PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sianleuka Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilkka Mursu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sianleuka Jack could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ilkka Mursu's chin.

Jack
vs
Mursu

194 cm
24
255 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
287 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sianleuka Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ilkka Mursu!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack scores with a kick to the body.
Jack misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jack throws a solid leg kick but Mursu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jack.
Jack moves out of range as Mursu strikes.
Mursu lands a jab.
Mursu lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jack tries to clinch but Mursu is having none of it.
Mursu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jack is able to avoid easily.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Jack lands a nice looking body kick.
Sianleuka Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mursu looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jack throws a push kick but Mursu slaps the foot to one side.
Mursu checks a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jack, right into the meat.
Jack throws a half hearted mid kick.
A good leg kick by Jack.
Jack lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mursu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jack. Jack obviously looking to wear him down.
Jack lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jack defending well as Mursu loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack is looking to clinch but Mursu is avoiding it.
Jack lands a head kick. Mursu smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jack turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack tries to clinch there but Mursu circles away.
Jack moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack scores with a spinning back kick!
Jack scores with a leg kick.

Jack closes the distance and clinches.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jack stalling the fight.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jack obliges.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mursu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
Jack with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jack lands a good knee to the midsection. Mursu won't want to take too many of those.
Mursu is trying to break free.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.
Jack trying to stall but Mursu improves his position.
Mursu avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Mursu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jack leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mursu is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Mursu wants to stall.
Knees to the body from Jack.
Mursu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mursu letting Jack take a breather here.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Mursu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mursu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Mursu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mursu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jack has him pressed against the cage.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack blocks an uppercut.
Mursu is looking to break free of the clinch but Jack has double underhooks.
Jack tries to land knees in the clinch but Mursu avoids the damage to the body.
Jack is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mursu is keeping busy.
Mursu has had enough of the clinch but Jack keeps him there for the moment.
Jack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mursu up against the cage.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mursu is trying to break the clinch but Jack is controlling him.
Mursu can't break the clinch.
Mursu is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Mursu working hard to break the clinch.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mursu wants to get back to striking at distance but Jack won't allow it.
Jack crunches a lovely knee into Mursu's ribcage.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Mursu is blocking nicely.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Mursu tries to break free but Jack pushes him back against the cage.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mursu tries to circle away but Jack has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mursu working hard to break the clinch.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mursu can't break the clinch.
Mursu working hard to break the clinch.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sianleuka Jack dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Mursu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jack pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jack.
Jack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mursu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jack takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jack.
Mursu misses with a wild body shot.
Jack swings for the body but Mursu moves out of range.
A combination from Mursu does no damage.
A head kick misses from Jack.
Jack throws a leg kick but Mursu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jack tries to work over Mursu's front leg with a kick but Mursu checks it.
Jack looks to land a body kick but Mursu moved away.

Jack clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mursu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mursu can't break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jack lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mursu has had enough of the clinch but Jack keeps him there for the moment.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mursu can do to turn this around?
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Mursu is blocking nicely.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Mursu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jack blocks it with crossed arms.
Mursu is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Mursu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mursu is trying to maintain a safe position but Jack gets an underhook and turns Mursu into the cage.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Jack keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mursu's efforts to push away.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mursu has had enough of the clinch but Jack keeps him there for the moment.
Mursu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.

Mursu breaks from the clinch.
Jack throws a nice head kick!
Mursu blocks the body kick.
Jack looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jack throws a head kick but Mursu moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mursu is defended easily by Jack.
Jack tries to clinch up but Mursu circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mursu looks to land a left hand but Jack moved out of range nicely.
Mursu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Jack fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mursu, pushing him back against the cage.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Mursu wants the takedown. Jack is fighting it off but Mursu persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Jack's guard against the cage.
Mursu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jack is pulling down on Mursu's head. It's preventing any offense from Mursu, at least for the moment.
Mursu postures up in Jack's guard and throws a big left but Jack blocks it.
Mursu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mursu is fighting to break Jack's control of his arms but Jack is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jack wants to get back to his feet but Mursu is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jack controlling the position.
Mursu with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mursu preventing the sweep.
Jack is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mursu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jack wants to stand and escape but Mursu is having none of it.
Jack is trying to control the position but Mursu postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jack looks for the body kick but Mursu saw that one coming.
Mursu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mursu with a jab.
A low kick from Jack is predictable there
and Mursu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mursu misses with a looping left.
Jack swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Mursu counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jack's guard now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jack tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mursu sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sianleuka Jack dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Jack moves out of range of the strikes.
Mursu lands with a good body shot.
Jack throws a sloppy head kick
and Mursu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mursu misses with a looping right.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.

Mursu darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jack is holding on to half guard well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack punching from the bottom.
Jack is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jack is looking to control Mursu's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jack avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Mursu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jack swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jack utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jack looking for a sweep. Not yet Jack, not yet.
Jack trying to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jack tries to clinch but Mursu moves out of range.
Jack motions for Mursu to come forward. Jack throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jack throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mursu thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mursu. Jack does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jack throws a leg kick
enabling Mursu to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mursu scores with a sloppy right hand. Jack should have avoided that one.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jack here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jack wants to clinch but Mursu slips to the side
and Mursu counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jack scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jack thumps Mursu with a low kick.
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.
Jack closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jack clinches but Mursu breaks the clinch

and Mursu counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jack is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Mursu's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mursu.
Ilkka Mursu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mursu seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jack does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jack blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mursu.
Jack makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jack.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack has Mursu pulled in close to control his posture.
Mursu throwing strikes from guard but Jack blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mursu looking to pass the guard.
Jack pulls Mursu in close to prevent any damage.
Mursu prevents Jack from getting back to his feet.
Sianleuka Jack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mursu being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jack looking for a sweep. Not yet Jack, not yet.
Jack controls Mursu momentarily but Mursu frees himself.
Mursu works over Jack with some ground and pound from guard.
Mursu connects with a couple of short punches.
Mursu stops Jack from standing up.
Mursu wants to control from the top but Jack keeps moving.
Jack looking to control.
Mursu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jack is keeping the position for now.
Mursu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jack working a defensive guard here.
Jack wants to stand and escape but Mursu is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ilkka Mursu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jack has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sianleuka Jack!