PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietila has chosen Hard Night Out by Professor Green as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Jones
vs
Pietila

225 cm
32
280 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

183 cm
27
276 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sakke Pietila!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Pietila misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones scores with a one two! Pietila had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Jones clinches up against the cage.

Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pietila slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pietila is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.

Pietila instigates a clinch.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Pietila, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pietila.
Pietila stalling in the clinch.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pietila is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pietila throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones tightens his grip and picks Pietila up, before dumping him to the ground. Pietila manages to land in guard.
Pietila wants to sweep but no luck.
Pietila is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pietila wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Let's hope that Pietila has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Sakke Pietila has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.

It looks like Sakke Pietila has been cut.
Jones cracks Pietila with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pietila misses with an uppercut.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pietila ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pietila misses with a straight right.
Pietila misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pietila tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Pietila pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Pietila tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pietila landing knees to the head.
Pietila lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pietila is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Pietila keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The referee calls for Pietila to work.
Pietila tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Pietila back against the cage.
Pietila tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietila tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Pietila tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Pietila has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Pietila misses with a punch to the body.
Pietila has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pietila prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Pietila looking to slow down the pace here.
Pietila tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Pietila misses with some punches.
Jones blocks an uppercut.

Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pietila misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pietila.
Pietila connects with a single shot there.
Pietila explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Pietila throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pietila, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones moves away from the strike by Pietila.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pietila.

Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Pietila throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones blocking some punches.
Pietila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sakke Pietila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sakke Pietila's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pietila has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Pietila with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pietila misses with some punches.
Pietila scores with a hook to the body.
Pietila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pietila misses with a punch to the body.
Pietila content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pietila tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones tries to break free but Pietila pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pietila misses with a body punch.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pietila lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pietila.
Pietila throws an elbow that misses.
Pietila lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pietila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pietila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pietila fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pietila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pietila lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pietila has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pietila lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pietila.
Pietila lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Pietila lands an elbow inside.
Pietila working aggressively here.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Pietila is controlling him.
Pietila gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Dave Jones has been cut.
Pietila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pietila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pietila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sakke Pietila seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pietila throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pietila misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Pietila keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Pietila.
Pietila lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietila looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Pietila can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Pietila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pietila tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Pietila.
Pietila lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pietila trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pietila into the cage.
Pietila pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pietila.
Pietila lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Pietila gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pietila with a knee to the head.
Pietila lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Pietila pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pietila lands a knee to the head.

Jones is rocked!
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Pietila.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pietila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Pietila on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pietila working aggressively here.
Pietila lands a big right hand that drops Jones! The killer instinct kicks in and Pietila finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pietila!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sakke Pietila!
Sakke Pietila tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.