PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jyrki Katainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jones might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Oscar Jones could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jyrki Katainen's chin.

Jones
vs
Katainen

190 cm
27
197 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

187 cm
26
194 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oscar Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyrki Katainen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katainen throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Katainen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Katainen throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Katainen throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Katainen misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has Katainen backing up. Katainen nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Jyrki Katainen has been cut.
Jyrki Katainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Katainen misses.
Katainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Katainen.
The crowd cheers as Katainen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones throws a body punch but Katainen moves out of range.
Jones throws a hook but Katainen blocks it.

Katainen gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Katainen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
Katainen controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but Katainen is having none of it.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Katainen controlling from mount.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to hold on but Katainen pushes him away.
Katainen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Katainen controlling the position easily from mount.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Katainen's attempts to control the action.
Jones tries to buck Katainen off but he can't manage it.
Jones is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Katainen controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katainen trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jyrki Katainen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jyrki Katainen's cut.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katainen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Katainen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katainen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones defending well as Katainen loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Katainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Jones.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Katainen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Katainen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katainen lands with a right hand.

Jones is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Katainen! Jones is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jyrki Katainen!
Jyrki Katainen made sure to mention his sponsor, Adrenaline in his post fight interview.