PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Frog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Korsto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frog comes into the arena with I Still Believe blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Frog
vs
Korsto

185 cm
23
178 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
186 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edgar Frog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Korsto!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korsto defending well as Frog loads up on a big left hand.

Korsto is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Frog's half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Frog pushes Korsto off and gets back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Frog.
Korsto gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Korsto is trying to control but can't.
Korsto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Frog.
Frog prevents Korsto from improving his position.
Korsto controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Frog sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Korsto defending well though.
Korsto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Frog scores with a couple of nice shots.
Frog tries to pass to full mount but Korsto defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frog prevents Korsto from improving his position.
Frog sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Korsto defending well though.

Frog is working for a kimura but Korsto is defending it quite comfortably.
Korsto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Frog is keen to just control but Korsto is a slippery customer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Korsto shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Frog manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Korsto scoring with some ground and pound.
Frog is looking to stand up but Korsto isn't so interested in that idea.
Korsto distracts Frog with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Frog wants to stand and escape but Korsto is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korsto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Frog works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Frog has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Korsto off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Frog tries for a takedown but Korsto circles away easily

and Korsto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Korsto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frog is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Korsto stands up over Frog, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Korsto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Korsto chips away with some ground and pound.
Korsto is pushing down on Frog's leg trying to pass to half guard. Frog is fighting to maintain full guard but Korsto has managed to sneak the leg through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frog pushes Korsto off looking to stand but Korsto dives back in and keeps control.
Frog trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Frog missing with punches from the bottom.
Korsto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Frog does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korsto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Korsto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Korsto lands with a punch from half guard.
Korsto lands with a punch from half guard.
Korsto looks gassed!
Korsto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Frog blocking the ground and pound attempt from Korsto.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Korsto blocks the strikes from Frog.
Frog wants to improve his position but Korsto is controlling well.
Korsto lands strikes from half guard.
Korsto stops Frog from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Korsto.
Frog looks like he's trying to stand up.
Frog is staying active underneath Korsto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Korsto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Korsto stops Frog from getting back to his feet.

Frog pushes Korsto off and gets back to his feet.

Korsto shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Korsto scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Frog punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Korsto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frog is looking to improve his position.
Frog tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Korsto 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.

Frog looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Korsto!
Frog lands a heavy elbow.
Frog landing strikes from the mount.
Korsto tries to hold on but Frog pushes him away.
Frog is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Korsto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Korsto in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Korsto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Frog cracks Korsto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Frog working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Frog lands a big shot there that rocks Korsto but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Korsto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Frog pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Korsto is breathing heavily.
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!
Korsto sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korsto won't allow Frog to pass to mount.
Frog thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Korsto's head.
Korsto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Korsto.
Korsto keeping moving, preventing Frog from controlling successfully.
Frog has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Korsto looking for a sweep. Not yet Korsto, not yet.
Frog in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Frog working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frog preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Frog is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Korsto's half guard.
Frog trying to control the action but Korsto is working from the bottom.
Frog drops an elbow to the side of Korsto's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frog lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Korsto is staying active underneath Frog, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Korsto is trying to get back to full guard.
Frog looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Korsto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Frog thows a huge punch but Korsto dodges it nicely.
Frog passes the guard and advances to mount!
Frog lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frog prevents Korsto from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Frog.
Frog lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Korsto hang on?
Frog has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Korsto's face.
The referee warns Korsto that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Korsto is in all sorts of trouble here.
Frog lands a big elbow.
Frog lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
BOOM! Frog connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Frog with a couple of short strikes.
Korsto is bucking up trying to escape but Frog cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Korsto is rocked!
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!
Frog lands a heavy elbow.
Frog is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Korsto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Frog is landing with some decent strikes but Korsto is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Frog with good strikes from the mount here!
Korsto is still in real trouble! Can Frog finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korsto is squirming around, avoiding Frog's attempts to control the action.
Korsto seems to have recovered his senses.
Frog looking to finish Korsto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Korsto!
Frog fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Frog landing strikes from the mount and Korsto is in trouble!
Korsto is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Frog postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Korsto looks a forlorn figure.
Frog can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Korsto is looking to escape.
Frog landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Korsto working to try and regain half guard.
Frog landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Frog dominated that second round.
That's time! Frog's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Frog lands a jab to the nose.
Korsto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Frog takes a swing at Korsto's ribcage but misses.

Frog scores with a takedown into Korsto's guard.
Frog chips away with some ground and pound.
Frog postures up in Korsto's guard and throws a big left but Korsto blocks it.
Frog distracts Korsto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Frog wants to control from the top but Korsto keeps moving.
Korsto 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.
Frog is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Korsto keeping moving, preventing Frog from controlling successfully.
Korsto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frog keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Korsto's head.
Frog throws and elbow that misses. Korsto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Frog's guard. Nice move by Korsto!
Korsto prevents Frog from getting back to his feet.
Korsto distracts Frog with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Korsto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Frog keeping moving, preventing Korsto from controlling successfully.
Frog wants to get back to his feet but Korsto is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Frog throwing short punches from the bottom.
Frog wants to stand but Korsto is controlling the position.
Korsto wants to control from the top but Frog keeps moving.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Frog throws a series of punches but Korsto avoids them all with ease.
Edgar Frog is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Frog misses with a jab to the body

and Korsto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Frog won't be happy with that.
Frog is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Korsto has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Korsto working the body and head with strikes.
Korsto is putting a hurting on Frog here, landing some big shots from side control.
Frog manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Frog tries to kick Korsto off but Korsto keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Korsto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Korsto drops an elbow to the side of Frog's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Korsto lands a nice short elbow.
Korsto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Frog defending well though.
Korsto not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korsto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Frog is trying to control but can't.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Frog doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Korsto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Frog regains full guard. Nicely done.
Korsto thows a big elbow that misses.
Frog preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Korsto prevents Frog from getting back to his feet.
Korsto distracts Frog with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Frog is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Frog wants to sweep but no luck.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Korsto shoots and misses

and Frog counters with a nice double leg into side control. Korsto won't be happy with that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korsto taking a bit of punishment here - Frog scoring with strikes.
Frog throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Korsto works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Korsto trying to hold on to Frog's head to control him but Frog postures up.
Korsto has hold of Frog's hands but Frog slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Korsto is looking to improve his position.
Korsto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Korsto is refusing to be controlled, as Frog sits in half guard.
Edgar Frog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Frog drops an elbow to the side of Korsto's head.

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 Edgar Frog.
Well Frog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Frog!