PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Enis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Karlsruhre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karlsruhre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by No World for Tomorow - Coheed & Cambria. Phil Enis has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Enis
vs
Karlsruhre

186 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

190 cm
19
218 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Enis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lars Karlsruhre!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Enis moves into the clinch successfully.
Enis tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Karlsruhre smiles and moves away.
Lars Karlsruhre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Karlsruhre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Enis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karlsruhre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karlsruhre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Enis is defending well for now.
Karlsruhre utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Karlsruhre tries to land knees in the clinch but Enis avoids the damage to the body.
Enis can't get the takedown.
Karlsruhre tries to land knees in the clinch but Enis avoids the damage to the body.
Enis tries for a takedown but Karlsruhre manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Enis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Enis jumps guard but Karlsruhre stands there with Enis around his waist. Enis gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Enis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Karlsruhre trying to land knees to the body.

Enis breaks from the clinch.
Karlsruhre throws a head kick that misses.
Karlsruhre looks to clinch

and Enis counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Enis wants to control from the top but Karlsruhre keeps moving.
Enis throws and elbow that misses. Karlsruhre uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Enis's guard. Nice move by Karlsruhre!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Karlsruhre wants to control from the top but Enis keeps moving.
Karlsruhre wanted to stand there but Enis had control of the position.
Karlsruhre advances to half guard.
Karlsruhre wants to stand but Enis has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

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.
Enis pushes Karlsruhre off looking to stand but Karlsruhre dives back in and keeps control.
Enis is breathing heavily.
Karlsruhre wants to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A solid body kick from Enis.
Karlsruhre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Enis. That did some damage!
Enis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karlsruhre tries to work over Enis's front leg with a kick but Enis checks it.

Enis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Enis wants to control from the top but Karlsruhre keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsruhre wants to stand up but Enis is controlling him.
Enis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Karlsruhre keeping moving, preventing Enis from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Karlsruhre uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Karlsruhre wants to clinch

and Enis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Enis wants to stand up but Karlsruhre has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Enis is keen to just control but Karlsruhre is a slippery customer.
Karlsruhre preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Karlsruhre is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Enis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Karlsruhre darts in trying to clinch

and Enis counters by clinching up.
Karlsruhre misses with a knee strike.
Enis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Enis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Karlsruhre pulls his leg out and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karlsruhre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phil Enis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karlsruhre tries to clinch up.
Karlsruhre throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karlsruhre lands a nice looking kick to the body. Enis takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Karlsruhre clinches.
Karlsruhre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Enis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsruhre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karlsruhre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Enis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lars Karlsruhre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karlsruhre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karlsruhre, right into the meat.
Enis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Enis counters with a thumping low kick.

Karlsruhre darts in and clinches Enis up against the cage.
Karlsruhre lands a knee to the head.
Enis avoiding damage as Karlsruhre throws knees to the body.
Karlsruhre landing knees to the head.
Enis taking a breather.
Karlsruhre missing with knees to the body.
Enis wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Enis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Enis managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsruhre.
Karlsruhre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Enis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Enis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsruhre tries a knee to the head but Enis blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Karlsruhre's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Karlsruhre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Enis, pushing him back against the cage.
Karlsruhre tries to land knees in the clinch but Enis avoids the damage to the body.
Enis is trying to break the clinch but Karlsruhre is controlling him.
Karlsruhre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Enis avoids it.
Enis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karlsruhre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enis.
Karlsruhre tries to land knees in the clinch but Enis avoids the damage to the body.
Enis goes for a takedown attempt but Karlsruhre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Karlsruhre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Karlsruhre closes the distance and clinches.

Karlsruhre breaks from the clinch.
Karlsruhre scores with a leg kick.

Karlsruhre drives through and clinches with Enis against the cage.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsruhre moves in looking to clinch but Enis pushes him off.

Karlsruhre fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Enis, pushing him back against the cage.
Enis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Karlsruhre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Enis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karlsruhre just stands there and leans against the cage.
Enis wants a takedown but no success here.
A right handed body shot lands from Karlsruhre.
Karlsruhre stops a takedown attempt from Enis.
Enis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsruhre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Enis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Karlsruhre throws an elbow but misses.
Karlsruhre missing with knees to the body.
Enis goes for a takedown attempt but Karlsruhre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Karlsruhre tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Karlsruhre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Karlsruhre clinches up with Enis and pushes him back against the cage.
Karlsruhre working Enis over with knees to the body.
Karlsruhre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Enis avoids it.

Enis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlsruhre fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Enis is out of range.

Karlsruhre has managed to clinch.
Nice elbow from Karlsruhre.
Enis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karlsruhre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Karlsruhre trying to land knees to the body.
Karlsruhre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enis.
Karlsruhre trying to land knees to the body.
Enis is trying to drag Karlsruhre to the mat but Karlsruhre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Karlsruhre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Enis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Karlsruhre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enis.
Enis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karlsruhre just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Karlsruhre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Enis throws a head kick but Karlsruhre moves out of range.
Karlsruhre is looking to clinch but Enis is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enis stops Karlsruhre from standing up.
Enis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karlsruhre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Enis trying to control but Karlsruhre is working from the bottom.
Enis stays in close to Karlsruhre's body and controls the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Karlsruhre instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Karlsruhre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Karlsruhre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Enis.
Karlsruhre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Karlsruhre trying to land knees to the body.
Enis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lars Karlsruhre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Enis managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsruhre.
Karlsruhre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Enis avoids it.
Enis is trying to force a seperation but Karlsruhre has the dominant position.
Enis managing to block the knees to the body from Karlsruhre.

Enis breaks the clinch.

Enis looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Enis throwing shots but Karlsruhre is blocking nicely.

Enis is trying to work for a kimura but Karlsruhre is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enis is trying to control. Karlsruhre wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Enis wants to stand up but Karlsruhre is controlling the position.
Enis is looking to take a break and control but Karlsruhre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karlsruhre gets back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Karlsruhre pushes Enis off and scrambles back to his feet.
Karlsruhre tries to clinch up but Enis circles away and keeps his distance.
Karlsruhre lands a nice looking kick to the body. Enis takes a step back to recover.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Karlsruhre, right into the meat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karlsruhre wants to clinch up but Enis keeps it at a distance.
Karlsruhre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Enis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karlsruhre fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Phil Enis.
I think Enis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Phil Enis!