PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Koiranputki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joselito Glorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koiranputki comes to the cage accompanied by Ruff Ryderz Anthem . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Koiranputki
vs
Glorenzo

160 cm
21
196 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
193 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dexter Koiranputki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joselito Glorenzo!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glorenzo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glorenzo throws a low kick but Koiranputki moves out of range easily.
Glorenzo defending well as Koiranputki loads up on a big left hand.
Glorenzo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Koiranputki is able to avoid easily.
Glorenzo swings for the body but Koiranputki moves out of range.
Glorenzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glorenzo avoids the body shot from Koiranputki.
Koiranputki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Koiranputki lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Glorenzo lands a jab.
Glorenzo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Koiranputki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Glorenzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Glorenzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Koiranputki throws a big shot that misses.
Glorenzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koiranputki fails to land the takedown.
Koiranputki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorenzo tries to land a leg kick but Koiranputki saw it coming and moves away.
Glorenzo thuds a left hand into Koiranputki's body.
Glorenzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koiranputki moves in looking to clinch but Glorenzo pushes him off.

Koiranputki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Koiranputki is working for a kimura but Glorenzo is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. Glorenzo manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Glorenzo looking for a sweep. Not yet Glorenzo, not yet.
Koiranputki wants to control from the top but Glorenzo keeps moving.
Glorenzo wants to sweep here but Koiranputki controlling him for the moment.
Glorenzo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koiranputki's guard.
Glorenzo throwing strikes from guard but Koiranputki blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
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!
Glorenzo throwing strikes from guard but Koiranputki blocks nicely.
Glorenzo is looking to work some ground and pound but Koiranputki has wrist control.
Glorenzo stands up over Koiranputki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Glorenzo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Glorenzo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Koiranputki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Koiranputki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Glorenzo's guard.

Glorenzo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Koiranputki is aware though and is defending well.

Glorenzo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Koiranputki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo keeping moving, preventing Koiranputki from controlling successfully.
Glorenzo wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glorenzo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glorenzo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Koiranputki because Glorenzo loaded up on that one.
Glorenzo unloads with some shots from mount but Koiranputki bucks and avoids them well.
Glorenzo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Koiranputki because Glorenzo loaded up on that one.
Koiranputki is bucking up trying to escape but Glorenzo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Glorenzo landing strikes from the mount and Koiranputki is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koiranputki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Koiranputki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Glorenzo.
Glorenzo thowing shots but they're missing.
Glorenzo raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glorenzo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Glorenzo looking to land elbow strikes but Koiranputki uses the position to regain half guard.
Koiranputki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Glorenzo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glorenzo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joselito Glorenzo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Glorenzo connects with a body shot.
Glorenzo lands a jab to the nose.
Glorenzo misses with a hook
and Koiranputki counters with a stiff right hand.
Koiranputki tries to clinch there but Glorenzo circles away.
Koiranputki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Glorenzo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Glorenzo just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glorenzo. Koiranputki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koiranputki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Glorenzo throws a leg kick that is checked

and Koiranputki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Glorenzo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Glorenzo wants to improve his position but instead Koiranputki has moved into half guard.
Glorenzo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Glorenzo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Glorenzo is looking for a triangle but Koiranputki pushes his legs off easily.
Glorenzo looking to control.
Glorenzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koiranputki working some strikes from top position.
Glorenzo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Glorenzo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Glorenzo there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Glorenzo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glorenzo lands a heavy elbow.
Glorenzo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Glorenzo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Glorenzo raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo with the ground and pound from mount.
Glorenzo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Glorenzo throwing strikes here but Koiranputki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Glorenzo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Koiranputki looks a forlorn figure.
Glorenzo misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Glorenzo throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
A nice elbow there by Glorenzo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Glorenzo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Koiranputki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Koiranputki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koiranputki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Glorenzo tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Glorenzo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Koiranputki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Glorenzo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Glorenzo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Glorenzo.
Koiranputki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joselito Glorenzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Koiranputki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Glorenzo tests Koiranputki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Glorenzo lands a right hook to the body.

Koiranputki moves into the clinch successfully.
Glorenzo gets through Koiranputki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Glorenzo tries to throw a body punch but Koiranputki avoids it by throwing Glorenzo back against the cage.
Koiranputki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Glorenzo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koiranputki backwards.
Glorenzo tries a body shot but Koiranputki blocks it.
Glorenzo lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Koiranputki.
Glorenzo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koiranputki blocking some punches.
Glorenzo is trying to break free.
Koiranputki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glorenzo tries to work over Koiranputki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Glorenzo throws a head punch that misses.
Koiranputki lands with a left to the head.
Koiranputki misses with a punch on the inside.

Koiranputki pulls guard effortlessly.
Glorenzo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Koiranputki is keeping the position for now.
Glorenzo throwing strikes from guard but Koiranputki blocks nicely.
Koiranputki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Koiranputki tries to get out of the position.
Koiranputki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Glorenzo throws a strike but Koiranputki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Koiranputki wants to control from the top but Glorenzo keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glorenzo wants to sweep but no luck.
Glorenzo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Koiranputki tries to free his leg and advance position but Glorenzo is retaining full guard.

Glorenzo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Koiranputki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Koiranputki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Glorenzo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Glorenzo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Glorenzo is controlling Koiranputki's posture.
Dexter Koiranputki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koiranputki won't allow Glorenzo to sweep him here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glorenzo working a defensive guard here.
Koiranputki postures up in Glorenzo's guard and throws a big left but Glorenzo blocks it.
Joselito Glorenzo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Koiranputki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koiranputki tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Glorenzo to counter with a crisp jab.
Glorenzo lands a slapping body shot.
Koiranputki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joselito Glorenzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glorenzo scores with a decent looking hook.
Koiranputki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Glorenzo throws a series of punches but Koiranputki avoids them all with ease.
Glorenzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No luck for Koiranputki with that takedown attempt.
Glorenzo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
An inside leg kick from Glorenzo misses.
Koiranputki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Koiranputki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Glorenzo misses with a low kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Glorenzo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koiranputki managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Glorenzo.
Glorenzo is staying tight to Koiranputki's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Let's hope that Glorenzo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glorenzo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koiranputki keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joselito Glorenzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Glorenzo 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joselito Glorenzo!