PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rod Brave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jokke Nappula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brave's entrance music is Eco, Eco (somos de taleco). A fine choice. Nappula has chosen The Troggs- Wild Thing as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jokke Nappula has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brave
vs
Nappula

170 cm
27
148 lbs
15 - 19 - 0

165 cm
31
151 lbs
20 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rod Brave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Jokke Nappula!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nappula ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brave moves away.
Brave throws the left hand but Nappula avoids the punch easily.
Brave on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brave misses with a head kick.
Nappula explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nappula is looking to score with low kicks.
Nappula throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Brave throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brave motions for Nappula to come forward. Brave throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nappula throws a chopping leg kick but Brave manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brave defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nappula.
Nappula throws a leg kick but Brave checks it.
Nappula pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Nappula.
Brave feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nappula's calf.
Brave lands a head kick. Nappula smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Brave pushes Nappula up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brave works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brave throws a punch but it's blocked by Nappula.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nappula.
Nappula pressing his opponent against the cage.

Brave gets control of Nappula's arms and successfully pulls guard. Brave will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Brave has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Nappula should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Brave has tightened it up now! Nappula should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rod Brave!