PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jani Hurme (ranked 5141 p4p, 24181 weight class) and Abdul Jcool (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jcool has chosen Eye of the tiger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hurme
vs
Jcool

199 cm
20
200
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
195
12 - 31 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jani Hurme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 31 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Abdul Jcool!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurme with a nice cross.
Jcool throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A lazy left from Hurme finds it's target.
Jani Hurme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jcool gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hurme scores with a nice body kick.
Jcool on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hurme wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hurme connects with the punch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Hurme or perhaps it was just good defense by Jcool, which made it look bad.
Hurme fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jcool looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Jcool throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hurme was covering up waiting for the punch and Jcool finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hurme has control of Jcool's left arm, preventing Jcool from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurme definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jcool accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hurme is adopting a defensive guard.
Jcool trying to control the position from guard on top but Hurme is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hurme is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hurme's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hurme duly obliges.
Hurme scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jcool doesn't seem bothered though.
Hurme lands with a shot to the body.
Hurme lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hurme scores with a nice strike.
Hurme lands with a right that hurts Jcool. Jcool looks to clinch but Hurme throws a short knee that drops Jcool. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Jani Hurme!
Abdul Jcool spoke after the fight, saying '"Everybody out there know I beat him, I controlled the fight, he was missing, I hit him plenty more times. I beat him.Let me talk something... I want to thank the whole hood who came out here. I love y'all. I did this for the hood, you know I beat that boy.'.