PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sigurd Fafnisbani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jussi Apila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Fafnisbani might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What Frequencies Do to People by Tieum and Ophidian. Sigurd Fafnisbani could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jussi Apila's chin.

Fafnisbani
vs
Apila

176 cm
25
154 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

182 cm
25
158 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sigurd Fafnisbani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jussi Apila!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fafnisbani avoids the body shot from Apila.
Apila throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fafnisbani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fafnisbani misses with a shot to the body
and Apila counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Apila throws a right and a left that Fafnisbani avoids nicely.
Fafnisbani feints and then cracks Apila's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Apila down.
A punch combination from Fafnisbani misses.
Fafnisbani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fafnisbani lands a nice looking body shot.

Apila tries to keep at a distance but Fafnisbani has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fafnisbani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Apila avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Apila.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Apila digs a right hand underneath Fafnisbani's ribcage. Fafnisbani let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Apila lands with a right to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Apila.
Fafnisbani is trying to maintain a safe position but Apila gets an underhook and turns Fafnisbani into the cage.
Fafnisbani leaning against his opponent.
Apila lands a hook that snaps the head of Fafnisbani backwards.
Apila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Apila.
Apila lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fafnisbani.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apila will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fafnisbani up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fafnisbani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Apila up against the cage.
Apila lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fafnisbani or not.
Fafnisbani taking a breather.
Fafnisbani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Apila can't find room to land a body shot as Fafnisbani controls the action.
Fafnisbani misses with a punch to the body.
Fafnisbani just leaning against Apila, taking a breather.
Apila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Apila.
A bit of stalling here from Fafnisbani.
Apila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Apila cracks Fafnisbani with a nice body shot.
Apila is trying to force a seperation but Fafnisbani has the dominant position.
Apila is leaning against Fafnisbani and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Apila just leaning against Fafnisbani, taking a breather.
Fafnisbani throws a head punch that misses.
Apila tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fafnisbani's elbow.
Apila lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani is breathing heavily.
Apila lands a left hand.
Apila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fafnisbani backwards.
Fafnisbani is trying to maintain a safe position but Apila gets an underhook and turns Fafnisbani into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apila effectively controlling the action here.
Fafnisbani tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Apila misses with a body punch.
Fafnisbani is trying to maintain a safe position but Apila gets an underhook and turns Fafnisbani into the cage.
Fafnisbani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Apila lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Apila tries to work over Fafnisbani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Apila pushes Fafnisbani back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fafnisbani tries to stall but Apila uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fafnisbani goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fafnisbani lands a nice uppercut.
Apila stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Apila can't find room to land a body shot as Fafnisbani controls the action.
Apila taking a breather.
Fafnisbani trying to stall but Apila improves his position.
A short uppercut from Apila.
Fafnisbani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Apila is keeping busy.
Apila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fafnisbani backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Apila.
Apila throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Apila.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Apila dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Apila trying to land knees to the body.
Apila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Apila lands a body shot.
Apila tries to land knees in the clinch but Fafnisbani avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Apila - that landed with a thud.
Fafnisbani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Apila just leaning against Fafnisbani, taking a breather.
Apila lands a body punch.
Apila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Apila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Apila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Apila is leaning against Fafnisbani and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Apila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Apila.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fafnisbani avoids it.
Fafnisbani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Apila is keeping busy.
Apila gets through Fafnisbani's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Apila.
Apila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Apila lands a hook that snaps the head of Fafnisbani backwards.
Fafnisbani's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Apila lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good body shot from Apila.
Fafnisbani is trying to maintain a safe position but Apila gets an underhook and turns Fafnisbani into the cage.
Apila lands with a light punch inside.
Apila scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Fafnisbani scores with a nice short uppercut.
Apila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Apila breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fafnisbani wants to slow Apila down by chopping away at his legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Apila swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fafnisbani.
Apila throws the left hand but Fafnisbani avoids the punch easily.
Apila misses with a double jab
and Fafnisbani counters with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jussi Apila dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Apila fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fafnisbani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Apila misses.
Apila ducks under a wild hook from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Apila.
Fafnisbani throws a series of punches but Apila moves out of range.
Fafnisbani wants to clinch.

Apila gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Apila is leaning against Fafnisbani and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Apila lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fafnisbani or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Apila lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Apila - that landed with a thud.

Apila's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Apila tests Fafnisbani's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fafnisbani fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Apila checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apila throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot by Apila.
Fafnisbani tries to grapple but his opponent circles
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Apila counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fafnisbani slips under a jab.
Apila waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fafnisbani.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani misses with a wild body shot.
Apila looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Apila moves out of range of the body kick.
Apila scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fafnisbani fails to land with a series of punches.
Fafnisbani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Fafnisbani is rocked!
Fafnisbani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Apila moves out of range of the leg kick from Fafnisbani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani missing with a left hand there. Apila was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Apila.
Fafnisbani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apila moves away.
Fafnisbani closes the distance looking to clinch
and Apila counters with a one-two to the body.
Oh Fafnisbani is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fafnisbani takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fafnisbani seems to have got his legs back now.
Apila looks to score with a jab to the body but Fafnisbani is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fafnisbani. That's going to slow Apila down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Fafnisbani.
A clash of legs there as Apila blocks the low kick.
Apila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Apila bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fafnisbani's head.
Nice defenses there by Apila.
Apila wants to clinch but Fafnisbani slips to the side

and Fafnisbani counters by clinching up.
Fafnisbani misses with some punches.
Apila tries to work over Fafnisbani's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apila misses with a body punch.
Fafnisbani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fafnisbani.
Apila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fafnisbani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apila is defending well for now.
Fafnisbani looking to stall.
Fafnisbani seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Apila is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Apila lands a body punch.
Fafnisbani digs a right hand into Apila's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Apila's gas tank.
The referee calls for Fafnisbani to work.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Apila.
The crowd are getting on Apila's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Apila being controlled against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fafnisbani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sigurd Fafnisbani.
Apila throws a hook but Fafnisbani avoids it easily.
No joy there for Apila, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fafnisbani throws a shot to the body.
Apila thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fafnisbani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fafnisbani scores with a body shot.
Fafnisbani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fafnisbani throws a jab but it's blocked by Apila.
Nice uppercut there from Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani slips a jab and a cross from Apila.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Fafnisbani.
Apila misses with a body shot.
Fafnisbani works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jussi Apila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Apila with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fafnisbani to score with a decent uppercut.
Jussi Apila seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fafnisbani throws a big shot that misses.
Apila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fafnisbani throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Apila.
Fafnisbani tries to land a leg kick but Apila saw it coming and moves away.
Fafnisbani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fafnisbani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Apila connects with a crisp jab.
Apila tries to clinch up but Fafnisbani circles away and keeps his distance.
Fafnisbani attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fafnisbani takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Apila tries to clinch up but Fafnisbani circles away and keeps his distance.
Fafnisbani is looking to clinch.
Fafnisbani misses with a wild combination.
Apila avoids the head kick by Fafnisbani.
Apila lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fafnisbani misses with the combination.
Apila ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fafnisbani moves away.
Fafnisbani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Apila takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fafnisbani scores with a jab to the body.
Apila swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fafnisbani. Apila does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fafnisbani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fafnisbani avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Apila misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fafnisbani throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Apila. Fafnisbani does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fafnisbani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fafnisbani throws a series of punches but Apila avoids them all with ease.

Fafnisbani gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fafnisbani.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fafnisbani.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Apila.
Fafnisbani displaying some good clinch control by pressing Apila up against the cage.
Apila is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fafnisbani is keeping busy.
Apila cracks Fafnisbani with a nice body shot.
Fafnisbani is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Apila misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fafnisbani is trying to stall.
Jussi Apila seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fafnisbani can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Apila digs a right hand underneath Fafnisbani's ribcage. Fafnisbani let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fafnisbani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Apila is defending well for now.
Apila is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fafnisbani misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fafnisbani can't find room to land a body shot as Apila controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani avoids a wild elbow strike from Apila.
Apila has Fafnisbani pushed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Fafnisbani.
Apila working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fafnisbani stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fafnisbani lands a body shot.
Fafnisbani can't find room to land a body shot as Apila controls the action.
Fafnisbani is looking to control Apila's arms but Apila gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fafnisbani has his back to the cage.
Apila misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sigurd Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani looks to score with a jab to the body but Apila is just out of range.
Fafnisbani wants to clinch up but Apila keeps it at a distance.
Sigurd Fafnisbani is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Apila jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Apila fails in his attempt to clinch.
Apila wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Fafnisbani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice body kick from Fafnisbani.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fafnisbani misses with a combination
and Apila counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fafnisbani tries to clinch but Apila is having none of it.
Fafnisbani shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Apila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Apila scores with a four punch combination!
Good work by Apila as he checks the leg kick.
Apila misses the jab.

Fafnisbani closes the distance and pushes Apila back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fafnisbani.
Apila is looking to control Fafnisbani's arms but Fafnisbani gets an underhook and turns him. Now Apila has his back to the cage.
Jussi Apila is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A left hand lands to the body for Fafnisbani.
Fafnisbani lands an elbow inside that Apila shrugs off.
Fafnisbani trying to stall but Apila improves his position.
Fafnisbani is struggling to control the position.
Sigurd Fafnisbani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A short left from Apila.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jussi Apila.
Well Apila has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jussi Apila!