PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Artem Bessmertin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fantastic has chosen System Of A Down-Cigaro as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Johnny Fantastic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Bessmertin
vs
Fantastic

189 cm
24
183 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Perkele!

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artem Bessmertin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bessmertin throws a leg kick but Fantastic checks it.
Fantastic lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic misses with an uppercut. Bessmertin saw that one coming.
Bessmertin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantastic.
Bessmertin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab by Fantastic.
Fantastic throws a poor cross that misses
and Bessmertin counters with a right hand to the body.

Bessmertin clinches.
Fantastic can't find room to land a body shot as Bessmertin controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantastic is working Bessmertin over against the cage.
Fantastic prevents the takedown attempt.
Bessmertin lands a left hand.
Bessmertin avoids the elbow strike from Fantastic, against the cage.
Bessmertin lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bessmertin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic misses with some punches.
Bessmertin misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bessmertin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic tries to throw a body punch but Bessmertin avoids it by throwing Fantastic back against the cage.
Fantastic working aggressively here.
Bessmertin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fantastic backwards.
Fantastic blocks an uppercut.
Bessmertin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bessmertin lands a left hand.
Fantastic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bessmertin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fantastic misses with a punch on the inside.
Bessmertin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bessmertin.
Fantastic tries to throw a body punch but Bessmertin avoids it by throwing Fantastic back against the cage.
Fantastic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Fantastic scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Fantastic.
Fantastic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fantastic is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Fantastic fails to land.
Fantastic looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bessmertin misses with the head strike.
Fantastic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic gets underhooks to prevent Bessmertin's takedown attempt.
Bessmertin misses with a punch to the body.
Bessmertin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic wants to get back to striking at distance but Bessmertin won't allow it.
Fantastic tries to throw a body punch but Bessmertin avoids it by throwing Fantastic back against the cage.
Fantastic misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bessmertin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fantastic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bessmertin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bessmertins head.
Bessmertin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fantastic backwards.
Fantastic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Bessmertin is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fantastic.
Fantastic throws an elbow but it misses.
Fantastic is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Artem Bessmertin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Bessmertin fails to land.
Bessmertin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fantastic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bessmertin.
Fantastic working aggressively here.
Bessmertin wants a takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bessmertin lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fantastic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bessmertin just misses with a punch to the body.
Bessmertin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fantastic.
Fantastic misses with a looping right.
Fantastic throws a lazy right hand but Bessmertin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fantastic moves out of range as Bessmertin strikes.
Johnny Fantastic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Fantastic. Those never looked like landing.
Fantastic connects with a right hand. Bessmertin shakes it off.
Fantastic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic staying out of range there.
Fantastic misses with a right hand
and Bessmertin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fantastic thinking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bessmertin staying out of range there.
Fantastic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bessmertin.
A big right from Fantastic misses.
Fantastic misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Fantastic dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fantastic cracks Bessmertin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fantastic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bessmertin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic scores with a sloppy right hand. Bessmertin should have avoided that one.
Oh Bessmertin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bessmertin.
Bessmertin ducks under a wild hook from Fantastic.
Fantastic throws a hook but Bessmertin avoids it easily.
Fantastic 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.
Fantastic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fantastic misses the jab.
Bessmertin ducks under a wild hook from Fantastic.
Bessmertin lands with a good body shot.
Bessmertin slips under a jab.
Fantastic throws a nice looking combination but Bessmertin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bessmertin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fantastic.
Fantastic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
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!
OH! Bessmertin has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Fantastic smells blood and charges in for the finish! Fantastic unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Bessmertin sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Johnny Fantastic!
Johnny Fantastic 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.