PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christman Genipperteinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Almasy's choice of entrance music: The Black Mages - Force Your Way. Seifer Almasy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Christman Genipperteinga's chin.

Genipperteinga
vs
Almasy

170 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
38
215 lbs
24 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Christman Genipperteinga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seifer Almasy!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy connects with a leg kick. Genipperteinga looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Almasy blocks an uppercut.
Genipperteinga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Almasy is struggling to control the position.
Genipperteinga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Almasy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Almasy lands a good knee to the midsection. Genipperteinga won't want to take too many of those.
Genipperteinga 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.
Almasy effectively controlling the action here.
Almasy lands a right hand.
Genipperteinga swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Genipperteinga wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Almasy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Genipperteinga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Genipperteinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Genipperteinga has had enough of the clinch but Almasy keeps him there for the moment.
Almasy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Genipperteinga up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Genipperteinga is breathing heavily.
Almasy stalling the fight.
Almasy scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Christman Genipperteinga has been cut.
Genipperteinga working aggressively here.
Almasy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Almasy.
Almasy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Genipperteinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Almasy.
Genipperteinga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Genipperteinga letting Almasy take a breather here.
Genipperteinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almasy with a knee to the head.

Genipperteinga is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Genipperteinga swings wildly with an uppercut but Almasy uses good head movement to avoid it.

Almasy breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almasy takes the fight into the clinch.
Genipperteinga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Genipperteinga.
Almasy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Genipperteinga's face.
Genipperteinga is trying to break free.
Almasy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Genipperteinga blocks it with crossed arms.
Genipperteinga tries to break free but Almasy pushes him back against the cage.
Genipperteinga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Genipperteinga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Genipperteinga takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Genipperteinga is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Almasy gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Genipperteinga wants to control but Almasy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Genipperteinga seems to have got his legs back now.
Genipperteinga has hold of Almasy's hands but Almasy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Genipperteinga is refusing to be controlled, as Almasy sits in half guard.
Genipperteinga tries to get to full guard but Almasy has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasy trying to control the action but Genipperteinga is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almasy controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almasy wants to take a breather but Genipperteinga is having none of it.

Genipperteinga is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Almasy pulls his head out easily.
Almasy content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Genipperteinga trying to hold on to Almasy's head to control him but Almasy postures up.

That's four 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.

Genipperteinga actively working from the bottom here.
Almasy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Almasy looking to control and managing it successfully.
Almasy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Genipperteinga hang on?
Almasy controlling the position easily from mount.
Genipperteinga is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seifer Almasy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christman Genipperteinga's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Almasy misses with a double jab.
Almasy misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Genipperteinga misses the target.
Genipperteinga lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Almasy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Almasy darts in and clinches Genipperteinga up against the cage.
Genipperteinga misses with a body punch.
Genipperteinga takes a knee right on the jaw!

Almasy turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Almasy manages to end up in side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Genipperteinga takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Almasy trying to control the position but Genipperteinga is working away.
Genipperteinga can't do much from the bottom here.
Almasy just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genipperteinga can't do much from the bottom here.
Almasy trying to control the position but Genipperteinga is working away.
Genipperteinga might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Almasy lands a few punches from side control.
Genipperteinga is not content to let Almasy control the position.
Genipperteinga is looking to regain half guard here but Almasy keeps moving and retains side control.

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.
Almasy working away.
Almasy trying to control the action but Genipperteinga is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here.
Almasy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Genipperteinga keeps working.
Almasy landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genipperteinga wants to control but Almasy postures up.
A lull in the action here.
Almasy cracks Genipperteinga with a big right hand but Genipperteinga just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Almasy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Genipperteinga to see if he's OK.
Seifer Almasy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Genipperteinga can't do much from the bottom here.
Genipperteinga manages to work his way to half guard, despite Almasy's best efforts.
Almasy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Genipperteinga does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Genipperteinga wants to control but Almasy is keeping busy.

Genipperteinga looking for submissions off his back.
Genipperteinga taking some punishment here, with Almasy in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almasy is looking to take a break and control but Genipperteinga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Almasy trying to control the pace.

Genipperteinga looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Genipperteinga gets back to full guard.

Genipperteinga is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
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.
The cut man is working on Christman Genipperteinga's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Almasy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Almasy moves away from the strike by Genipperteinga.
Genipperteinga walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Genipperteinga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almasy misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Genipperteinga throws a shot from downtown. Almasy moves away and avoids it.
Almasy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Almasy shoots in for a takedown but Genipperteinga shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genipperteinga throws a shot from downtown. Almasy moves away and avoids it.
Almasy wants to counter with a clinch but Genipperteinga pushes him away.
Almasy is looking to clinch.
Genipperteinga throwing a counter right hand but Almasy manages to avoid it.
A big right from Genipperteinga misses.
Almasy looks to land a combination. Genipperteinga sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Almasy drives through with a takedown into guard.

Genipperteinga throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Genipperteinga keeping moving, preventing Almasy from controlling successfully.
Genipperteinga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Almasy lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almasy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Almasy trying to control the position from guard on top but Genipperteinga is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almasy postures up.
Almasy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Genipperteinga working for a triangle but Almasy defends it easily.
Almasy chips away with some ground and pound.
Seifer Almasy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Genipperteinga working a defensive guard here.

Genipperteinga is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Almasy defends well.
Almasy works over Genipperteinga with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Almasy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Almasy showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Christman Genipperteinga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Genipperteinga has his foot on Almasy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Almasy works his way back into a safe position though.

Almasy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Genipperteinga has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Almasy has managed to get both his arms back between Genipperteinga's legs - danger averted.
Almasy controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Almasy dives in and scores a takedown into Genipperteinga's guard.
Genipperteinga being controlled here, momentarily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Almasy stands up over Genipperteinga, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seifer Almasy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Almasy 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seifer Almasy!
During a confident post fight interview, Seifer Almasy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.