PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Monkey Business (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Business
vs
Faria

225 cm
27
300 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

195 cm
31
265 lbs
25 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KnockOut

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 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Monkey Business!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Business gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Business throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Business wants to sweep but no luck.
Faria must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Faria with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Faria wants to pass the guard but Business is keeping the position.

Business escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Faria gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Faria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Faria works over Business with some ground and pound from guard.
Business is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Business will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Business has momentary wrist control but Faria slips an elbow through the middle.

Business looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Faria in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Business 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Business looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Business escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Faria gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Faria stands up over Business, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Business trying to keep a closed guard but Faria is proving a slippery customer.

Business is looking for a triangle but Faria pushes his legs off easily.
Faria looking to pass the guard.
Faria is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Faria lands a couple of digs.
Business will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Faria works over Business with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faria slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Business lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Business trying to control but Faria is working from the bottom.
Faria wants to sweep here but Business controlling him for the moment.
Business postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Business working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Faria trying to control the position.
Business pushes down on Faria's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria moves into full guard.
Business trying to control but Faria is working from the bottom.
Business pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Faria is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Business wants to control from the top but Faria keeps moving.
Faria looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Business passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Business wants to work for an arm triangle but Faria is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Business wants to pass to mount but Faria is defending the position.
Business throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Faria to regain full guard.
Faria trying to control the position.
Business trying to control the position from guard on top but Faria is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Faria throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Faria working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Business doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Business manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abbe Faria dominated that round.
That's time! Business's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Business scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Faria tries to get to full guard but Business has control of the leg.

Business is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Faria doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Business.
Business is keen to just control but Faria is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faria trying to control but Business postures up.
Faria is refusing to be controlled, as Business sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Business is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Business is looking to advance position but Faria won't allow it.
Business seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Faria does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Business is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Faria is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Business is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Faria as he works his way to full guard.
Faria seems keen to control Business's posture.
Faria trying to keep a closed guard but Business is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Faria is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Business trying to control but Faria is working from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Business gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Business looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Business trying to control the position here.

Business escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Faria gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria scoring with punches to the head and body.
Faria stands up over Business, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Faria postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Business is trying to keep Faria in close.
Faria with a flurry of punches that miss.

Business working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Faria doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Faria manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Faria stopping the sweep attempt from Business.
Faria advances position into side control!
Business can't do much from the bottom here.
Business is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria lands a decent elbow from side control.
Abbe Faria has got the better of the ground game so far.
Business gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Business is trying to maintain the position but Faria is very close to passing his half guard.
Faria is stalling here. Business is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Faria seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Business has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Faria is looking to reverse the position.
Faria wants to control but Business postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Business tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Business has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Faria is looking to regain half guard here but Business keeps moving and retains side 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 Monkey Business will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Faria closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Business quickly recovers to half guard.

Business actively working from the bottom here.
Faria sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Business throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Ground and pound from Faria.
Faria takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Faria working the head and body with strikes.

It looks like Monkey Business has been cut.
Nice strikes from Faria there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Business moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Faria wants to pass the guard but Business is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria is working Business over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Faria avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Faria got a little sloppy there for a moment and Business has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Faria has managed to get both his arms back between Business's legs - danger averted.
Faria working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Business's head.

Business is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Faria cracks Business with a solid left hand.
Faria pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Business is keeping the position for now.

Business is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Business has momentary wrist control but Faria slips an elbow through the middle.

Business is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Faria is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Faria lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Business controls Faria momentarily but Faria frees himself.
Faria landing some decent shots from guard.
Faria trying to control but Business is working from the bottom.
Faria throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Business controls Faria momentarily but Faria frees himself.
Faria lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Faria's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Faria is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Business has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Faria postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Faria scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Faria postures up and lands a big shot to Business's brow.
Faria postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Business looking for a guillotine here but Faria defends easily.
Faria lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faria is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Faria content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Faria wants to control from the top but Business keeps moving.
Business is trying to keep Faria in close.
Business keeping moving, preventing Faria from controlling successfully.
Faria landing with the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Faria stopping the sweep attempt from Business.
Faria lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Faria working some strikes from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abbe Faria comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Faria has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abbe Faria!
A relieved looking Abbe Faria thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.