PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Mirko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and So Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). So Lo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mirko
vs
Lo

185 cm
22
179 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

225 cm
23
173 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Mirko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, So Lo!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lo tries to move into range but Mirko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mirko scores with a shot to the body.
Lo avoids the body shot from Mirko.
Lo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A nice combination there by Mirko.
Mirko scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Mirko rushes Lo and presses him up against the cage.
Lo blocks a body shot from Mirko.
Lo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mirko working hard to break the clinch.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lo leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo is controlling him.
Lo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo tries to land knees in the clinch but Mirko avoids the damage to the body.
Mirko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mirko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mirko can't break the clinch.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo has him pressed against the cage.
Mirko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mirko is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
Mirko working aggressively here.
Mirko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lo.
Lo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mirko is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirko misses with the head strike.
Mirko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lo prevents a body shot from Mirko.
Mirko misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lo is struggling to control the position.
Lo trying to land knees to the body.
Mirko misses with a body punch.
Lo working Mirko over with knees to the body.
Lo has Mirko pressed against the cage, preventing Mirko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mirko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mirko blocks a body shot from Lo.
Mirko misses with some punches.
Mirko managing to block the knees to the body from Lo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirko has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
Mirko misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo has Mirko pressed against the cage, preventing Mirko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo is controlling him.
Mirko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Mirko fails to land.
A knee to the head by Lo.

It looks like Frank Mirko has been cut.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.
Lo'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.
Lo blocking some punches.
Lo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mirko is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mirko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mirko is looking to break free of the clinch but Lo has double underhooks.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.
Mirko misses with a punch to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Mirko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lo tries a body shot but Mirko blocks it.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo has him pressed against the cage.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.
Mirko is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
Mirko misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lo'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.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Mirko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Mirko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mirko misses with a two punch combination.
Mirko throws a series of punches but Lo avoids them all with ease.
Mirko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lo counters by moving into the clinch.
Mirko misses with a punch on the inside.
Lo trying to land knees to the body.
Mirko throws a punch but it's blocked by Lo.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stalling in the clinch from Lo.
Lo has Mirko pressed against the cage, preventing Mirko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lo avoiding damage.
Mirko misses with some punches.
Lo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mirko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lo leaning against his opponent.
Mirko can't break the clinch.
Mirko misses with a punch on the inside.
Mirko managing to block the knees to the body from Lo.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
Mirko has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
Mirko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lo scores a nice knee to the body.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
Lo with a knee to the head.
Mirko lands with a short shot to the head.
Mirko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mirko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Lo - that landed with a thud.
Lo keeps control of Mirko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mirko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mirko tries to break free but Lo pushes him back against the cage.
Mirko is trying to maintain a safe position but Lo gets an underhook and turns Mirko into the cage.
Lo keeps control of Mirko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lo with a knee to the head.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mirko pushes Lo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lo scores a nice knee to the body.
Lo blocks a body shot from Mirko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mirko is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
Lo has Mirko pressed against the cage, preventing Mirko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirko struggles to land a body shot inside as Lo controls his hands.
Mirko has had enough of the clinch but Lo keeps him there for the moment.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
Mirko is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
Mirko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mirko is looking to break free of the clinch but Lo has double underhooks.
Lo trying to land knees to the body.
Lo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mirko.
Lo is looking to control Mirko's arms but Mirko gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lo has his back to the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lo.
Lo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mirko is defending well for now.
Lo prevents a body shot from Mirko.
Lo missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mirko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mirko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Los head.
Mirko is trying to break free.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.
Lo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mirko misses with the head strike.
Lo blocking some punches.
Lo scores a nice knee to the body.
Mirko wants to get back to striking at distance but Lo won't allow it.
Lo connects with a knee to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lo 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mirko is trying to force a seperation but Lo has the dominant position.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
Mirko wants to break free but Lo has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Frank Mirko will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Mirko's cut.
That's time! Mirko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Lo slips a jab and a cross from Mirko.
Mirko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lo.
A clash of legs there as Lo blocks the low kick.
Mirko throws a leg kick but Lo checks it.
Mirko throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lo tries to clinch but Mirko is having none of it.
Lo is looking to clinch.
Lo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mirko.
Mirko throws a poor cross that misses

and Lo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lo.
Mirko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mirko is trying to break free.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.
Mirko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo crunches a lovely knee into Mirko's ribcage.
Mirko tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Mirko back against the cage.
Lo blocks a body shot from Mirko.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo is controlling him.
Mirko tries to break the clinch but Lo is controlling the position.
Mirko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mirko misses with a punch on the inside.
Mirko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Lo.
Mirko swings wildly with an uppercut but Lo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lo misses with a knee to the head.
Mirko is trying to break the clinch but Lo is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirko can't break the clinch.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mirko can't find room to land a body shot as Lo controls the action.
Mirko can't break the clinch.
Mirko looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mirko tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Mirko back against the cage.
Lo keeps control of Mirko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frank Mirko has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mirko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Mirko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mirko can't find room to land a body shot as Lo controls the action.
Lo just leaning against Mirko, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting on Lo's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Mirko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lo.
Lo blocks a body shot from Mirko.
Mirko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mirko tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Mirko back against the cage.
Mirko is looking to break free of the clinch but Lo has double underhooks.
Mirko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Frank Mirko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mirko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lo has him pressed against the cage.
Mirko tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Mirko back against the cage.
Lo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mirko can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lo obliges.
Mirko managing to block the knees to the body from Lo.
Mirko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mirko tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Mirko back against the cage.
Lo working Mirko over with knees to the body.
So Lo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees to the body from Lo.
Mirko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lo lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lo missing with knees to the body.
Mirko avoiding damage as Lo throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Mirko.
Well Mirko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Mirko!