PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 678 p4p, 709 weight class) and Apophis Kalmisto (ranked 61 p4p, 64 weight class). Kalmisto has chosen Tässäkö tää oli as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Courtial
vs
Kalmisto

169 cm
29
150
22 - 10 - 1

175 cm
32
147
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
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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 22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Apophis Kalmisto!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courtial scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kalmisto circles away quickly and effectively.
Kalmisto avoids the body shot from Courtial.
Kalmisto throws out a counter right but Courtial avoids it with no problem.
Courtial ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Courtial misses the jab.
Courtial misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Courtial lands with an uppercut that bounces Kalmisto off the cage and back into range.
Kalmisto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Courtial can pounce on him.
Kalmisto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Kalmisto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kalmisto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kalmisto swings widly with a right hand
and Courtial counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kalmisto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kalmisto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Courtial throws a nice outside leg kick.
Courtial is looking to wear down Kalmisto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Kalmisto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Courtial, pushing him back against the cage.
Kalmisto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Courtial lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kalmisto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalmisto tries to break free but Courtial pushes him back against the cage.
Good body shot from Kalmisto.

Courtial breaks the clinch.
Courtial with a jab.
Kalmisto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
Courtial staying out of range there.
Courtial scores with a nice head shot.
Courtial dips to his left and cracks Kalmisto with an uppercut!
A low kick from Courtial is predictable there
and Kalmisto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalmisto walks into a left hand.
Kalmisto scoring well with a low kick there.
Courtial lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Courtial has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deathsquad in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial with a nice calf kick.
Courtial bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kalmisto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Courtial paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalmisto moves out of range as Courtial strikes.
Courtial lands a nice hook to Kalmisto's body. Kalmisto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kalmisto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Courtial counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Courtial thows a left - swing and a miss!
Courtial misses with a hook.
Kalmisto throws a fast counter high kick but Courtial manages to duck under it in time.
Kalmisto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kalmisto slips a jab and a cross from Courtial.
Kalmisto slips under a jab.
Courtial misses with a double jab.
Nice shot by Courtial.
Courtial is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Courtial connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kalmisto. Kalmisto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Courtial with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kalmisto looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Courtial does it's job there.
Courtial throws a big shot that misses.
Kalmisto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Courtial. Courtial obviously looking to wear him down.
Courtial chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kalmisto throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Courtial misses with a hook to the body
and Kalmisto counters with a solid body kick.
Courtial connects with a solid leg kick.
Kalmisto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A low kick from Courtial misses
and Kalmisto counters with a straight right hand.
Kalmisto scores with a nice body kick.
Kalmisto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kalmisto lands a glancing blow to the side of Courtial's head.
Courtial attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kalmisto slips a jab and a cross from Courtial.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kalmisto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Courtial throws a leg kick
and Kalmisto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalmisto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Kalmisto moves into the clinch.
Kalmisto misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Kalmisto as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kalmisto.
Kalmisto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Kalmisto.
Nice elbow from Kalmisto.
Courtial blocks a body shot from Kalmisto.
Kalmisto tries to work over Courtial's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Courtial has a couple of punches blocked by Kalmisto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kalmisto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Courtial works on Kalmisto's body with a couple of short punches.
Kalmisto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kalmisto lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Godefroy Courtial dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Courtial throws an off balance right hand
and Kalmisto counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Courtial falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Apophis Kalmisto!
A very excited looking Apophis Kalmisto 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.