PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harri Leinonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Carbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Leinonen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Finland National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Carbone's choice of entrance music: O Canada. Harri Leinonen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alex Carbone's chin.

Leinonen
vs
Carbone

199 cm
19
199 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
19
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Harri Leinonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Carbone!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leinonen motions for Carbone to come forward. Leinonen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leinonen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carbone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carbone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carbone shoots for a takedown but Leinonen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Carbone changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Leinonen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Leinonen is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Carbone asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Carbone is trying to ground and pound but Leinonen uses the momentary lack of control by Carbone to regain half guard.
Carbone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Leinonen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone trying to control from half guard but Leinonen is working away.
Carbone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carbone performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Carbone throwing shots but Leinonen is blocking nicely.
Leinonen tries to kick Carbone off but Carbone keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Carbone slips a nice elbow through Leinonen's hands, connecting with Leinonen's forehead.
Carbone trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carbone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carbone with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Carbone thows a huge punch but Leinonen dodges it nicely.
Carbone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leinonen keeps working.
Carbone thows a huge punch but Leinonen dodges it nicely.
Carbone tries to pass to full mount but Leinonen defends it.
Carbone stops Leinonen from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carbone scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Carbone stops Leinonen from getting back to his feet.
Leinonen keeping control of the position.
Leinonen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Carbone working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Carbone wants to free his trapped foot but Leinonen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Leinonen looks like he's trying to stand up.

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.
Carbone content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Leinonen trying to control from the bottom.
Carbone thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Leinonen to regain full guard.
Leinonen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leinonen wants to stand up but Carbone is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carbone throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Carbone 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.

Leinonen tries to clinch there but Carbone circles away.

Carbone shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Leinonen is trying to defend but Carbone finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Carbone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Carbone working Leinonen over with strikes.
Carbone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Leinonen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Leinonen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Carbone.
Leinonen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Leinonen is looking to stand up but Carbone isn't so interested in that idea.
Carbone wants to control from the top but Leinonen keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leinonen is looking to stand up but Carbone isn't so interested in that idea.
Carbone works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Carbone throwing shots but Leinonen is blocking nicely.
Carbone with the ground and pound but Leinonen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Carbone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Leinonen keeping moving, preventing Carbone from controlling successfully.
Carbone working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carbone wants to control from the top but Leinonen keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Carbone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Carbone loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carbone works over Leinonen with some ground and pound from guard.
Leinonen is trying to keep Carbone in close.
Carbone in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leinonen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Carbone is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carbone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Carbone is looking to work some ground and pound but Leinonen has wrist control.
Leinonen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carbone stops Leinonen from standing up.
Leinonen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Leinonen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leinonen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Leinonen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Carbone controls the pace.

That's four 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Leinonen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Carbone shoots in and bounces Leinonen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carbone trying to control the position from guard on top but Leinonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Carbone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Leinonen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

A slow jab from Leinonen misses its intended target.
Leinonen tries to clinch up.
Leinonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leinonen is looking to clinch.

Carbone shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Leinonen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carbone working some strikes from top position.
Carbone postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone trying to control the position from guard on top but Leinonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carbone must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Carbone looking to pass the guard.
Carbone lands a couple of digs.
Carbone working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Leinonen's head.
Carbone looking to sit in guard and control but Leinonen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Carbone looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leinonen is one step ahead there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carbone can do anything to dispel that myth.
Leinonen trying to control but Carbone is working from the bottom.
Harri Leinonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leinonen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Carbone's guard.
Leinonen stopping the sweep attempt from Carbone.
Carbone trying to keep a closed guard but Leinonen is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Leinonen tries to clinch but Carbone is having none of it.
Leinonen wants to clinch.
Carbone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Carbone misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Leinonen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Leinonen wants to clinch

and Carbone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Leinonen is trying to stand.

Leinonen looking for submissions off his back.
Carbone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Leinonen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Carbone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Carbone 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Carbone!