PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iso Pienela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Leonard Christopher was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Pienela
vs
Christopher

170 cm
25
267 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ace C

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iso Pienela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leonard Christopher!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Pienela misses
letting Christopher counter with a right hand.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Christopher has eaten all the pies!
Pienela misses with a looping left.
Pienela connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pienela. Christopher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pienela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christopher.
Pienela defending well as Christopher loads up on a big left hand.
Christopher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christopher blocks a jab.
Pienela walks into a straight right hand from Christopher.
Pienela moves away from the strike by Christopher.
Pienela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christopher.
Pienela lunges at Christopher with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Christopher's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christopher misses with a hook. Pienela ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pienela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christopher was well out of range. Poor timing from Pienela.
Pienela misses the shot to the body.
Christopher misses with a series of wild punches.
Pienela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christopher lands a head shot.
Christopher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christopher cracks Pienela with a good jab.
Christopher staying out of range there.
Pienela slips a straight right by Christopher.
Christopher avoids the body shot from Pienela.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pienela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pienela swings for the body but Christopher moves out of range.
Pienela takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Pienela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pienela misses with a wild body shot.
Pienela connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Pienela darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pienela digs a good body shot into Christopher's ribs.
Pienela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christopher.
Pienela keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christopher misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pienela thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheers as Christopher lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pienela doesn't seem phased though.
Pienela tries to bum rush Christopher with a series of wild strikes but Christopher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice straight punches there by Pienela. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pienela.
Pienela swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Pienela throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christopher fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pienela displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christopher throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pienela. Christopher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christopher ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pienela lands with an uppercut that bounces Christopher off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pienela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Christopher.
Pienela tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christopher was well out of range. Poor timing from Pienela.
Christopher misses with an uppercut.
Christopher's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Christopher duly obliges.
Pienela misses with a double jab.
Pienela misses with a looping right.
Christopher wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pienela walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pienela takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iso Pienela dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Pienela slips under a jab from Christopher.
Pienela walks into a straight right hand from Christopher.
Christopher throws a good cross that connects.
Jab by Christopher.
Pienela moves out of range of the strikes.
Christopher misses with a wild body shot.
Pienela lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christopher loads up on a big right hand but Pienela slips the punch.
Pienela misses with a hook.
Christopher bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pienela's head.
Pienela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pienela lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Christopher avoids the body shot from Pienela.
Pienela on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pienela uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christopher.
Pienela drops his hands momentarily and Christopher takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Christopher, as that shot connected.
Pienela takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pienela slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pienela. Christopher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pienela throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christopher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Christopher misses.
Christopher sizes up Pienela with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Christopher lands with an uppercut that bounces Pienela off the cage and back into range.
Pienela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pienela takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christopher throws an off balance right hand
and Pienela counters with a nice uppercut.
Pienela scores with a jab to the head.
Christopher connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pienela. Pienela circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pienela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christopher moves away.
A big right from Pienela misses.
Pienela lands a nice shot that snaps Christopher's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pienela connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Iso Pienela is winning the standup battle so far.
Pienela just misses with a punch to the body.
Pienela lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pienela misses the shot to the body.

Pienela clinches up with Christopher and pushes him back against the cage.
Christopher has had enough of the clinch but Pienela keeps him there for the moment.
Christopher working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Pienela.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christopher wants to get back to striking at distance but Pienela won't allow it.
Good body shot from Pienela.
Christopher is breathing heavily.
Pienela makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Pienela breaks from the clinch.
Pienela is looking to wear down Christopher with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopher misses with a hook.

Pienela clinches up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Christopher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Pienela.
Pienela lands with a short shot to the head.
Pienela looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pienela lands a body shot in the clinch.

Pienela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pienela swings for the body but Christopher moves out of range.
Christopher looks to throw the jab but Pienela is out of range.
Pienela lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pienela throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Christopher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Christopher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pienela throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iso Pienela dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pienela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christopher.
Christopher has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Christopher there as he acknowledges the shot.
Christopher throws a series of punches but Pienela avoids them all with ease.
Christopher misses with an uppercut.
Pienela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christopher.
Christopher might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pienela throws a body punch but Christopher moves out of range.
Christopher misses with a looping left.
Christopher is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pienela keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christopher.
Pienela connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Christopher moves out of range as Pienela strikes.
Christopher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pienela.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christopher avoids the body shot from Pienela.
Pienela displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christopher throws out the jab.
Christopher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pienela.
Christopher throws out a loose jab but Pienela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pienela scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Christopher doesn't seem bothered though.
Christopher takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pienela lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Christopher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pienela.
Pienela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christopher takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christopher takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leonard Christopher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pienela is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Christopher can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopher missing with a left hand there. Pienela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pienela cracks Christopher with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Christopher tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Pienela pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Christopher is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iso Pienela!