PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Red Forman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pena Mutteri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Forman
vs
Mutteri

176 cm
21
160 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Red Forman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Mutteri!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mutteri takes a swing at Forman's ribcage but misses.
Mutteri moves out of range as Forman strikes.
Mutteri has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Forman finds it's way round the side to connect with Mutteri's head.
Forman staying out of range there.
Mutteri connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Forman loads up on a big right hand but Mutteri slips the punch.
Mutteri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Forman.
Mutteri loads up on a big right hand but Forman slips the punch.
Forman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mutteri.
Forman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mutteri lands a really nice looking cross but Forman seems unphased.
Forman lands a nice hook to Mutteri's body. Mutteri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Forman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mutteri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Forman.
Forman throws a right hand that Mutteri ducks under and follows up with a left that Mutteri also avoids with ease.
Forman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Forman lands a glancing blow to the side of Mutteri's head.
The fighters circling - Mutteri throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forman slips a jab from Mutteri.
A slow jab from Mutteri misses its intended target.
Mutteri is looking to score with low kicks.
Mutteri misses with a double jab
and Forman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Forman throws the left hand but Mutteri avoids the punch easily.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mutteri swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Forman stalks Mutteri and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mutteri's face. Mutteri staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Pena Mutteri has been cut.
Mutteri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mutteri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Forman.
Forman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Forman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Forman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mutteri takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mutteri fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Forman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mutteri throws out the jab.
Mutteri is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutteri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Forman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mutteri counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
No joy there for Mutteri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mutteri throws a sloppy body shot
and Forman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Mutteri.
Mutteri rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Forman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mutteri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mutteri stuns Forman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mutteri ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forman moves away.
Mutteri tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Forman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Forman takes one on the button.
Forman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Mutteri misses the target.
Forman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mutteri throws out the jab.
Forman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mutteri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Forman misses.
Forman ducks under a wild hook from Mutteri.
Mutteri misses with an uppercut. Forman saw that one coming.
Forman throws a combination that misses
and Mutteri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Forman throws a big shot that misses.
Mutteri misses with a hook. Forman ducked under it nicely.
Mutteri slips a straight right by Forman.
A left and a right from Forman both land. Nice combination.
Forman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Forman fails to land with a series of punches.
Mutteri throws a lazy right hand but Forman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Forman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mutteri misses with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Forman, as that shot connected.
Mutteri just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutteri misses with a jab to the body
and Forman counters with a nice uppercut.
Mutteri looks to land a left hand but Forman moved out of range nicely.
Mutteri lands a jab-cross combination.
Forman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mutteri in his tracks.
Forman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Forman looks to throw the jab but Mutteri is out of range.
Mutteri takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Mutteri rushes Forman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Mutteri.
Forman is trying to break free.
Mutteri stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mutteri lands a left hand that snaps the head of Forman backwards.
Mutteri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Forman backwards.
Forman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mutteri misses with the head strike.
Mutteri can't find room to land a body shot as Forman controls the action.
Forman lands a shoulder strike.
Mutteri lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mutteri cracks Forman with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Red Forman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pena Mutteri's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Mutteri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forman.
Mutteri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mutteri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forman.
Mutteri cracks Forman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mutteri misses the jab.
Mutteri tries to clinch but Forman is having none of it.
Forman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Forman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Forman misses with the combination.
Forman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mutteri.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutteri misses with a straight right.
Forman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mutteri.
Forman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Forman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Forman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mutteri throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutteri throws a shot from downtown. Forman moves away and avoids it.
Forman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mutteri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Forman throws out the jab.
Forman misses with a series of wild punches.
Mutteri scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Forman doesn't seem bothered though.
Mutteri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Forman.
Forman digs a good body shot into Mutteri's ribs.
Mutteri throws a body punch but Forman moves out of range.
Forman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mutteri circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice shot lands for Forman.
Mutteri walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Red Forman is winning the standup battle so far.
Forman loads up on a big right hand but Mutteri slips the punch.
Jab by Forman.
Mutteri throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Forman to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Mutteri misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forman loads up on a big right hand but Mutteri slips the punch.
Forman tries to bum rush Mutteri with a series of wild strikes but Mutteri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Forman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mutteri. Mutteri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mutteri tries to close the distance and clinch but Forman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mutteri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Forman.
Forman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Forman lands with a straight right. Mutteri didn't see that one coming.
Forman misses with a looping right.
Mutteri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Forman was well out of range. Poor timing from Mutteri.
Mutteri misses with a hook.
Mutteri is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Forman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Forman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mutteri closes the distance but Forman moves to the side
and Forman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Forman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Forman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutteri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Forman is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mutteri.
Nice uppercut lands for Mutteri. That snapped Forman's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mutteri. Forman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mutteri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mutteri connects with a crisp jab.
Mutteri connects with a right hand. Forman shakes it off.
Forman blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Mutteri.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Forman, as that shot connected.
Mutteri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Forman.
Mutteri swings away with a body shot that misses
and Forman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Mutteri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Forman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Mutteri is rocked!
Forman drops Mutteri with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Mutteri! Forman dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Red Forman!