PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wasting Vip Days (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Maze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vip Days
vs
Maze

185 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
19
140 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wasting Vip Days!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Maze!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vip Days misses with a takedown attempt - Maze sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vip Days tries to score a power double leg takedown but Maze sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vip Days somewhat.
Vip Days avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vip Days.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wasting Vip Days. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vip Days swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maze is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vip Days tries to score a power double leg takedown but Maze sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vip Days somewhat.
Maze throws a one two combo.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Maze enables Vip Days to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Maze manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Maze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vip Days really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Maze wants to stand and escape but Vip Days is having none of it.
Vip Days will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Vip Days wants to control from the top but Maze keeps moving.
Vip Days distracts Maze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Maze is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vip Days stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vip Days trying to control but Maze is working from the bottom.
Vip Days distracts Maze with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vip Days postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vip Days throwing strikes from guard but Maze blocks nicely.
Vip Days missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vip Days stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vip Days throws an elbow that misses. Maze uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vip Days's guard. Nice move by Maze!
Vip Days working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maze.
Vip Days is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maze in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maze stopping the sweep attempt from Vip Days.
Vip Days is trying to control the position but Maze postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Wasting Vip Days has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Maze shoots in for a takedown but Vip Days shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vip Days keeps the fight on the outside.
Maze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vip Days manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maze tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maze moves in looking to clinch but Vip Days pushes him off.
Vip Days shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Maze defends it nicely.
Maze wants to clinch up but Vip Days keeps it at a distance.
Maze stuffs the takedown attempt from Vip Days. Vip Days gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vip Days misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Vip Days gets a double leg takedown into Maze's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wasting Vip Days dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Maze shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Vip Days eats them both and turns towards Maze to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Maze tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Vip Days counters with a nice double leg into side control. Maze won't be happy with that.
Vip Days with the ground and pound but Maze regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Vip Days throwing shots but Maze is blocking nicely.
Maze is looking to control Vip Days's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maze avoid being mounted?
Vip Days throws a strike but Maze avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vip Days accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vip Days throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Maze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vip Days lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vip Days stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Vip Days's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Vip Days throws a strike but Maze rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Maze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vip Days manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Vip Days working Maze over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maze tries to reverse the position but Vip Days maintains control.
Vip Days lands a heavy elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vip Days landing shots from mount.
Maze is in a horrible position here. Vip Days smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vip Days lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Vip Days.
Vip Days with shots to the head and body - Maze looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Vip Days.
Vip Days has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maze's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Maze that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wasting Vip Days overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vip Days with the ground and pound from mount.
Vip Days wants to control the pace but Maze is squirming around nicely.
Vip Days working the ground and pound effectively.
Vip Days with shots to the head and body - Maze looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vip Days lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Maze taking shots to the head.
Vip Days looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Maze is breathing heavily.
Vip Days putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Vip Days lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vip Days lands a big elbow.
Vip Days scoring with strikes but Maze is staying in there.
Vip Days looking to control but Maze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Vip Days prevents Maze from getting the reversal.
Vip Days with a couple of short strikes.
Vip Days scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maze?
BOOM! Vip Days connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Vip Days with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vip Days controlling from mount.
Maze in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wasting Vip Days dominated that second round.
That's time! Vip Days's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Vip Days drives through with a takedown into guard.
Vip Days looking to sit in guard and control but Maze gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Maze wants to stand but Vip Days has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vip Days pulls Maze in close to his closed guard and prevents Maze from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Wasting Vip Days wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Maze scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Maze displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vip Days.
Maze lands a really nice looking cross but Vip Days seems unphased.
Maze misses with a double jab.
Nice takedown defense from Vip Days. No joy for Maze on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maze lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maze.
Vip Days looks for a takedown but Maze sprawls well.

Vip Days shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Vip Days was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Vip Days can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Maze is looking to escape.
Vip Days is landing with some decent strikes but Maze is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Vip Days in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Vip Days tries to control but Maze wriggling away.
Vip Days with shots to the head and body - Maze looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maze in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Vip Days trying to control but Maze is having none of it.
Vip Days punishing his opponent with strikes.
Maze takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vip Days has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maze's face.
Vip Days working the ground and pound effectively.
Vip Days lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vip Days putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maze takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vip Days avoids the attempt from Maze to control.
Jesse Maze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vip Days controlling from the full mount.
Maze is bucking up trying to escape but Vip Days cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vip Days content just to control the position here.
Vip Days lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wasting Vip Days is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vip Days controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wasting Vip Days showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Vip Days, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wasting Vip Days!