PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Christian (ranked 8538 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Snus (ranked 25086 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephen Christian had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Christian
vs
Snus

195 cm
18
214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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, Stephen Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, General Snus!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Snus has managed to clinch.
Snus wants to get back to striking at distance but Christian won't allow it.
Snus tries to circle away but Christian has him pinned against the cage.
Christian tries to pull guard but Snus forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Snus is trying to break the clinch but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
Snus wants to get back to striking at distance but Christian won't allow it.
Snus is trying to force a seperation but Christian has the dominant position.
Snus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Snus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christian prevents Snus from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Christian misses with a knee strike.

Snus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Snus instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian tries to break free but Snus pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Christian throws a head punch that misses.
Snus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Christian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Snus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Snus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christian drops down looking for a counter takedown but Snus sprawls and moves away.
General Snus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Snus closes the distance and clinches.
Christian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snus is trying to break free.

Christian breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Snus moves into the clinch successfully.
Snus is trying to break the clinch but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
Snus working hard to break the clinch.
Snus is trying to break the clinch but Christian is controlling him.
Snus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Snus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snus throws a shot from downtown. Christian moves away and avoids it.
General Snus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Christian changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

Snus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Christian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Christian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Snus lands with a nice body punch.

Snus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Snus is looking to break free of the clinch but Christian has double underhooks.
Snus is trying to break free.

Christian manages to break the clinch.

Snus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Snus wants to break free but Christian has control.
Christian is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snus is trying to force a seperation but Christian has the dominant position.
Christian tries to pull guard but Snus holds him up against the cage and eventually Christian drops back down to his feet.

Snus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Snus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Snus moves into the clinch successfully.

Snus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Snus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Christian tries to counter with a takedown but Snus is quick to defend against it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

General Snus dominated that round.
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.

Snus rushes Christian and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Christian wants to break free but Snus has control.
Snus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Snus is trying to force a seperation but Christian has the dominant position.
We've been informed that Snus has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Snus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Snus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Snus lands a left and a right that send Christian crashing to the mat, dazed. Snus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Christian is rocked!

It looks like Stephen Christian has been cut.
Christian leaves his chin hanging out and Snus seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Christian crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). General Snus!