PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sasha Egov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Jarvela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasha Egov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Egov
vs
Jarvela

200 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sasha Egov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Jarvela!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jarvela misses with a straight right.
Jarvela falls off balance throwing a combination

and Egov counters by clinching up.
Egov prevents the takedown attempt.
Jarvela fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Egov has clasped his hands together around Jarvela's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Egov stands up and beckons Jarvela to his feet.

Egov feints and as Jarvela raises his hands in defense, Egov changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Egov is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jarvela working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Egov.

Egov decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Juhani Jarvela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarvela looks gassed!
Jarvela swings widly with a right hand

and Egov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jarvela won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egov works to advance to full mount. Jarvela defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jarvela looks a forlorn figure.
Egov scoring with strikes but Jarvela is staying in there.
Egov controlling the position easily from mount.

Egov get's back to his feet.
Jarvela just misses with a punch to the body.
Egov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Egov.

Egov stands up and beckons Jarvela to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarvela misses with a body punch

and Egov counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Egov.
Egov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
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!
Egov's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Egov's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Egov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jarvela for as long as he can get away with.

Egov gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Egov lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Egov drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Egov takes a little break here. Jarvela wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Egov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Egov stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Egov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jarvela scores with a three punch combo!
Egov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Egov moves into range and clinches up with Jarvela.
Egov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jarvela avoids it.
Jarvela is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Egov is keeping busy.
Egov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Egov pulls guard effortlessly.
Jarvela wants to control from the top but Egov keeps moving.
Egov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Egov scrambles and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the body from Jarvela misses

and Egov counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Egov.
Egov is trying to drag Jarvela to the mat but Jarvela just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

Egov manages to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sasha Egov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jarvela scores with a three punch combo!

Egov closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jarvela to the mat! Jarvela manages to get full guard.
Egov passes Jarvela's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Egov takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Egov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Egov trying to control the pace.
Jarvela is trying to control but Egov passes into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egov sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jarvela is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Egov working away.
Jarvela gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Egov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jarvela tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Egov controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Egov tries to control but Jarvela wriggling away.
Sasha Egov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sasha Egov has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jarvela misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarvela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Egov circles away quickly and effectively.

Egov scores a takedown into full mount!
Jarvela is just holding on here. Egov manages to take his back.
Egov trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Jarvela doesn't escape.
Egov is throwing strikes by Jarvela counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Jarvela regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egov controlling the pace.

Egov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jarvela defends it well.
Jarvela trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sasha Egov dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jarvela connects with a good right hand that stumbles Egov. Egov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Jarvela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Egov fails with the takedown.
Egov dodges the punch combination from Jarvela.
Jarvela misses with a double jab

and Egov counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jarvela won't be happy with that.

Egov decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jarvela to his feet.
Jarvela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jarvela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Jarvela tries to sprawl but Egov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Egov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Egov controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvela is trying to control but can't.
Well, if Egov is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sasha Egov wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jarvela displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Egov gets a takedown into half guard.
Egov prevents Jarvela from improving his position.
Juhani Jarvela has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Egov seems content to control.
Jarvela trying to control here.
Egov seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jarvela is looking to control Egov's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jarvela avoid being mounted?
Egov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jarvela can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jarvela falls off balance throwing a combination

and Egov counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jarvela!
Egov prevents Jarvela from getting the reversal.
Egov connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Jarvela that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Egov breaks from Jarvela's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jarvela wants to hold on but Egov pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egov with the ground and pound from mount.
Egov controlling from the full mount.
Jarvela really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Egov tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sasha Egov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Egov, 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sasha Egov!