PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bang Du (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claes Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Du comes into the arena with Unholy Confession blaring out of the sound system. Bang Du could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Claes Karlsson's chin.

Du
vs
Karlsson

170 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

172 cm
19
165 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bang Du!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claes Karlsson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du throws a push kick but Karlsson slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Karlsson.
Du scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Karlsson doesn't seem bothered though.
Du lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Karlsson sprawling to the canvas. Du follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Karlsson hang on?

It looks like Claes Karlsson has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Du not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Du is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Karlsson is just riding it out for now. Du eventually gives up the hold.
Du thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karlsson's head.
Du lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Du lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Du seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Du wants to pass to mount but Karlsson is defending the position.
Du controlling the pace.
Du seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Karlsson for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Du.
Du 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.
Du looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Karlsson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Du.
Karlsson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Du.
Du thows a huge punch but Karlsson dodges it nicely.
Du wants to pass the guard but Karlsson is defending well.
Du controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du tries to pass the half guard into mount. Karlsson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Du throwing shots but Karlsson is blocking nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Du throws a nice inside leg kick.
Karlsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karlsson looks gassed!
Du feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karlsson's calf.

Du pushes Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Karlsson has had enough of the clinch but Du keeps him there for the moment.
Du lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Du lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Du.
Du stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Du unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Du breaks from the clinch.
Du buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Claes Karlsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karlsson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Du dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karlsson. That did some damage!
Karlsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Du to score with a decent uppercut.
Bang Du seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Du dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karlsson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Du.
Du plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Du scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Du comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Du plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Du blocks a head kick by Karlsson.
Du lands a head kick. Karlsson smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Karlsson avoids the head kick by Du.
Du with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Du avoids the head kick by Karlsson.

Du forces Karlsson back against the cage and clinches.

Du escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karlsson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Du blocks a head kick by Karlsson.
Du throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang Du dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Claes Karlsson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Karlsson throws a head kick but Du moves out of range.

Du darts in and clinches Karlsson up against the cage.
Karlsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Du breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Du.
Du thuds a left hand into Karlsson's body.
Du misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Du thuds his right hand into Karlsson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karlsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Du connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Du unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Du.
Karlsson has had enough of the clinch but Du keeps him there for the moment.
Du unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Du is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karlsson can do to turn this around?
Du has Karlsson pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Du connects with a nasty looking knee right to Karlsson's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Du.
Du with a knee to the head.
Du keeps control of Karlsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Du keeps control of Karlsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Du has Karlsson pressed against the cage.
Karlsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karlsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Du has double underhooks.
Du landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karlsson takes an elbow to the temple.
Du trying to land knees to the body.
Karlsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Du lands an elbow that stopped Karlsson in his tracks for a moment.
Karlsson is trying to break the clinch but Du has him pressed against the cage.
Du landing knees to the body.
Du missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson is trying to break free.
Karlsson is trying to break the clinch but Du has him pressed against the cage.
Du unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlsson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Du breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karlsson misses with a two punch combination.

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.
Crunch! Karlsson slams his shin into Du's torso.
Du throws a combination that misses
and Karlsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karlsson moves out of range of the body kick.
Du moves in looking to clinch but Karlsson pushes him off.
Du throws a series of punches but Karlsson avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Karlsson.
Du lands with a slapping head kick.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Du feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karlsson's calf.

Du pushes Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Du is trying to drag Karlsson to the mat but Karlsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Du manages to break the clinch.
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karlsson cracks Du with a good jab.
Karlsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Du throws a head kick that half lands.
Bang Du is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Du scores with a kick to the body.
Du on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Karlsson misses
and Du counters with a head kick. That will keep Karlsson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Du pushes Karlsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Du prevents Karlsson from breaking the clinch.

Du breaks from the clinch.
Karlsson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice takedown defense from Karlsson. No joy for Du on that attempt.
Karlsson throws a lazy head kick

and Du counters by clinching up.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Du.
Du tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Karlsson smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bang Du. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Du misses with a head kick.
A combination from Karlsson does no damage.
Karlsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Du is looking to wear down Karlsson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Donk. Karlsson catches Du right on the button with a cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Du!
Du lands with a thumping leg kick.
Du bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Du listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Du forces Karlsson back against the cage and clinches.
Karlsson is trying to break free.
Du scores a nice knee to the body.
Karlsson looking to stall.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Du throws knees to the body.
Du prevents Karlsson from breaking the clinch.
Du lands a nice knee to the body.
Du has Karlsson pushed against the cage.

Du breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Du lands with a thumping leg kick.
Du takes a kick to the side of the head.
Du tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karlsson throws a head kick but Du moves out of range.
Karlsson throws a nice looking combination but Du bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karlsson throws a lazy right hand but Du sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Du with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Du tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Karlsson is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang Du dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Claes Karlsson'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!

Karlsson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Karlsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Du.
Karlsson throws a combination that misses

and Du counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Du wants to control from the top but Karlsson keeps moving.

Du thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Du in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Du is looking to work some ground and pound but Karlsson has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Du stops Karlsson from standing up.
Du advances to half guard.
Du misses with a head shot. Karlsson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Du is pushing down on Karlsson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Karlsson is fighting to maintain full guard but Du has managed to sneak the leg through.
Karlsson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Du. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Du controlling the action here.
Du is keen to just control but Karlsson is 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.
Ground and pound from Du.
Du working over Karlsson with some ground and pound. Karlsson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Karlsson tries to roll over but Du keeps him under control.
Karlsson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Du.
Karlsson is staying active underneath Du, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du wants to pass the guard but Karlsson is defending well.
Du not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Du missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karlsson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Du's hands.
Du blocks a head kick by Karlsson.

Du gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Du landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Du lands a knee to the body.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Du landing knees to the body.
Karlsson tries to break the clinch but Du is controlling the position.
Du misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karlsson.
Karlsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four 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.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Du throws knees to the body.
Du lands a knee to the body.

Du manages to break the clinch.
Karlsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Du closes the distance and clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Karlsson wants to break free but Du has control.
Du lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Karlsson is looking to break free of the clinch but Du has double underhooks.
Du landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Du.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Du using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Karlsson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Du landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Du stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Du prevents Karlsson from breaking the clinch.

Du breaks from the clinch.
Claes Karlsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bang Du is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Du lands with a kick to the temple. Karlsson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Karlsson throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bang Du showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Du has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bang Du!