PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Uzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Baller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uzi's entrance music is I Will Kill You. A fine choice. 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.

Uzi
vs
Baller

203 cm
27
278 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

225 cm
27
275 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
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, Kalle Uzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Baller!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uzi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baller dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uzi wants to slow Baller down by chopping away at his legs.
Uzi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Uzi blocks a jab.
Uzi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baller.
Baller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paul Baller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baller looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Uzi delivers a nice body kick.
Uzi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Uzi lands a big head kick that sends Baller tumbling to the mat! Uzi takes a step backwards and waves Baller back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Paul Baller has been cut.
Baller avoids a punch combination nicely.
Uzi loads up on a big right hand but Baller slips the punch.
Baller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Uzi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baller.
A leg kick checked by Baller.
Uzi lands a slapping body shot.
Uzi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Uzi looks to land a body kick but Baller moved away.
Uzi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Baller. Those never looked like landing.
Uzi lands a leg kick that knocks Baller off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Uzi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baller blocks a head kick by Uzi.
Uzi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uzi tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uzi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baller wants to clinch.
Baller scores with a decent looking hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Baller finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Baller ducks under a wild hook from Uzi.
Uzi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Baller connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Baller works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uzi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Baller scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Uzi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Baller. Those never looked like landing.
Baller loads up on a big right hand but Uzi slips the punch.
A left lands for Baller.
Baller misses with a right hand
and Uzi counters with an inside leg kick.
Baller ducks under a wild hook from Uzi.
Uzi throws a sloppy head kick and Baller moves out of range easily.
Baller might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Uzi misses with a looping left.
Baller lands a glancing blow to the side of Uzi's head.
Uzi avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baller tries to clinch there but Uzi circles away.
Uzi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Baller.
A nice inside leg kick there by Uzi. That's going to slow Baller down.
Uzi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Uzi.
Uzi cracks the inside of Baller's front leg.
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!
Baller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Uzi can pounce on him.
Uzi swinging wildly here.
Uzi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uzi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Uzi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Uzi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Baller's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Baller checks a low kick from Uzi.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Baller might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Uzi has got the better of the exchanges.
Uzi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Uzi misses with the body kick
and Baller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Baller looks to throw the jab but Uzi is out of range.
Baller fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Baller misses with a double jab.
Baller checks the leg kick.
Baller is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Uzi throws a leg kick but Baller sees it coming and moves out of range.
Baller has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circle momentarily. Baller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kalle Uzi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baller throws a sloppy head kick and Uzi moves out of range easily.
Uzi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A low kick from Uzi misses
and Baller counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Uzi thinking.
Baller is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Uzi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baller can do to turn this around?
Uzi cracks the inside of Baller's front leg.
Baller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Uzi connects with a body shot.
Uzi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baller circles away quickly and effectively.
Uzi avoids a kick to the body.
Baller ducks under a wild hook from Uzi.
Uzi keeps the fight on the outside.
Baller is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Uzi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Uzi thows a body kick. Baller tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Uzi misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Uzi. That's going to slow Baller down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baller showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uzi.
Uzi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baller.
Baller scores with a jab to the head.
Baller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Uzi swings widly with a right hand
and Baller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kalle Uzi is winning the standup battle so far.
Uzi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Baller lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Baller lands a glancing blow to the side of Uzi's head.
Baller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baller checks a leg kick.
Baller throws a jab but it's blocked by Uzi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uzi throws a front kick aimed at Baller's knee but Baller avoids it well.
Uzi throws a front kick aimed at Baller's knee but Baller avoids it well.
Uzi throws a leg kick
and Baller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Uzi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Baller's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Baller throws a right hand that Uzi ducks under and follows up with a left that Uzi also avoids with ease.
Uzi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Baller throws a right hand that misses
and Uzi counters with a three punch combo that has Baller backing up. Baller nods at Uzi to acknowledge the strikes.
Baller scores with a crisp jab that stopped Uzi in his tracks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Uzi.
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!
Baller tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Uzi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Baller is out of range and Uzi settles back down.
Uzi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Baller is out of range.
Uzi swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Baller instigates a clinch.
Baller misses with a body punch.
A short left from Baller.
Baller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baller stalling in the clinch but Uzi improves position.
Baller pushes Uzi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Baller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Uzi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Baller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Uzi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baller misses with a double jab
and Uzi counters with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Uzi. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Uzi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Baller's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Uzi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Uzi throws a jab but it's blocked by Baller.
Uzi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baller tries to clinch up but Uzi circles away and keeps his distance.
Baller blocks a leg kick.
Uzi misses with a right hand
and Uzi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A left lands for Baller.
Baller checks a low kick from Uzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uzi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baller.
Baller checks the leg kick.
Uzi misses with a hook
and Baller counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Uzi thinking.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Uzi throws a low kick, looking for Baller's leg but Baller calmly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzi throws a leg kick but Baller checks it.
Uzi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Uzi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baller connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Uzi scrambles back to his feet.
Baller scores with a hook.
Baller lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Uzi misses with a leg kick
and Baller counters with a stiff right hand.
Uzi throws a leg kick but Baller sees it coming and moves out of range.
Uzi throws an off balance right hand
and Baller counters with a straight right hand.
Baller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Uzi.

Baller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Uzi blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Baller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Uzi.
Uzi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Baller has Uzi pressed against the cage.
Baller cracks Uzi with a nice body shot.
Baller avoiding damage.
Baller receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Baller has a couple of punches blocked by Uzi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baller.
Baller misses with a body punch.
Baller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baller is working Uzi over against the cage.
Baller lands a right hand.
Baller misses with a punch to the body.
Baller misses with a punch to the body.
Baller working aggressively here.
Baller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baller tries to work over Uzi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baller's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Baller continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Baller has a couple of punches blocked by Uzi.
Uzi trying to stall but Baller improves his position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Uzi.
Baller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Uzi is looking to break free of the clinch but Baller has double underhooks.
Baller throws a punch but it's blocked by Uzi.
Baller is trying to stall.
Uzi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Baller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Uzi's efforts to push away.
Baller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Uzi.
Baller scores with a hook to the body.
Baller misses with a body punch.
Baller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baller lands a hook that snaps the head of Uzi backwards.
Paul Baller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baller working aggressively here.
Baller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baller throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Baller as the two fighters clinch.
Baller taking a breather.
Baller tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baller is leaning against Uzi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Uzi wants to get back to striking at distance but Baller won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Baller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Uzi 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalle Uzi!