PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pillu Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Parker has chosen Bong Tokin Alcoholics-KottonmouthKings as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haukka
vs
Parker

225 cm
28
265 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
257 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pillu Haukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeff Parker!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left and a right from Haukka both land. Nice combination.
Haukka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parker misses with a hook.
Parker fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Parker misses the target.
Haukka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Haukka fails to land with a series of punches.
Haukka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Haukka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Parker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haukka misses with a double jab

and Parker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Parker.
Parker works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Parker is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Parker is looking to stall here but Haukka recovers full guard.
Parker seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parker trying to control but Haukka is working from the bottom.
Parker wants to pass the guard but Haukka is keeping the position.
Parker wants to control from the top but Haukka keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka is looking to stand up but Parker isn't so interested in that idea.
Parker pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Haukka is keeping the position for now.
Haukka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Parker on the ground.

Parker drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Haukka dives on top into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Haukka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Haukka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Parker is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Parker throws his legs up looking for a submission but Haukka uses it to pass to side control.
Parker regains half guard.

Parker looking for submissions off his back.
Parker tries to roll over but Haukka keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Haukka decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Parker gets a double leg takedown into Haukka's guard.
Parker stops Haukka from standing up.
Haukka keeping moving, preventing Parker from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haukka wants to stand up but Parker is controlling him.
Parker looking to sit in guard and control but Haukka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Haukka got a little sloppy there for a moment and Parker has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Haukka has managed to get both his arms back between Parker's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haukka wanted to stand there but Parker had control of the position.
Haukka in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sloppy strikes from Haukka. Those never looked like landing.
Haukka leaves Parker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Parker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Parker looking for a takedown.
Pillu Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Parker.

Haukka successfully pulls guard.

Parker has gone for a leg lock! Haukka slips out almost immediately though and dives into Parker's guard.
Haukka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Haukka tries to stand but Parker is controlling from the bottom.
Haukka throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Parker looking for a guillotine here but Haukka defends easily.
Haukka is looking to stand up but Parker won't let him.

Parker working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Haukka doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Haukka manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Parker is looking for a triangle but Haukka pushes his legs off easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haukka wants to stand and escape but instead Parker has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Parker drops back, looking for a kneebar! Haukka looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Haukka looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Haukka!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parker wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Haukka decides to stand back up. Haukka steps back and let's Parker get back to his feet.
Haukka connects with a looping right hand.
Haukka lands a jab to Parker's midsection.
Parker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Parker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Haukka.
Haukka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Parker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Parker misses with a body shot.
Haukka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haukka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parker.
Haukka doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.
Haukka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parker shoots in looking for a takedown but Haukka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Parker's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Horrible takedown by Parker or perhaps it was just good defense by Haukka which made him look bad.

Haukka rushes Parker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Parker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Haukka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Haukka gets through Parker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Haukka breaks from the clinch.
Parker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haukka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haukka misses with the combination.
Haukka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Parker fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Haukka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haukka displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Parker.
Parker is breathing heavily.
Haukka lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parker shoots in for a double leg but Haukka sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Haukka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Parker with a lazy takedown attempt
and Haukka counters with a two punch combo.
Parker with a lazy takedown attempt
and Haukka counters with a stiff right hand.
Haukka tries to bum rush Parker with a series of wild strikes but Parker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Haukka misses with the combination.
Haukka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parker circles away quickly and effectively.
Haukka looks to land a combination. Parker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pillu Haukka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Parker looks for a takedown but Haukka sprawls well.
Pillu Haukka is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haukka throws a series of punches but Parker avoids them all with ease.
Parker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Parker shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Haukka defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pillu Haukka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Parker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Haukka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pillu Haukka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Haukka misses.
Haukka stuffs the takedown.
Parker misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pillu Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Parker.
Parker fails with the takedown
and Haukka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Parker shoots for a double leg takedown but Haukka sprawls well. He's pushed Parker's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Haukka misses with a series of wild punches.
Haukka doesn't manage to clinch there - Parker circles away.

Parker gets tackled into the cage by Haukka. Haukka maintains the clinch.
A short uppercut from Haukka.
Parker tries to break free but Haukka pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Haukka keeps control of Parker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Parker can't get the takedown.
Parker tries to break free but Haukka pushes him back against the cage.
Haukka is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Haukka prevents Parker from breaking the clinch.

Haukka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haukka lands a jab-cross combination.
Haukka stuffs the takedown.
Parker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Parker misses the shot to the body.
Haukka scores with a hook.
Parker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Haukka moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haukka lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Parker jumps guard but Haukka turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Parker breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Haukka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Haukka moves into range and clinches up with Parker.
Parker misses with a hook from the clinch.

Parker has hold of one of Haukka's legs. Haukka is fighting the takedown attempt but Parker gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Parker pushing down on Haukka's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Parker looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Haukka has one foot on Parker's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Parker is defended easily by Haukka.
Haukka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Parker circles away quickly and effectively.
Haukka scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Jeff Parker has been cut.
Haukka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Haukka stuffs the takedown.
Haukka misses with a double jab.

Haukka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Parker, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parker is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Haukka to keep the fight standing.

Haukka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Parker shoots in and drives through. Haukka sprawls well.

Haukka moves into the clinch.

Parker ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Parker no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Haukka working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Parker is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Parker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haukka.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Parker working for submissions but it's allowed Haukka to get to half guard.

Haukka stands up out of the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pillu Haukka showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Haukka 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pillu Haukka!
In his post fight interview, Pillu Haukka started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.