PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bus Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhan Ubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rotten
vs
Ubin

185 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bus Rotten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhan Ubin!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotten wants to clinch.
Ubin looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Ubin moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rotten.
Rotten looking for a takedown.
A knee to the head by Rotten.

Rotten jumps guard.
Rotten lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ubin!
Rotten takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rotten punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rotten has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rotten sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bus Rotten just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Rotten moves into the clinch.
Rotten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rotten goes for a takedown attempt but Ubin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rotten shoots for a double leg takedown but Ubin sprawls well. He's pushed Rotten's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bus Rotten. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ubin keeps the fight on the outside.
Rotten fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Rotten with that takedown attempt.

Rotten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rotten can't get the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten wants a takedown but no success here.

Rotten manages to pull guard.
Rotten controlling the position.
Ubin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ubin wants to stand but Rotten has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rotten will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ubin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rotten is proving hard to escape from.
Rotten is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ubin tries to stand but Rotten is controlling from the bottom.
Rotten manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rotten looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Rotten.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bus Rotten dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rotten shoots in for a double leg but Ubin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rotten fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rotten shoots in looking for a takedown. Ubin tries to sprawl out of it but Rotten keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ubin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Rotten rushes Ubin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rotten manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rotten gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Rotten pulls guard.
Rotten looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ubin is one step ahead there.
Rotten looking to control.
Ubin is breathing heavily.
Rotten bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ubin's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rotten gets to his feet - Ubin follows without any prompting.
Bus Rotten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rotten has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bus Rotten. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rotten closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Rotten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rotten will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rotten lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ubin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rotten closes the distance but Ubin moves to the side
and Ubin counters with a thumping low kick.

Rotten gets a clinch.

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

Rotten fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ubin, pushing him back against the cage.
Rotten goes for a takedown attempt but Ubin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Rotten rushes Ubin and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rotten breaks from the clinch.
Rotten is looking to clinch but Ubin is avoiding it.
Ubin keeps the fight on the outside.
No luck for Rotten with that takedown attempt.
Rotten throws a head kick that half lands.
Rotten is looking to clinch but Ubin is avoiding it.

Rotten has managed to clinch.
Rotten dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ubin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Rotten pulls guard effortlessly.
Rotten is trying to keep Ubin in close.
Rotten pulls Ubin in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rotten kicks Ubin off and gets to his feet.
No luck for Rotten with that takedown attempt.

Rotten moves into the clinch.

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

Rotten has closed the distance and engaged Ubin in a clinch.
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten lands a shot to the body.
Rotten goes for a takedown attempt but Ubin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Rotten gets a clinch.
Ubin prevents the takedown attempt.
Rotten avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rotten manages to break the clinch.

Rotten has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ubin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rotten lands a knee to the body.
Ubin has had enough of the clinch but Rotten keeps him there for the moment.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ubin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rotten takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Rotten for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Rotten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rotten doesn't manage to clinch there - Ubin circles away.
Rotten tries to clinch up but Ubin circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rotten!
Rotten fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rotten closes the distance and clinches.
Rotten is trying to drag Ubin to the mat but Ubin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Rotten jumps guard.
Rotten is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rotten looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ubin is one step ahead there.

Rotten scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Rotten wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ubin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rotten throws a nice head kick!
Rotten tries to clinch but Ubin is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubin walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rotten.
Ubin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Rotten clinches up with Ubin and pushes him back against the cage.
Rotten is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ubin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rotten wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bus Rotten. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rotten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rotten darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rotten is pressing down on Ubin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ubin is holding on for now.
Rotten stops Ubin from getting back to his feet.
Rotten moves nicely into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubin is trying to get back to his feet.
Rotten controls the position from side control.
Rotten advances to mount.
Rotten controlling from mount.
Ubin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rotten tries to control but Ubin wriggling away.
Rotten controlling from the full mount.
Rotten cracks Ubin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rotten tries to control but Ubin wriggling away.
Rotten connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rotten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ubin can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee warns Ubin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rotten with shots to the head and body - Ubin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rotten trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rotten content just to control the position here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Bus Rotten just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Rotten has closed the distance and engaged Ubin in a clinch.

Rotten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Juhan Ubin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Rotten gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bus Rotten showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rotten 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bus Rotten!