PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Badass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhu comes to the cage accompanied by Samuli Edelmann - Teit meistä kauniin. Badass has chosen Straight to Hell as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Karhu
vs
Badass

176 cm
35
138 lbs
27 - 15 - 1

170 cm
28
144 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

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 27 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antti Karhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyrone Badass!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Karhu. Badass does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antti Karhu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badass tries to score with a low kick but Karhu moves his leg out of the way.
Karhu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Karhu scores with a jab to the head.
Karhu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Karhu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Badass is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Karhu blocks the leg kick.
Karhu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karhu avoids a kick to the body.
Karhu lands a slapping body shot.
Badass moves away from the strike by Karhu.
Karhu lands a jab to Badass's midsection.
Karhu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Karhu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karhu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Badass throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Badass blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Karhu tries to sprawl but Badass drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Karhu tries to get to full guard but Badass has control of the leg.
Badass is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badass is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Badass trying to move into half guard but instead Karhu has managed to sweep!

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karhu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Karhu pushing down on Badass's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu prevents Badass from improving his position.
Karhu sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Karhu really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass controlling the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Karhu not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Karhu takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Karhu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Badass stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Karhu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karhu.

Badass closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Karhu to the mat! Karhu manages to get full guard.
Karhu looking for a sweep. Not yet Karhu, not yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Badass trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Karhu is controlling Badass's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Karhu dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Badass looks to land a body kick but Karhu moved away.
Karhu misses with a body kick.
Badass throws a half hearted mid kick.
Badass shoots for a takedown but Karhu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Karhu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karhu keeps the fight on the outside.

Badass shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Badass was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Badass is looking to take a break and control but Karhu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karhu can't do much from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badass working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badass wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karhu keeps working.
Badass throwing strikes but Karhu manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
You can see the frustration on Badass's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhu controls the position.
Karhu is trying to move to mount but Badass reverses beautifully and ends up in Karhu's guard.
Karhu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Badass's guard.

Karhu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Badass is keeping the position for now.
Karhu's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass has control of Karhu's left arm, preventing Karhu from doing any damage.
Badass working a defensive guard here.
Badass is adopting a defensive guard.
Badass being controlled here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Karhu's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tyrone Badass will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Badass closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Karhu quickly recovers to half guard.
Karhu controlling the position for now.
Badass is stalling here. Karhu is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Badass seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Karhu has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Karhu tries to advance to mount but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karhu is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Badass will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu is looking to take a break and control but Badass is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Badass wants to control but Karhu postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Badass is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Karhu is staying active.
Karhu controls the position.
Further stalling from Karhu.
Karhu tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhu.

Karhu closes the distance and clinches.

Karhu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karhu looks to land a right hand but Badass moved out of range.
Karhu is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Badass attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Badass missing with a left hand there. Karhu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Karhu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A head kick by Badass misses
and Karhu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Badass looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Karhu has managed to clinch.
Karhu cracks Badass with a nice body shot.
Karhu gets underhooks to prevent Badass's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu lands an uppercut.

Badass gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Karhu regains guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badass tries to free his leg and advance position but Karhu is retaining full guard.
Badass throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Badass throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Badass trying to control the position from guard on top but Karhu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Badass looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Badass trying to control but Karhu is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Antti Karhu.
I think Karhu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Karhu!
Antti Karhu decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.