PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Avraam Papadopoulos (ranked 404 p4p, 59 weight class) and Hairy Scrotum (ranked 340 p4p, 53 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Papadopoulos
vs
Scrotum

187 cm
24
181 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
177 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

THE END 32
Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Avraam Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hairy Scrotum!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papadopoulos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Scrotum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Papadopoulos looks to land a combination but Scrotum avoids it well.
Papadopoulos lands a really nice looking cross but Scrotum seems unphased.
Papadopoulos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Papadopoulos lands a head shot.
Scrotum is looking to clinch.
Papadopoulos with a hook.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook. Scrotum ducked under it nicely.
Papadopoulos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Papadopoulos swings for the body but Scrotum moves out of range.
Papadopoulos lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Scrotum gets tackled into the cage by Papadopoulos. Papadopoulos maintains the clinch.

Scrotum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Papadopoulos keeps the fight on the outside.
Papadopoulos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Scrotum stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Papadopoulos throws out a loose jab but Scrotum uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Papadopoulos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Scrotum, pushing him back against the cage.
Scrotum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Papadopoulos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scrotum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Scrotum tries a body shot but Papadopoulos blocks it.
Papadopoulos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Scrotum backwards.
Scrotum lands a body shot in the clinch.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Scrotum.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
Papadopoulos misses with some punches.
Papadopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Scrotum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Scrotum backwards.
Scrotum struggles to land a body shot inside as Papadopoulos controls his hands.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scrotum.
Scrotum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
Papadopoulos scores with a shot to the side of Scrotum's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Papadopoulos.
Scrotum misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scrotum prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Scrotum.
A short uppercut from Scrotum.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scrotum.
Scrotum tries a body shot but Papadopoulos blocks it.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Papadopoulos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Scrotum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Scrotum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Papadopoulos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Scrotum takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Scrotum tries to clinch up.
Papadopoulos throws a leg kick
and Scrotum connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Papadopoulos thumps Scrotum with a low kick.
Papadopoulos throws a body shot but no joy.
Scrotum tries to counter with a clinch but Papadopoulos shakes him off and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Papadopoulos. That's going to slow Scrotum down.
Scrotum is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Papadopoulos throws a series of punches but Scrotum avoids them all with ease.
Scrotum tries to clinch there but Papadopoulos circles away.
Papadopoulos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Scrotum keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scrotum tries to counter with a clinch but Papadopoulos shakes him off and moves away.
Scrotum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Papadopoulos catches Scrotum with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A lazy body kick from Papadopoulos

and Scrotum counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Scrotum.
Papadopoulos blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Scrotum.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.
Scrotum scores with a shoulder strike.
Scrotum lands a body shot in the clinch.

Scrotum manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papadopoulos throws a right hand that misses
and Scrotum counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scrotum slips a jab from Papadopoulos.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos swings for the body but Scrotum moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Papadopoulos.

Scrotum drives through and clinches with Papadopoulos against the cage.
A short right from Scrotum on the inside.
Scrotum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Scrotum swings wildly with an uppercut but Papadopoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Scrotum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos scores with a shot to the side of Scrotum's head.
Scrotum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos takes a shot to the head.
Scrotum lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avraam Papadopoulos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Papadopoulos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Papadopoulos jabs Scrotum right on the nose. Scrotum blinks but takes it well.
Papadopoulos jabs Scrotum right on the nose. Scrotum blinks but takes it well.
Scrotum moves in looking to clinch but Papadopoulos pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Papadopoulos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Papadopoulos tests Scrotum's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Papadopoulos closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Papadopoulos.
Scrotum throws a head punch that misses.
Scrotum works on Papadopoulos's body with a couple of short punches.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos lands with a short shot to the head.
Papadopoulos has Scrotum pressed against the cage, preventing Scrotum from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Scrotum tries to break free but Papadopoulos pushes him back against the cage.
Scrotum blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Papadopoulos working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Papadopoulos lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Scrotum.

Scrotum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Scrotum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papadopoulos appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hairy Scrotum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scrotum is looking to clinch but Papadopoulos is avoiding it.
Avraam Papadopoulos is winning the standup battle so far.
Scrotum takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice jab there from Papadopoulos.

Papadopoulos has managed to clinch.
Scrotum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Papadopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Scrotum.
Papadopoulos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Papadopoulos lands a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Scrotum blocks it.
Scrotum misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scrotum tries a body shot but Papadopoulos blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Papadopoulos - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Scrotum blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Scrotum misses with a body punch.
Scrotum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Papadopoulos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Papadopoulos prevents a body shot from Scrotum.
Scrotum blocking some punches.
Papadopoulos scores with a shoulder strike.
Scrotum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Scrotum fails to land.
Avraam Papadopoulos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Papadopoulos working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Scrotum breaks from the clinch.
Papadopoulos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scrotum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Scrotum walks into a jab.
Papadopoulos misses the jab.
A little jabbing left from Scrotum on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scrotum bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Scrotum is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Papadopoulos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Scrotum.
Papadopoulos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Papadopoulos clinches with his opponent.
Scrotum misses with a hook to the ribs.
Scrotum lands a body punch in the clinch.
Scrotum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Scrotum takes a shot to the head.
Scrotum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Papadopouloss head.
Scrotum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Papadopoulos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos digs a right hand into Scrotum's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Scrotum's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Scrotum fails to land.

Scrotum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Papadopoulos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scrotum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Papadopoulos!
Scrotum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papadopoulos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scrotum is looking to clinch.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a jab to the body but Scrotum is just out of range.
Papadopoulos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Scrotum moves away.
Scrotum throws a counter combo.
Papadopoulos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scrotum tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papadopoulos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Papadopoulos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Scrotum can do to turn this around?
Papadopoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Scrotum sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Papadopoulos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos scores with a nice right hand.
Papadopoulos misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Avraam Papadopoulos dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Scrotum wants to clinch.
Papadopoulos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Papadopoulos duly obliges.

Papadopoulos gets a clinch.
Scrotum tries to work over Papadopoulos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scrotum struggles to land a body shot inside as Papadopoulos controls his hands.
Papadopoulos scores with a shoulder strike.
Papadopoulos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Scrotum backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Scrotum.
A short left from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Scrotum blocks it.
Scrotum lands a right hand.
Papadopoulos tries to work over Scrotum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scrotum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scrotum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papadopoulos tries to throw a body punch but Scrotum avoids it by throwing Papadopoulos back against the cage.
Scrotum blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.

Scrotum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scrotum has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Scrotum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Papadopoulos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Scrotum fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scrotum is looking to clinch but Papadopoulos is avoiding it.
Scrotum moves away from the strike by Papadopoulos.
Scrotum appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Papadopoulos instigates a clinch.
Scrotum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Papadopoulos's elbow.
Scrotum lands a hook that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
Scrotum working aggressively here.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Scrotum controls the action.
Papadopoulos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Papadopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Scrotum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Scrotum scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Scrotum controls his hands.
Papadopoulos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Scrotum.
A left hand lands to the body for Scrotum.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Scrotum.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papadopoulos has a couple of punches blocked by Scrotum.
Papadopoulos blocks a body shot from Scrotum.
Scrotum blocking some punches.
Scrotum working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Scrotum tries to work over Papadopoulos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Scrotum breaks the clinch.
Papadopoulos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Scrotum avoids a kick to the body.
Papadopoulos tests Scrotum's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Scrotum is looking to clinch.

Scrotum has Papadopoulos up against the cage in a clinch.
Scrotum misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scrotum blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Scrotum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Papadopoulos swats away the attempt to clinch by Scrotum.
Papadopoulos circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Papadopoulos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Scrotum on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Scrotum keeps the fight on the outside.
A countering left hand to the body from Scrotum misses.
Scrotum is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Scrotum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Papadopoulos has managed to clinch.
Papadopoulos struggles to land a body shot inside as Scrotum controls his hands.
Papadopoulos tries a body shot but Scrotum blocks it.
Hairy Scrotum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos misses with the head strike.
Scrotum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Papadopoulos.
Scrotum misses with a punch to the body.
Scrotum has a couple of punches blocked by Papadopoulos.
Scrotum is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scrotums head.
Scrotum lands a hook that snaps the head of Papadopoulos backwards.
Papadopoulos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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!
Scrotum works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Scrotum throws a punch but it's blocked by Papadopoulos.
Scrotum misses with the head strike.
Papadopoulos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papadopoulos pushes Scrotum back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Scrotum manages to break the clinch.
Papadopoulos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Avraam Papadopoulos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Papadopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Avraam Papadopoulos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Papadopoulos 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avraam Papadopoulos!
Avraam Papadopoulos decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.