PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaakko Teppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ely Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Teppo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jaakko Teppo - Hilma ja Onni. On his way into the cage it seems that Jaakko Teppo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jaakko Teppo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Teppo
vs
Scott

185 cm
32
199 lbs
25 - 13 - 0

197 cm
28
218 lbs
18 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Teppo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ely Scott!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Teppo tenderised Scott's leg. Scott is trying to keep his angry face on.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott throws a lazy body kick
and Teppo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Scott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teppo.
Teppo staying out of range there.

Teppo clinches with his opponent.
Teppo is trying to push Scott away but Scott has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Teppo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Teppo lands a right hand.
Scott keeps control of Teppo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Scott prevents Teppo from breaking the clinch.
Scott wants a takedown.
Teppo lands a shoulder strike.
Teppo gets underhooks to prevent Scott's takedown attempt.
Jaakko Teppo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ely Scott.
Teppo gets through Scott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Scott jumps guard but Teppo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teppo has Scott pressed against the cage, preventing Scott from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Teppo blocks a body shot from Scott.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott is trying to break the clinch but Teppo has him pressed against the cage.

Teppo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Scott defending well as Teppo loads up on a big left hand.
Teppo wants to clinch.
Scott misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Scott shoots for a takedown but Teppo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jaakko Teppo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Teppo gets tackled into the cage by Scott. Scott maintains the clinch.
Teppo prevents a takedown attempt there.

Teppo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Teppo tries to clinch there but Scott circles away.
Teppo cracks Scott with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Teppo clinches up with Scott and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo misses with a body punch.
Teppo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Scott pulls Teppo into guard.
Teppo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Scott escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Teppo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scott is trying to control the position but Teppo postures up.

Scott is looking for a triangle but Teppo pushes his legs off easily.
Teppo wants to control from the top but Scott keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jaakko Teppo wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Scott gets a takedown into half guard.

Scott is working for a submission of some sort.
Teppo tries to roll over but Scott keeps him under control.

Scott wants to work for an arm triangle but Teppo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Teppo wants to control but Scott is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Teppo wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo wants to control but Scott is keeping busy.
Teppo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Scott is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Teppo defends it well.

Scott is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Teppo is trying to stand back up but Scott is controlling him
Scott wants to take a breather but Teppo is having none of it.
Teppo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Teppo taking some punishment here, with Scott in his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teppo is looking to escape.

Scott looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Teppo is trying to maintain the position but Scott is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jaakko Teppo will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Scott misses with a takedown attempt - Teppo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Teppo throws a right and a left that Scott avoids nicely.
Scott looks for a takedown but Teppo sprawls well.
Sloppy strikes from Scott. Those never looked like landing.
Teppo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teppo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Scott changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Teppo tries to avoid it but Scott manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Teppo to the ground. Teppo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jaakko Teppo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ely Scott.
Teppo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teppo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A combination from Scott does no damage.
Teppo misses with an uppercut. Scott saw that one coming.
Teppo connects with a body shot.
Scott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teppo lands with a straight right. Scott didn't see that one coming.
Teppo misses with a straight right.
Teppo blocks a jab.
Teppo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Teppo looks to throw the jab but Scott is out of range.
Scott shoots in but no luck this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo slaps away a takedown attempt from Scott, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Teppo clinches up with Scott and pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Scott as Teppo tries to tie him up.
Scott tries to pull guard but Teppo won't allow it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teppo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Teppo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Scott is breathing heavily.
Teppo avoiding damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Teppo.
Teppo is leaning against Scott and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Teppo.

Teppo manages to break the clinch.
Jaakko Teppo is winning the standup battle so far.
Teppo lands a jab.
Ely Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Teppo tries to clinch up but Scott circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teppo tries to clinch but Scott moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Teppo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Scott shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Teppo defends it nicely.
Scott moves out of range as Teppo throws a body kick.
Scott takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Teppo here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Scott closes the distance and clinches up with Teppo, looking for a takedown. Scott pushes Teppo against the cage but Teppo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Teppo clinches up with Scott and pushes him back against the cage.
Scott effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Teppo throws a punch but it's blocked by Scott.
Teppo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scotts head.
Scott is looking to control Teppo's arms but Teppo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Scott has his back to the cage.
Teppo lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Teppo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Teppo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaakko Teppo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Scott takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scott swats away the attempt to clinch by Teppo.
Teppo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Scott missing with a left hand there. Teppo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scott shoots in for a takedown but Teppo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Teppo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Teppo connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Teppo coming out on top.
Teppo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Scott moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teppo keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Teppo pinned against the cage. Teppo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Teppo clinches up with Scott and pushes him back against the cage.
Scott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Scott jumps guard but Teppo stands there with Scott around his waist. Scott gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Teppo prevents the takedown attempt.
Jaakko Teppo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ely Scott.
Teppo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Scott backwards.
Scott wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Scott tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Scott has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Teppo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Teppo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Scotts head.
Scott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Scott tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teppo.
Teppo lands a hook to the side of the head.

Scott is rocked!
Jaakko Teppo has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Teppo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scott is still on wobbly legs! Can Teppo finish him?

Teppo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Teppo avoiding damage.
Teppo lands a nice uppercut.
Teppo pushes Scott against the cage. Teppo is working some dirty boxing. Teppo pushes off with a quick right hook! Scott goes down! Scott tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Teppo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaakko Teppo!
Jaakko Teppo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.