PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zophiel Furfur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cid comes into the arena with There's No Home for You Here blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Cid
vs
Furfur

175 cm
35
160 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

178 cm
34
169 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Sex Panther!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier Cid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zophiel Furfur!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furfur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cid throws a front kick that sends Furfur stumbling back into the cage.
Furfur misses with a low kick.
Cid looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cid throws a looping overhand right but Furfur ducks down to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Furfur.
Cid misses with a kick to the body
and Furfur counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Furfur walks into a straight right hand from Cid.
Furfur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Furfur is looking to score with low kicks.
Cid darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Furfur lands a nice looking body kick.
Furfur misses with an uppercut. Cid saw that one coming.
Cid throws a low kick, looking for Furfur's leg but Furfur calmly moves out of range.
Furfur fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Furfur - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Furfur. That did some damage!
Furfur misses with a straight left.
Nice shot lands for Furfur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid is looking to land body kicks.
Furfur lands with a good body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cid. That's going to slow Furfur down.
Furfur throws a head kick that misses.
Furfur wants to land a leg kick but Cid is out of range.
Cid lands with a nice body kick.
Cid throws a series of punches but Furfur avoids them all with ease.
Cid scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cid looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cid throws a half hearted mid kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cid.
A big right from Furfur misses.
Cid feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Furfur's calf.
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Furfur throws a low kick but Cid avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cid.
Furfur tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cid is able to avoid easily.
Furfur's coach down at Kebab House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Furfur's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cid misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Cid lands.
Cid steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Furfur.
Furfur scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cid slips under a jab from Furfur.
Cid looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Furfur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Furfur blocks a head kick by Cid.
Cid misses with a hook.
Cid has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Furfur.
Cid looks to score with a jab to the body but Furfur is just out of range.
Cid moves out of range as Furfur strikes.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cid paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cid thumps Furfur with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cid. Furfur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Furfur tries to close the distance and clinch but Cid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body punch from Cid.
A punch combination from Cid misses.
Zophiel Furfur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cid swats away the attempt to clinch by Furfur.
Cid avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cid misses with a wild combination.
Furfur lands a nice shot to the body.
Furfur rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cid counters with a nice low kick that buckles Furfur's knee momentarily.
Furfur throws a jab but it's blocked by Cid.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furfur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Furfur was well out of range. Poor timing from Cid.
Furfur avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cid ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Furfur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cid getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Furfur moves out of range of the body kick from Cid.

Furfur moves into range and clinches up with Cid.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Furfur.
Cid misses with a knee to the head.
Furfur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Furfur.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Furfur lands with a left to the head.
Furfur scores with a hook to the body.
Furfur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cid.
Cid blocks a body shot from Furfur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Zophiel Furfur will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cid goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cid has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Furfur.
Cid scores with a hook to the body. Furfur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Furfur moves into range and connects with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Furfur blocks the low kick.
Furfur throws a leg kick but Cid sees it coming and moves out of range.
Furfur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cid moves out of range as Furfur strikes.
Furfur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cid. That did some damage!
Furfur's corner calls for a 1-2. Furfur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cid thumps Furfur with a low kick.
Furfur with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Furfur checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cid keeps the fight on the outside.
Donk. Cid catches Furfur right on the button with a cross.
A good leg kick by Furfur.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur avoids a kick to the body.
Furfur lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cid buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Furfur throws a looping overhand right but Cid ducks down to avoid it.
Furfur sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Furfur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cid pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Furfur closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cid.
Cid throws a head punch that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Furfur 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.
Cid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Furfur avoids it.
Furfur swings wildly with an uppercut but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cid swings wildly with an uppercut but Furfur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Furfur struggles to land a body shot inside as Cid controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Furfur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Furfur lands a right hand.
Cid scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Furfur has a couple of punches blocked by Cid.
Furfur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Cid.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cid.
Cid misses with a knee to the head.
Furfur misses with the head strike.
Furfur blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Furfur struggles to land a body shot inside as Cid controls his hands.
Cid blocks an uppercut.
Cid lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cid doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Furfur takes a knee to the side of the body.
Furfur tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cid tries to land a knee to the head but Furfur blocks with his arms.
Cid tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Furfur avoids it.
Cid presses Furfur against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Furfur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Furfur blocks a body shot from Cid.
A short left from Furfur.
Cid looking to throw knees to the head but Furfur is blocking nicely.
Cid blocking some punches.
Furfur swings wildly with an uppercut but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Furfur working aggressively here.
Furfur managing to block the knees to the body from Cid.
Cid working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Furfur swings wildly with an uppercut but Cid uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Furfur fails to land.
Furfur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Furfur misses with the head strike.
Cid lands a right hand.
Furfur stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Furfur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Furfur avoiding damage as Cid throws knees to the body.
Furfur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Xavier Cid has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A left hand lands to the body for Cid.
A body shot lands from Furfur.
Cid blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cid misses with a punch on the inside.
Furfur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cid throws an elbow that misses.
Furfur lands a body shot in the clinch.
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 Xavier Cid will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Cid lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cid throws the left hand but Furfur avoids the punch easily.
Furfur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cid.
Furfur misses with a wild body shot.
Furfur uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cid.
Furfur throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Furfur, right into the meat.
Cid throws a leg kick which misses Furfur's front leg but catches the back leg as Furfur tries to avoid it.
Furfur wants to clinch up but Cid keeps it at a distance.
Furfur misses the shot to the body.
Cid tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Furfur is able to avoid easily.
Cid moves out of range of the body kick.
Furfur takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Furfur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cid throws out the jab.
Furfur's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cid connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Furfur scrambles back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Furfur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Furfur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Xavier Cid is winning the standup battle so far.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Furfur.
Cid tries to land a front kick but Furfur steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cid misses with a straight left.
Cid blocks a jab.
Furfur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A cross from Furfur lands.
Furfur connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cid. Cid circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cid pivots, looking for a leg kick but Furfur is out of range and Cid settles back down.
Cid misses with a head kick.
Cid slips under a jab.
Furfur scores with a kick to the body.
Cid throws a body punch but Furfur moves out of range.
Furfur throws a looping overhand right but Cid ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Furfur scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Furfur as he checks the leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Cid blocks the low kick.
Furfur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cid manages to avoid it.
Cid throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cid blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Cid does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cid lands a slapping body shot.
Furfur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cid swings for the body but Furfur moves out of range.
Furfur misses with a leg kick

and Cid moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cid.
Furfur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cid.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cid.
Cid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Cid.
Furfur can't find room to land a body shot as Cid controls the action.
Furfur working aggressively here.
Furfur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Furfur lands a shoulder strike.
Furfur lands a left hand.
Cid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cid lands a nice knee to the body.
Furfur lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Furfur misses with the head strike.
Furfur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Furfur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Furfur lands with a left to the head.
Furfur misses with the head strike.
Furfur misses with a body punch.
Furfur throws a punch but it's blocked by Cid.
Cid tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Furfur.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cid.
Furfur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cid's elbow.
Furfur blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Furfur prevents a body shot from Cid.
Furfur throws a head punch that misses.
Cid misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Furfur misses with some punches.
Cid tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Furfur's elbow.
Cid blocks a body shot from Furfur.
Furfur working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zophiel Furfur.
I think Furfur 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zophiel Furfur!
Our winner, Zophiel Furfur, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.