PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jalo Viina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mooses Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzales comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Liehuva Liekinvarsi kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Viina
vs
Gonzales

178 cm
25
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Nordic Nutrition (160 Recovery $150)

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jalo Viina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mooses Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viina throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gonzales looks gassed!
Viina throws a series of punches but Gonzales avoids them all with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Viina checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gonzales circles away from the clinch attempt.
Viina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gonzales's calf.
Gonzales takes one on the button.
Viina thows a body kick. Gonzales tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Viina takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Viina with a jab.
Viina cracks a nice hook into Gonzales's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Viina throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gonzales on the side of the head.
Viina lands the left hand.

Viina has Gonzales up against the ropes in a clinch.
Viina misses with a punch on the inside.
Viina stalling in the clinch but Gonzales improves position.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Viina pushes Gonzales back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viina lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Viina manages to break the clinch.
Viina cracks Gonzales with a right hand to the side of the head.
Viina throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzales.
Viina scores with a jab.
Viina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Viina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Viina.
Gonzales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Viina cracks Gonzales with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Viina.
Viina feints and then cracks Gonzales's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gonzales down.
Good standup being displayed there by Viina as he connects with a hook.
Viina doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzales circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Viina throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Viina lands a two punch combo.
Viina fakes the leg kick and cracks Gonzales in the body.
Viina punishes Gonzales's body with a nice straight punch.
Viina smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Viina misses with a looping left.
Viina misses with a double jab.
Viina misses with a looping left.
That kick from Viina tenderised Gonzales's leg. Gonzales is trying to keep his angry face on.
Viina fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gonzales has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gonzales takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gonzales takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzales walks into a stiff left hand from Viina.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jalo Viina dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gonzales gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Viina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Viina punishes Gonzales's body with a nice straight punch.
Viina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gonzales looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Viina connects with a looping right hand.
Viina throws a leg kick which misses Gonzales's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzales tries to avoid it.
Gonzales takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jalo Viina is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonzales takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A swing and a miss from Viina.
Gonzales's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Viina scores with a jab.
Viina lands a glancing blow to the side of Gonzales's head.
Gonzales takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Viina moves into range and clinches up with Gonzales.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Viina.
Viina misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Viina - that landed with a thud.
Viina blocks an uppercut.
Viina swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Viina.
Viina stalling.
A right handed body shot lands from Viina.
Viina throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Viina lands a body shot.
Viina lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Viina lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gonzales or not.
Viina is trying to stall.
Viina blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Viina breaks from the clinch.
Viina displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzales throws out the jab.
Viina's corner calls for a 1-2. Viina obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Viina jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gonzales showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Viina.
Gonzales has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Viina scores with a head kick. Gonzales tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gonzales throws a body punch but Viina moves out of range.
Gonzales moves forwards but Viina connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gonzales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Viina throws out the jab.
Gonzales looks to land a right hand but Viina moved out of range.
Viina clobbers Gonzales with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Viina cracks Gonzales with a right hand to the side of the head.
Viina connects with a looping right hand.
Viina misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Viina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jalo Viina dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Gonzales misses with a body shot
and Viina counters with a two punch combo.
Mooses Gonzales has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Viina slips a straight right by Gonzales.
Gonzales catches Viina with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That kick from Viina tenderised Gonzales's leg. Gonzales is trying to keep his angry face on.
Viina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gonzales looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gonzales keeps the fight on the outside.
Viina swinging wildly here.
Viina connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Viina tenderised Gonzales's leg. Gonzales is trying to keep his angry face on.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Viina works the jab nicely.
Viina scores with a three punch combo!
Jab by Viina.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Viina throws a head kick but Gonzales moves out of range.
Viina throws a good cross that connects.
Viina scoring well with a low kick there.
Viina wants to clinch up but Gonzales keeps it at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Viina. That's going to slow Gonzales down.
Gonzales tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Viina manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Viina scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gonzales doesn't seem bothered though.
Viina lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gonzales misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Viina.
Viina throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Viina lands a leg kick that knocks Gonzales off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jalo Viina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A cross from Viina lands.
Viina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gonzales on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Viina lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Viina with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Viina throws a leg kick which misses Gonzales's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzales tries to avoid it.
Gonzales moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gonzales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Viina stuns Gonzales with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gonzales takes one on the button.
Viina lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonzales on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jalo Viina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Viina 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight for Jalo Viina!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Jalo Viina!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Jalo Viina!

Jalo Viina wins by unanimous decision!