PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pullo Kalevi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

O Brien
vs
Kalevi

193 cm
26
286 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

185 cm
25
235 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Brad O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pullo Kalevi!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien with a poor takedown

and Kalevi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in O Brien's guard now.
Kalevi trying to control but O Brien is working from the bottom.
Kalevi won't allow O Brien to sweep him here.
Kalevi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Kalevi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

O Brien working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kalevi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kalevi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.

O Brien looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kalevi passes into half guard.
O Brien is looking for a sweep. Kalevi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Brien moves into full guard.
Kalevi won't allow O Brien to sweep him here.
O Brien manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kalevi manages to get himself to full guard.
O Brien chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien thows a big elbow that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kalevi can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kalevi wants to stand but O Brien is controlling the position.
O Brien makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Brien trying to control the position from guard on top but Kalevi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

O Brien has gone for a leg lock! Kalevi slips out almost immediately though and dives into O Brien's guard.
Kalevi preventing the sweep.
Kalevi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
O Brien looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
O Brien lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kalevi!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
O Brien working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Kalevi slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Kalevi wants to get back to his feet.
Kalevi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with O Brien. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
O Brien thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kalevi's head.
Kalevi is trying to stand up here but O Brien is controlling him well.
O Brien 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.
O Brien sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kalevi defending well though.
O Brien looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
O Brien is trying to control. Kalevi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Kalevi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kalevi shoots and misses

and O Brien counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kalevi looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
O Brien trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
O Brien throwing strikes from guard but Kalevi blocks nicely.
O Brien throwing strikes but missing.
Kalevi wants to get back to his feet but O Brien is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Brien postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kalevi wants to get back to his feet but O Brien is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad O Brien dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

O Brien looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kalevi!
O Brien looking to finish Kalevi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kalevi!
O Brien lands a nice shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Brien looking to finish with strikes here!
Kalevi squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
O Brien lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Kalevi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
O Brien pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kalevi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Kalevi is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien lands a big shot there that rocks Kalevi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A big strike lands for O Brien! That's really hurt Kalevi and he's turned his back - O Brien keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! O Brien jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad O Brien!