PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buer Eremiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Irwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Irwin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. AC/DC - T.N.T kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Paul Irwin told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Eremiel
vs
Irwin

194 cm
27
218 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

190 cm
27
212 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buer Eremiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Irwin!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Irwin misses.

Eremiel gets a clinch.
Irwin working hard to break the clinch.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eremiel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Irwin doesn't seem bothered though.
Irwin misses with an uppercut.
Irwin misses with a hook
and Eremiel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Eremiel lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Eremiel.
Irwin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eremiel throws a leg kick which misses Irwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Irwin tries to avoid it.
Eremiel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good shot there by Eremiel.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irwin misses with an uppercut. Eremiel saw that one coming.
Eremiel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Irwin misses with an uppercut. Eremiel saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eremiel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paul Irwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Irwin moves out of range of the body kick from Eremiel.
Irwin throws a jab when Eremiel was well out of range.
Eremiel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Eremiel ducks under a wild hook from Irwin.
Eremiel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Irwin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Irwin tries to move into range but Eremiel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Irwin throws an overhand right that lands on Eremiel's shoulder, as Eremiel tries to avoid the shot.

Eremiel has taken the fight to the clinch.
Eremiel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irwin is defending well for now.
Eremiel struggles to land a body shot inside as Irwin controls his hands.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eremiel chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eremiel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Irwin.
Irwin misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eremiel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Irwin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Irwin. Eremiel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irwin misses with a low kick.
Eremiel is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Irwin misses its intended target.
Irwin misses with a straight left.
Eremiel just misses with a punch to the body.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Eremiel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Irwin throws an off balance right hand
and Eremiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Eremiel has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin lands with a short shot to the head.
Eremiel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
A short uppercut from Irwin.

Irwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Eremiel defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
Irwin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Irwin walks into a stiff left hand from Eremiel.
Irwin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Eremiel scores with a jab to the head.
Eremiel slips under a jab from Irwin.
Eremiel fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Irwin throws a big shot that misses.
Eremiel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eremiel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eremiel moves away from the strike by Irwin.
Eremiel is looking to land body kicks.
Irwin throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eremiel looks to score with a jab to the body but Irwin is just out of range.
Irwin throws a sloppy head kick and Eremiel moves out of range easily.
Eremiel ducks under a wild hook from Irwin.
Irwin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Eremiel counters with a leg kick.
Eremiel is looking to chop away at Irwin's legs.
Eremiel slips under a jab from Irwin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left lands for Irwin.
Eremiel throws a leg kick but Irwin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Eremiel scores with a leg kick.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Eremiel counters with a low kick, right behind Irwin 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buer Eremiel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Irwin misses with a hook. Eremiel ducked under it nicely.
Eremiel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irwin.
Irwin throws a lazy right hand but Eremiel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Irwin misses with a looping left.
Eremiel missing with a left hand there. Irwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Irwin misses with a hook. Eremiel ducked under it nicely.
Eremiel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irwin throws out the jab.
Eremiel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Eremiel misses with a body shot.
Eremiel feints and then cracks Irwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Irwin down.
Irwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Eremiel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eremiel throws a series of strikes that have Irwin backpedaling.
The fighters circling - Irwin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irwin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Eremiel misses with a body shot.
Eremiel looks to land a body kick but Irwin moved away.
Eremiel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Eremiel takes one to the side of the head.
Irwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Eremiel.
Irwin misses with an uppercut.
Eremiel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Irwin misses the jab.
Eremiel avoids the head kick by Irwin.
Eremiel slips under a jab.
Eremiel is looking to clinch.
Buer Eremiel is winning the standup battle so far.
Eremiel swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eremiel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Eremiel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Irwin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Eremiel counters with a good, hard body kick but Irwin shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Irwin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Irwin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Eremiel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Irwin throws a low kick but Eremiel avoids it.
Irwin throws the left hand but Eremiel avoids the punch easily.
Irwin throws a wild body kick that Eremiel sees coming a mile off.
Irwin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Irwin checks a leg kick.
Eremiel avoids the body shot from Irwin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Eremiel moves away from the strike by Irwin.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses.
Eremiel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Irwin throws a lazy right hand but Eremiel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Irwin checks a low kick from Eremiel.
Eremiel throws a jab but it's blocked by Irwin.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Irwin.
A head kick misses from Irwin.
A jab from Eremiel does it's job there.
Irwin misses with a lunging right hand
and Eremiel counters with a nice leg kick.
Eremiel throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Irwin is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irwin misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Irwin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Irwin checks a leg kick.
Irwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eremiel defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
Eremiel cracks the inside of Irwin's front leg.
Eremiel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Irwin misses with a body shot.
Eremiel wants to slow Irwin down by chopping away at his legs.
Irwin swings widly with a right hand
and Eremiel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Irwin throws a hook but Eremiel blocks it.
Eremiel lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Irwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buer Eremiel dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Irwin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Irwin throws the left hand but Eremiel avoids the punch easily.
Irwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Irwin.
Irwin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Eremiel slips a straight right by Irwin.
Eremiel lands a nice hook to Irwin's body. Irwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Irwin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eremiel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eremiel misses with a straight right.
Irwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Eremiel.
Eremiel lets loose with a powerful body kick. Irwin will feel that in the morning.
Irwin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irwin misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Eremiel.
A telegraphed right hand from Irwin misses the target.
Eremiel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Eremiel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Eremiel cracks Irwin with an open hand slap.
Eremiel cracks the inside of Irwin's front leg.
Irwin thows a leg kick but Eremiel checks it
and Eremiel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Irwin misses with a looping left.
Eremiel jabs Irwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Irwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Irwin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Irwin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Irwin moves forwards but Eremiel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Eremiel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Irwin's calf.
Paul Irwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Eremiel moves into the clinch.
Irwin takes a shot to the head.
Eremiel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Eremiel has Irwin pressed against the cage, preventing Irwin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eremiel swings wildly with an uppercut but Irwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eremiel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Irwin is defending well for now.
Eremiel lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Eremiel.
A frustrated look appears on Irwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Irwin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Irwin.
Irwin wants to break free but Eremiel has control.
Irwin avoiding damage as Eremiel throws knees to the body.
Eremiel lands an elbow that stopped Irwin in his tracks for a moment.
Eremiel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Irwin's efforts to push away.
Irwin managing to block the knees to the body from Eremiel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eremiel.
Eremiel lands an elbow just above Irwin 's eye.
Eremiel works on Irwin's body with a couple of short punches.

Eremiel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid body kick from Eremiel.
Eremiel throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Eremiel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Eremiel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Eremiel throws a nice inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good leg kick by Eremiel there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Irwin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Eremiel is out of range and Irwin settles back down.
Crunch! Eremiel slams his shin into Irwin's torso.
Irwin ducks right into an uppercut from Eremiel.
Eremiel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irwin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Irwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice jab there from Eremiel.
Eremiel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Eremiel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Irwins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab lands there for Eremiel.
Eremiel lands a leg kick that knocks Irwin off balance momentarily.
Eremiel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Irwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eremiel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Irwin. That did some damage!
Eremiel tries to close the distance and clinch but Irwin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buer Eremiel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Eremiel 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buer Eremiel!
After the fight, Buer Eremiel was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.