PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johannes van Bruggen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osmo Soininvaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soininvaara is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by country shit remix- ludacris, big krit, bun b. 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.

van Bruggen
vs
Soininvaara

185 cm
27
210 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

190 cm
25
220 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johannes van Bruggen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osmo Soininvaara!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soininvaara thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Soininvaara checks a leg kick.
Johannes van Bruggen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soininvaara throws out a leg kick but van Bruggen moves out of range and Soininvaara only half commits.
Soininvaara avoids the body shot from van Bruggen.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Soininvaara lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and van Bruggen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from van Bruggen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
van Bruggen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soininvaara moves away.
van Bruggen thows a body shot but no joy.
van Bruggen misses with a looping right.
Soininvaara scores with a hook.
van Bruggen lands a glancing blow to the side of Soininvaara's head.
van Bruggen scores with a leg kick.
Soininvaara throws a one two combo.
van Bruggen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Soininvaara on the side of the head.
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!
Soininvaara bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of van Bruggen's head.
van Bruggen moves out of range as Soininvaara strikes.
Soininvaara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
van Bruggen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen lands a jab to the nose.
van Bruggen throws an overhand right that lands on Soininvaara's shoulder, as Soininvaara tries to avoid the shot.
van Bruggen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soininvaara throws out the jab.
Soininvaara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and van Bruggen counters with a nice uppercut.
van Bruggen throws the left hand but Soininvaara avoids the punch easily.

van Bruggen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soininvaara, pushing him back against the cage.
van Bruggen prevents a body shot from Soininvaara.
Soininvaara scores with a knee to the head.
Soininvaara is looking to control van Bruggen's arms but van Bruggen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Soininvaara has his back to the cage.
van Bruggen managing to block the knees to the body from Soininvaara.
van Bruggen works on Soininvaara's body with a couple of short punches.
van Bruggen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Soininvaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from van Bruggen.
Soininvaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
van Bruggen working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Bruggen misses with a punch to the body.
Soininvaara tries to throw a body punch but van Bruggen avoids it by throwing Soininvaara back against the cage.
van Bruggen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
van Bruggen lands a hook to the side of the head.
van Bruggen taking a breather.
A short left from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen taking a breather.
van Bruggen prevents a body shot from Soininvaara.
Soininvaara blocking some punches.
van Bruggen lands a hook that snaps the head of Soininvaara backwards.
van Bruggen lands a body punch in the clinch.
van Bruggen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Soininvaara.
van Bruggen has Soininvaara pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen lands with a right to the head.
Soininvaara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
van Bruggen scores with a hook to the body.
Soininvaara is looking to control van Bruggen's arms but van Bruggen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Soininvaara has his back to the cage.
Soininvaara can't find room to land a body shot as van Bruggen controls the action.
Soininvaara is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
van Bruggen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Soininvaara scores with a hook to the body.
Soininvaara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soininvaara missing with knees to the body.
Soininvaara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
van Bruggen avoiding damage as Soininvaara throws knees to the body.
van Bruggen gets through Soininvaara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
van Bruggen lands a nice shot to the body.
Soininvaara lands a nice knee to the body.
van Bruggen pushes Soininvaara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van Bruggen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soininvaara is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from van Bruggen.
A nice left hand lands by van Bruggen.
van Bruggen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
van Bruggen is trying to drag Soininvaara to the mat but Soininvaara just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Soininvaara trying to land knees to the body.

van Bruggen gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
van Bruggen forces his way into half guard.
van Bruggen looks to land a strike but Soininvaara avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van Bruggen tries to free his leg and advance position but Soininvaara is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
van Bruggen stopping the sweep attempt from Soininvaara.
van Bruggen pushes down on Soininvaara's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johannes van Bruggen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A low kick from Soininvaara is predictable there
and van Bruggen counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Soininvaara.
Soininvaara tries to clinch
and van Bruggen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Soininvaara's knee momentarily.
van Bruggen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Soininvaara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
van Bruggen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Soininvaara takes a swing at van Bruggen's ribcage but misses.
Soininvaara tried to score with a low kick but van Bruggen checks it.
van Bruggen misses with a hook.
Soininvaara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
van Bruggen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soininvaara moves away.
Soininvaara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen moves out of range as Soininvaara strikes.
Soininvaara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Osmo Soininvaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Soininvaara slaps away a takedown attempt from van Bruggen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
van Bruggen loads up on a big right hand but Soininvaara slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soininvaara missing with a left hand there. van Bruggen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
van Bruggen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Soininvaara lands a two punch combo.
Osmo Soininvaara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab lands there for Soininvaara.
van Bruggen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soininvaara moves away.
van Bruggen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Soininvaara.
van Bruggen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van Bruggen throws a shot from downtown. Soininvaara moves away and avoids it.
Soininvaara gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Soininvaara throws a leg kick which misses van Bruggen's front leg but catches the back leg as van Bruggen tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

van Bruggen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soininvaara, pushing him back against the cage.
van Bruggen tries to throw a body punch but Soininvaara avoids it by throwing van Bruggen back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen can't find room to land a body shot as Soininvaara controls the action.
Soininvaara is trying to stall.
van Bruggen is looking for a takedown.
van Bruggen trying to stall but Soininvaara improves his position.
Soininvaara prevents a body shot from van Bruggen.
van Bruggen is working Soininvaara over against the cage.
Johannes van Bruggen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Soininvaara as van Bruggen tries to tie him up.
van Bruggen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
van Bruggen working aggressively here.
van Bruggen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nice elbow from Soininvaara.

It looks like Johannes van Bruggen has been cut.
van Bruggen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Soininvaara.
van Bruggen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soininvaara blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
van Bruggen stalling in the clinch.
van Bruggen lands an uppercut.
Soininvaara's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
van Bruggen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soininvaara lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Soininvaara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
van Bruggen tries to throw a body punch but Soininvaara avoids it by throwing van Bruggen back against the cage.
Soininvaara trying to control the position but instead, van Bruggen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Soininvaara into the cage.
van Bruggen looking to slow down the pace here.
Soininvaara is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but van Bruggen is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soininvaara blocking some punches.
van Bruggen is trying to maintain a safe position but Soininvaara gets an underhook and turns van Bruggen into the cage.
van Bruggen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Soininvaara pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johannes van Bruggen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van Bruggen misses the shot to the body.
van Bruggen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Soininvaara just misses with a punch to the body.
Soininvaara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
van Bruggen 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.
van Bruggen shoots in for a takedown but Soininvaara shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Soininvaara.
van Bruggen lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van Bruggen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johannes van Bruggen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johannes van Bruggen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

van Bruggen connects with a body shot.
Soininvaara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from van Bruggen.
A big left from van Bruggen misses.
van Bruggen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soininvaara.

van Bruggen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Soininvaara's half guard.

van Bruggen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
van Bruggen wants to pass the guard but Soininvaara is defending well.
Soininvaara wants to improve his position but van Bruggen is controlling well.
Soininvaara is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of van Bruggen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take van Bruggen's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
van Bruggen is keeping busy.
Soininvaara wants to control but van Bruggen manages to buck him off and is now in Soininvaara's guard! Nice work there by van Bruggen!
van Bruggen trying to control but Soininvaara is working from the bottom.
van Bruggen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Soininvaara escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. van Bruggen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
van Bruggen looking to pass the guard.
Osmo Soininvaara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soininvaara keeping moving, preventing van Bruggen from controlling successfully.
van Bruggen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Soininvaara avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
van Bruggen trying to control the position from guard on top but Soininvaara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Soininvaara throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
van Bruggen works over Soininvaara with some ground and pound from guard.
van Bruggen lands a couple of elbows.
van Bruggen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Soininvaara swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van Bruggen is working hard here to advance position.
Soininvaara is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Soininvaara looking to control.
Soininvaara might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control van Bruggen kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Osmo Soininvaara.

van Bruggen darts in and clinches Soininvaara up against the cage.
Soininvaara struggles to land a body shot inside as van Bruggen controls his hands.
Soininvaara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Soininvaara misses with an elbow over the top.
van Bruggen can't find room to land a body shot as Soininvaara controls the action.
van Bruggen being controlled against the cage.

van Bruggen manages to break the clinch.
Johannes van Bruggen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by van Bruggen.
Soininvaara moves away from the strike by van Bruggen.
Soininvaara is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by van Bruggen.
Soininvaara just misses with a punch to the body.
van Bruggen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Soininvaara drops van Bruggen with a beautiful combination! van Bruggen stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Soininvaara is looking for the KO!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soininvaara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. van Bruggen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
van Bruggen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
van Bruggen tries to work over Soininvaara's front leg with a kick but Soininvaara checks it.
van Bruggen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van Bruggen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
van Bruggen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Soininvaara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soininvaara misses the shot to the body.

van Bruggen drives through and clinches with Soininvaara against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johannes van Bruggen.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for van Bruggen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johannes van Bruggen!
During a confident post fight interview, Johannes van Bruggen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.