PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ka Bum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmond Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dantes has chosen The Four Seasons as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Edmond Dantes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bum
vs
Dantes

177 cm
18
201 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Perkele!

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ka Bum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edmond Dantes!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bum drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bum is stalling in the full guard.
Bum loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bum keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dantes's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bum showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bum throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bum throws a big right hand that misses.
Bum postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bum postures up in Dantes's guard and throws a big left but Dantes blocks it.
Bum throwing strikes but missing.
Bum with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bum engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bum with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bum throwing strikes from guard but Dantes blocks nicely.
Bum has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bum trying to control the position from guard on top but Dantes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bum works over Dantes with some ground and pound from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bum's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dantes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bum.
Bum missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bum stays in close to Dantes's body and controls the position.
Bum trying to control the position from guard on top but Dantes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bum's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ka Bum wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bum closes the distance and clinches up with Dantes, looking for a takedown. Bum pushes Dantes against the cage but Dantes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bum.
Bum fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ka Bum. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bum drives through with a takedown into Dantes's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bum with a flurry of punches that miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bum looking to sit in guard and control but Dantes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ka Bum dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bum shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dantes but Dantes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No luck for Bum with that takedown attempt.
Bum closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dantes circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ka Bum. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bum gets the takedown into side control.
Bum in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bum misses with the ground and pound.
Dantes looks to move to half guard but instead Bum has passed into mount! Damn!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes regains half guard.
Bum wants to control but Dantes is keeping him busy.
Ka Bum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bum thows a huge punch but Dantes dodges it nicely.
Bum content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dantes is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bum sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dantes defending well though.
Bum not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bum not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bum content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Bum working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bum sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dantes defending well though.
Bum seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dantes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bum thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bum not doing much here.
Dantes regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bum throwing strikes from guard but Dantes blocks nicely.
Bum wants to control from the top but Dantes keeps moving.

Ka Bum has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Bum throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dantes's waist but Dantes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bum off to one side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bum drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bum in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ka Bum dominated that second round.
That's time! Bum's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Bum shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dantes pinned against the cage. Dantes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Dantes tries to sprawl but Bum drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Dantes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dantes tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Bum wants to take a breather but Dantes is having none of it.
Bum misses with a head shot. Dantes uses the momentum to regain guard.
Dantes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bum controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bum lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bum throws a big right hand that misses.
Bum with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bum stopping the sweep attempt from Dantes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bum postures up in Dantes's guard and throws a big left but Dantes blocks it.
Edmond Dantes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bum in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bum trying to control but Dantes is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Bum not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Ka Bum just wasn't active enough.
Bum misses with a takedown attempt - Dantes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bum closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bum taking a breather here.
Bum throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Dantes works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Bum is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dantes can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bum is looking to take a break and control but Dantes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bum thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dantes's head.
Bum throwing shots but Dantes is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bum trying to control from half guard but Dantes is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ka Bum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bum 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ka Bum!