PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thurt Eenther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Eenther
vs
Lee

177 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thurt Eenther!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruce Lee!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Eenther.
Lee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eenther throws a lazy uppercut

and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee throws a lazy head kick
and Eenther counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lee thinking.
Eenther throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Eenther misses the body punch
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Eenther shrugs it off.
Eenther takes a kick to the side of the head.
Eenther getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Eenther comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eenther lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Eenther jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eenther misses with a double jab
and Lee counters with a head kick.
Eenther swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Eenther lands a jab to the nose.
Eenther ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eenther lands an overhand right.
Lee throws a head kick but Eenther moves out of range.
Eenther throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
Lee avoids the body shot from Eenther.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Eenther lands with a nice body punch.
Lee walks into a stiff left hand from Eenther.
Lee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thurt Eenther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eenther swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eenther paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Eenther connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eenther throws out the jab.
Eenther cracks Lee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Eenther misses with a body shot.
Lee takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eenther throws a right hand that Lee ducks under and follows up with a left that Lee also avoids with ease.
Lee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Eenther looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Eenther scores with a jab to the head.
Eenther throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Good exchange - Eenther coming out on top.
Eenther throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Eenther swinging wildly here.
Eenther catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eenther swings for the body but Lee moves out of range.
Eenther throws a leg kick
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Eenther shrugs it off.

It looks like Thurt Eenther has been cut.
Eenther throws a good cross that connects.
Eenther is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eenther throws a looping overhand right but Lee ducks down to avoid it.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Eenther.
A slow jab from Eenther misses its intended target.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Eenther fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Eenther cracks Lee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Eenther misses with the combination.
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Eenther throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Eenther. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eenther fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Eenther misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Eenther misses.
Eenther comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Eenther ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Eenther scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eenther.
Sloppy strikes from Eenther. Those never looked like landing.
Eenther throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lee counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot lands for Eenther.
Eenther 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.
Eenther missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eenther lands with a shot to the body.
Eenther misses with a series of wild punches.
Lee takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thurt Eenther dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thurt Eenther'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.

Eenther misses with a body shot
and Lee counters with an outside leg kick.
Eenther misses with a left hand

and Lee counters by clinching up.
Eenther stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Eenther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eenther lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lee lands with a nice body kick.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eenther throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Eenther lands with a nice body punch.
Eenther lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Eenther misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Eenther.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eenther moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eenther throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Eenther as he connects with a hook.
Eenther dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Eenther lands a body shot.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Eenther looks to land a combination but Lee avoids it well.
Eenther misses with a looping right.
Eenther misses with an uppercut
and Lee counters with a nice kick to the body.
A jab from Eenther does it's job there.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eenther throws out the jab.
Eenther throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lee.
Eenther connects with a body shot.
Eenther is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
Eenther fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lee manages to avoid it.
Eenther loads up on a big right hand but Lee slips the punch.
Lee has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eenther lands a nice hook to Lee's body. Lee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Eenther swinging wildly here.
Eenther misses with a straight right.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Eenther.
Bruce Lee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eenther looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Eenther smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Eenther cracks Lee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Eenther misses.
Eenther misses with a right hand

and Lee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Eenther taking a breather.
Eenther has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eenther stalling in the clinch but Lee improves position.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eenther rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lee has Eenther pressed against the cage, preventing Eenther from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eenther stalling in the clinch.
Lee has Eenther pressed against the cage, preventing Eenther from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eenther fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Lee's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lee is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice body punch from Eenther.
Eenther throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee blocks a jab.
Eenther comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Eenther tries a low kick but Lee avoids it.
Eenther takes a kick to the side of the head.
Eenther throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eenther swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Eenther moves out of range easily.
Eenther throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Eenther.
Lee gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Eenther.
Thurt Eenther is winning the standup battle so far.
Eenther jabs Lee right on the nose. Lee blinks but takes it well.
Eenther circles away from the clinch attempt.
Eenther listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Eenther misses with a double jab.
Eenther throws a combination that misses
and Lee counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eenther takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Eenther falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Eenther falls off balance throwing a combination

and Lee counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thurt Eenther dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thurt Eenther's cut.
That's time! Eenther's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Lee takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Eenther swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with a good, hard body kick but Eenther shrugs it off.
Eenther scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Eenther misses with a right hand
and Lee counters with a nice body kick.
Lee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eenther jabs at Lee's body.
Lee needs to keep his hands up - Eenther had a free shot at his head there.
Eenther connects with a crisp jab.
Eenther with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Eenther with a nice cross.
A punch combination from Eenther misses.
Eenther throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eenther throws out a powerful jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eenther looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee moves out of range as Eenther strikes.
Lee walks into a left hand.
Eenther misses the jab.
Eenther misses with a body shot.
Eenther fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eenther.
Eenther throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Eenther just misses with a punch to the body.
Eenther connects with the punch.
Eenther cracks Lee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Eenther punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eenther swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lee in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Eenther lands a nice shot to the body.
Eenther ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Eenther catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Eenther misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Eenther takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Eenther throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Eenther throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eenther throws a shot to the body.
Eenther misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Eenther scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eenther ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Eenther throws out the jab.
Eenther throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lee counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Eenther has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.

Lee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eenther misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Eenther dips to his left and cracks Lee with an uppercut!
Lee throws out a leg kick but Eenther moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
Eenther misses with an uppercut

and Lee holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Eenther.
Eenther is trying to push Lee away but Lee has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Eenther pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eenther pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lee back to the cage. Eenther follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Eenther swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lee counters with a head kick. That will keep Eenther thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Eenther.
Eenther misses the body punch

and Lee counters by clinching up.
Eenther wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eenther misses with the combination.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bruce Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Eenther finds it's way round the side to connect with Lee's head.
Eenther throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thurt Eenther is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Eenther scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eenther scores with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thurt Eenther showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Eenther, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thurt Eenther!