PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Horner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvo Pentti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Horner comes to the cage accompanied by Roky Erickson - Stand For The Fire Demon. Pentti has chosen Ruudolf - Doupeimmat Jumala Seivaa (feat. Blaksim) as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Horner
vs
Pentti

180 cm
30
196 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

184 cm
23
197 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Horner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arvo Pentti!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pentti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pentti gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pentti.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Pentti manages to break the clinch.

Horner gets a clinch.
Horner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pentti blocks it with crossed arms.
A shot in the inside from Pentti.

Horner manages to break the clinch.
Pentti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Horner tries to clinch but Pentti is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from Pentti. No joy for Horner on that attempt.
Pentti misses with a double jab

and Horner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Horner manages to break the clinch.
Pentti misses with a wild body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pentti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horner misses with a punch on the inside.
Pentti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pentti misses with a short punch on the inside.
Horner scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Horner.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Horner.
Horner seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Pentti throws an elbow but it misses.
Horner has Pentti pressed against the cage.
Horner lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horner tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Pentti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arvo Pentti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pentti closes the distance and clinches.

Horner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horner slips under a jab from Pentti.

Pentti pushes Horner up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pentti taking a breather.
Horner is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pentti is defending well for now.
Pentti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Horner is keeping busy.
Pentti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pentti misses with an elbow strike.
Pentti misses with an elbow strike.
Pentti tries to work over Horner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pentti stalling in the clinch but Horner improves position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pentti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Horner tries to close the distance and clinch but Pentti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Pentti.
Horner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pentti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pentti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Horner tries to clinch but Pentti moves away
and Pentti counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pentti looks to land a body kick but Horner moved away.
Horner tries to clinch up but Pentti circles away and keeps his distance.
Pentti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horner.
Pentti leaves Horner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Pentti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Horner can't find room to land a body shot as Pentti controls the action.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti looking to slow down the pace here.

Horner manages to break the clinch.
Pentti loads up on a big right hand but Horner slips the punch.
Horner wants to clinch.
Horner tries to clinch up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Pentti enables Horner to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Pentti manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Pentti has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Horner off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Pentti darts in and clinches Horner up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Horner has Pentti pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pentti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mike Horner will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Horner doesn't manage to clinch there - Pentti circles away.
Pentti tries to land a body kick

and Horner moves into the clinch.

Pentti breaks the clinch.

Pentti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Horner, pushing him back against the cage.
Pentti can't find room to land a body shot as Horner controls the action.
Horner throws a punch but it's blocked by Pentti.
Horner wants to stall.
Horner lands with a light punch inside.
Horner misses with an elbow strike.

Pentti manages to break the clinch.
Horner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pentti but Pentti pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Pentti moves into range and clinches up with Horner.
Pentti misses with an elbow over the top.
The referee is keeping an eye on Horner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Horner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pentti is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Horner wants to get back to striking at distance but Pentti won't allow it.
Pentti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pentti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pentti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Horner prevents a body shot from Pentti.
Horner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Horner can't find room to land a body shot as Pentti controls the action.
Pentti tries to throw a body punch but Horner avoids it by throwing Pentti back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pentti.
Pentti is trying to break the clinch but Horner has him pressed against the cage.
Horner trying to stall but Pentti improves his position.
Pentti taking a breather.
Horner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Pentti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Horner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pentti throws a head kick that misses.
Horner shoots in and drives through. Pentti sprawls well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Pentti clinches up against the cage.
Pentti dodges an elbow strike from Horner.

Pentti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Horner tries to close the distance and clinch but Pentti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pentti throws a nice head kick!
Pentti lands the left hand.
Horner wants to clinch up but Pentti keeps it at a distance.
Horner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pentti can pounce on him.

Pentti moves into the clinch.
Horner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Horner.
Horner prevents Pentti from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pentti.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Mike Horner has been cut.
Mike Horner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pentti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pentti lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Pentti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pentti is pushing Horner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Horner fails to land.
Pentti tries to break free but Horner pushes him back against the cage.
Pentti is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Horner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pentti backwards.
Pentti's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Horner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horner misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pentti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Horner lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Horner manages to break the clinch.

Horner gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Horner prevents a body shot from Pentti.
Pentti is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pentti lands with a light punch inside.
Horner blocks a body shot from Pentti.
Pentti misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Pentti.
Pentti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pentti blocks a body shot from Horner.
Pentti gets through Horner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Arvo Pentti will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Mike Horner's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Horner moves in looking to clinch but Pentti pushes him off.
Pentti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pentti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A thudding body kick lands there by Horner!
Horner fails with the takedown.
Pentti misses with a few strikes there.
Pentti scores with a jab to the body.
Pentti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pentti misses the shot to the body.
Mike Horner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pentti gets a clinch.

Horner breaks from the clinch.
Pentti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horner avoids the head kick by Pentti.
Pentti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Horner.
Horner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pentti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pentti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Horner at a distance.

Pentti gets tackled into the cage by Horner. Horner maintains the clinch.
Pentti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Horner is keeping busy.
Pentti misses with a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Horner misses with an elbow strike.
Pentti is trying to break the clinch but Horner has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pentti misses with an elbow strike.

Pentti breaks the clinch.
Horner is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pentti tries a head kick but it misses.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Horner crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pentti - the referee stops the clock and Horner gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pentti. Horner manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Horner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pentti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pentti shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Horner eats them both and turns towards Pentti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Horner blocks a head kick by Pentti.
Pentti wants to land a leg kick but Horner is out of range.
Horner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horner fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Horner moves in looking to clinch but Pentti pushes him off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horner tries to clinch but Pentti moves away

and Pentti counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pentti.
Horner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Horner misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pentti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Horner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pentti lands with a short shot to the head.
Horner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Horner wants to stall.
Pentti connects with a knee to the head.
Pentti takes an elbow to the temple.
Horner dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pentti pushes off an throws an elbow but Horner leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Pentti manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Pentti misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pentti has managed to clinch.

Pentti breaks from the clinch.
Horner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pentti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Horner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pentti punishes Horner's body with a nice straight punch.
Pentti lands a nice shot to the body.
Pentti throws a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Pentti.
Pentti lands a jab to Horner's midsection.
Horner tries to clinch but Pentti is having none of it.
Pentti lands with a cross.
Pentti throws a lazy head kick
and Horner counters with a big head kick but Pentti shrugs it off.
Horner tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pentti lands a glancing blow to the side of Horner's head.
Pentti lands with a nice body kick.
Pentti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arvo Pentti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pentti 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arvo Pentti!
Arvo Pentti tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.