PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bill Nevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Harkkonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nevin
vs
Harkkonan

169 cm
19
142 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

160 cm
26
137 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Nevin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vladimir Harkkonan!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harkkonan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nevin lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nevin.
Nevin lands with a right hand.
Nevin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big left from Nevin misses.
Nevin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harkkonan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nevin dodges the punch combination from Harkkonan.
Nevin misses with a body shot.
Nevin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harkkonan moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin looks to score with a jab to the body but Harkkonan is just out of range.
Bill Nevin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nevin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harkkonan moves away.
Harkkonan slips a jab from Nevin.
Nevin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nevin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harkkonan moves away.
Nevin misses with a body shot.
Nevin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Nevin slams his shin into Harkkonan's torso.

Harkkonan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Harkkonan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Harkkonan working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkkonan unloads with some shots from mount but Nevin bucks and avoids them well.
Harkkonan looking to control but Nevin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nevin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Harkkonan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Harkkonan with good strikes from the mount here!
Nevin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nevin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkkonan lands a heavy elbow.
Harkkonan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Harkkonan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Harkkonan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nevin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nevin tries to get out of the position.
Nevin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Harkkonan.
Harkkonan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Harkkonan lands a big shot there that rocks Nevin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Harkkonan looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkkonan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nevin slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nevin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Harkkonan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Nevin manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Nevin lands a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harkkonan fails with a takedown attempt.
Harkkonan walks into a stiff left hand from Nevin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Harkkonan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Harkkonan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nevin can pounce on him.
Nevin stuns Harkkonan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nevin lands a front kick.
Harkkonan throws an off balance right hand
and Nevin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nevin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Harkkonan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nevin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harkkonan misses with a takedown attempt - Nevin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nevin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harkkonan closes the distance and clinches up with Nevin, looking for a takedown. Harkkonan pushes Nevin against the cage but Nevin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bill Nevin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vladimir Harkkonan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Nevin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nevin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harkkonan doesn't seem bothered though.
Harkkonan is breathing heavily.
Nevin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Harkkonan at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Nevin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harkkonan doesn't seem phased though.
Donk. Nevin catches Harkkonan right on the button with a cross.
Nevin thows a body kick. Harkkonan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nevin throws a body punch but Harkkonan moves out of range.
Nevin works Harkkonan's body with a nice hook.
Nevin connects with a solid leg kick.
Vladimir Harkkonan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nevin scores with a shot to the body.
Harkkonan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nevin. Harkkonan shrugs it off though.
Nevin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nevin misses with a wild body shot.
Nevin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Harkkonan doesn't seem bothered though.
Nevin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nevin jabs at Harkkonan's body.
Harkkonan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nevin. Nevin obviously looking to wear him down.
Harkkonan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Harkkonan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nevin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Harkkonan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Nevin digs a good hook to Harkkonan's body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nevin.
Nevin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Harkkonan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Harkkonan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nevin connects with a right hand. Harkkonan shakes it off.
Nevin fakes the leg kick and cracks Harkkonan in the body.
Nevin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nevin scores with a jab to the head.
Bill Nevin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harkkonan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nevin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nevin scores with a leg kick.
Nevin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nevin is looking to wear down Harkkonan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nevin connects with a body shot.
Harkkonan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nevin thuds a left hand into Harkkonan's body.
Nevin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkkonan avoids the body shot from Nevin.
Bill Nevin is winning the standup battle so far.
Nevin lands a jab to Harkkonan's midsection.
Harkkonan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nevin dominated that second 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.

Nevin stuns Harkkonan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nevin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harkkonan will feel that in the morning.
Nevin misses with a wild body shot.
Nevin throws a hook but Harkkonan avoids it easily.
Nevin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A jab from Nevin does it's job there.
Harkkonan has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nevin.
A shot to the body from Nevin misses

and Harkkonan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harkkonan throws a strike but Nevin avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nevin trying to control the position here.
Harkkonan wants to control from the top but Nevin keeps moving.
Harkkonan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkkonan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nevin is pulling down on Harkkonan's head to control his posture.
Harkkonan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nevin is keeping the position for now.
Nevin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bill Nevin.
Harkkonan looks for a takedown but Nevin sprawls well.
Nevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harkkonan was well out of range. Poor timing from Nevin.
Nevin lands a nice shot to the body.
Nevin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nevin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Harkkonan gets a takedown into half guard.
Nevin trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nevin manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nevin is on top in guard.

Nevin gets to his feet. Harkkonan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nevin swings for the body but Harkkonan moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkkonan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nevin works the jab nicely.
Nevin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nevin looks to score with a jab to the body but Harkkonan is just out of range.
Nevin scores with a shot to the body.
Nevin throws a body punch but Harkkonan moves out of range.
Harkkonan avoids the body shot from Nevin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harkkonan.
Nevin throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nevin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nevin clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Harkkonan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nevin stuns Harkkonan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harkkonan shoots in for a takedown but Nevin shows good takedown defense.
Harkkonan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nevin.
Harkkonan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nevin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harkkonan manages to avoid it.

Harkkonan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Harkkonan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Nevin gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nevin is controlling Harkkonan's trapped leg to prevent Harkkonan from advancing to side control.
Harkkonan is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkkonan thows a huge punch but Nevin dodges it nicely.
Harkkonan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Harkkonan with the ground and pound but Nevin uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Nevin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Harkkonan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Harkkonan wants to pass the guard but Nevin is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harkkonan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Harkkonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harkkonan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Harkkonan wants to control from the top but Nevin keeps moving.
Harkkonan throws a strike but Nevin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Nevin wants to stand but Harkkonan is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nevin stands up from Harkkonan's guard - Nevin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Nevin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nevin swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin throws a head kick that Harkkonan semi-blocks.
Harkkonan shoots in but Nevin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nevin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Nevin.
An inside leg kick lands from Nevin.
Nevin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harkkonan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nevin finds it's way round the side to connect with Harkkonan's head.
Nevin lands a right hook to the body.
Nevin scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Nevin had his way with Vladimir Harkkonan in 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. This is the final round!

Nevin cracks Harkkonan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nevin swings for the body but Harkkonan moves out of range.
Nevin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harkkonan fails with the takedown
and Nevin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nevin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Harkkonan has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nevin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harkkonan.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.
Nevin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkkonan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Harkkonan is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Nevin lands with a good body shot.
Nevin lands a jab to Harkkonan's midsection.
Nevin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab by Nevin.
Nevin misses the shot to the body.
Nevin lands with a good body shot.
Nevin misses with a hook.
Nevin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nevin. Harkkonan does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nevin misses with a hook

and Harkkonan counters with a single leg into guard. Nevin didn't expect that.
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!
Nevin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Harkkonan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Harkkonan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harkkonan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harkkonan postures up in Nevin's guard and throws a big left but Nevin blocks it.
Harkkonan is looking to work some ground and pound but Nevin has wrist control.
Harkkonan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nevin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkkonan stopping the sweep attempt from Nevin.
Harkkonan looking to sit in guard and control but Nevin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vladimir Harkkonan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Nevin decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Harkkonan, up you get!
Nevin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harkkonan was well out of range. Poor timing from Nevin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nevin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nevin lunges at Harkkonan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Harkkonan's hand.
Nevin misses with an uppercut
and Harkkonan counters with a left and a right that stings Nevin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nevin.
Nevin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harkkonan's hands.
Nevin connects with a looping right hand.
Harkkonan walks into a straight right hand from Nevin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nevin lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nevin misses with a body shot.
Bill Nevin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nevin thows a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Nevin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nevin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Bill Nevin!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Bill Nevin!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Bill Nevin!

Bill Nevin wins by unanimous decision!
Bill Nevin retains his bantamweight title!