QFC Tournament 981 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Not Funny (ranked 5072 p4p, 3027 weight class) and TJ Perkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Funny
vs
Perkins

170 cm
23
145
1 - 0 - 0

166 cm
23
140
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Not Funny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, TJ Perkins!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Funny circles away.
Funny swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Perkins shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Funny cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Funny stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Funny wants it to stay on the feet.
Perkins tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Funny counters with a crisp right hand that drops Perkins! Funny lets Perkins back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Perkins is rocked!
Perkins swinging wildly here.
Funny swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Funny on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Funny stuffs the takedown.
Not Funny has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Perkins.
Perkins fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkins misses with a double jab

and Funny counters with a crisp one two that drops Perkins! Funny thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Perkins to his feet! Perkins is in big trouble!
Perkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Funny finish him?
Perkins tries for a takedown but Funny circles away easily
and Funny counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Not Funny!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
67%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alvin Jack (ranked 4960 p4p, 4531 weight class) and Tourney Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jack
vs
Guy

150 cm
19
150
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
150
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alvin Jack !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tourney Guy!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jack gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Jack is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Guy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jack cracks Guy with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Jack is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Guy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Guy managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jack .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy defending against the ground and pound.

Jack is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Guy knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Jack is cranking Guy's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Guy! He's tightened the choke and Guy is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alvin Jack !

C
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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
47%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benito Rummy (ranked 4311 p4p, 4534 weight class) and Jalmar Pukki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalmar Pukki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rummy
vs
Pukki

159 cm
23
147
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
149
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Benito Rummy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jalmar Pukki!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rummy misses the shot to the body.
Pukki fails with a takedown attempt.

Rummy has Pukki up against the cage in a clinch.
Rummy could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Knees to the body from Rummy.
Pukki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rummy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pukki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rummy lands an elbow inside.
Rummy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pukki's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rummy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pukki tries to score a body lock takedown but Rummy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Benito Rummy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jalmar Pukki.
Rummy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jalmar Pukki has been cut.
Pukki takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pukki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rummy pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rummy scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pukki 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.
Rummy sizes up Pukki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pukki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rummy swivels and escapes.
Rummy lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pukki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A shot to the liver by Rummy. Beautiful body shot.
Rummy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pukki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pukki swats away the attempt to clinch by Rummy.

Rummy gets caught napping as Pukki dives in and scores a takedown. Rummy manages to retain guard.
Rummy has his hands on Pukki's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pukki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rummy is keeping the position for now.
Rummy wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rummy is adopting a defensive guard.
Rummy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pukki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rummy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pukki slips nicely into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rummy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pukki is working away from the top position though.
Pukki prevents Rummy from improving his position.

Pukki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Pukki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rummy defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rummy trying to control but Pukki postures up.
Rummy is staying active underneath Pukki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pukki is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Pukki looking for a guillotine from mount but Rummy is having none of it.
Rummy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pukki content just to control the position here.

Pukki is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Rummy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Rummy shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pukki has hold of Rummy's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rummy manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Pukki is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Rummy is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jalmar Pukki!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
49%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barak Of Trellheim (ranked 5001 p4p, 5625 weight class) and Kyle Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Of Trellheim
vs
Lee

178 cm
18
150
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Barak Of Trellheim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyle Lee!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
It looks like Lee is going to stand back up.
Lee is pressing down on Of Trellheim's thigh, looking to free his foot. Of Trellheim is holding on for now.
Of Trellheim is trying to maintain the position but Lee is very close to passing his half guard.
Lee has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Trellheim is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Trellheim is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Lee jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Of Trellheim is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Of Trellheim and Lee has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Lee wants to stand but Of Trellheim is controlling his arm.
Lee working the head with strikes.
Of Trellheim tries to escape but Lee is in control.
Of Trellheim can't do much from the bottom here.
Lee prevents Of Trellheim from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Of Trellheim struggling a bit here.

Lee is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Of Trellheim is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Lee looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Of Trellheim manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to stand but can't do so whilst Of Trellheim controls his leg.
Well, if Lee is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Lee throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lee jumps guard.
Lee wants to stand up but Of Trellheim is controlling him.
Of Trellheim trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Of Trellheim wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Of Trellheim being controlled here momentarily.
Of Trellheim trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Of Trellheim with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Of Trellheim scores with a takedown into Lee's guard.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Of Trellheim trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Of Trellheim looking to sit in guard and control but Lee gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lee pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Of Trellheim is keeping the position for now.
Lee working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee landing with the ground and pound.
Lee controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lee stopping the sweep attempt from Of Trellheim.
Lee engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Of Trellheim is looking for a triangle here but Lee uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lee working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Of Trellheim's face as Lee controls the position.
Kyle Lee has got the better of the ground game so far.
Of Trellheim holding on.
Of Trellheim is trying to control Lee's posture but Lee avoids it.
Of Trellheim tries to buck Lee off but Lee is having none of it.
Of Trellheim is trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands some shots froms side control.
Of Trellheim stops Lee from passing to mount.
Of Trellheim gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Lee controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee lands a heavy elbow.
Lee controlling the pace for now.
Lee landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee landing strikes from the mount.

Lee working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Lee is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Of Trellheim tries to lock up and control but Lee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lee looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee looking to control and managing it successfully.
Of Trellheim is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! 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.

Of Trellheim shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Of Trellheim ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Of Trellheim closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lee quickly recovers to half guard.
Lee is holding on to half guard well.
Lee regains full guard. Nicely done.

Of Trellheim sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Lee doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Of Trellheim paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Lee - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kyle Lee!