PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demolition Man Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almasy has chosen The Black Mages - Force Your Way as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Man Randy
vs
Almasy

165 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

North

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Demolition Man Randy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy tries to clinch
and Randy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Randy just misses with a punch to the body.
Almasy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Almasy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Almasy as Randy tries to tie him up.
Randy wants a takedown.
The referee calls for Almasy to work.
Randy is looking to control Almasy's arms but Almasy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Randy has his back to the cage.
Randy tries to pull guard but Almasy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Randy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Almasy misses with the head strike.
Randy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Randy is working for takedown but Almasy is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demolition Man Randy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almasy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Randy is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Almasy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Almasy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Randy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Almasy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Almasy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch but Randy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Almasy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Almasy tries to clinch

and Randy counters with a shoot takedown. Almasy fights it but they end up in guard.
Almasy pulls Randy in close to his closed guard and prevents Randy from doing any damage or advancing position.
Randy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almasy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almasy wants to stand and escape but Randy is having none of it.
Randy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almasy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Randy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randy stopping the sweep attempt from Almasy.
Randy cracks Almasy with a solid left hand.
Randy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Almasy 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.
Almasy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Randy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Randy works over Almasy with some ground and pound from guard.
Almasy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Randy is controlling him.
Almasy working a defensive guard here.
Almasy wants to stand up but Randy is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Almasy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Almasy seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Randy cracks Almasy with a solid left hand.
Randy is looking to work some ground and pound but Almasy has wrist control.
Randy postures up in Almasy's guard and throws a big left but Almasy blocks it.
Randy stands up over Almasy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Randy is in close to Almasy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Almasy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Randy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Randy connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almasy controls Randy momentarily but Randy frees himself.
Almasy wants to stand up but Randy is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Randy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Almasy has momentary wrist control but Randy slips an elbow through the middle.
Almasy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Randy with a flurry of punches that miss.

Randy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Almasy dives on top into guard.
Randy keeping moving, preventing Almasy from controlling successfully.
Randy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Almasy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randy punching from the bottom.
Almasy looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almasy seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Almasy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Randy tries to roll over but Almasy keeps him under control.
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 Demolition Man Randy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Almasy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Randy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seifer Almasy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almasy moves in looking to clinch but Randy pushes him off.
Randy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almasy.
Almasy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Almasy tries to clinch up but Randy circles away and keeps his distance.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Almasy enables Randy to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Almasy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Randy postures up.
Randy throws a big right hand that misses.
Randy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Randy stands up over Almasy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Almasy has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Randy is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Randy is trying to force a seperation but Almasy has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Randy breaks the clinch.

Randy tries to keep at a distance but Almasy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Almasy effectively controlling the action here.

Almasy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almasy tries to clinch but Randy moves out of range.
Almasy wants to clinch.
Almasy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almasy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Randy counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almasy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Randy looking to slow down the pace here.
Randy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Almasy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Randy avoids it.
Almasy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Randy is working for takedown but Almasy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Almasy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almasy prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demolition Man Randy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almasy throws a punch but it's blocked by Randy.
Almasy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Randy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Almasy is defending well.
Randy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Almasy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Randy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Almasy is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy tries to clinch but Randy moves out of range.
Randy shoots in looking for a takedown but Almasy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Randy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Randy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almasy throws a leg kick but Randy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Randy keeps the fight on the outside.
Randy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seifer Almasy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almasy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Randy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Randy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Almasy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy tries to clinch up.
Randy is looking to wear down Almasy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Almasy throws an overhand right that lands on Randy's shoulder, as Randy tries to avoid the shot.

Almasy rushes Randy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Almasy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Almasy manages to break the clinch.
Almasy tries to clinch up.
Almasy is looking to clinch but Randy is avoiding it.
Randy lands with a nice body punch.
Almasy wants to clinch up but Randy keeps it at a distance.
Randy circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Randy keeps the fight on the outside.
Almasy wants to clinch up but Randy keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seifer Almasy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Almasy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Randy.
Randy just misses with a punch to the body.
Almasy tries to clinch but Randy is having none of it.
Randy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Almasy tries to clinch there but Randy circles away.
Almasy tries to clinch
and Randy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Almasy is looking to clinch.
Almasy moves in looking to clinch but Randy pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almasy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Almasy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Randy circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Randy throws a body punch but Almasy moves out of range.
Almasy wants to clinch up but Randy keeps it at a distance.
Almasy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Randy.
Almasy misses with an uppercut
and Randy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Almasy thinking.
Almasy wants to clinch.
Almasy looks to land a right hand but Randy moved out of range.
Almasy fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy wants to clinch
and Randy counters with a nice body shot.
Randy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Randy ducks under a wild hook from Almasy.
Almasy is looking to clinch.

Almasy closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Almasy.
Almasy tries a knee to the head but Randy blocks it.
Randy managing to block the knees to the body from Almasy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Almasy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Randy tries to pull guard but Almasy won't allow it.
Randy tries to pull guard but Almasy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Almasy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Randy's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Almasy misses with a punch on the inside.

Almasy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Randy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seifer Almasy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Almasy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Randy letting Almasy take a breather here.
Almasy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Randy is keeping busy.
Randy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Almasy gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demolition Man Randy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almasy is pressed up against the cage. Randy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Almasy down to the mat. Almasy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Randy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy tries to clinch but Randy moves out of range.

Almasy has closed the distance and engaged Randy in a clinch.

Almasy breaks the clinch.
Almasy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Almasy tries to clinch up.
Randy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Randy takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almasy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Randy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almasy doesn't manage to clinch there - Randy circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seifer Almasy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Almasy 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 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seifer Almasy!
Seifer Almasy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.