PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Christ (ranked 1349 p4p, 1081 weight class) and Puncher Face (ranked 69 p4p, 59 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Christ
vs
Face

225 cm
25
300
13 - 6 - 0

210 cm
28
275
17 - 11 - 0

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Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

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World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Puncher Face!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ throws a right hand that misses
enabling Face to counter with a crisp jab.
Christ thows a leg kick but Face checks it
and Face cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Face misses with a straight left.
Christ misses with a double jab.
Face steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Christ.
Christ looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Face walks into a left hand.

It looks like Puncher Face has been cut.
Christ takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Christ rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Christ misses.
Face let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Face wants to counter the offense by Christ and move into the clinch position.
Christ throws a predictable looking body shot
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Face avoids the head kick by Christ.
It seemed like Face was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Face forces Christ back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Face.

It looks like Julio Christ has been cut.
Face lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Christ.
Christ wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christ digs a right hand underneath Face's ribcage. Face let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Face prevents Christ from breaking the clinch.
Face blocking some punches.
Face is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Face lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Christ.
Christ working hard to break the clinch.
Face tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Christ breaks the clinch.
Christ waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Face.
Face swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Christ throws a leg kick
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christ swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christ rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Face counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Christ misses with a leg kick
and Face counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left and a right from Face both land. Nice combination.
Christ keeps the fight on the outside.
Face is looking to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Christ as he connects with a hook.
A nice leg kick from Christ, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ swinging wildly here.
Christ throws a lazy uppercut
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Face uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christ.
Christ throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Face looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ fakes the leg kick and cracks Face in the body.

Face has taken the fight to the clinch.
Face lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Face taking a breather.
Face prevents Christ from breaking the clinch.
Christ blocks an elbow strike.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christ misses with a low kick.
Face looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Face might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Face digs a good body shot into Christ's ribs.
Christ misses with an uppercut.
Face looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face blocks the body kick.
Christ connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Face wants to clinch.
Christ throwing a counter right hand but Face manages to avoid it.
Face tries to clinch but Christ moves out of range.
Christ swings widly with a right hand
and Face counters with a nice uppercut.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Face counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christ throws a leg kick but Face sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Christ tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Face was well out of range. Poor timing from Christ.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Puncher Face dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Face is looking to clinch but Christ is avoiding it.
Christ throws a sloppy head kick
and Face counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Face was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Face has taken the fight to the clinch.
Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christ has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Face throws an elbow but misses.
Face has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Face lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Christ.
Face blocking some punches.
Christ managing to block the knees to the body from Face.
Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Christ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Face will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Christ up against the cage.
Christ has a couple of punches blocked by Face.
Face working Christ over with knees to the body.
Puncher Face seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Christ swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Christ lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Face backwards.
Face scores with a knee to the head.
Face throws a knee to the head but misses.
Christ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Christ wants to break free but Face has control.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christ has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Face softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Christ dodges an elbow strike from Face.
Christ blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christ is trying to break the clinch but Face has him pressed against the cage.
Christ lands a hook that snaps the head of Face backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Face pressing his opponent against the cage.
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
Face misses with a knee to the head.
Christ takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Face gets through Christ's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Face.
Face using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christ has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Face tries to land a knee to the head but Christ blocks with his arms.
Christ wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Face counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Christ scores with a crisp jab that stopped Face in his tracks.
Face takes a jab right on the kisser.
Face uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Christ.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Christ missing with a left hand there. Face was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Face is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Christ connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Face tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Christ manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christ jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Face looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Face wants to clinch.
Face uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christ.
Julio Christ is winning the standup battle so far.
Christ attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face avoids a kick to the body.
Christ swings away with a body shot that misses
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Julio Christ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Face keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christ sets himself, and Face steps forward looking for the clinch! Christ avoids it this time.
Christ throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Face is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Christ throws a shot from downtown. Face moves away and avoids it.
Face wants to counter the offense by Christ and move into the clinch position.
Christ thows a leg kick but Face checks it
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Face moves in looking to clinch but Christ pushes him off.
Christ swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Face tries to clinch up but Christ circles away and keeps his distance.

Face drives through and clinches with Christ against the cage.
Face with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Puncher Face showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Christ looks to throw the jab but Face is out of range.
Face throws a counter combo.
Nice defenses there by Face.
Face throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
Christ connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Face ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Face tries to counter by closing the distance.
Christ scoring well with a low kick there.
Christ throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Face counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Face fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Christ, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ tries to break the clinch but Face is controlling the position.
Christ working hard to break the clinch.
Christ tries to circle away but Face has him pinned against the cage.
Christ blocks the elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by Face.
Face wants to stall.

Christ breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ throws a leg kick
and Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Face tries to clinch there but Christ circles away.
Christ swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Face cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christ lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Christ takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Face keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christ.
Christ swings away with a body shot that misses
and Christ takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Christ throws a series of punches but Face avoids them all with ease.
Face looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ thows a left - swing and a miss!
Face misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Face moves into range and clinches up with Christ.
Face misses with a punch on the inside.
Face is looking to control Christ's arms but Christ gets an underhook and turns him. Now Face has his back to the cage.
Christ scores with a shot to the side of Face's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on Christ's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christ wants to break free but Face has control.
Christ is trying to force a seperation but Face has the dominant position.
Face is stalling here.
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christ has had enough of the clinch but Face keeps him there for the moment.
Christ gets through Face's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Christ wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Face has him pressed against the cage.

Christ breaks from the clinch.
Face tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Christ manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Christ misses
and Face counters with a series of strikes. Christ will be more careful next time no doubt.
Puncher Face is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ swings widly with a right hand
and Face counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Face tries to clinch up.
Face looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Face has Christ pressed against the cage, preventing Christ from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christ swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Christ escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Face lands a glancing blow to the side of Christ's head.
Christ misses with a wild body shot.
Face throws out a counter right but Christ avoids it with no problem.
A big left from Christ misses.
Julio Christ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Face looks to clinch
and Christ counters with a stiff right hand.
Christ connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Christ misses with a straight right.
Christ throws a jab when Face was well out of range.
Face moves out of range as Christ strikes.
Christ lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Christ 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.
Face throws a looping overhand right but Christ ducks down to avoid it.
Christ fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Face is rocked!

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Christ showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Face has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puncher Face!
Our winner, Puncher Face, 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.