PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Slammy Neckbreaker (ranked 673 p4p, 389 weight class) and Tapani Kansalainen (ranked 84 p4p, 44 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Neckbreaker
vs
Kansalainen

168 cm
30
156
21 - 11 - 0

169 cm
35
157
28 - 16 - 2

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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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Slammy Neckbreaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tapani Kansalainen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neckbreaker tries to clinch there but Kansalainen circles away.
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Kansalainen moves out of range as Neckbreaker strikes.
Neckbreaker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kansalainen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Neckbreaker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Neckbreaker misses with a hook.
Neckbreaker lands with an uppercut that bounces Kansalainen off the cage and back into range.
Neckbreaker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kansalainen throws a head kick that misses.
Neckbreaker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kansalainen throws out the jab.
Kansalainen needs to keep his hands up - Neckbreaker had a free shot at his head there.
Kansalainen misses with a hook. Neckbreaker ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Neckbreaker.
A telegraphed right hand from Neckbreaker misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Kansalainen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch lands to the side of Kansalainen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Neckbreaker walks into a jab.
Neckbreaker moves forwards but Kansalainen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Neckbreaker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping right.
Kansalainen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kansalainen takes one to the chin there.
Neckbreaker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kansalainen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kansalainen lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansalainen misses with a looping left.
Neckbreaker throws a body punch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Kansalainen lands with a slapping head kick.
Kansalainen drops his hands momentarily and Neckbreaker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kansalainen tries a head kick but it misses.
Neckbreaker feinted with a counter takedown.
Kansalainen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kansalainen motions for Neckbreaker to come forward. Kansalainen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kansalainen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kansalainen lands with a good body shot.
Kansalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Neckbreaker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Neckbreaker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kansalainen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansalainen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Neckbreaker on the side of the head.
Slammy Neckbreaker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neckbreaker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kansalainen on the side of the head.
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Kansalainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen is looking to score with low kicks.
Kansalainen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Tapani Kansalainen has been cut.
Neckbreaker darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Neckbreaker misses.
Neckbreaker lands with a shot to the body.
Neckbreaker jabs at Kansalainen's body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker avoids the body shot from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen lands a leg kick that knocks Neckbreaker off balance momentarily.
Nice body punch from Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Neckbreaker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Neckbreaker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kansalainen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kansalainen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Neckbreaker's head.
Kansalainen catches Neckbreaker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Neckbreaker ducks under a wild hook from Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Neckbreaker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kansalainen connects with an inside leg kick.
Neckbreaker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kansalainen slips under a jab.
Kansalainen looks to throw the jab but Neckbreaker is out of range.
Neckbreaker slips a jab and a cross from Kansalainen.
Kansalainen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kansalainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kansalainen scores with a nice right hand.
Neckbreaker throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Kansalainen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kansalainen slips under a jab.
Kansalainen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker shoots in for a takedown but Kansalainen shows good takedown defense.
Kansalainen moves away from the strike by Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen scores with a punch to the head.
Neckbreaker misses with a wild body shot.
Neckbreaker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kansalainen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Neckbreaker on the side of the head.
Neckbreaker connects with a crisp jab.
Neckbreaker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kansalainen misses with a straight right.
Neckbreaker cracks Kansalainen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Neckbreaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Neckbreaker gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kansalainen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kansalainen throws the left hand but Neckbreaker avoids the punch easily.
A shot to the liver by Neckbreaker. Beautiful body shot.
Neckbreaker throws out a loose jab but Kansalainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neckbreaker throws a body punch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Kansalainen blocks a jab.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tapani Kansalainen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kansalainen throws a low kick but Neckbreaker avoids it.
Neckbreaker comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neckbreaker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Neckbreaker misses.
Kansalainen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kansalainen throws a head kick but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Kansalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen scores with a decent looking hook.
Neckbreaker uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kansalainen has time to react.
Neckbreaker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kansalainen misses with a looping right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen moves out of range as Neckbreaker strikes.
Neckbreaker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Neckbreaker staying out of range there.
Neckbreaker appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Neckbreaker tests Kansalainen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Neckbreaker misses with a hook. Kansalainen ducked under it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kansalainen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kansalainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kansalainen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kansalainen walks into a stiff left hand from Neckbreaker.
Nice defenses there by Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker wants to clinch up but Kansalainen keeps it at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Slammy Neckbreaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tapani Kansalainen'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.

Kansalainen connects with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker missing with a left hand there. Kansalainen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kansalainen looks to land a right hand but Neckbreaker moved out of range.
Kansalainen throws a leg kick but Neckbreaker moved away.
Kansalainen misses the jab.
A slow jab from Neckbreaker misses its intended target.
Neckbreaker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Kansalainen.
A left lands for Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen throws out a loose jab but Neckbreaker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neckbreaker drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kansalainen sprawls and moves away.
Neckbreaker misses with a hook. Kansalainen ducked under it nicely.
Neckbreaker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kansalainen throws a series of punches but Neckbreaker avoids them all with ease.
Kansalainen staying out of range there.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Kansalainen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Neckbreaker has got the better of the exchanges.
Kansalainen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kansalainen throws a chopping leg kick but Neckbreaker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping left.
Neckbreaker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neckbreaker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kansalainen.
Kansalainen thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kansalainen moves out of range as Neckbreaker strikes.
Neckbreaker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kansalainen manages to avoid it.
Kansalainen slips under a jab.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Neckbreaker connects with the punch.
Kansalainen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kansalainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kansalainen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Neckbreaker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Neckbreaker throws a body punch but Kansalainen moves out of range.
Kansalainen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A low kick lands for Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker lands a jab to Kansalainen's midsection.
Kansalainen throws a solid leg kick but Neckbreaker takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kansalainen.
Neckbreaker misses with a straight right.
Good standup being displayed there by Neckbreaker as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kansalainen cracks Neckbreaker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slow jab from Neckbreaker misses its intended target.
Neckbreaker stuns Kansalainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neckbreaker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kansalainen can do to turn this around?
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Neckbreaker half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker looks to throw the jab but Kansalainen is out of range.
Kansalainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Neckbreaker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Neckbreaker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kansalainen.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kansalainen. Neckbreaker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neckbreaker throws a lazy right hand but Kansalainen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Neckbreaker. Kansalainen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kansalainen tries to score with a low kick but Neckbreaker moves his leg out of the way.
Neckbreaker jabs Kansalainen right on the nose. Kansalainen blinks but takes it well.
Neckbreaker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kansalainen in his tracks.
Kansalainen misses with a low kick.
Neckbreaker changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Neckbreaker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Neckbreaker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Neckbreaker looks to land a left hand but Kansalainen moved out of range nicely.
Kansalainen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kansalainen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Neckbreaker drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kansalainen sprawls and moves away.
Kansalainen throws a body punch but Neckbreaker moves out of range.
Kansalainen throws a hook but Neckbreaker blocks it.
Kansalainen lands a body shot.
Kansalainen misses with an uppercut.
Kansalainen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Neckbreaker checks it well.
Neckbreaker is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Neckbreaker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Neckbreaker misses with an uppercut. Kansalainen saw that one coming.
Neckbreaker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kansalainen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Neckbreaker finds it's way through Kansalainen's defenses.
Neckbreaker misses with a looping left.
Kansalainen misses with a looping left.
Kansalainen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kansalainen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Neckbreaker finds it's way round the side to connect with Kansalainen's head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kansalainen, as that shot connected.
Kansalainen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Neckbreakers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Neckbreaker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kansalainen's head backwards.
Slammy Neckbreaker is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kansalainen tried to score with a low kick but Neckbreaker checks it.
Neckbreaker lands a glancing blow to the side of Kansalainen's head.
Neckbreaker takes one to the side of the head.
Neckbreaker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd cheers as Neckbreaker lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kansalainen doesn't seem phased though.
Neckbreaker throws a looping overhand right but Kansalainen ducks down to avoid it.
Neckbreaker moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Neckbreaker misses the target.
Kansalainen misses with an uppercut.
Neckbreaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kansalainen.
A punch combination from Kansalainen misses.
Kansalainen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Neckbreaker's head.
Kansalainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Neckbreaker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kansalainen throws a big shot that misses.
Kansalainen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kansalainen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Neckbreakers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Neckbreaker just misses with a punch to the body.
Kansalainen throws a hook but Neckbreaker avoids it easily.
Neckbreaker avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Neckbreaker scores with a sloppy right hand. Kansalainen should have avoided that one.
Neckbreaker thuds a left hand into Kansalainen's body.
Kansalainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kansalainen throws a big shot that misses.
Kansalainen walks into a straight right hand from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker looks to land a right hand but Kansalainen moved out of range.
Kansalainen thumps Neckbreaker with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Neckbreaker blocks the leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Slammy Neckbreaker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tapani Kansalainen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Neckbreaker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Neckbreaker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kansalainen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Neckbreaker scores with a jab to the jaw.

Kansalainen is rocked!
The fighters circling - Kansalainen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Neckbreaker punishes Kansalainen's body with a nice straight punch.
Neckbreaker throws a hook but Kansalainen blocks it.
Kansalainen throws a big shot that misses.
Kansalainen misses with a head kick.
Neckbreaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kansalainen moves away.
Kansalainen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Kansalainen does it's job there.
Neckbreaker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kansalainen looks to throw the jab but Neckbreaker is out of range.
Kansalainen tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kansalainen looks to land a right hand but Neckbreaker moved out of range.
Kansalainen needs to keep his hands up - Neckbreaker had a free shot at his head there.
Kansalainen is still on wobbly legs! Can Neckbreaker finish him?
A big left from Neckbreaker misses.
Kansalainen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab lands there for Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kansalainen avoids the body shot from Neckbreaker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neckbreaker thuds a left hand into Kansalainen's body.
Neckbreaker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Neckbreaker misses with a jab to the body
and Kansalainen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Neckbreaker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kansalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Neckbreaker cracks Kansalainen with a big right hand and Kansalainen goes down!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neckbreaker connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kansalainen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Neckbreaker is controlling him.
Neckbreaker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kansalainen is keeping the position for now.
Neckbreaker wants to control from the top but Kansalainen keeps moving.
Neckbreaker prevents Kansalainen from getting back to his feet.
Kansalainen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Neckbreaker is one step ahead there.
Kansalainen seems to have recovered his senses.
Neckbreaker postures up.
Tapani Kansalainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker is stalling in the full guard.

Kansalainen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Neckbreaker defends well.
Kansalainen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neckbreaker trying to control but Kansalainen is working from the bottom.
Kansalainen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Neckbreaker is one step ahead there.
Neckbreaker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kansalainen is keeping the position for now.

Kansalainen pushes Neckbreaker off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Neckbreaker.
Kansalainen shapes to counter with a head kick.
Kansalainen defending well as Neckbreaker loads up on a big left hand.
Kansalainen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kansalainen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kansalainen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Neckbreaker lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Neckbreaker misses.
Neckbreaker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kansalainen at a distance.
Kansalainen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker sizes up Kansalainen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Neckbreaker moves out of range as Kansalainen strikes.
Neckbreaker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Neckbreaker checks a leg kick.
Neckbreaker lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neckbreaker looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kansalainen is fending him off so far but Neckbreaker persists. Nope, Kansalainen circles away and we're back to standing.
Kansalainen tries a quick counter leg kick but Neckbreaker is wise to it.
Neckbreaker throws a shot from downtown. Kansalainen moves away and avoids it.
Neckbreaker stuns Kansalainen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neckbreaker loads up on a big right hand but Kansalainen slips the punch.

Kansalainen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Neckbreaker to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kansalainen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Neckbreaker stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kansalainen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Neckbreaker wants to control from the top but Kansalainen keeps moving.
Kansalainen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Neckbreaker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Neckbreaker makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Kansalainen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Neckbreaker defends it easily.
Neckbreaker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Neckbreaker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Slammy Neckbreaker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Neckbreaker 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Slammy Neckbreaker!
An out of breath Slammy Neckbreaker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.