PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eljas Aalto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daby
vs
Aalto

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Daby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eljas Aalto!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aalto lands a right hook to the body.
Daby looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Aalto throws a right and a left that Daby avoids nicely.
Aalto throws a combination that misses
and Daby counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Aalto cracks Daby with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Daby misses with a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Aalto, as that shot connected.
Aalto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Aalto misses with a few strikes there.
Daby takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Aalto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Aalto dips to his left and cracks Daby with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daby on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd cheers as Aalto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Daby doesn't seem phased though.
Aalto lands with a straight right. Daby didn't see that one coming.
Aalto throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Aalto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daby circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice cross by Aalto.
Aalto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Daby stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Aalto swinging wildly here.
Aalto scores with a one two! Daby had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Aalto scores with a four punch combination!
Aalto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aalto misses with a series of wild punches.
Aalto lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aalto.
No joy there for Aalto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daby dodges the punch combination from Aalto.
Daby on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Aalto misses with a few strikes there.
Daby stuns Aalto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aalto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Aalto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Daby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Daby has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Daby there as he acknowledges the shot.
Daby has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto digs a good hook to Daby's body.
Daby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aalto swinging wildly here.
Daby connects with a crisp jab.
Aalto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Daby throws out the jab.
Daby misses with a body kick.
Eljas Aalto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aalto misses with a double jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daby slips a jab and a cross from Aalto.
No joy there for Daby, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Daby's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Aalto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Daby scrambles back to his feet.
Aalto throws a one two combo.
Aalto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daby cracks Aalto with a good jab.
Aalto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daby takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daby walks into a straight right hand from Aalto.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Daby lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aalto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aalto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Aalto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Daby stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A right-left combo lands from Aalto.
Daby scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daby looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A left lands for Aalto.
Daby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Aalto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daby backs up against the cage.
Daby takes a swing at Aalto's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Daby does no damage.
A jab from Aalto finds it's way through Daby's defenses.
A left and a right from Aalto both land. Nice combination.
Aalto scores with a hook to the body. Daby takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Aalto throws a series of punches but Daby avoids them all with ease.
Daby pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aalto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Daby in his tracks.
Aalto lands with a nice combination. Daby backs away looking to recover.
Daby throws a leg kick which misses Aalto's front leg but catches the back leg as Aalto tries to avoid it.
Daby throws a hook but Aalto avoids it easily.
Aalto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aalto is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Daby had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Aalto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Daby has time to react.
Aalto lands a jab to the head.
Daby misses with a body kick.
Aalto lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aalto cracks a nice hook into Daby's ribs.
Aalto jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Daby lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Aalto!
Daby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aalto.
Aalto scores with a one two! Daby had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Aalto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eljas Aalto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aalto.
Left hook, right uppercut from Aalto.
Aalto throws a shot to the body.
Aalto lands with a nice body punch.
Aalto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daby gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Aalto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Decent striking displayed by Aalto there.
Daby showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aalto.
Aalto avoids the head kick by Daby.
Aalto scores with a one two! Daby had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Aalto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch lands to the side of Daby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A right-left combo lands from Aalto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aalto blocks a head kick by Daby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aalto fails to land with a series of punches.
Aalto misses with a wild combination.
Aalto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daby.
Some wild striking there from Aalto.
Daby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aalto.
Paul Daby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aalto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Aalto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aalto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Daby!
Nice cross by Aalto.
Aalto is working the combinations to good effect here.
Aalto misses with a wild combination.
Daby throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Aalto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dabys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Aalto on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Daby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aalto.
Aalto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aalto misses with a wild body shot.
Aalto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A decent looking cross lands there for Aalto.
Daby ducks under a wild hook from Aalto.
Aalto fails to land with a series of punches.
Aalto misses with a series of wild punches.
Daby misses with a few strikes there.
Aalto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Aalto. Beautiful body shot.
Aalto misses with a two punch combination.
Daby throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aalto cracks Daby with a good jab.
Daby scores with a crisp jab that stopped Aalto in his tracks.
Aalto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Donk. Aalto catches Daby right on the button with a cross.
A decent looking cross lands there for Aalto.
Aalto tests Daby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Daby.
Daby tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aalto scores with a body shot.
Daby throws a wild body kick that Aalto sees coming a mile off.
Daby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Aalto fails to land with a series of punches.
Aalto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aalto scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aalto getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Daby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Eljas Aalto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daby goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Daby misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aalto with a hook.
Daby takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A left and a right from Aalto both land. Nice combination.
Aalto throws a combination. Daby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Daby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Aalto does it's job there.
Aalto throws a nice looking combination but Daby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Daby throws a head kick but Aalto moves out of range.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aalto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aalto misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eljas Aalto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Daby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Daby lands a nice looking body kick.
Aalto throws a combination. Daby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Aalto scores with a three punch combo!
Aalto throws a combination. Daby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Daby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Aalto connects with a crisp jab.
Aalto scores with a three punch combo!
Aalto misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Daby.
Daby fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab lands there for Aalto.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daby goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Aalto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Daby looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Aalto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Aalto throws a right hand that Daby ducks under and follows up with a left that Daby also avoids with ease.
Aalto lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aalto looks to score with a jab to the body but Daby is just out of range.
Aalto throws a combination that misses
and Daby counters with a nice uppercut.
Aalto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daby manages to avoid it.
Aalto misses with a series of wild punches.
Aalto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aalto scores with a one two! Daby had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Aalto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daby throws out a powerful jab.
Daby throws a nice looking combination but Aalto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aalto ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Aalto misses with a wild body shot.
Aalto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aalto moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Aalto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Daby throws a body punch but Aalto moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aalto lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Daby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aalto.
Sloppy strikes from Daby. Those never looked like landing.
Aalto connects with a nice looking jab.
Aalto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Aalto. Beautiful body shot.
Aalto throws a hook but Daby blocks it.
Aalto lands a nice looking body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Daby.
Aalto checks a leg kick nicely.
Aalto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aalto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Daby.
Aalto checks a low kick from Daby.
Daby slips a jab and a cross from Aalto.
Aalto looks to score with a jab to the body but Daby is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daby throws a hook but Aalto avoids it easily.
Daby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aalto.
Daby walks into a straight right hand from Aalto.
Aalto lands the left hand.
Aalto works over Daby's head and body with a nice combination.
Daby lands a head kick. Aalto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Good exchange - Aalto coming out on top.
Daby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aalto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aalto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Daby throws a head kick that misses.
Aalto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daby backs up against the cage.
Daby looks to land a combination but Aalto avoids it well.
Aalto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aalto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Aalto punishes Daby's body with a nice straight punch.
Aalto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aalto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Daby on the side of the head.
Daby pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aalto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aalto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Daby throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aalto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Aalto misses with a body shot.
Daby looks to land a combination but Aalto avoids it well.
Aalto scores with a hook.
Daby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aalto lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Daby backs up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aalto pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Daby back to the cage. Aalto follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Eljas Aalto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Some wild striking there from Aalto.
Paul Daby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aalto ducks under a wild hook from Daby.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eljas Aalto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Aalto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eljas Aalto!