PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juha Kumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kumi comes into the arena with Funky Shit blaring out of the sound system. Hawkins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Cockney Rejects - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Joe Hawkins is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kumi
vs
Hawkins

173 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juha Kumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kumi shoots in for a takedown but Hawkins shows good takedown defense.

Kumi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hawkins to the mat! Hawkins manages to get full guard.
Kumi postures up.

Hawkins is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kumi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Hawkins has his foot on Kumi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kumi works his way back into a safe position though.
Kumi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kumi wants to pass the guard but Hawkins is keeping the position.

Hawkins is looking for a triangle but Kumi pushes his legs off easily.
Kumi works over Hawkins with some ground and pound from guard.

Hawkins is rocked!

Hawkins is looking for a triangle but Kumi pushes his legs off easily.
Hawkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hawkins looks gassed!
Kumi is looking to improve his position but Hawkins isn't that keen on the idea.
Kumi is trying to stand.
Hawkins prevents Kumi from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hawkins looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kumi regains half guard.
Kumi is looking to improve his position.
Kumi lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Kumi gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawkins stopping the sweep attempt from Kumi.

Kumi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Hawkins as Kumi shoots in.

Hawkins closes the distance and clinches.
Kumi changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hawkins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juha Kumi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kumi misses with a takedown attempt - Hawkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Kumi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hawkins is still in real trouble! Can Kumi finish him?
Kumi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kumi scoring with punches from side control.
Kumi moves into full mount!
Kumi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Kumi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kumi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kumi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawkins's face.
Kumi scoring with strikes but Hawkins is staying in there.
Kumi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hawkins hang on?
Kumi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawkins's face.
Kumi with good strikes from the mount here!
Kumi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Hawkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hawkins is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kumi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kumi prevents Hawkins from getting the reversal.
Hawkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kumi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kumi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawkins's face.
Kumi scoring with strikes but Hawkins is staying in there.
Hawkins is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hawkins tries to lock up and control but Kumi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A nice elbow there by Kumi.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kumi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kumi lands a big elbow.
Kumi punching from mount but Hawkins doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Kumi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kumi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hawkins taking shots to the head.
Kumi landing strikes from the mount and Hawkins is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kumi dominating with strikes here.
Kumi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hawkins on the ground.
Kumi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kumi cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kumi breaks from Hawkins's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins taking shots to the head.
Kumi working Hawkins over with strikes here.
Kumi lands a big shot there that rocks Hawkins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hawkins is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Kumi.
Hawkins is bucking up trying to escape but Kumi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kumi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kumi with a couple of short strikes.
Hawkins is looking to improve his position but Kumi isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kumi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hawkins is trying to escape the mount.
Hawkins wants to control but Kumi is having none of it.
Kumi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juha Kumi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hawkins as he jumps to the side.
Juha Kumi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hawkins stuffs the takedown attempt from Kumi. Kumi gets slowly back to his feet.
Kumi shoots in looking for a takedown. Hawkins tries to sprawl out of it but Kumi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hawkins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juha Kumi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kumi shoots in looking for a takedown. Hawkins tries to sprawl out of it but Kumi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hawkins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hawkins stuffs the takedown.
Kumi shoots in but no luck this time.
Kumi shoots in and drives through. Hawkins sprawls well.
Juha Kumi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kumi closes the distance and clinches up with Hawkins, looking for a takedown. Kumi pushes Hawkins against the cage but Hawkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Hawkins as Kumi shoots in.
Kumi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hawkins circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Hawkins. No joy for Kumi on that attempt.
Kumi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hawkins but Hawkins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No luck for Kumi with that takedown attempt.
Kumi fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Hawkins as Kumi shoots in.
Kumi has a takedown stuffed.
Kumi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hawkins swivels and escapes.
Kumi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hawkins circles away.
Kumi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kumi shoots in and drives through. Hawkins sprawls well.
Kumi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hawkins pinned against the cage. Hawkins gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kumi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Kumi or perhaps it was just good defense by Hawkins which made him look bad.
Kumi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kumi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hawkins tries to avoid it but Kumi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hawkins to the ground. Hawkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kumi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kumi shoots for a takedown but Hawkins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Kumi with that takedown attempt.
Kumi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hawkins tries to avoid it but Kumi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hawkins to the ground. Hawkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kumi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hawkins's waist but Hawkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kumi off to one side.
Kumi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kumi shoots in but Hawkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kumi fails to land the takedown.
Kumi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hawkins pinned against the cage. Hawkins gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kumi tries for a takedown but Hawkins sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hawkins as he avoids it easily.
Kumi closes the distance and clinches up with Hawkins, looking for a takedown. Kumi pushes Hawkins against the cage but Hawkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck for Kumi with that takedown attempt.
Kumi misses with a takedown attempt - Hawkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kumi closes the distance and clinches up with Hawkins, looking for a takedown. Kumi pushes Hawkins against the cage but Hawkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hawkins as he jumps to the side.
Kumi shoots in for a double leg but Hawkins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hawkins but Hawkins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kumi fails with the takedown.
Kumi looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kumi has a takedown stuffed.
Kumi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kumi shoots for a takedown but Hawkins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hawkins as he avoids it easily.
Kumi shoots for a takedown but Hawkins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kumi shoots in but Hawkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kumi misses with a takedown attempt - Hawkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kumi shoots for a double leg takedown but Hawkins sprawls well. He's pushed Kumi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hawkins as he avoids it easily.
Kumi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Hawkins. No joy for Kumi on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kumi tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hawkins swivels and escapes.
Kumi shoots in and drives through. Hawkins sprawls well.
Kumi closes the distance and clinches up with Hawkins, looking for a takedown. Kumi pushes Hawkins against the cage but Hawkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kumi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawkins is fending him off so far but Kumi persists. Nope, Hawkins circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Hawkins as Kumi shoots in.
Kumi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hawkins as he jumps to the side.
Kumi fails to land the takedown.
Kumi fails with the takedown.
Kumi shoots for a double leg takedown but Hawkins sprawls well. He's pushed Kumi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice takedown defense from Hawkins. No joy for Kumi on that attempt.
Kumi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hawkins is fending him off so far but Kumi persists. Nope, Hawkins circles away and we're back to standing.
Kumi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kumi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hawkins circles away.
Kumi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hawkins stuffs the takedown.
Kumi closes the distance and clinches up with Hawkins, looking for a takedown. Kumi pushes Hawkins against the cage but Hawkins circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kumi shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Hawkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Hawkins misses with a head kick.
Kumi shoots in but Hawkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Kumi closes the distance looking for a takedown. Hawkins stuffs it but Kumi still has hold of him. Kumi picks Hawkins up in a fireman's lift! The crowd roars in approval. Kumi slams Hawkins to the floor and that's really hurt Hawkins - he doesn't know where he is! Kumi throws a couple of strikes and the referee steps in to save him! This one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Kumi!