PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abamun Tarnut (ranked 2087 p4p, 1163 weight class) and Jarna Kuiva (ranked 282 p4p, 161 weight class). Jarna Kuiva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Abamun Tarnut's chin.

Tarnut
vs
Kuiva

185 cm
25
192
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
189
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Abamun Tarnut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jarna Kuiva!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarnut avoids the body shot from Kuiva.
Tarnut takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kuiva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Tarnut feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Kuiva sprawling to the canvas! Kuiva rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tarnut finish him?!

It looks like Jarna Kuiva has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuiva cracks Tarnut with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kuiva moves away from the strike by Tarnut.
Tarnut closes the distance but Kuiva moves to the side
and Kuiva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tarnut tries to clinch but Kuiva moves away
and Kuiva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Tarnut moves into the clinch.
Kuiva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarnut's elbow.
Tarnut lands a left hand.
Kuiva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kuiva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tarnut has Kuiva pressed against the cage, preventing Kuiva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnut blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tarnut working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Kuiva.
Kuiva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Kuiva.

Kuiva manages to break the clinch.
Kuiva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tarnut connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kuiva scrambles back to his feet.
Abamun Tarnut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarnut misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuiva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tarnut fails in his attempt to clinch.

Tarnut clinches.
Tarnut struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuiva controls his hands.
Kuiva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kuiva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarnut cracks Kuiva with a nice body shot.
Kuiva throws a punch but it's blocked by Tarnut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnut lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tarnut's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuiva misses with some punches.

Kuiva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kuiva looks to throw the jab but Tarnut is out of range.
Tarnut moves out of range as Kuiva strikes.
Tarnut lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tarnut wants to clinch.
Tarnut tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kuiva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Kuiva.
Kuiva circles away from the clinch attempt.
A little jabbing left from Kuiva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuiva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tarnut lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kuiva looks to throw the jab but Tarnut is out of range.
Kuiva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tarnut.
Kuiva works over Tarnut's head and body with a nice combination.
Tarnut swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kuiva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kuiva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tarnut on the side of the head.
Kuiva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tarnut looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tarnut lands with a right hand.
Tarnut seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarnut rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kuiva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnut tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tarnut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tarnut closes the distance but Kuiva moves to the side
and Kuiva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tarnut throws an off balance right hand
and Kuiva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tarnut takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tarnut swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kuiva counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tarnut throws a body punch but Kuiva moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tarnut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarna Kuiva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarna Kuiva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tarnut throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuiva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tarnut misses with a few strikes there.
Kuiva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Tarnut backs off Kuiva throws a huge counter combo but Tarnut manages to avoid it all.
Jarna Kuiva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tarnut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kuiva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kuiva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Tarnut is rocked!
Kuiva swats away the attempt to clinch by Tarnut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarnut misses the body punch
and Kuiva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Tarnut is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kuiva stuns Tarnut with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tarnut seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuiva scores with a nice strike.
Kuiva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tarnut scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tarnut takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tarnut tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kuiva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tarnut throws a looping overhand right but Kuiva ducks down to avoid it.
Kuiva jabs at Tarnut's body.
Tarnut cracks Kuiva with a good jab.
Kuiva loads up on a big right hand but Tarnut slips the punch.
Tarnut misses with an uppercut
and Kuiva counters with a nice uppercut.
Tarnut misses with a lunging right hand
and Kuiva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuiva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuiva scores with a jab to the head.
Tarnut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Tarnut closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tarnut scores with a shot to the side of Kuiva's head.
Tarnut softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kuiva lands a body shot in the clinch.

Kuiva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tarnut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tarnut on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tarnut is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kuiva misses with a straight right.
Kuiva lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Tarnut lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kuiva doesn't seem phased though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kuiva, as that shot connected.
Kuiva's corner calls for a 1-2. Kuiva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tarnut throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kuiva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Tarnut has closed the distance and engaged Kuiva in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuiva.
Kuiva has had enough of the clinch but Tarnut keeps him there for the moment.
Kuiva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tarnut.
Kuiva misses with a body punch.
Kuiva misses with a punch on the inside.
Tarnut misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarnut blocks a body shot from Kuiva.
Tarnut working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnut lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kuiva misses with a short punch on the inside.

Kuiva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tarnut misses with a hook
and Kuiva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuiva scores with a hook to the body. Tarnut takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tarnut tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little jabbing left from Kuiva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kuiva connects with the punch.
Kuiva misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Tarnut misses the target.
Kuiva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kuiva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Tarnut clinches up with Kuiva and pushes him back against the cage.
Tarnut lands a hook that snaps the head of Kuiva backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarna Kuiva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jarna Kuiva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Tarnut tries to clinch
and Kuiva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tarnut looks to clinch
and Tarnut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tarnut throws an off balance right hand
and Kuiva counters with a straight right hand.
Tarnut looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tarnut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Tarnut has managed to clinch.
Tarnut misses with the head strike.
Tarnut misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Kuiva.
Tarnut doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuiva blocks an uppercut.
Kuiva tries to throw a body punch but Tarnut avoids it by throwing Kuiva back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarnut.
Kuiva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarnut working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnut blocks a body shot from Kuiva.
Tarnut digs a right hand underneath Kuiva's ribcage. Kuiva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tarnut lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kuiva backwards.
Kuiva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Kuiva breaks from the clinch.
Tarnut throws a hook but Kuiva avoids it easily.
Tarnut tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kuiva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tarnut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tarnut takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kuiva ducks under a wild hook from Tarnut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnut throws an off balance right hand
and Kuiva counters with a series of strikes. Tarnut will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kuiva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kuiva counters with a nice uppercut.
Tarnut misses with an uppercut.
Tarnut tries to clinch up but Kuiva circles away and keeps his distance.

Tarnut fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kuiva, pushing him back against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuiva tries to throw a body punch but Tarnut avoids it by throwing Kuiva back against the cage.
Tarnut working aggressively here.

Kuiva breaks the clinch.
Tarnut scores with a punch to the head.
Tarnut tries to clinch
and Tarnut takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarnut tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kuiva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kuiva connects with a body shot that sends Tarnut's belly button to the back.
Good exchange - Kuiva coming out on top.
Abamun Tarnut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tarnut takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kuiva lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Tarnut goes down and covers up as Kuiva starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarna Kuiva!
A very excited looking Jarna Kuiva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.