PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Badge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarppi Virne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virne has chosen Jeff van Dyck - Soldier's Chant as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Badge
vs
Virne

194 cm
25
240 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

187 cm
26
262 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donnie Badge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarppi Virne!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badge walks into a straight right hand from Virne.

Virne closes the distance and clinches.
Virne looking to throw knees to the head but Badge is blocking nicely.
Virne lands with a short shot to the head.
Virne landing knees to the body.
Badge is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Virne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Virne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Virne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Virne moves into range and clinches up with Badge.
Virne gets through Badge's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Virne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Badge tries to break the clinch but Virne is controlling the position.

Virne pulls guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Virne has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Virne tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Virne scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Virne misses with a takedown attempt - Badge sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Virne tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Badge manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Virne is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badge changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Virne tries to avoid it but Badge manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Virne to the ground. Virne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Virne tries to clinch but Badge moves out of range.

Virne gets a clinch.
Virne lands a good knee to the midsection. Badge won't want to take too many of those.
Virne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Virne breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badge swats away the attempt to clinch by Virne.

Virne has closed the distance and engaged Badge in a clinch.

Virne breaks from the clinch.

Virne closes the distance and clinches.
Badge is trying to break the clinch but Virne is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Badge manages to break the clinch.

Virne changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Badge looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Virne working the ground and pound.
Virne is putting a hurting on Badge here, landing some big shots from side control.
Virne is putting a hurting on Badge here, landing some big shots from side control.
Virne scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Badge to see if he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Virne connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Badge some visible discomfort.

Badge bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Virne tries to close the distance and clinch but Badge swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Badge leaves Virne with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Virne throwing shots but Badge is blocking nicely.
Virne missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Virne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Badge keeps working.
Virne scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Virne.
Badge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Virne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Virne wants to control but Badge is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Virne slips a nice elbow through Badge's hands, connecting with Badge's forehead.
Virne is looking to advance position but Badge won't allow it.
Virne stalling away here and it's allowed Badge to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarppi Virne dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Virne tries to clinch up but Badge circles away and keeps his distance.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Badge enables Virne to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Badge manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Virne stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Badge swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Virne lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Virne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Badge looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Virne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Virne must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Badge keeping moving, preventing Virne from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Virne working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Virne in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Virne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Badge's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badge avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Virne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Badge's head.
Virne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Virne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Virne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Virne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Virne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Badge preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Virne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Badge preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Virne distracts Badge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Virne distracts Badge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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!

Virne gets to his feet - Badge follows without any prompting.
Virne shoots for a takedown but Badge saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Badge tries to keep at a distance but Virne has taken the fight into the clinch.

Virne breaks the clinch.

Virne drives through with a takedown into guard.
Virne landing some decent shots from guard.
Virne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Badge keeping moving, preventing Virne from controlling successfully.
Badge looking for a sweep. Not yet Badge, not yet.
Virne trying to control but Badge is working from the bottom.
Virne is working Badge over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virne lands a couple of digs.
Virne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jarppi Virne has got the better of the ground game so far.
Virne stands up over Badge, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Virne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Virne distracts Badge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Virne distracts Badge with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Badge wants to get back to his feet but Virne is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Virne makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Virne connects with a couple of short punches.
Virne landing some decent shots from guard.
Virne chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virne postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badge trying to keep a closed guard but Virne is proving a slippery customer.
Virne scoring with punches to the head and body.
Virne lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Badge looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Badge is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Virne is controlling him.
Virne lands a couple of digs.
Virne lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Virne trying to control but Badge is working from the bottom.
Virne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarppi Virne showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Virne moves into the clinch.

Virne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Virne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Virne moves in looking to clinch but Badge pushes him off.
Horrible takedown by Badge or perhaps it was just good defense by Virne which made him look bad.
Virne closes the distance and clinches up with Badge, looking for a takedown. Virne pushes Badge against the cage but Badge circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Virne tries to clinch but Badge is having none of it.
Badge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Virne manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Virne tries to clinch up but Badge circles away and keeps his distance.
Virne fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Virne doesn't manage to clinch there - Badge circles away.

Virne closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Virne connects with a knee to the head.
Virne misses with a knee to the head.

Virne breaks the clinch.
Virne tries to clinch but Badge is having none of it.
Virne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Virne wants to clinch.
Badge swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Donnie Badge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virne shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Badge eats them both and turns towards Virne to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Virne bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Virne staying calm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badge is working to avoid the ground and pound but Virne connects with a decent elbow.
Virne lands some shots froms side control.
Virne wants to control but Badge is keeping him busy.
Virne in side control lands a decent elbow.
Virne is putting a hurting on Badge here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jarppi Virne is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Badge is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virne slows the pace down.
Oh Badge is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Virne passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Badge!
Virne controlling from the full mount.
Let's hope that Virne 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.
Badge seems to have got his legs back now.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Badge keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jarppi Virne hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Virne tries to clinch but Badge is having none of it.
Donnie Badge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Badge throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Virne's waist but Virne gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Badge off to one side.

Virne has managed to clinch.
Virne looking to throw knees to the head but Badge is blocking nicely.

Badge escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Badge tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Donnie Badge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Badge tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jarppi Virne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Virne 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jarppi Virne!