PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Bamberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cream Pie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bamberg
vs
Pie

177 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

165 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Bamberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cream Pie!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bamberg gets the takedown into side control.
Bamberg will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bamberg moves into full mount!
Pie is working to get back to half guard.
Pie is squirming around, avoiding Bamberg's attempts to control the action.
Bamberg has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Bamberg looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pie regains half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamberg frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamberg lands a big shot there that rocks Pie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bamberg avoids the attempt from Pie to control.
Bamberg seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Pie is holding on tight.
Pie is looking to improve his position but Bamberg isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Bamberg.
Bamberg wants to control the pace but Pie is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bamberg lands a heavy elbow.
Pie is looking to get to half guard.
Pie tries to hold on but Bamberg postures up.

Bamberg has hold of Pie's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Pie manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamberg looking to control but Pie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bamberg landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pie is desperately trying to improve his position but Bamberg has a good base and remains in mount.
Bamberg lands a big shot there that rocks Pie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bamberg looking to finish Pie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pie!
Pie wants to control but Bamberg is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamberg tries to control but Pie wriggling away.
Bamberg lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bamberg looking to control but Pie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bamberg cracks Pie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bamberg controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bamberg pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Bamberg 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.

Pie closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bamberg is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Marcus Bamberg overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Pie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bamberg is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Bamberg's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Pie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pie trying to control the position but Bamberg is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Pie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bamberg is looking for a sweep.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Pie working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Bamberg is not content to let Pie control the position.
Bamberg tries to buck Pie off but Pie is having none of it.

Pie thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pie throws an elbow but Bamberg slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bamberg manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bamberg trying to control the action but Pie is working from the bottom.
Bamberg tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pie knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bamberg not doing much here.
Bamberg works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamberg lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pie hang on?
Pie is trying to escape the mount.
Bamberg takes Pie's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Pie is in trouble.
Pie can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bamberg looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Pie taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcus Bamberg!