PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Ilmarinen (ranked 152 p4p, 160 weight class) and Camaras Account (ranked 25 p4p, 29 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ilmarinen
vs
Account

192 cm
25
210
12 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
206
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conquer
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Ilmarinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Camaras Account!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Account rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Ilmarinen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Account!
Ilmarinen misses with the ground and pound.

Ilmarinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Account is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ilmarinen working the ground and pound.
Account is looking to reverse the position.
Account taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ilmarinen in side control, throwing shots but Account defends.
Account parries the strikes from Ilmarinen easily there. Ilmarinen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Account to escape.
Ilmarinen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Account sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Account stops Ilmarinen from passing to mount.
Ilmarinen is looking to take a break and control but Account is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ilmarinen throws an elbow but Account slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ilmarinen is trying to get an arm triangle but Account is defending well.
Ilmarinen working the ground and pound from side control.
Account prevents Ilmarinen from improving position.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Account is working away.
Ilmarinen tries to score with some ground and pound. Account controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Account avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ilmarinen.
Ilmarinen tries to advance to mount but can't.
Account is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Account keeps trying to improve his position.
Account takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Ilmarinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Account is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Account is not content to let Ilmarinen control the position.
You can see the frustration on Account's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Account is working away.
Ilmarinen lands some shots froms side control.
Account is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen trying to control the position but Account is working away.
Account is looking to regain half guard here but Ilmarinen keeps moving and retains side control.
Account taking a bit of punishment here - Ilmarinen scoring with strikes.
Ilmarinen controls the position from side control.
Ilmarinen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Ilmarinen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Account is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Ilmarinen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ilmarinen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Account is looking to regain half guard here but Ilmarinen keeps moving and retains side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen throws a strike aimed at the side of Account's head but Account avoids it well.
Ilmarinen is trying to ground and pound but Account uses the momentary lack of control by Ilmarinen to regain half guard.
Account is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Account is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Ilmarinen.
Account is refusing to be controlled, as Ilmarinen sits in half guard.
Account tries to roll over but Ilmarinen keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ilmarinen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Account's head.

Ilmarinen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Account sees it coming and defends easily.
Ilmarinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Ilmarinen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Account lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ilmarinen walks straight into a right hand from Account - that's dropped him! Account jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Ilmarinen from any more punishment! Ilmarinen complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Camaras Account! Camaras Account retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Camaras Account, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.