PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yrjo Jarvinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Albino Leffe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarvinen comes into the arena with Frederik - Harva meistä on rautaa blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Jarvinen
vs
Leffe

190 cm
27
253 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

170 cm
26
255 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yrjo Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Albino Leffe!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leffe blocks a head kick by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Leffe moves into the clinch.
Jarvinen lands a left hand.

Jarvinen successfully pulls guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Leffe wants to control from the top but Jarvinen keeps moving.
Jarvinen wants to improve his position but instead Leffe has moved into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leffe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Leffe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Leffe is looking for a kimura but Jarvinen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Leffe to get the leverage.

Jarvinen kicks off Leffe and gets to his feet.
Jarvinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jarvinen moves away from the strike by Leffe.
Jarvinen throws a sloppy head kick and Leffe moves out of range easily.
Jarvinen fails with the takedown
and Leffe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leffe closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Leffe swings for the body but Jarvinen moves out of range.
Leffe looks to score with a jab to the body but Jarvinen is just out of range.
Leffe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jarvinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Leffe.
Jarvinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jarvinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leffe throws out the jab.
Leffe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jarvinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Leffe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leffe blocks a head kick by Jarvinen.
Leffe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jarvinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Leffe avoids the body shot from Jarvinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leffe throws an overhand right that lands on Jarvinen's shoulder, as Jarvinen tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Jarvinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jarvinen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jarvinen.
Leffe cracks Jarvinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Leffe looks to land a right hand but Jarvinen moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Leffe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decent striking displayed by Leffe there.
Jarvinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the liver by Jarvinen. Beautiful body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jarvinen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leffe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jarvinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leffe with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jarvinen counters with a straight right hand.
Leffe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leffe misses with a series of wild punches.
Jarvinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leffe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Leffe.
Jarvinen lands a head shot.

Jarvinen gets the takedown into side control.
Leffe keeping his opponent close.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jarvinen working the body and head with strikes.
Leffe is not content to let Jarvinen control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leffe is looking to regain half guard here but Jarvinen keeps moving and retains side control.
Leffe sneaks back into half guard.
Jarvinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jarvinen is thwarting Leffe's attempts to control the position.
Jarvinen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Jarvinen there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leffe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jarvinen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jarvinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Leffe is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jarvinen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jarvinen's back!
Jarvinen is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yrjo Jarvinen dominated 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.

Jarvinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Leffe should have avoided that one.
Jarvinen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Leffe misses the shot to the body.
Leffe lands a slapping body shot.
Some wild striking there from Jarvinen.
Leffe lands with a cross.
Leffe swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Jarvinen counter with a right hand.
Jarvinen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Leffe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Leffe takes the fight into the clinch.
Jarvinen gets through Leffe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leffe takes a shot to the head.
Leffe misses with a knee to the head.
Leffe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leffe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leffe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jarvinen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen fails to pull guard.

Jarvinen ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jarvinen no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jarvinen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jarvinen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Leffe!
Leffe is bucking up trying to escape but Jarvinen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jarvinen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jarvinen lands with some strikes.
Leffe working to try and regain half guard.
Jarvinen avoids the attempt from Leffe to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jarvinen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oooh a big shot lands for Jarvinen! Leffe is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yrjo Jarvinen!
A very excited looking Yrjo Jarvinen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.