PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Villarreal (ranked 3275 p4p, 4189 weight class) and Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 314 p4p, 375 weight class). Villarreal comes to the cage accompanied by Tupac- I�m a Soldier. Kalmisto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Tässäkö tää oli kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Apophis Kalmisto will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Villarreal
vs
Kalmisto

162 cm
25
148
11 - 9 - 0

175 cm
26
147
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

FF Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Villarreal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apophis Kalmisto!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Eliza Hachem and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalmisto lands with a nice body punch.
Kalmisto avoids the head kick by Villarreal.
Kalmisto buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Villarreal has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Villarreal gets a clinch.
Villarreal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kalmisto smiles and moves away.

Kalmisto has managed to clinch.
Villarreal misses with the head strike.
Villarreal stalling in the clinch but Kalmisto improves position.
Good body shot from Villarreal.
Kalmisto has a couple of punches blocked by Villarreal.
Kalmisto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Villarreal's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Kalmisto.
Villarreal prevents a body shot from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kalmisto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Villarreal has Kalmisto pressed against the cage, preventing Kalmisto from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kalmisto scores with a hook to the body.
Villarreal lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kalmisto backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Villarreal.
Kalmisto misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kalmisto.
Villarreal blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Villarreal fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Villarreal struggles to land a body shot inside as Kalmisto controls his hands.
Villarreal tries to score a body lock takedown but Kalmisto shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Villarreal throws a punch but it's blocked by Kalmisto.

Villarreal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Villarreal wants to clinch.
Villarreal tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kalmisto counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kalmisto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Carlos Villarreal has been cut.
Kalmisto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Villarreal darts in looking for a takedown but Kalmisto gets double underhooks and turns Villarreal into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Villarreal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalmisto lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kalmisto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Villarreal jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kalmisto walks away with a smile on his face. Villarreal gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A low kick lands for Kalmisto.
Apophis Kalmisto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
Villarreal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Villarreal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Villarreal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
Villarreal lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Villarreal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kalmisto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Villarreal.

Kalmisto pushes Villarreal up against the cage in a clinch.

Villarreal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kalmisto blocks the body kick.
Villarreal tries to close the distance and clinch but Kalmisto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Villarreal tries for a takedown but Kalmisto sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Villarreal on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Villarreal tries to clinch there but Kalmisto circles away.
Villarreal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kalmisto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Villarreal swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Kalmisto.
Villarreal does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Villarreal needs to keep his hands up - Kalmisto had a free shot at his head there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villarreal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kalmisto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villarreal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Villarreal goes for a double leg but Kalmisto avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kalmisto continues to drive forward.

Villarreal breaks from the clinch.
Villarreal tries to clinch up but Kalmisto circles away and keeps his distance.
Villarreal tries to move into range but Kalmisto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kalmisto scores with a push kick.
Villarreal throws a right hand that Kalmisto ducks under and follows up with a left that Kalmisto also avoids with ease.
Kalmisto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Villarreal's head.

Kalmisto takes the fight into the clinch.
Kalmisto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kalmisto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carlos Villarreal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalmisto circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Villarreal.

Villarreal closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kalmisto to the mat! Kalmisto manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kalmisto looking for a sweep. Not yet Kalmisto, not yet.
Kalmisto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Villarreal manages to get himself to full guard.

Kalmisto won't allow Villarreal to get back to his feet.
Villarreal keeping full guard, as Kalmisto tries to pass.
Kalmisto trying to control but Villarreal is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Villarreal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apophis Kalmisto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Villarreal's cut.
That's time! Villarreal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kalmisto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Villarreal tries to clinch there but Kalmisto circles away.
Villarreal fails with an attempt to clinch.
Villarreal misses with a head kick.
Kalmisto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kalmisto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Villarreal tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kalmisto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kalmisto keeps the fight on the outside.
Villarreal wants to clinch.
Kalmisto tries a head kick but it misses.
Villarreal seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Kalmisto is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A left and a right from Villarreal both land. Nice combination.
Kalmisto with a nice calf kick.
Kalmisto swings for the body but Villarreal moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalmisto misses the shot to the body.
Kalmisto keeps the fight on the outside.
Kalmisto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Villarreal swinging wildly here.
A jab from Kalmisto does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villarreal rushes Kalmisto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kalmisto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Villarreal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kalmisto smiles and moves away.

Kalmisto clinches with his opponent.
Kalmisto scores with a shot to the side of Villarreal's head.
Villarreal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Villarreal scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kalmisto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Villarreal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Villarreal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kalmisto misses with a punch on the inside.
Kalmisto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Villarreal.

Villarreal drags the fight down to the ground.
Villarreal wants to sweep here but Kalmisto controlling him for the moment.
Kalmisto controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal managing to control the position.
Kalmisto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kalmisto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Villarreal is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalmisto wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Villarreal clinches up with Kalmisto and pushes him back against the cage.
Villarreal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kalmisto pushes Villarreal back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Villarreal tries to circle away but Kalmisto has him pinned against the cage.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Villarreal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villarreal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villarreal dodges an elbow strike from Kalmisto.
Villarreal has had enough of the clinch but Kalmisto keeps him there for the moment.
Kalmisto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kalmisto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Villarreal manages to break the clinch.
A jab lands there for Kalmisto.
Villarreal moves to clinch but Kalmisto breaks away
and Kalmisto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Carlos Villarreal's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto swats away the attempt to clinch by Villarreal.
Kalmisto with a jab.
Kalmisto avoids the head kick by Villarreal.
Kalmisto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Villarreal backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kalmisto moves into the clinch successfully.
Kalmisto swings wildly with an uppercut but Villarreal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Villarreal misses with the head strike.
Kalmisto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kalmisto wants to get back to striking at distance but Villarreal won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto is trying to break the clinch but Villarreal is controlling him.
Apophis Kalmisto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Villarreal tries to pull guard but Kalmisto holds him up against the cage and eventually Villarreal drops back down to his feet.

Villarreal pulls guard.
Kalmisto tries to free his leg and advance position but Villarreal is retaining full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apophis Kalmisto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Villarreal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Villarreal blocks a jab.
Kalmisto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Villarreal.
Carlos Villarreal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Villarreal pushes Kalmisto up against the cage in a clinch.
Villarreal stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Villarreal breaks the clinch.

Kalmisto gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Villarreal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Villarreal avoids it.
Villarreal lands with a short shot to the head.

Kalmisto manages to break the clinch.
Villarreal swinging wildly here.
Kalmisto misses with an uppercut.
Kalmisto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kalmisto darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kalmisto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Villarreal is looking to clinch.
Villarreal has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kalmisto finds it's way round the side to connect with Villarreal's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Villarreal misses with a takedown attempt - Kalmisto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Villarreal tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kalmisto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Villarreal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
Kalmisto lands a leg kick that knocks Villarreal off balance momentarily.
Villarreal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kalmisto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kalmisto.
Apophis Kalmisto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kalmisto! But no joy.
Kalmisto cracks Villarreal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kalmisto stuffs the takedown.
Villarreal stalks Kalmisto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kalmisto's face. Kalmisto staggers backwards, shaken.
Kalmisto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kalmisto throws a big shot that misses.
Villarreal needs to keep his hands up - Kalmisto had a free shot at his head there.
Kalmisto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Villarreal.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kalmisto.

Carlos Villarreal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kalmisto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No joy there for Kalmisto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Villarreal stalks Kalmisto and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kalmisto's face. Kalmisto staggers backwards, shaken.
Kalmisto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Villarreal is rocked!
Villarreal doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalmisto circles away.
Villarreal tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kalmisto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kalmisto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
Kalmisto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kalmisto throws a front kick that sends Villarreal stumbling back into the cage.
Kalmisto misses with a looping left.
As Kalmisto looks to move away, Villarreal throws a big counter combo but Kalmisto just gets out of the way.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kalmisto.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Kalmisto pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Villarreal looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kalmisto circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kalmisto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto lands a lovely overhand right.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Villarreal is defended easily by Kalmisto.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Villarreal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalmisto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kalmisto misses with a straight left.
Villarreal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Villarreal there as he acknowledges the shot.
Villarreal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kalmisto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Villarreal.
Villarreal keeps control of Kalmisto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kalmisto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Villarreal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Villarreal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kalmisto throws an elbow but it misses.
Villarreal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Villarreal misses with some punches.
Kalmisto lands a nice elbow.

Jeez, Carlos Villarreal's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Kalmisto throws an elbow that misses.
Villarreal lands a shot to the body.
Villarreal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kalmisto.
Villarreal lands an uppercut.
Kalmisto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Villarreal backwards.

Villarreal breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalmisto lands a jab to the nose.
Kalmisto lands with a kick to the temple. Villarreal shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carlos Villarreal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Apophis Kalmisto!
A victorious Apophis Kalmisto thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.