PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timo Harjakainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iso Sielu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sielu's choice of entrance music: Mun mummoni muni mun mammani. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Harjakainen
vs
Sielu

178 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

180 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Nordic Nutrition (160 Recovery $160)

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo Harjakainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iso Sielu!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sielu throws out a loose jab but Harjakainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sielu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sielu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harjakainen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sielu throws a leg kick but Harjakainen checks it.
Sielu looks to land a right hand but Harjakainen moved out of range.
Sielu misses with a looping right.
Harjakainen throws a series of strikes that have Sielu backpedaling.
Timo Harjakainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harjakainen connects with a solid leg kick.
Harjakainen throws the kick towards the body but Sielu avoids it.
Sielu fails to land with a series of punches.
Sielu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Harjakainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Harjakainen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sielu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harjakainen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harjakainen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sielu's sensitive parts.
Sielu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harjakainens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sielu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Harjakainen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Sielu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Harjakainen throws an elbow but misses.
Sielu blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Harjakainen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harjakainen tries to stall but Sielu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sielu.
Sielu avoids the elbow strike from Harjakainen, against the ropes.
Harjakainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harjakainen misses with a punch on the inside.
Sielu lands a shot to the body.
Harjakainen can't break the clinch.
Sielu lands with a light punch inside.
Harjakainen can't break the clinch.
Harjakainen trying to control the position but instead, Sielu has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harjakainen into the ropes.
Sielu keeps control of Harjakainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sielu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harjakainen backwards.
Good body shot from Sielu.
A left hand lands to the body for Sielu.
Sielu avoids a wild elbow strike from Harjakainen.
A short right from Sielu.
Sielu has Harjakainen pressed against the ropes, preventing Harjakainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sielu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Harjakainen avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Sielu.
A head punch on the inside from Harjakainen fails to land.
A bit of stalling here from Harjakainen.
A shot in the inside from Sielu.
Harjakainen working hard to break the clinch.
Sielu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Harjakainen.
Harjakainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harjakainen throws an elbow but it misses.
A hook to the body from Sielu.
Sielu presses Harjakainen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sielu lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harjakainen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harjakainen misses with some punches.
Harjakainen misses with an elbow over the top.
Sielu lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sielu.
Sielu gets through Harjakainen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Harjakainen.

It looks like Iso Sielu has been cut.
Sielu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harjakainen misses with some punches.
Sielu blocks the elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iso Sielu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iso Sielu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harjakainen fails to land with a series of punches.
Harjakainen blocks a jab.
Sielu works Harjakainen's body with a nice hook.
Harjakainen misses with a low kick.
Harjakainen misses with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Sielu.
Sielu lands with a cross.
Harjakainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harjakainen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sielu staying out of range there.
Harjakainen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sielu thows a body shot but no joy.
Sielu dodges the punch combination from Harjakainen.

Sielu gets a clinch.
Harjakainen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sielu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Harjakainen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sielu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Harjakainen or not.
Harjakainen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sielu tries to land a knee to the head but Harjakainen blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sielu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harjakainen lands an elbow that stopped Sielu in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Sielu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sielu presses Harjakainen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harjakainen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sielu scores with a shot to the side of Harjakainen's head.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Harjakainen throws an elbow but misses.
Harjakainen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice body punch from Sielu.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Sielu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Harjakainen lands a shoulder strike.
Harjakainen misses with an elbow strike.
Sielu blocks an elbow strike.
Sielu presses Harjakainen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Harjakainen lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Sielu.
A short body shot lands from Sielu as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Sielu on the inside.

Harjakainen is rocked!
Sielu misses with a knee strike.
Oh Harjakainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sielu misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sielu has a couple of punches blocked by Harjakainen.
Sielu presses Harjakainen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sielu throws a head punch that misses.
Harjakainen seems to have got his legs back now.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harjakainen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sielu's brow.
Iso Sielu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sielu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Harjakainen's efforts to push away.
Sielu lands a body shot.
Harjakainen pushes off an throws an elbow but Sielu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Harjakainen is trying to force a seperation but Sielu has the dominant position.
Sielu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Sielu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harjakainen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sielu avoids the elbow strike from Harjakainen, against the ropes.
Harjakainen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sielu blocks an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sielu is working Harjakainen over against the ropes.
Sielu tries to land knees in the clinch but Harjakainen avoids the damage to the body.
Harjakainen throws an elbow that misses.
Harjakainen throws an elbow but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harjakainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Sielu won't allow it.
Sielu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iso Sielu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iso Sielu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sielu closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Harjakainen! Sielu dives in looking to finish! Harjakainen is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iso Sielu!