PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Krzysiek Jawor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Neponen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jawor comes to the cage accompanied by The Analogs - Miejskie Opowieści. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jawor
vs
Neponen

182 cm
21
172 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
177 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krzysiek Jawor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Neponen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neponen misses with a head kick.

Jawor drops Neponen with a right and a left! Jawor comes rushing in but Neponen regains his composure and manages to keep Jawor in guard.

It looks like Tommi Neponen has been cut.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jawor would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Neponen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jawor has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Neponen is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jawor gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jawor feints a jab promting Neponen to slip. Jawor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Neponen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jawor lands a jab to Neponen's midsection.
Jawor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Jawor moves into range and clinches up with Neponen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jawor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Neponen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jawor has closed the distance and engaged Neponen in a clinch.
Neponen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jawor leaning against his opponent.
Neponen is trying to maintain a safe position but Jawor gets an underhook and turns Neponen into the cage.
Neponen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Jawor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jawor instigates a clinch.
Jawor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Neponen is keeping busy.
Jawor has had enough of the clinch but Neponen keeps him there for the moment.
Jawor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neponen or not.
Jawor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Jawor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Neponen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jawor just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jawor is trying to break free.
Jawor can't break the clinch.
Jawor working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jawor scores with a nice short uppercut.

Neponen pulls guard effortlessly.

Jawor gets to his feet. Neponen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jawor misses with a double jab.
Jawor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neponen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jawor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jawor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neponen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good exchange - Jawor coming out on top.

Jawor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neponen, pushing him back against the cage.
Jawor tries to break free but Neponen pushes him back against the cage.
Jawor wants to get back to striking at distance but Neponen won't allow it.
Jawor slows down the pace here.
Jawor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Neponen.
Jawor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Neponen keeps control of Jawor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neponen fails to pull guard.
Krzysiek Jawor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommi Neponen.
Neponen is trying to drag Jawor to the mat but Jawor just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jawor stalling the fight.
Jawor is trying to push Neponen away but Neponen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Neponen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Neponen tries to throw a body punch but Jawor avoids it by throwing Neponen back against the cage.
Neponen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jawor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neponen has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Neponen breaks from the clinch.
Jawor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Jawor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neponen, pushing him back against the cage.
Jawor avoiding damage.
Neponen wants to get back to striking at distance but Jawor won't allow it.
Neponen tries to pull guard but Jawor won't allow it.

Neponen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jawor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jawor tries to bum rush Neponen with a series of wild strikes but Neponen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jawor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jawor wants to clinch up but Neponen keeps it at a distance.
Jawor swats away the attempt to clinch by Neponen.
Neponen misses with the combination.
Neponen lands with a nice combination. Jawor backs away looking to recover.
Jawor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jawor walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neponen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jawor.
Neponen avoids the head kick by Jawor.

Jawor darts in and clinches Neponen up against the cage.
Jawor throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krzysiek Jawor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommi Neponen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jawor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Neponen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krzysiek Jawor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jawor connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Neponen! He's out on his feet! Jawor rushes in and drops Neponen with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Krzysiek Jawor!