PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mart Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Explosion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mart Bull has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bull
vs
Explosion

185 cm
25
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mart Bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Explosion!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Explosion comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bull takes a swing at Explosion's ribcage but misses.
Explosion misses with the combination.
Explosion has a takedown stuffed.
Explosion wants to clinch.
Explosion tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Explosion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Explosion misses with a takedown attempt - Bull sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Explosion tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bull sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Explosion somewhat.
Mart Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Explosion.
Bull scores with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Explosion doesn't manage to clinch there - Bull circles away.
Explosion throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bull's waist but Bull gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Explosion off to one side.
Explosion avoids the body shot from Bull.
Bull throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Explosion sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bull throws a series of strikes that have Explosion backpedaling.
Explosion tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bull sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Explosion somewhat.
Explosion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bull turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bull fails to land with a series of punches.
Explosion shoots in but Bull avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bull misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bull scores with a one two! Explosion had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Explosion misses with a double jab
and Bull counters with a one-two to the body.
Explosion looks gassed!
Decent striking displayed by Bull there.
Explosion shoots in but Bull avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Some wild striking there from Bull.
Bull digs a good hook to Explosion's body.
Bull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bull slaps away a takedown attempt from Explosion, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Explosion walks into a stiff left hand from Bull.
Explosion shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bull defends it nicely.
Bull throws a head kick that half lands.
Bull throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bull stalks Explosion and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Explosion's face. Explosion staggers backwards, shaken.
Bull lands a jab to the head.
Bull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bull lands a nice looking body kick.
Bull throws a series of punches but Explosion moves out of range.
Explosion takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Explosion uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bull.
Bull dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Explosion tries for a takedown but Bull sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mart Bull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Explosion takes one to the side of the head.
Bull takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bull scores with a hook to the body. Explosion takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Explosion takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bull lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Explosion circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Explosions jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bull jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bull connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mart Bull 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.

Bull moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bull misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Explosion moves forwards but Bull connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bull scores with a jab. Explosion acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Explosion takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mart Bull is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice combination there by Explosion.
Bull swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Explosion counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Explosion misses with a few strikes there.
Explosion shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bull misses with a hook. Explosion ducked under it nicely.
Explosion on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Bull throws a head kick but Explosion moves out of range.
Explosion is breathing heavily.
Explosion looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Explosion takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bull throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bull comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Explosion shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mart Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Explosion.
Bull looks to land a combination but Explosion avoids it well.
Bull throws a shot from downtown. Explosion moves away and avoids it.
Bull cracks Explosion with a good jab.
Bull listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Bull as he connects with a hook.
Explosion with a nice cross.
Bull keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Explosion misses with a takedown attempt - Bull sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Explosion takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bull throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Explosion's head.
Bull lands with a kick to the temple. Explosion shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Explosion keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bull connects with a right hand. Explosion shakes it off.
Explosion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bull lands a head kick!
Bull throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice cross by Bull.
Explosion has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bull.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Bull. Those never looked like landing.
Explosion moves away from the strike by Bull.
Bull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Explosion.
Bull lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheers as Bull lands an impressive looking overhand right. Explosion doesn't seem phased though.
Explosion looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bull is fending him off so far but Explosion persists. Nope, Bull circles away and we're back to standing.
Bull throws a nice head kick!
Explosion has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bull finds it's way round the side to connect with Explosion's head.
Bull comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bull jabs Explosion right on the nose. Explosion blinks but takes it well.
A solid body kick from Bull.
Bull pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Explosion back to the cage. Bull follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull swings for the body but Explosion moves out of range.
Bull lands a high kick!
Explosion moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bull connects with an inside leg kick.
Bull bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Explosion takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Explosion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bull.
Bull throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Explosion looks to land a left hand but Bull moved out of range nicely.
Explosion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bull. Bull obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Explosion is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mart Bull dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Explosion takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Bull misses with an uppercut.
Bull connects with a leg kick. Explosion looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Explosion shoots for a takedown but Bull saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Good shot there by Bull.
A right-left combo lands from Bull.
Bull delivers a nice body kick.
Explosion closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bull circles away.
Explosion pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bull swinging wildly here.
Explosion takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Explosion fails with the takedown.
Mart Bull has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Explosion.
Bull fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Explosion tries for a takedown but Bull sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bull throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bull misses with a few strikes there.
Bull connects with a single shot there.
Bull scores with a jab.
Bull will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bull stuns Explosion with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bull lands a nice shot to the body.
Bull throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Bull lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Explosion circles away quickly and effectively.
Bull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bull lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bull lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bull throws out a powerful jab.
Bull throws a nice outside leg kick.
Explosion on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bull getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bull chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bull thows a body shot but no joy.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Explosion has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bull fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Explosion has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bull digs a good hook to Explosion's body.
Explosion takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Explosion is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bull is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Explosion.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bull connects with a body shot that sends Explosion's belly button to the back.
Bull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Bull.
Explosion walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bull throws a body punch but Explosion moves out of range.
Explosion tries to clinch there but Bull circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull connects with a solid leg kick.
Bull throws a body punch but Explosion moves out of range.
Bull looks to score with a jab to the body but Explosion is just out of range.
Explosion moves away from the strike by Bull.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Explosion might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Bull has got the better of the exchanges.
Bull swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Explosion counter with a right hand.
Explosion tries to clinch but Bull is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Explosion or perhaps it was just good defense by Bull which made him look bad.
Bull throws a body punch but Explosion moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull scores with a head kick.
Bull lands with a shot to the body.
Big Explosion has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Explosion has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bull finds it's way round the side to connect with Explosion's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mart Bull showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bull 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mart Bull!