PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juuso Jaakkosela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Duddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Duddy's choice of entrance music: Dropkick Murphys - 'Loyal to No One'. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jaakkosela
vs
Duddy

189 cm
24
192 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

182 cm
28
196 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juuso Jaakkosela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Duddy!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaakkosela throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duddy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Juuso Jaakkosela has been cut.
Jaakkosela lands with a straight right. Duddy didn't see that one coming.
Duddy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaakkosela.
Nice shot lands for Duddy.
Jaakkosela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaakkosela throws the left hand but Duddy avoids the punch easily.
Duddy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sloppy strikes from Jaakkosela. Those never looked like landing.
Jaakkosela throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jaakkosela throws a series of punches but Duddy avoids them all with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Duddy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danga de danga de dang - Duddy scores with a four punch combination!
Duddy misses with a low kick.
Jaakkosela ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jaakkosela lands with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaakkosela looks to land a combination but Duddy avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jaakkosela. Duddy does a little dance to reset his feet.
That kick from Duddy tenderised Jaakkosela's leg. Jaakkosela is trying to keep his angry face on.
Duddy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jaakkosela swivels and escapes.
Jaakkosela throws a lazy uppercut
and Duddy counters with an inside leg kick.
Jaakkosela thows a left - swing and a miss!
Duddy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jaakkosela.
Duddy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaakkosela.
Duddy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jaakkosela throws a combination that misses
and Duddy counters with an outside leg kick.
Jaakkosela throws a left and a right that both miss
and Duddy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Jaakkosela misses.
Jaakkosela swinging wildly here.
Duddy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jaakkosela connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duddy scrambles back to his feet.
Jaakkosela throws a right and a left that Duddy avoids nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Duddy there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaakkosela fails to land with a series of punches.
Jaakkosela connects with a body shot that sends Duddy's belly button to the back.
Duddy slips a jab from Jaakkosela.

Duddy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jaakkosela wants to sweep but Duddy has passed to side control!
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duddy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Duddy working away.
Jaakkosela tries to buck Duddy off but Duddy is having none of it.
Duddy trying to control the position but Jaakkosela is working away.
Jaakkosela stops Duddy from passing to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duddy trying to control the position but Jaakkosela is working away.
Jaakkosela prevents Duddy from improving position.
Jaakkosela is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Duddy off and has taken his back!
Duddy tries to roll but Jaakkosela sticks to his back.

Jaakkosela is looking for a rear naked choke here but Duddy reverses the position brilliantly into Jaakkosela's guard!
Jaakkosela looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Duddy puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaakkosela tries to roll over but Duddy keeps him under control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duddy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jaakkosela does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Duddy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Juuso Jaakkosela's cut.
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.

Jaakkosela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duddy circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaakkosela throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duddy counters with a nice uppercut.
Jaakkosela avoids the head kick by Duddy.
Juuso Jaakkosela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duddy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Duddy avoids the body shot from Jaakkosela.
Jaakkosela throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duddy misses with an uppercut.
Jaakkosela lands a jab-cross combination.
Duddy looks to throw the jab but Jaakkosela is out of range.
Jaakkosela swinging wildly here.
Duddy misses with a wild body shot.
Jaakkosela scores with a jab.
Jaakkosela throws a hook but Duddy avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaakkosela jabs Duddy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Duddy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jaakkosela sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Duddy somewhat.
Jaakkosela lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Duddy at a distance.
Jaakkosela swinging wildly here.
Duddy misses with a straight left.
Jaakkosela throws a series of punches but Duddy moves out of range.
Jaakkosela misses with a double jab.
Jaakkosela throws a right hand that misses
and Duddy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jaakkosela throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Duddy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Duddy swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duddy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Duddy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jaakkosela lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Duddy backs up against the cage.

It looks like John Duddy has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jaakkosela throws a body kick that misses.
Jaakkosela scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Juuso Jaakkosela is winning the standup battle so far.
Duddy just misses with a punch to the body.
Jaakkosela misses with a body punch
letting Duddy counter with a right hand.
Duddy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jaakkosela throws out the jab.
Jaakkosela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Duddy.
Jaakkosela needs to keep his hands up - Duddy had a free shot at his head there.
Jaakkosela misses with a straight right.
Jaakkosela takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Duddy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duddy misses with a few strikes there.
Jaakkosela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duddy circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaakkosela throws an off balance right hand
and Duddy counters with a stiff right hand.
Duddy looks to land a combination but Jaakkosela avoids it well.
Jaakkosela jabs Duddy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Jaakkosela there.
Jaakkosela paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jaakkosela tries to bum rush Duddy with a series of wild strikes but Duddy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jaakkosela misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jaakkosela lands a glancing blow to the side of Duddy's head.
Jaakkosela scores with a body shot.
Jaakkosela looks to land a combination but Duddy avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaakkosela misses with the combination.
Duddy closes the distance and clinches up with Jaakkosela, looking for a takedown. Duddy pushes Jaakkosela against the cage but Jaakkosela circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jaakkosela swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Duddy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duddy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duddy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jaakkosela as he avoids it easily.
Juuso Jaakkosela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Duddy.
Jaakkosela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Duddy circles away quickly and effectively.
Jaakkosela misses with an uppercut.
Jaakkosela lands a glancing blow to the side of Duddy's head.
Duddy shoots in looking for a takedown but Jaakkosela manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Duddy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch combination from Jaakkosela misses.
Duddy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheers as Jaakkosela lands an impressive looking overhand right. Duddy doesn't seem phased though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juuso Jaakkosela dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A punch combination from Jaakkosela misses.
Jaakkosela is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jaakkosela misses with a wild combination.
Duddy cracks Jaakkosela with a good jab.
Duddy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duddy throws out a loose jab but Jaakkosela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jaakkosela moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duddy looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaakkosela is just out of range.
Jaakkosela throws a combination that misses
enabling Duddy to counter with a crisp jab.

Jaakkosela is rocked!
Jaakkosela throws a combination that misses
and Duddy counters with a crisp right that sends Jaakkosela to the canvas! Duddy follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Duddy!
John Duddy thanked the fans post fight for their support.