PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Necker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thumbo Plights (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eric Necker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Necker
vs
Plights

187 cm
18
235 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

206 cm
25
268 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Necker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thumbo Plights!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Necker feints a jab promting Plights to slip. Necker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Plights slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Eric Necker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Necker throws a series of punches but Plights moves out of range.
A jab from Necker finds it's way through Plights's defenses.
Necker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Plights moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Plights looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Necker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Necker misses with a body shot.
Necker could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Plights changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Necker tries to avoid it but Plights manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Necker to the ground. Necker escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Plights fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Necker avoids it really well and circles away.
Eric Necker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thumbo Plights.
Necker lands a two punch combo.
Plights avoids the body shot from Necker.
Plights uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Necker.
Plights gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Necker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Necker tries to close the distance and clinch but Plights swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Necker swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Necker.
Necker looks to score with a jab to the body but Plights is just out of range.
Plights looks for a takedown but Necker sprawls well.
Plights throws a sloppy head kick and Necker moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Necker. Plights does a little dance to reset his feet.
Necker blocks a jab.
Necker throws a jab but it's blocked by Plights.
Necker looks to score with a jab to the body but Plights is just out of range.
Eric Necker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Necker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plights will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Necker just misses with a punch to the body.
Plights looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Plights takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Necker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plights avoids a punch combination nicely.
Necker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Necker is looking to wear down Plights with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Necker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Plights swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Necker. No joy for Plights on that attempt.
Necker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Plights's head.
Necker throws a lazy right hand but Plights sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Necker misses the shot to the body.
Necker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Plights. Plights circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Necker forces Plights back against the cage and clinches.
Necker has had enough of the clinch but Plights keeps him there for the moment.
Plights is working for takedown but Necker is calmly controlling the position for now.
Plights is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Necker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plights.
Necker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Plights or not.
Plights has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Necker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Plights looks winded!
Necker is looking to break free of the clinch but Plights has double underhooks.
Necker is trying to break the clinch but Plights has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Necker pushes Plights back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Necker lands a body shot.
Plights can't get the takedown.
Necker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Necker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Plights backwards.
Necker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Necker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Necker cracks Plights with a nice body shot.
Necker pushes Plights back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Plights blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Necker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Necker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Necker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Plightss head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Necker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Necker.
Necker working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Necker fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Necker is trying to break free.
Necker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Plights blocks a body shot from Necker.
Plights blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Plights goes for a takedown attempt but Necker pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Necker scores with a jab to the body.
Necker jabs Plights right on the nose. Plights blinks but takes it well.
Plights is trying desperately to land a takedown but Necker is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Plights.
Necker misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Necker.
Plights takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Necker throws a body punch but Plights moves out of range.
Plights takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Necker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Necker is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Necker lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Necker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Necker darts in and clinches Plights up against the cage.
Eric Necker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Plights misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Plights jumps guard.
Necker wants to stand but Plights has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Necker got a little sloppy there for a moment and Plights has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Necker has managed to get both his arms back between Plights's legs - danger averted.
Necker might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Plights controls Necker momentarily but Necker frees himself.
Necker wants to stand but Plights is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Necker sitting in guard here, content to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Eric Necker just wasn't active enough.
Necker displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Necker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Plights was well out of range. Poor timing from Necker.
Plights takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Necker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Plights is trying hard to land a takedown here. Necker sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Necker jabs at Plights's body.
Necker thows a body shot but no joy.
Plights misses with a series of wild punches.
Thumbo Plights is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Necker.
Necker throws a body punch but Plights moves out of range.
Plights dives in and grabs Necker's left leg, looking for a takedown. Necker pushes down on Plights's head and hops out.
Plights is breathing heavily.
Necker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Necker here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Necker lands a nice shot to the body.
Necker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Necker moves into the clinch.
Plights tries for a takedown but Necker manages to get underhooks.
Eric Necker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thumbo Plights.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Necker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Plights can do to turn this around?
Necker tries to break free but Plights pushes him back against the cage.
Necker lands with a light punch inside.
Necker effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Necker scores with a shoulder strike.
Necker is working Plights over against the cage.
Necker misses with the head strike.
Necker scores with a nice hook to the head.

Necker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Necker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Plights takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Necker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Necker has Plights up against the cage in a clinch.
Necker presses Plights against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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!
Necker lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Necker.
A short uppercut from Necker.
Necker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Necker scores with a shoulder strike.
Necker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Plightss head.

It looks like Thumbo Plights has been cut.
Necker scores with a hook to the body.
Necker lands with a light punch inside.
Necker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Necker throws a punch but it's blocked by Plights.

Necker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Necker lands a nice shot that snaps Plights's head back.
Jab from Necker.
A jab from Necker finds it's way through Plights's defenses.
Necker throws out a loose jab but Plights uses good head movement to avoid it.
Necker stuffs the takedown.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Necker lands with an overhand left.
Plights has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Necker just misses with a punch to the body.
Necker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Necker lands a really nice looking cross but Plights seems unphased.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Necker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thumbo Plights's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Necker throws out a loose jab but Plights uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plights throws a head kick that misses.
Necker swings for the body but Plights moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Necker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Necker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Necker bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Plights's head.
Plights uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Necker.
Plights keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Necker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Necker scores with a shoulder strike.
Necker working aggressively here.
Necker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Plights takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Plights as Necker tries to tie him up.
Necker misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plights blocking some punches.
Plights drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Necker tries a body shot but Plights blocks it.
Plights letting Necker take a breather here.
Necker misses with a punch to the body.
Plights is looking to take this one to the mat.
Necker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Necker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Necker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Plights moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eric Necker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plights takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Plights avoids a punch combination nicely.
Necker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Plights shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Necker as he jumps to the side.
Eric Necker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thumbo Plights.
Necker lands a really nice looking cross but Plights seems unphased.
Necker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Plights.
Necker lands a nice hook to Plights's body. Plights takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Necker feints a jab promting Plights to slip. Necker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Plights slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Necker throws a combination that misses
and Plights counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Necker doesn't manage to clinch there - Plights circles away.
Plights takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Necker swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Necker lands a jab-cross combination.
Necker lands a nice shot to the body.
Necker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Plights paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Plights misses with an uppercut. Necker saw that one coming.
Plights avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Plights moves forwards but Necker connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Necker misses with a few strikes there.
Plights's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Necker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Plights scrambles back to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Plights is defended easily by Necker.
Plights takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Necker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fight stays on the outside here - Necker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Plights takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Eric Necker is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plights shoots in for a takedown but Necker shows good takedown defense.
Plights has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Plights there as he acknowledges the shot.
Plights shoots in looking for a takedown. Necker tries to sprawl out of it but Plights keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Necker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Necker lands with a hook. Plights tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Plights dodges the punch combination from Necker.
Necker swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Plights.
Plights shoots in but Necker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Necker tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Necker misses with a body shot.
Necker lands a glancing blow to the side of Plights's head.
Thumbo Plights has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Plights keeps the fight on the outside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Necker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Necker, 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 Johanna Lukiainen 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... Eric Necker!
Post fight, Eric Necker stared into the camera and said 'He should not have called me a dumbass! You wont like me if you call me a dumbass!BET!And dont slam my doors ever!'.