PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tulinen Janne Ensio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhu is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Nine / Make Or Take. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Janne Ensio
vs
Karhu

160 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tulinen Janne Ensio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Janne Ensio looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
Karhu avoids the body shot from Janne Ensio.

Karhu gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Janne Ensio is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Janne Ensio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karhu is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Karhu is on top in guard.
Janne Ensio really is a fat lump.
Janne Ensio wants to sweep here but Karhu controlling him for the moment.
Karhu trying to control the position from guard on top but Janne Ensio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Janne Ensio working for submissions but it's allowed Karhu to get to half guard.
Karhu passes into side control, despite Janne Ensio's attempt to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu is looking to take a break and control but Janne Ensio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Janne Ensio struggling a bit here.
Janne Ensio sneaks back into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Janne Ensio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Janne Ensio is trying to maintain the position but Karhu is very close to passing his half guard.

Karhu is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Janne Ensio defends it well.
Karhu thows a huge punch but Janne Ensio dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio wants to improve his position but Karhu is controlling well.
Janne Ensio manages to get to full guard.

Janne Ensio has an active guard here but Karhu has managed to pass into half guard.
Janne Ensio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Janne Ensio trying to control from the bottom.
Janne Ensio is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio regains full guard. Nicely done.
Karhu stopping the sweep attempt from Janne Ensio.
Karhu not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Janne Ensio looking for a sweep. Not yet Janne Ensio, not yet.
Janne Ensio is trying to hold Karhu in close to prevent damage but Karhu has managed to pass into half guard.
Janne Ensio wants to get back to full guard.
Karhu wants to control but Janne Ensio is keeping him busy.

Karhu seems to be looking for submissions.
Janne Ensio is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Karhu's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Karhu's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio lands strikes to the head.
Karhu trying to control the hands but Janne Ensio won't let him.
Karhu prevents Janne Ensio from getting a body triangle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Janne Ensio avoiding Karhu 's attempts to control his hands.
Karhu looking very determined here, making life difficult for Janne Ensio.
Janne Ensio keeps control of the position as Karhu tries to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Janne Ensio struggling to keep hold of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tulinen Janne Ensio dominated that 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.

Karhu defending well as Janne Ensio loads up on a big left hand.
Karhu looks for the body kick but Janne Ensio saw that one coming.
Karhu shoots for a takedown but Janne Ensio saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Janne Ensio misses with an uppercut.
Veikko Karhu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karhu connects with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Janne Ensio or perhaps it was just good defense by Karhu which made him look bad.
Janne Ensio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Karhu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Janne Ensio as Karhu tries to tie him up.
Karhu is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Janne Ensio is defending well.
Karhu tries to pull guard but Janne Ensio won't allow it.
Tulinen Janne Ensio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Veikko Karhu.

Karhu gets control of Janne Ensio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Karhu will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Janne Ensio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Janne Ensio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Janne Ensio trying to control the position from guard on top but Karhu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Janne Ensio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Karhu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tulinen Janne Ensio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janne Ensio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Karhu pushes Janne Ensio away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Janne Ensio gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Janne Ensio working the body and head with strikes.
Janne Ensio is looking to take a break and control but Karhu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Janne Ensio landing strikes.
Janne Ensio is working Karhu over with some ground and pound from side control.
Karhu is looking to reverse the position.
Janne Ensio lands some shots froms side control.
Janne Ensio working the body and head with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Janne Ensio trying to control the position but Karhu is working away.
Janne Ensio lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Karhu down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio landing strikes.
Janne Ensio trying to control the action but Karhu is working from the bottom.
Janne Ensio takes a little break here. Karhu wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Karhu is trying to control Janne Ensio's posture but Janne Ensio avoids it.
Janne Ensio looks up at the clock and then as Karhu takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Janne Ensio smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Karhu sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Janne Ensio controlling the action here.
Janne Ensio is pressing down on Karhu's thigh, looking to free his foot. Karhu is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu punching from the bottom.
Janne Ensio not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Janne Ensio wants to work for an arm triangle but Karhu is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Janne Ensio working Karhu over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Janne Ensio connects with a nice short shot to Karhu's temple.
Ground and pound from Janne Ensio.
Janne Ensio working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Karhu wants to get back to his feet.
Janne Ensio takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Janne Ensio thows a huge punch but Karhu dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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!
Janne Ensio looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karhu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Janne Ensio seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Janne Ensio perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Janne Ensio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Janne Ensio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Janne Ensio stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Janne Ensio uses his free foot to push down on Karhu's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Karhu.
Janne Ensio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karhu is breathing heavily.
Janne Ensio lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janne Ensio tries to control but Karhu wriggling away.
Karhu taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tulinen Janne Ensio dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Janne Ensio steps into range and cracks Karhu with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Karhu flops backwards and Janne Ensio dives into his guard looking to finish!

Karhu is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Janne Ensio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Karhu is still in real trouble! Can Janne Ensio finish him?
Janne Ensio connects with a couple of short punches.
Janne Ensio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Karhu keeping moving, preventing Janne Ensio from controlling successfully.
Janne Ensio distracts Karhu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Janne Ensio 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.
Janne Ensio lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Janne Ensio landing with the ground and pound.
Janne Ensio works over Karhu with some ground and pound from guard.
Janne Ensio postures up and lands a big shot to Karhu's brow.
Janne Ensio is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Janne Ensio with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janne Ensio throwing strikes from guard but Karhu blocks nicely.
Janne Ensio passes Karhu's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Janne Ensio controlling the action here.
Karhu is refusing to be controlled, as Janne Ensio sits in half guard.
Karhu seems to have recovered his senses.
Karhu is looking to control Janne Ensio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Karhu avoid being mounted?
Janne Ensio lands with a punch from half guard.
Janne Ensio lands with a punch from half guard.
Janne Ensio is trying to control the action in half guard but Karhu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Karhu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Janne Ensio scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio working over Karhu with some ground and pound. Karhu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karhu manages to get to full guard.
Janne Ensio landing some decent shots from guard.
Karhu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karhu looking to control.
Karhu trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Janne Ensio stopping the sweep attempt from Karhu.
Janne Ensio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Janne Ensio throwing strikes but missing.
Janne Ensio is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janne Ensio advances position into side control!
Karhu is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Karhu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Karhu tries to buck Janne Ensio off but Janne Ensio is having none of it.
Karhu is not content to let Janne Ensio control the position.
Janne Ensio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karhu can do to turn this around?
Karhu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Janne Ensio scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu takes a nasty elbow to 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!
Karhu taking punishment in the form of punches.
Janne Ensio lands a strong strike to the head of Karhu. That's dazed him! Janne Ensio looking to finish here. Karhu is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Janne Ensio lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tulinen Janne Ensio!