PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kuksa Pihamies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins has chosen Dare as his entrance music. Ricky Jenkins told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Pihamies
vs
Jenkins

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
174 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuksa Pihamies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pihamies shoots in but Jenkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jenkins lands with a kick to the temple. Pihamies shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Kuksa Pihamies has been cut.
Jenkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricky Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pihamies tries to clinch

and Jenkins moves into the clinch.
Jenkins scores a nice knee to the body.
Pihamies jumps guard but Jenkins stands there with Pihamies around his waist. Pihamies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jenkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pihamies is defending well for now.
Jenkins cracks Pihamies with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jenkins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pihamies trying to land knees to the body.
Pihamies looking to stall.

Jenkins breaks the clinch.
Jenkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jenkins moves into the clinch successfully.
Pihamies avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Jenkins has Pihamies pressed against the cage, preventing Pihamies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A left hand lands to the body for Jenkins.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Pihamies wants to stall.
Jenkins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pihamies is breathing heavily.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jenkins crunches a lovely knee into Pihamies's ribcage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jenkins drives through and clinches with Pihamies against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins scores with a hook to the body.
Jenkins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pihamies in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jenkins presses Pihamies against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jenkins closes the distance and clinches.
Jenkins digs a right hand into Pihamies's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pihamies's gas tank.
Jenkins lands a good knee to the midsection. Pihamies won't want to take too many of those.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricky Jenkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Jenkins has closed the distance and engaged Pihamies in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jenkins obliges.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hand to the body from Jenkins.
Jenkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jenkins scores a nice knee to the body.
Jenkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Good body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins is working Pihamies over against the cage.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body.

Jenkins breaks from the clinch.

Jenkins clinches.
Jenkins lands a body shot.
Jenkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Jenkins.
Jenkins lands a shot to the body.
Jenkins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pihamies lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hand to the body from Jenkins.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jenkins obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.

Jenkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jenkins is looking to clinch.

Jenkins darts in and clinches Pihamies up against the cage.
Jenkins working Pihamies over with knees to the body.
Pihamies tries to circle away but Jenkins has him pinned against the cage.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body.
Jenkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Pihamies controls his hands.
Jenkins lands a shot to the body.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.

Jenkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pihamies tries to clinch up.
Pihamies wants to clinch

and Jenkins counters by moving into the clinch.
Pihamies trying to control the position but instead, Jenkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pihamies into the cage.

Pihamies pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jenkins clinches.

Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins checks the leg kick.
Pihamies swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to clinch up but Pihamies circles away and keeps his distance.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jenkins has managed to clinch.
Jenkins crunches a lovely knee into Pihamies's ribcage.
Jenkins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jenkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jenkins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins wants to clinch.
Pihamies keeps the fight on the outside.
Jenkins closes the distance looking to clinch

and Pihamies counters by clinching up.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pihamies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pihamies tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pihamies with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pihamies tries to break the clinch but Jenkins is controlling the position.
Jenkins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jenkins tries to work over Pihamies's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pihamies.
Pihamies lands a nice uppercut.
Jenkins trying to land knees to the body.
Jenkins blocks the elbow strike.

Pihamies jumps guard.
Jenkins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jenkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pihamies works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins stays in close to Pihamies's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Jenkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kuksa Pihamies's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Pihamies looks for a takedown but Jenkins sprawls well.
Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Pihamies pushes him off.
Pihamies fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pihamies swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Pihamies tries to clinch up

and Jenkins counters with a head kick that drops Pihamies to the mat! Pihamies scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Jenkins takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.

Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pihamies tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jenkins swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kuksa Pihamies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jenkins darts in and clinches Pihamies up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pihamies with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkins is working Pihamies over against the cage.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jenkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jenkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jenkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Jenkins closes the distance and clinches.
Jenkins lands a nice knee to the body.
Jenkins lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Jenkins.
Ricky Jenkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Jenkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Jenkins rushes Pihamies and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pihamies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jenkins cracks Pihamies with a nice body shot.
Jenkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jenkins breaks the clinch.
Jenkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pihamies paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pihamies keeps the fight on the outside.

Jenkins clinches up with Pihamies and pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins crunches a lovely knee into Pihamies's ribcage.
Pihamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Jenkins won't allow it.
Jenkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Pihamies avoids the damage to the body.

Pihamies lands a takedown into guard.
Jenkins trying to control the position here.
Jenkins's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins kicks Pihamies off and gets to his feet.
Jenkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jenkins moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pihamies blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Jenkins.
Pihamies wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pihamies missing with knees to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Jenkins 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.
Jenkins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pihamies in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pihamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jenkins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pihamies, pushing him back against the cage.
Jenkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pihamies is defending well for now.
Pihamies fails to pull guard.
Pihamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jenkins tries to throw a body punch but Pihamies avoids it by throwing Jenkins back against the cage.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.

Jenkins manages to break the clinch.
Pihamies misses with a body kick.
Jenkins tries to clinch there but Pihamies circles away.
Pihamies doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkins circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pihamies shoots and misses

and Jenkins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jenkins.
A right handed body shot lands from Jenkins.
A right hook to the body lands for Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pihamies missing with knees to the body.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pihamies misses with a takedown attempt - Jenkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jenkins wants to clinch.

Jenkins gets a clinch.
Jenkins cracks Pihamies with a nice body shot.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Jenkins scores with a hook to the body.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jenkins closes the distance and clinches.
Pihamies is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jenkins is defending well for now.
Pihamies wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jenkins has him pressed against the cage.

Pihamies's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pihamies scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins closes the distance and pushes Pihamies back into the cage.
Jenkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jenkins crunches a lovely knee into Pihamies's ribcage.
Pihamies jumps guard but Jenkins stands there with Pihamies around his waist. Pihamies gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pihamies trying to control the position but instead, Jenkins has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pihamies into the cage.
Pihamies is pushing Jenkins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hook to the body lands for Jenkins.
Pihamies throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jenkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Jenkins utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pihamies avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Jenkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jenkins landing knees to the body.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Jenkins has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pihamies or not.
Jenkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Pihamies controls his hands.
Jenkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Jenkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pihamies tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Jenkins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jenkins.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Jenkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kuksa Pihamies'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Pihamies pushes him off.

Pihamies takes the fight into the clinch.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Pihamies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jenkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jenkins darts in trying to clinch

and Pihamies counters with a shoot takedown. Jenkins fights it but they end up in guard.
Jenkins has his hands on Pihamies's head, controlling the position.

Jenkins is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pihamies on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jenkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pihamies misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Jenkins.
Jenkins pushes Pihamies back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jenkins lands a body punch in the clinch.

Jenkins breaks the clinch.
Jenkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jenkins tries to clinch but Pihamies moves out of range.
Pihamies fails to land the takedown.
Pihamies tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Pihamies is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jenkins.
Pihamies keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jenkins.

Jenkins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jenkins works on Pihamies's body with a couple of short punches.
Jenkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pihamies tries to circle away but Jenkins has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins cracks Pihamies with a nice body shot.

Jenkins manages to break the clinch.

Jenkins clinches up against the cage.
Pihamies drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jenkins pulls his leg out and moves away.

Jenkins has managed to clinch.
Jenkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
Pihamies fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kuksa Pihamies. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jenkins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pihamies will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Jenkins instigates a clinch.
Pihamies avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Pihamies works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pihamies avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Pihamies with a knee to the head.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body.
Jenkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jenkins lands a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pihamies drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jenkins gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pihamies.
Pihamies managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Jenkins is controlling him.
Jenkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Pihamies avoids the damage to the body.
Pihamies wants to break free but Jenkins has control.
Pihamies is trying to force a seperation but Jenkins has the dominant position.
Jenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
Pihamies tries for a takedown but Jenkins circles away easily

and Jenkins counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jenkins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Jenkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuksa Pihamies is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pihamies avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jenkins takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses

and Pihamies decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Jenkins's guard.
Jenkins controlling the position.
Pihamies has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins kicks Pihamies off and gets to his feet.
Pihamies tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pihamies shoots in but no luck this time.

Jenkins clinches up against the cage.
Jenkins lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins lands a body shot.
Pihamies tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.
Jenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jenkins.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pihamies tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jenkins just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jenkins pushes Pihamies back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pihamies managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.

Jenkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jenkins stuffs the takedown.
Kuksa Pihamies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricky Jenkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A solid body kick from Jenkins.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ricky Jenkins.
I've got Jenkins winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Jenkins!