PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harrikarri Atlasmarmori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Twiddle Fizzlesticks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fizzlesticks is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by twiddle. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Atlasmarmori
vs
Fizzlesticks

185 cm
24
176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
24
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Harrikarri Atlasmarmori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Twiddle Fizzlesticks!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atlasmarmori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atlasmarmori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Atlasmarmori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fizzlesticks wants to clinch up but Atlasmarmori keeps it at a distance.
Atlasmarmori fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fizzlesticks manages to avoid it.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch there but Atlasmarmori circles away.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Atlasmarmori throws a leg kick but Fizzlesticks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Atlasmarmori rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fizzlesticks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fizzlesticks avoids the head kick by Atlasmarmori.
Fizzlesticks is looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori is avoiding it.
Fizzlesticks wants to clinch.
Atlasmarmori misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atlasmarmori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atlasmarmori closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atlasmarmori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fizzlesticks takes a swing at Atlasmarmori's ribcage but misses.
Atlasmarmori avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Atlasmarmori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fizzlesticks moves away.
Nice body kick from Fizzlesticks.
Fizzlesticks moves in looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori pushes him off.
Fizzlesticks checks a low kick from Atlasmarmori.
Atlasmarmori missing with a left hand there. Fizzlesticks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Atlasmarmori takes a swing at Fizzlesticks's ribcage but misses.
Fizzlesticks fails in his attempt to clinch.

Atlasmarmori tries to keep at a distance but Fizzlesticks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fizzlesticks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlasmarmori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Atlasmarmori breaks the clinch.

Atlasmarmori tries to keep at a distance but Fizzlesticks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Atlasmarmori has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fizzlesticks lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Harrikarri Atlasmarmori has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Fizzlesticks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fizzlesticks doesn't manage to clinch there - Atlasmarmori circles away.
Atlasmarmori throws a sloppy head kick and Fizzlesticks moves out of range easily.
Atlasmarmori swings for the body but Fizzlesticks moves out of range.
Fizzlesticks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch there but Atlasmarmori circles away.
Fizzlesticks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Atlasmarmori cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Atlasmarmori swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fizzlesticks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch but Atlasmarmori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fizzlesticks moves out of range of the strikes.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up but Atlasmarmori circles away and keeps his distance.
Atlasmarmori loads up on a big right hand but Fizzlesticks slips the punch.
Atlasmarmori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Atlasmarmori misses with a hook. Fizzlesticks ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Atlasmarmori misses the target.

Fizzlesticks gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Atlasmarmori managing to block the knees to the body from Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori dodges an elbow strike from Fizzlesticks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fizzlesticks pushes off an throws an elbow but Atlasmarmori leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Atlasmarmori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fizzlesticks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atlasmarmori avoids it.
Fizzlesticks has Atlasmarmori pressed against the cage, preventing Atlasmarmori from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fizzlesticks throws an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori avoids a wild elbow strike from Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fizzlestickss head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fizzlesticks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fizzlesticks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fizzlesticks throws a punch but it's blocked by Atlasmarmori.
Atlasmarmori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atlasmarmori has had enough of the clinch but Fizzlesticks keeps him there for the moment.
Atlasmarmori is trying to break the clinch but Fizzlesticks is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fizzlesticks.
Fizzlesticks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Twiddle Fizzlesticks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harrikarri Atlasmarmori's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fizzlesticks on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Atlasmarmori circles away from the clinch attempt
and Atlasmarmori counters with a nice kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Fizzlesticks misses.
Atlasmarmori blocks the body kick.
Fizzlesticks slips under a jab from Atlasmarmori.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch there but Atlasmarmori circles away.
Atlasmarmori throws a right and a left that both miss.
Atlasmarmori throws a big shot that misses.
Fizzlesticks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Atlasmarmori counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Atlasmarmori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fizzlesticks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Twiddle Fizzlesticks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Atlasmarmori swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fizzlesticks swings for the body but Atlasmarmori moves out of range.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fizzlesticks throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Atlasmarmori's corner calls for a 1-2. Atlasmarmori obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but Atlasmarmori is having none of it.
Atlasmarmori is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Fizzlesticks's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Fizzlesticks moves in looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori pushes him off.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but Atlasmarmori is having none of it.

Fizzlesticks pushes Atlasmarmori up against the cage in a clinch.
Atlasmarmori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Fizzlesticks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harrikarri Atlasmarmori is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlasmarmori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Atlasmarmori circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fizzlesticks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up.
Atlasmarmori misses with a body shot.
Fizzlesticks lands a jab to the head.
Fizzlesticks moves in looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori pushes him off.
Twiddle Fizzlesticks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch there but Atlasmarmori circles away.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Atlasmarmori counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Atlasmarmori paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fizzlesticks lands a nice looking kick to the body. Atlasmarmori takes a step back to recover.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up but Atlasmarmori circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atlasmarmori looks to land a left hand but Fizzlesticks moved out of range nicely.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch but Atlasmarmori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atlasmarmori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fizzlesticks staying out of range there.
Fizzlesticks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fizzlesticks is looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori is avoiding it.
Fizzlesticks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fizzlesticks is looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori is avoiding it.
Atlasmarmori misses with a low kick.
Fizzlesticks wants to clinch up but Atlasmarmori keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atlasmarmori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fizzlesticks moves away.
Fizzlesticks fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atlasmarmori looks to score with a jab to the body but Fizzlesticks is just out of range.
Atlasmarmori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fizzlesticks moves away.

Fizzlesticks instigates a clinch.
Fizzlesticks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Atlasmarmori backwards.
Fizzlesticks lands an elbow just above Atlasmarmori 's eye.
Atlasmarmori blocks the elbow strike.
Fizzlesticks trying to land knees to the body.
Atlasmarmori blocks an elbow strike from Fizzlesticks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fizzlesticks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fizzlesticks throws an elbow that misses.
Fizzlesticks keeps control of Atlasmarmori as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fizzlesticks lands an elbow inside that Atlasmarmori shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Twiddle Fizzlesticks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harrikarri Atlasmarmori'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Fizzlesticks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up but Atlasmarmori circles away and keeps his distance.
Fizzlesticks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Atlasmarmori.
Fizzlesticks darts in trying to clinch
and Atlasmarmori counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Atlasmarmori misses with an uppercut.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up.
Fizzlesticks tries to close the distance and clinch but Atlasmarmori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atlasmarmori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fizzlesticks.

Fizzlesticks rushes Atlasmarmori and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fizzlesticks breaks the clinch.
Fizzlesticks is looking to clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fizzlesticks in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but Atlasmarmori is having none of it.
Atlasmarmori looks to land a right hand but Fizzlesticks moved out of range.
Atlasmarmori keeps the fight on the outside.
Fizzlesticks misses with a low kick.

Fizzlesticks has Atlasmarmori up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fizzlesticks throws an elbow but misses.
Fizzlesticks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fizzlesticks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Atlasmarmori blocks an elbow strike.
Fizzlesticks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fizzlesticks throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlasmarmori dodges an elbow strike from Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Twiddle Fizzlesticks seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fizzlesticks swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Fizzlesticks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fizzlesticks blocks a low kick nicely.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch but Atlasmarmori moves out of range.
Atlasmarmori throws out a powerful jab.
Fizzlesticks moves to clinch but Atlasmarmori breaks away
and Atlasmarmori counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atlasmarmori thows a body shot but no joy.
Fizzlesticks is looking to clinch but Atlasmarmori is avoiding it.
Fizzlesticks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fizzlesticks tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Atlasmarmori manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fizzlesticks clinches up against the cage.
Fizzlesticks lands an elbow inside that Atlasmarmori shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Fizzlesticks.
Fizzlesticks lands an elbow just above Atlasmarmori 's eye.
Fizzlesticks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fizzlesticks throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fizzlesticks.

Atlasmarmori is rocked!

Fizzlesticks breaks the clinch.
Oh Atlasmarmori is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fizzlesticks slips a straight right by Atlasmarmori.

Fizzlesticks clinches with his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fizzlesticks.
Atlasmarmori has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Atlasmarmori takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fizzlesticks creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Atlasmarmori's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Atlasmarmori drops to his knees and Fizzlesticks pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Twiddle Fizzlesticks!
A relieved looking Twiddle Fizzlesticks thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.