PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Filby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Warpig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warpig has chosen Warpigs as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Filby
vs
Warpig

182 cm
26
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jakob Filby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, General Warpig!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filby misses the shot to the body.
Warpig throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Warpig misses.

Filby moves into the clinch.
Warpig lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Warpig throws a head punch that misses.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warpig.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Warpig is trying to break free.
Warpig misses with the head strike.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Filby definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warpig scores with a shot to the side of Filby's head.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Warpig's coach down at The Hut - $50 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Warpig's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Warpig throws a punch but it's blocked by Filby.
Warpig avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warpig.
Warpig misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filby content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Filby misses with a knee to the head.
Warpig scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Warpig throws a punch but it's blocked by Filby.
Warpig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Warpig.
Filby tries a knee to the head but Warpig blocks it.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Warpig managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Warpig digs a right hand underneath Filby's ribcage. Filby let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Warpig misses with a short punch on the inside.
Warpig fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Warpig misses with the head strike.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Filby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warpig avoids it.
Filby misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Warpig.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Warpig.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warpig tries to circle away but Filby has him pinned against the cage.
Warpig digs a right hand into Filby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Filby's gas tank.
Warpig trying to control the position but instead, Filby has worked for underhooks and has pushed Warpig into the cage.
Filby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warpig.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warpig pushes Filby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warpig is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Warpig lands a right hand that snaps the head of Filby backwards.

It looks like Jakob Filby has been cut.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Warpig scores with a shoulder strike.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Filby trying to land knees to the body.
Warpig taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Filby blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warpig lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Filby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Warpig avoids the damage to the body.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but Warpig blocks with his arms.
Warpig softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Warpig managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.

Warpig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warpig goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Warpig throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Warpig misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Warpig. Those never looked like landing.

Filby takes the fight into the clinch.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Warpig throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Filby blocks an uppercut.
Warpig throws a head punch that misses.
Filby missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Warpig fails to land.
Filby misses with a knee strike.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Warpig can't find room to land a body shot as Filby controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Warpig fails to land.
Filby blocking some punches.
Warpig is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Filby gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Filby missing with knees to the body.
Warpig avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Warpig avoids the damage to the body.
Filby blocking some punches.
Filby with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Filby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warpig avoids it.
Filby landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Filby landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Filby tries a knee to the head but Warpig blocks it.
Filby unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warpig lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but General Warpig will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jakob Filby's cut.
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.

Warpig looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Warpig checks a leg kick.
Warpig blocks a low kick nicely.

Filby darts in and clinches Warpig up against the cage.
Warpig has a couple of punches blocked by Filby.

Warpig jumps guard and drags Filby to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Filby trying to control the position from guard on top but Warpig is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Warpig is trying to control the position but Filby postures up.
Warpig lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warpig postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Filby is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Warpig defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Filby can't keep his opponent in guard - Warpig advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Warpig throwing shots but Filby is blocking nicely.
Filby on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Filby tries to get out of the position.
Filby won't allow Warpig to pass to mount.
Warpig is nestled in close to Filby, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Warpig winds up and cracks Filby with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Warpig stops Filby from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filby wants to get back to full guard.
Warpig looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Filby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Filby wants to control but Warpig is keeping busy.
Warpig trying to control the action but Filby is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filby preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Filby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Warpig.
Filby is concentrating on defense, preventing Warpig from advancing position.
Warpig thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Filby's head.
Warpig wants to take a breather but Filby is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Filby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Warpig swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Filby connects with a leg kick. Warpig looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Warpig lands a front kick.
Filby connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Filby drives through and clinches with Warpig against the cage.
Warpig tries to throw a body punch but Filby avoids it by throwing Warpig back against the cage.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Warpig avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Filby just misses with a elbow thrown towards Warpig's brow.
Warpig avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Warpig lands a shoulder strike.
Warpig letting Filby take a breather here.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Warpig avoids the damage to the body.
Warpig blocks a body shot from Filby.
Filby crunches a lovely knee into Warpig's ribcage.
Filby throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Warpig blocks it with crossed arms.
Filby tries to land knees in the clinch but Warpig avoids the damage to the body.
Warpig pushes Filby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jakob Filby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Warpig lands a nice uppercut.
Warpig goes for a takedown attempt but Filby pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Filby has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Warpig finds it's way round the side to connect with Filby's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Filby.
Filby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Filby wants to clinch up but Warpig keeps it at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Warpig lands a nice shot that snaps Filby's head back.

Filby moves into the clinch.
Warpig tries to throw a body punch but Filby avoids it by throwing Warpig back against the cage.
Warpig takes a knee to the side of the body.
Warpig is breathing heavily.
Filby tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warpig avoids it.
Warpig avoiding damage as Filby throws knees to the body.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Warpig throws a punch but it's blocked by Filby.
Warpig wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Filby has him pressed against the cage.
Warpig jumps guard but Filby turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Warpig on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Warpig misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but General Warpig will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jakob Filby's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Filby forces Warpig back against the cage and clinches.

Warpig pulls Filby into guard.
Filby controlling from the top position.
Warpig is trying to control the position but Filby postures up.
Filby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Filby stopping the sweep attempt from Warpig.
Warpig controls Filby momentarily but Filby frees himself.
Warpig wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Warpig is still trying to improve position.

Filby decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Filby connects with a leg kick. Warpig looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jakob Filby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warpig's jab looks to have found its range, popping Filby under the eye.
Filby attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Filby avoids the head kick by Warpig.
Filby moves in looking to clinch but Warpig pushes him off.
Warpig takes a swing at Filby's ribcage but misses.
Warpig on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Filby. Filby obviously looking to wear him down.
Filby attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Filby looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A chopping leg kick lands by Warpig.
Filby blocks a head kick by Warpig.
Warpig connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Filby tries to clinch but Warpig is having none of it.
Filby throws a leg kick which misses Warpig's front leg but catches the back leg as Warpig tries to avoid it.
Warpig lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Warpig blocks a low kick nicely.
General Warpig is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
General Warpig seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warpig throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Filby fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab by Warpig.
Warpig lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Warpig tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Filby is looking to counter punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Warpig.
Filby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warpig.
Warpig fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Filby looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Filby drives through and clinches with Warpig against the cage.
Warpig blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warpig lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Filby is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Warpig is defending well for now.
Filby prevents Warpig from breaking the clinch.
Filby throws an elbow but it misses.
Warpig drops down looking for an ankle pick but Filby pulls his leg out and moves away.
Warpig tries a head kick but it misses.

Filby gets a clinch.
Warpig misses with a punch to the body.
Filby tries to land a knee to the head but Warpig blocks with his arms.
Warpig misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warpig.
Filby pushes off an throws an elbow but Warpig leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Warpig managing to block the knees to the body from Filby.
Filby gets underhooks to prevent Warpig's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Warpig jumps into guard, dragging Filby to the mat.
Warpig trying to control the position here.
Filby engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Filby works a leg free and moves into half guard.
General Warpig has got the better of the ground game so far.
Warpig is looking to improve his position.
Warpig gets back to full guard.
Filby slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
General Warpig comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Warpig winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... General Warpig!
General Warpig thanked the fans post fight for their support.