PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Per Fekt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poncho Villa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fekt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ack Sundbyberg. Villa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by In One Ear. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Fekt
vs
Villa

225 cm
26
300 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

208 cm
34
300 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Per Fekt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poncho Villa!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Fekt.
Fekt connects with the punch.
Fekt misses with a looping left.

Villa gets the takedown into side control.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Villa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fekt avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Villa.
Villa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fekt keeps working.
Fekt struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fekt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Villa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fekt is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Villa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fekt is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fekt is pushing Villa's head away, looking to escape. Villa manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Villa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fekt is looking for a sweep.
Villa working away.
Villa tries to score with some ground and pound. Fekt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Villa working the ground and pound but Fekt is defending the strikes.
Villa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fekt is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fekt is trying to escape the position but Villa is controlling the position.
Fekt is not content to let Villa control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa working away.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Villa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fekt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Villa misses.
Fekt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fekt looks to land a left hand but Villa moved out of range nicely.
Villa throws a looping overhand right but Fekt ducks down to avoid it.
Fekt throws a low kick but Villa avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fekt throws a body punch but Villa moves out of range.
Villa loads up on a big right hand but Fekt slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fekt misses with a lunging right hand
and Villa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poncho Villa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Fekt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Villa is looking to land body kicks.
Fekt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Per Fekt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fekt throws a hook but Villa blocks it.
Fekt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Villa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fekt.
Fekt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Per Fekt is winning the standup battle so far.
Villa ducks under a wild hook from Fekt.
Fekt throws a body punch but Villa moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Villa.
Fekt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Villa's head.
Fekt throws a front kick aimed at Villa's knee but Villa avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fekt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Villa.
Fekt throws a hook but Villa blocks it.
Fekt throws the left hand but Villa avoids the punch easily.
Villa blocks a jab.
Villa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Per Fekt has been cut.
Villa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fekt at a distance.
Villa misses with a low kick as Fekt jumps back.
Fekt misses with a straight right.
Fekt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Villa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Villa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Poncho Villa has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Fekt.
Fekt moves out of range of the strikes.
Fekt misses with a body shot.
Fekt connects with a leg kick. Villa looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fekt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Villa.
Villa lands with an overhand left.
Fekt slips a jab and a cross from Villa.
Villa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Villa avoids the body shot from Fekt.
Villa cracks Fekt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fekt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fekt swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa slips a jab from Fekt.
Fekt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fekt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Villa.
Fekt looks to score with a jab to the body but Villa is just out of range.
Fekt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Villa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fekt.
Villa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Villa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Villa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Villa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
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!
Fekt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Villa at a distance.
Villa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Per Fekt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villa is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fekt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Villa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fekt throws a looping overhand right but Villa ducks down to avoid it.
Villa moves out of range as Fekt strikes.
Fekt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Villa.

Villa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Villa is pressing down on Fekt's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fekt is holding on for now.

Villa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fekt trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Per Fekt dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Fekt throws a series of punches but Villa avoids them all with ease.
Villa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Villa defending well as Fekt loads up on a big left hand.
Fekt checks a low kick from Villa.
Fekt misses with an uppercut. Villa saw that one coming.
Fekt misses with a body shot.
Villa moves out of range of the body kick.
Fekt tried to score with a low kick but Villa checks it.
Villa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Good leg kick by Villa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fekt throws a jab but it's blocked by Villa.
Fekt misses with a lunging right hand
and Villa counters with a nice body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villa takes one on the button.
Fekt misses with a body kick.
Fekt cracks Villa with an open hand slap.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Villa.
Fekt misses with a low kick as Villa jumps back.
Villa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fekt throws a low kick but Villa moves out of range easily.
Villa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Fekt misses.
Villa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fekt lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fekt.
A telegraphed right hand from Fekt misses the target.
Fekt moves out of range of the strikes.
Fekt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fekt defending well as Villa loads up on a big left hand.
Fekt misses with an uppercut
and Villa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fekt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Villa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Fekt to the mat! Fekt manages to get full guard.
Villa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fekt trying to keep a closed guard but Villa is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Villa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fekt looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Villa wants to control from the top but Fekt keeps moving.
Fekt utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fekt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fekt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fekt throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Villa because Fekt loaded up on that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Per Fekt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fekt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Per Fekt!
A very excited looking Per Fekt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.