PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kalevi Kumijalka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kumijalka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to compella & the twister - put ur weed up. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kumijalka
vs
Khali

190 cm
31
180 lbs
11 - 16 - 1

175 cm
30
162 lbs
20 - 26 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalevi Kumijalka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khali throws a predictable looking body shot

and Kumijalka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Khali has had enough of the clinch but Kumijalka keeps him there for the moment.

Kumijalka breaks from the clinch.

Kumijalka clinches up with Khali and pushes him back against the cage.
Khali is trying to force a seperation but Kumijalka has the dominant position.
Kumijalka looking to throw knees to the head but Khali is blocking nicely.
Kumijalka looking to throw knees to the head but Khali is blocking nicely.
Kumijalka leaning against his opponent.
Kumijalka with a knee to the head.
Kumijalka misses with a knee to the head.

Khali manages to break the clinch.
Khali tries to clinch but Kumijalka is having none of it.
Khali missing with a left hand there. Kumijalka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Khali misses.
Kumijalka moves out of range of the strikes.
Khali tries to clinch but Kumijalka moves away
and Kumijalka counters with a nice leg kick.
Kumijalka blocks a jab.
Khali misses with a lunging right hand
and Kumijalka counters with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kumijalka swats away the attempt to clinch by Khali.
Kumijalka avoids the body shot from Khali.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali is looking to clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kumijalka.
Khali swats away the attempt to clinch by Kumijalka.
Khali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kumijalka feints and then cracks Khali's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khali down.
Khali tries to clinch but Kumijalka moves out of range.
Khali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kumijalka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khali.
Kumijalka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kumijalka circles away from the clinch attempt

and Kumijalka counters by moving into the clinch.
Kumijalka lands a nice knee to the body.
Kumijalka tries a knee to the head but Khali blocks it.
Khali has had enough of the clinch but Kumijalka keeps him there for the moment.
Kumijalka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Khali has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kumijalka keeps control of Khali as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kumijalka has Khali pressed against the cage, preventing Khali from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Kumijalka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Khali.
Kumijalka scores with a head kick.
Khali loads up on a big right hand but Kumijalka slips the punch.
Khali looks gassed!
Khali throws a lazy uppercut

and Kumijalka counters by moving into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kumijalka blocks the elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Kumijalka.
Kumijalka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Khali is trying to break free.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kumijalka throws a head kick that half lands.
Khali lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Kumijalka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kumijalka misses with a knee strike.
Khali can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumijalka looking to throw knees to the head but Khali is blocking nicely.
Kumijalka tries to land a knee to the head but Khali blocks with his arms.
Khali is trying to break free.

Kumijalka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khali throws a jab when Kumijalka was well out of range.

Khali tries to keep at a distance but Kumijalka has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kumijalka tries a knee to the head but Khali blocks it.
Kumijalka misses with a knee strike.
Khali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Khali.

Kumijalka breaks from the clinch.
Kumijalka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khali. That did some damage!

Kumijalka has taken the fight to the clinch.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
Kumijalka throws a nice inside leg kick.
Khali keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kumijalka.
Khali swings for the body but Kumijalka moves out of range.
Kumijalka ducks under a wild hook from Khali.

Khali tries to keep at a distance but Kumijalka has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kumijalka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kumijalka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khali takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kumijalka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khali throws out the jab.
Khali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kumijalka wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Brij Khali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Kumijalka clinches.
Khali looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kumijalka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kumijalka connects with a knee to the head.

Kumijalka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kumijalka tries a head kick but it misses.
Crunch! Kumijalka slams his shin into Khali's torso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalevi Kumijalka 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.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kumijalka, right into the meat.
Brij Khali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Khali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kumijalka was well out of range. Poor timing from Khali.
Khali misses with a wild body shot.
Kumijalka takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khali tries to clinch there but Kumijalka circles away.
Khali tries to clinch
and Kumijalka counters with an inside leg kick.
Khali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kumijalka throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Khali's head.
Kumijalka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khali throws a jab when Kumijalka was well out of range.
Khali darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Khali tries to keep at a distance but Kumijalka has taken the fight into the clinch.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kumijalka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kumijalka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kalevi Kumijalka is winning the standup battle so far.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kumijalka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumijalka digs a good body shot into Khali's ribs.

Kumijalka gets a clinch.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khali's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Kumijalka.
Khali throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kumijalka counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Khali is breathing heavily.

Khali tries to sprawl but Kumijalka drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Khali wants to stand back up but Kumijalka manages to pass into side control.
Khali tries to escape but Kumijalka is in control.

Kumijalka stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Kumijalka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khali.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khali gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kumijalka tries to clinch but Khali is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kumijalka clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kumijalka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kumijalka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kumijalka looking to throw knees to the head but Khali is blocking nicely.

Khali manages to break the clinch.
Kumijalka goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Khali throws a series of punches but Kumijalka avoids them all with ease.

Kumijalka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kumijalka keeps control of Khali as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kumijalka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kumijalka.
Kumijalka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kumijalka wants to clinch up but Khali keeps it at a distance.
Khali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kumijalka connects with a leg kick. Khali looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kumijalka slips under a jab.
Kumijalka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Kumijalka gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumijalka scores with a knee to the head.
Kumijalka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khali blocks it with crossed arms.
Kumijalka tries to land knees in the clinch but Khali avoids the damage to the body.
Kumijalka connects with a knee to the head.

Kumijalka breaks from the clinch.
Khali misses with a left hand
and Kumijalka makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Khali wants to clinch up but Kumijalka keeps it at a distance.
Khali on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kumijalka lands a nice looking body kick.
Kumijalka tries to close the distance and clinch but Khali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kumijalka lands with a kick to the temple. Khali shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kumijalka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Khali swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kumijalka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khali.
Khali wants to clinch up but Kumijalka keeps it at a distance.
Kumijalka throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Khali fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khali is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Khali is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kumijalka!

Kumijalka has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
Kumijalka lands a glancing blow to the side of Khali's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Khali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khali takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kumijalka tries to close the distance and clinch but Khali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kumijalka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khali misses the jab.

Kumijalka darts in and clinches Khali up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khali throws a series of punches but Kumijalka avoids them all with ease.
Khali takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Kumijalka darts in and clinches Khali up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalevi Kumijalka dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Khali misses with a hook
and Kumijalka counters with a head kick.
Kumijalka takes one to the chin there.
Khali throws an off balance right hand
and Kumijalka counters with a slapping leg kick.

Kumijalka closes the distance and clinches.
Kumijalka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
Kumijalka throws a head kick but Khali moves out of range.
Kumijalka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kumijalka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Khali.

Kumijalka clinches up against the cage.
Khali is trying to break the clinch but Kumijalka is controlling him.
Khali takes a knee right on the jaw!

Kumijalka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Khali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kumijalka.
Khali getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kumijalka has Khali up against the cage in a clinch.
Khali tries to break the clinch but Kumijalka is controlling the position.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
Kumijalka scores with a nice body kick.

Kumijalka clinches with his opponent.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch.
Kumijalka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Khali throws a lazy uppercut
and Kumijalka counters with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kumijalka.
Khali swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khali looks to land a combination but Kumijalka avoids it well.

Kumijalka scores a takedown into full mount!
Khali is trying to stand.

Kumijalka get's back to his feet.
Brij Khali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kumijalka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khali's head backwards.

Kumijalka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Khali using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kumijalka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Kumijalka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Khali has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kumijalka.
Kumijalka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khali can do to turn this around?
Kumijalka looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kumijalka cracks Khali with a good jab.
Kumijalka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Khali misses with a jab to the body

and Kumijalka counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kumijalka.
A knee to the head by Kumijalka.
Khali takes a knee right on the jaw!

Kumijalka manages to break the clinch.

Kumijalka closes the distance and clinches.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kumijalka.
Kumijalka shoots in for a double leg but Khali sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Khali misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumijalka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kumijalka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khali has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kumijalka.
Kumijalka connects with a crisp jab.
Kumijalka lands with a slapping head kick.

Kumijalka has Khali up against the cage in a clinch.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kumijalka slips under a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kumijalka.

Kumijalka moves into the clinch successfully.

Kumijalka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kumijalka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khali manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Khali misses.
Khali takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kumijalka.

Kumijalka closes the distance and clinches.
Khali wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Kumijalka manages to break the clinch.
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!

Kumijalka clinches up against the cage.
Kumijalka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Khali is trying to break the clinch but Kumijalka has him pressed against the cage.
Kumijalka working Khali over with knees to the body.

Kumijalka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kumijalka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khali throws a looping overhand right but Kumijalka ducks down to avoid it.
Kumijalka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Kumijalka closes the distance and pushes Khali back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kumijalka looking to throw knees to the head but Khali is blocking nicely.
Khali throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kumijalka blocks it with crossed arms.
Kumijalka lands a knee to the head.
Kalevi Kumijalka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kumijalka lands a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kalevi Kumijalka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kumijalka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalevi Kumijalka!