PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jacque St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jukka Jumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jumi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by War Machine. The key to victory for Jacque St Pierre has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

St Pierre
vs
Jumi

192 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacque St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jukka Jumi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jumi swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
St Pierre has a takedown stuffed.
Jumi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St Pierre.
St Pierre misses with a head kick.
St Pierre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jumi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
St Pierre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jumi.
St Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Jumi pushes him off.
Jumi moves out of range as St Pierre throws a body kick.
A big right from Jumi misses.
Jumi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
St Pierre throws a sloppy head kick and Jumi moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for St Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Pierre looks for a takedown but Jumi sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacque St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

Jumi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jumi is trying to control the action in half guard but St Pierre is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
St Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Pierre tries to get out of the position.
Jumi drops an elbow to the side of St Pierre's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jumi lands a nice short elbow.
Jumi works his way into full mount!
Jumi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Pierre is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jumi lands a heavy elbow.
St Pierre takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jumi lands a big shot there that rocks St Pierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns St Pierre that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
St Pierre is squirming around, avoiding Jumi's attempts to control the action.
Jumi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jumi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. St Pierre looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jumi drops a big elbow. That's hurt St Pierre! More shots from Jumi and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jukka Jumi!