PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment (ranked 852 p4p, 42 weight class) and Grimur Agnarsson (ranked 962 p4p, 50 weight class). Agnarsson has chosen Drop death - Squeel as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Experiment
vs
Agnarsson

170 cm
28
141 lbs
9 - 4 - 3

166 cm
27
147 lbs
15 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Grimur Agnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agnarsson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Agnarsson throws a body punch but Experiment moves out of range.
Agnarsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Agnarsson throws a jab when Experiment was well out of range.
Agnarsson dips to his left and cracks Experiment with an uppercut!
Agnarsson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Agnarsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Experiment doesn't seem bothered though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Agnarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Experiment.
Agnarsson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Experiment creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Agnarsson's defenses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Experiment throws an elbow but misses.
Experiment is looking to control Agnarsson's arms but Agnarsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Experiment has his back to the ropes.
A short left from Experiment.
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!
Agnarsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Experiment is working Agnarsson over against the ropes.
Experiment comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Experiment pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Agnarsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Experiment slows down the pace here.
Agnarsson avoids a wild elbow strike from Experiment.
We've been informed that Agnarsson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Agnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment controls the action.
Experiment is trying to maintain a safe position but Agnarsson gets an underhook and turns Experiment into the ropes.
Experiment misses with a body punch.
Experiment is trying to maintain a safe position but Agnarsson gets an underhook and turns Experiment into the ropes.
Agnarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Experiment stalling against the ropes.
Good body shot from Agnarsson.
Agnarsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Experiment has him pressed against the ropes.
Agnarsson tries a body shot but Experiment blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Experiment.
Agnarsson dodges an elbow strike from Experiment.
Experiment creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Agnarsson's defenses.
Experiment lands an elbow that stopped Agnarsson in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Experiment creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Agnarsson's defenses.
Experiment prevents a body shot from Agnarsson.
Experiment goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Agnarsson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Experiment blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Agnarsson can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment controls the action.
Experiment takes a shot to the head.
Experiment gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Experiment leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Experiment definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Agnarsson lands a hook that snaps the head of Experiment backwards.
Experiment's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Agnarsson misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Agnarsson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Grimur Agnarsson will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Agnarsson misses with a hook. Experiment ducked under it nicely.
Agnarsson misses the shot to the body.
Agnarsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Experiment.
Agnarsson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Experiment doesn't seem bothered though.
Experiment misses with a hook.
Agnarsson lands with a nice body punch.
Agnarsson swats away the attempt to clinch by Experiment.
Agnarsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Agnarsson catches Experiment right on the button with a cross.
Agnarsson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Experiment tries to close the distance and clinch up but Agnarsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Agnarsson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Experiment throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Agnarsson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Agnarsson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment tries to clinch up but Agnarsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Agnarsson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Experiment was well out of range. Poor timing from Agnarsson.
A punch lands to the side of Experiment 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Grimur Agnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Experiment fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Agnarsson is out of range.
Experiment ducks right into an uppercut from Agnarsson.
Experiment takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Experiment lands with a nice body punch.
Experiment's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Agnarsson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Experiment scrambles back to his feet.
Jab by Agnarsson.
Agnarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Experiment moves away.
Experiment throws a front kick aimed at Agnarsson's knee but Agnarsson avoids it well.
Agnarsson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Agnarsson looks to land a right hand but Experiment moved out of range.
Experiment lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Experiment lands a beautiful left hook that drops Agnarsson. Agnarsson tries to recover but Experiment is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Agnarsson lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Finnish Experiment!
Finnish Experiment is the new bantamweight champion!
A very excited looking Finnish Experiment made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.