PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Cades (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorma Juntti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cades might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Ace Of Spades - Motorhead. Juntti has chosen Pantera - Cemetery Gates as his entrance music. Mike Cades could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jorma Juntti's chin.

Cades
vs
Juntti

200 cm
23
272 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

205 cm
24
266 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Rio Mma Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Cades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorma Juntti!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juntti tests Cades's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Juntti misses with a hook.
Juntti avoids the body shot from Cades.
Juntti clobbers Cades with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cades looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Juntti stuns Cades with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cades avoids a punch combination nicely.

Cades moves into the clinch.
Juntti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cades leaning his opponent against the cage.
Juntti tries to circle away but Cades has him pinned against the cage.
Cades has Juntti pressed against the cage, preventing Juntti from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cades.
Juntti is trying to break free.
Cades swings wildly with an uppercut but Juntti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juntti is trying to force a seperation but Cades has the dominant position.
A short right from Cades.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntti blocks an uppercut.
Cades lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cades creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cades avoiding damage.
Cades lands a left hand.
Cades stalls.
Juntti tries to break the clinch but Cades is controlling the position.
Cades lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cades just misses with a elbow thrown towards Juntti's brow.
Cades misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cades - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cades throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Junttis head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cades misses with a hook from the clinch.
Juntti is trying to break the clinch but Cades has him pressed against the cage.
Juntti blocks an elbow strike.
Juntti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for Cades to work.
Juntti blocks the elbow strike.
Cades looking to slow down the pace here.
Juntti blocks an elbow strike.
Cades lands a nice shot to the body.
Juntti is trying to break free.
Cades pushes Juntti back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Juntti looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cades.
Cades looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cades lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cades missing with knees to the body.
Cades misses with the head strike.
Cades lands an elbow just above Juntti 's eye.
Cades struggles to land a body shot inside as Juntti controls his hands.
Cades misses with some punches.
Cades struggles to land a body shot inside as Juntti controls his hands.
Cades misses with the head strike.
Cades stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cades lands a right hand.
Juntti takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cades throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cades takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Juntti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cades misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cades has Juntti pressed against the cage.
Cades lands an elbow just above Juntti 's eye.

It looks like Jorma Juntti has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Cades.
Juntti tries to break free but Cades pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Cades.
Cades tries to work over Juntti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cades's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cades with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cades doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cades pushes off an throws an elbow but Juntti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Juntti tries to break the clinch but Cades is controlling the position.
Cades misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cades.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Cades dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorma Juntti's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Juntti misses with a looping right.
Cades throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cades loads up on a big right hand but Juntti slips the punch.
Juntti throws a shot to the body.
Juntti misses with a hook. Cades ducked under it nicely.
Juntti misses the jab.
Cades tries to clinch but Juntti moves out of range.
Juntti misses with the combination.
Juntti misses with a two punch combination.
Cades throws a hook but Juntti blocks it.
Cades darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cades tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cades misses with a straight right.
Juntti swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Juntti as he connects with a hook.
Juntti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cades throws a big shot that misses.
Jorma Juntti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Juntti throws a hook but Cades blocks it.
Juntti throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Juntti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cades slips a jab from Juntti.
Some wild striking there from Juntti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntti throws an overhand right that lands on Cades's shoulder, as Cades tries to avoid the shot.
Juntti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Juntti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cades takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Juntti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Juntti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Juntti throws a hook to the side of Cades's head but Cades sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Juntti fails to land with a series of punches.
Juntti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cades moves in looking to clinch but Juntti pushes him off.
Cades slips under a jab from Juntti.
Juntti throws a jab when Cades was well out of range.
Juntti walks into a straight right hand from Cades.
Cades throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Juntti.
Cades slips a straight right by Juntti.
Juntti might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cades misses with a hook. Juntti ducked under it nicely.
Juntti uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Juntti. Cades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Juntti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Juntti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cades manages to avoid it.
Cades throws a hook to the side of Juntti's head but Juntti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Juntti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juntti ducks under a wild hook from Cades.
Cades is looking to clinch.
Juntti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Juntti dodges the punch combination from Cades.
Cades takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cades walks into a jab.
Juntti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Juntti lands a lovely overhand right.
Cades stuns Juntti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Juntti cracks Cades with a good jab.
Juntti defending well as Cades loads up on a big left hand.
Juntti misses with a wild combination.
Cades wants to clinch up but Juntti keeps it at a distance.
Juntti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A combination from Cades does no damage.
Cades slips a jab from Juntti.
Cades shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cades throws a lazy right hand but Juntti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Juntti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Juntti throws a jab when Cades was well out of range.
Juntti slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cades closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cades will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the liver by Cades. Beautiful body shot.
Juntti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cades manages to avoid it.
Cades uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Juntti.
Juntti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Cades closes the distance and clinches.
Cades tries a body shot but Juntti blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cades.
Cades lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cades tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Juntti's elbow.
Cades pushes off an throws an elbow but Juntti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cades is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Juntti is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cades.
Cades is trying to stall.
Cades has Juntti pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cades connects with a knee to the head.
Juntti blocks a body shot from Cades.
Juntti wants to break free but Cades has control.
Cades lands a knee to the body.
Cades misses with an elbow over the top.
Cades throws an elbow but it misses.
Juntti takes a shot to the head.
Juntti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Juntti blocks an elbow strike.
Juntti blocks a body shot from Cades.
Cades throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juntti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Cades on the inside.
Juntti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mike Cades has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cades stalling in the clinch.
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 Mike Cades will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jorma Juntti's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Juntti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cades.
Juntti avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cades drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cades throws out a loose jab but Juntti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Juntti defending well as Cades loads up on a big left hand.
Cades throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cades takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Juntti tests Cades's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Juntti misses with a looping right.
Juntti lands a jab to the head.
Cades throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juntti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cades.
Cades shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cades throws a series of punches but Juntti moves out of range.
Cades misses with an uppercut.
Juntti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cades uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Juntti has time to react.
Juntti scores with a one two! Cades had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Juntti lands with a cross.
Juntti throws an overhand right that lands on Cades's shoulder, as Cades tries to avoid the shot.
Nice cross by Juntti.
Juntti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cades doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cades moves in looking to clinch but Juntti pushes him off.
Juntti throws a series of punches but Cades moves out of range.

Cades clinches with his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cades goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cades looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cades with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Juntti blocking some punches.
Cades works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Juntti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cades tries to land a knee to the head but Juntti blocks with his arms.
Juntti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Juntti blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cades just misses with a elbow thrown towards Juntti's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cades throws an elbow but it misses.
Jorma Juntti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juntti wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Juntti wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cades misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Cades scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Juntti.
Cades connects with a nasty looking knee right to Juntti's face.
Juntti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Juntti looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cades throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Juntti.
Cades comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cades lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cades prevents Juntti from breaking the clinch.
Cades lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juntti blocks an uppercut.
Juntti tries to circle away but Cades has him pinned against the cage.
Juntti avoiding damage as Cades throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Cades.
Cades keeps control of Juntti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cades tries to land knees in the clinch but Juntti avoids the damage to the body.
Cades works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mike Cades is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cades throws an elbow but misses.
Cades goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cades throws an elbow but it misses.
Cades tries to land knees in the clinch but Juntti avoids the damage to the body.
Cades displaying some good clinch control by pressing Juntti up against the cage.
Cades doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cades swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Juntti.
Cades comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Juntti wants to get back to striking at distance but Cades won't allow it.
Cades tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cades is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Juntti avoiding damage as Cades throws knees to the body.
Juntti blocks a body shot from Cades.
Cades gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cades.
Cades trying to land knees to the body.
Cades swings wildly with an uppercut but Juntti uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cades lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Juntti or not.
Juntti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Cades showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cades, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Cades!