven throws a right hand that misses
and The Fury counters with a nice low kick that buckles Forty Seven's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but AK Forty Seven will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some bone on bone action there as Forty Seven checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Forty Seven has his takedown stuffed
and The Fury counters with a body kick.
A good leg kick by The Fury.
Forty Seven throws a lazy uppercut
and The Fury counters with a low kick, right behind Forty Seven 's knee.
Forty Seven misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The Fury slips under a jab from Forty Seven.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forty Seven looks to throw the jab but The Fury is out of range.
The Fury misses with an attempted mid kick.
Forty Seven misses with a hook.

Forty Seven looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for The Fury!
Forty Seven tries to control but The Fury wriggling away.
The Fury tries to hold on but Forty Seven pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Fury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Forty Seven.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forty Seven thowing shots but they're missing.
The referee warns The Fury that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Forty Seven looking to finish with strikes here!
The Fury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Forty Seven.
Forty Seven throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forty Seven throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Forty Seven throwing strikes here but The Fury is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Forty Seven throwing strikes here but The Fury is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Forty Seven landing strikes, looking to finish!
Forty Seven looking to ground and pound but The Fury is blocking nicely.
The Fury holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Forty Seven tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The Fury avoids a series of strikes thrown by Forty Seven.
The Fury blocking the ground and pound.
Forty Seven unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forty Seven misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Forty Seven punching from mount but The Fury doing a good job of avoiding damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Fury is in a horrible position here. Forty Seven smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The Fury is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Forty Seven throws some wild stikes that The Fury manages to avoid easily.
Forty Seven has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of The Fury's face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Forty Seven looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Fury wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Forty Seven.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

AK Forty Seven showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The Fury pivots, looking for a leg kick but Forty Seven is out of range and The Fury settles back down.
Forty Seven fails to land the takedown.
Forty Seven works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Forty Seven looks for a takedown but The Fury sprawls well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Forty Seven.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forty Seven is looking to take a break and control but The Fury is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Forty Seven is trying to ground and pound but The Fury uses the momentary lack of control by Forty Seven to regain half guard.
The Fury is refusing to be controlled, as Forty Seven sits in half guard.

That's two 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.
Forty Seven sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Fury defending well though.
Forty Seven trying to control from half guard but The Fury is working away.
Forty Seven thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Forty Seven trying to control from half guard but The Fury is working away.
The Fury is trying is best to control the position here.
The Fury manages to get to full guard.
Forty Seven would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Fury avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Forty Seven must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The Fury keeping full guard, as Forty Seven tries to pass.
The Fury utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Forty Seven missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Forty Seven throwing strikes from guard but The Fury blocks nicely.
The Fury keeping full guard, as Forty Seven tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forty Seven trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Fury has momentary wrist control but Forty Seven slips an elbow through the middle.
Forty Seven throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Fury works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The Fury preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The Fury avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Julian The Fury has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Fury preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
AK Forty Seven is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Forty Seven trying to control the position from guard on top but The Fury is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
AK Forty Seven comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Forty Seven has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AK Forty Seven!