PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jari Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wes Miles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Miles's choice of entrance music: Kings of Leon - Closer. Jari Lehtonen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Lehtonen
vs
Miles

190 cm
22
187 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

179 cm
20
196 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jari Lehtonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wes Miles!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehtonen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lehtonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lehtonen lands with a slapping head kick.
Lehtonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miles.
The fighters circling - Lehtonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lehtonen lands a lovely overhand right.
Miles scores with a jab. Lehtonen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

It looks like Jari Lehtonen has been cut.
Miles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Miles slips a straight right by Lehtonen.
Lehtonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Miles slips a jab and a cross from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lehtonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lehtonen looks to throw the jab but Miles is out of range.
Lehtonen misses with a straight right.
Lehtonen looks to land a left hand but Miles moved out of range nicely.
Nice body punch from Miles.
Lehtonen lands with a straight right. Miles didn't see that one coming.
Lehtonen scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lehtonen scores with a sloppy right hand. Miles should have avoided that one.
Lehtonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen works the jab nicely.
Miles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehtonen moves away.
Miles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehtonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Miles.
Miles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehtonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Miles.
Jari Lehtonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miles slips under a jab from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen jabs at Miles's body.
Miles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lehtonen slips under a jab.
Miles dodges the punch combination from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miles.
Miles with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lehtonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Lehtonen misses with a straight right.
Lehtonen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen throws a big shot that misses.
Lehtonen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lehtonen fails with the takedown.
Miles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen misses with a low kick.
Lehtonen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Miles's head.
Miles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miles slips under a jab.
Miles misses with a jab to the body
and Lehtonen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Miles is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Lehtonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Lehtonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lehtonen scores with a hook to the body. Miles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Miles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lehtonen throws out the jab.
Lehtonen throws the left hand but Miles avoids the punch easily.
A shot to de liver by Lehtonen. Beautiful body shot.
Miles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miles throws a looping overhand right but Lehtonen ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen misses with a wild body shot.
Lehtonen tests Miles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Miles misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Miles.
Miles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Miles ducks under a wild hook from Lehtonen.
Miles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lehtonen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lehtonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lehtonen misses with a looping left.
Miles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot by Lehtonen.
Miles misses with a double jab.
Miles misses with a wild body shot.
Lehtonen misses with a hook to the body
and Miles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lehtonen thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Miles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lehtonen thinking.
Lehtonen scores with a kick to the body.
Lehtonen lands a head kick. Miles smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lehtonen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Miles slips a straight right by Lehtonen.
A right-left combo lands from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen misses with the combination.
Miles looks to land a left hand but Lehtonen moved out of range nicely.
Lehtonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Miles.
A head kick misses from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lehtonen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Miles staying out of range there.
Miles ducks right into an uppercut from Lehtonen.
Miles takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Miles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehtonen moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jari Lehtonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jari Lehtonen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A big left from Lehtonen misses.
Miles swings for the body but Lehtonen moves out of range.
Lehtonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Miles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lehtonen.
Miles throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miles moves away from the strike by Lehtonen.
Miles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lehtonen manages to avoid it.
Lehtonen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lehtonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lehtonen throws a looping overhand right but Miles ducks down to avoid it.
Lehtonen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Miles on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miles misses with an uppercut.
Lehtonen lands with an overhand left.
Miles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lehtonen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lehtonen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lehtonen lands with a shot to the body.
Lehtonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miles.
Lehtonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lehtonen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lehtonen looks to land a right hand but Miles moved out of range.
Lehtonen misses with a hook to the body
and Miles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lehtonen scores with a nice head shot.
Lehtonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miles moves away.
Lehtonen dips to his left and cracks Miles with an uppercut!
Lehtonen throws the left hand but Miles avoids the punch easily.
Miles lands a nice shot to the body.
Miles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Miles in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Miles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lehtonen slips a jab from Miles.
Lehtonen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miles with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lehtonen to score with a decent uppercut.
Lehtonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Miles walks into a stiff left hand from Lehtonen.
Miles throws a body punch but Lehtonen moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lehtonen. That's going to slow Miles down.
Lehtonen throws a jab when Miles was well out of range.
Miles throws a jab when Lehtonen was well out of range.
Lehtonen tests Miles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lehtonen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Miles is able to avoid easily.
Lehtonen throws an overhand right that lands on Miles's shoulder, as Miles tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Lehtonen misses its intended target.
Miles takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lehtonen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Miles takes a step back to recover.
Lehtonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miles moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Miles listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lehtonen throws a body punch but Miles moves out of range.
Lehtonen lands a head shot.
Miles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Miles missing with a left hand there. Lehtonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lehtonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miles.
Lehtonen throws the kick towards the body but Miles avoids it.
Miles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miles thows a body shot but no joy.
Miles misses with a hook.
Miles misses with a jab to the body
and Lehtonen counters with an outside leg kick.
Miles gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lehtonen.
Lehtonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Miles.
Miles has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lehtonen tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lehtonen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Miles checks a leg kick.
Lehtonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lehtonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miles throws out the jab.
Lehtonen lands a jab to the head.
Lehtonen lands a nice shot that snaps Miles's head back.
Lehtonen connects with the punch.
Lehtonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Miles.
Lehtonen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Miles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands a right hook to the body.
Miles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Miles thows a body shot but no joy.
Miles throws a hook to the side of Lehtonen's head but Lehtonen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lehtonen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheers as Lehtonen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Miles doesn't seem phased though.
Lehtonen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miles circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jari Lehtonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jari Lehtonen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Lehtonen thows a body shot but no joy.
Lehtonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Lehtonen throws a hook to the side of Miles's head but Miles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lehtonen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Miles misses with a looping left.
Lehtonen throws a big shot that misses.
Miles scores with a nice strike.
Lehtonen misses the body punch
and Miles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Miles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lehtonen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Miles checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Miles blocks a jab.
Miles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehtonen moves away.
Lehtonen cracks Miles with an open hand slap.
Miles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Lehtonen does no damage.
Lehtonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lehtonen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lehtonen thuds a left hand into Miles's body.
Lehtonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lehtonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab, jab by Lehtonen - just one landing.
Lehtonen misses with a looping left.
Lehtonen misses with a hook.
Lehtonen missing with a left hand there. Miles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lehtonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Miles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lehtonen misses with a hook.
Lehtonen misses with a hook to the body
and Miles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lehtonen throws a leg kick which misses Miles's front leg but catches the back leg as Miles tries to avoid it.
Miles throws a hook but Lehtonen avoids it easily.
Miles blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Miles checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Miles misses with a looping left.
Lehtonen connects with a single shot there.
Lehtonen defending well as Miles loads up on a big left hand.
Lehtonen throws out a powerful jab.
Donk. Lehtonen catches Miles right on the button with a cross.
Miles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lehtonen avoids the body shot from Miles.
Jari Lehtonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lehtonen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lehtonen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lehtonen punishes Miles's body with a nice straight punch.
Lehtonen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Miles slips under a jab from Lehtonen.
Wes Miles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Miles takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lehtonen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen misses with a body shot.
Miles moves forwards but Lehtonen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Miles takes one on the button.
A cross from Lehtonen lands.
Miles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lehtonen throws out the jab.
Jari Lehtonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Miles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Miles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Miles momentarily.
Miles takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Miles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lehtonen.
Miles blocks a leg kick.
Miles swings for the body but Lehtonen moves out of range.
Lehtonen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lehtonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Miles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lehtonen misses with a body punch
and Miles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Miles.
Miles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lehtonen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Miles's calf.
Lehtonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Miles manages to avoid it.
Lehtonen tries to land a leg kick but Miles saw it coming and moves away.
Miles takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lehtonen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lehtonen connects with a jab.
Lehtonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miles throws out the jab.
Miles changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Miles misses with a wild body shot.
Miles misses with a combination
and Lehtonen counters with a low kick, right behind Miles 's knee.
Miles's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lehtonen throws a jab when Miles was well out of range.
Lehtonen chopping away at his opponent's legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Lehtonen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lehtonen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Lehtonen!