PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masa Saitoh (ranked 3600 p4p, 24154 weight class) and Allu Jukkis (ranked 431 p4p, 586 weight class). Allu Jukkis acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Saitoh
vs
Jukkis

182 cm
21
205
2 - 2 - 0

198 cm
21
224
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Saitoh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Allu Jukkis!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jukkis tries to clinch
letting Saitoh counter with a right hand.
Jukkis tries to work over Saitoh's front leg with a kick but Saitoh checks it.
Jukkis throws a sloppy body shot
and Saitoh counters with a stiff right hand.
Jukkis is looking to score with low kicks.
Jukkis throws a push kick but Saitoh slaps the foot to one side.
Saitoh half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Saitoh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jukkis misses the shot to the body.
Jukkis pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jukkis throws a leg kick but Saitoh sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Saitoh attempts a counter takedown but Jukkis avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jukkis throws a body shot but no joy.
Jukkis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Saitoh throws a hook to the side of Jukkis's head but Jukkis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been hearing reports that Saitoh has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A shot to the body from Saitoh misses
and Jukkis counters with a good low kick that Saitoh was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saitoh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Saitoh blocks the leg kick.
Jukkis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jukkis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Saitoh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Saitoh throws a body shot but no joy.
Saitoh misses with a wild body shot.
Jukkis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saitoh.
Jukkis wants to counter the offense by Saitoh and move into the clinch position.
Jukkis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Saitoh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saitoh chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jukkis can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh misses the shot to the body.
Saitoh scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jukkis doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice body kick there by Jukkis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Jukkis misses.
Jukkis throws a leg kick but Saitoh checks it.
Saitoh is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Allu Jukkis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jukkis staying out of range there.
Jukkis throws a counter combo.

Saitoh looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Saitoh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jukkis is looking for a sweep. Saitoh is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jukkis wants to control but Saitoh is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saitoh is looking to take a break and control but Jukkis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saitoh 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.
Saitoh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Saitoh 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.
Jukkis wants to control but Saitoh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Saitoh trying to control the pace.
Saitoh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Jukkis is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saitoh lands a big elbow - Jukkis is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Saitoh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Masa Saitoh!