PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gorge Jurgel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarmo Laukkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jurgel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rock N Roll Train. Laukkanen has chosen The Mutilation of Christ as his entrance music. Jarmo Laukkanen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jurgel
vs
Laukkanen

168 cm
37
149 lbs
23 - 22 - 0

168 cm
26
150 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

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 23 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorge Jurgel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarmo Laukkanen!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laukkanen lands with a slapping head kick.
Jurgel misses with a double jab
and Laukkanen counters with a big head kick but Jurgel shrugs it off.
Laukkanen slips a straight right by Jurgel.

Jurgel gets caught napping as Laukkanen dives in and scores a takedown. Jurgel manages to retain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jurgel keeping full guard, as Laukkanen tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laukkanen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Laukkanen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jurgel is keeping the position for now.
Laukkanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jurgel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Laukkanen being controlled here momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Laukkanen connects with an inside leg kick.
Laukkanen lands with a kick to the temple. Jurgel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Laukkanen looks for the body kick but Jurgel saw that one coming.
Jurgel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laukkanen.

Jurgel closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Laukkanen quickly recovers to half guard.
Laukkanen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Laukkanen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jurgel is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laukkanen looking to control.
Jurgel preventing the sweep.
Jurgel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jurgel controlling from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Jurgel tries to free his leg and advance position but Laukkanen is retaining full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Gorge Jurgel wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Laukkanen scores with a body shot.
Laukkanen swings for the body but Jurgel moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jurgel misses the target.
Laukkanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Jurgel misses its intended target.
Laukkanen lands a nice looking body kick.
Laukkanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jurgel's sensitive parts.
Jurgel misses with the combination.
Laukkanen throws a head kick but Jurgel moves out of range.
Laukkanen misses with a wild body shot.
Jarmo Laukkanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laukkanen throws a head kick but Jurgel moves out of range.
Laukkanen throws a head kick but Jurgel moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Jurgel there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laukkanen. Jurgel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laukkanen thuds his shin into the meat of Jurgel's side.
Laukkanen scores with a nice head shot.
Laukkanen throws a head kick that misses.
Laukkanen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jurgel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Laukkanen.
Jurgel takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jurgel avoids the head kick by Laukkanen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laukkanen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laukkanen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jarmo Laukkanen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Laukkanen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jurgel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laukkanen scrambles back to his feet.

Laukkanen throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jurgel tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Laukkanen is in Jurgel's guard.
Laukkanen throws a big elbow that misses.
Laukkanen tries to free his leg and advance position but Jurgel is retaining full guard.
Laukkanen throws a big right hand that misses.
Laukkanen has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jurgel is proving hard to escape from.
Laukkanen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jurgel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jurgel trying to control the position here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jurgel keeping moving, preventing Laukkanen from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jurgel takes a swing at Laukkanen's ribcage but misses.
Jurgel misses with a right hand
and Laukkanen counters with a left right combination that sends Jurgel crashing to the mat - Laukkanen wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Jurgel out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarmo Laukkanen!
A very excited looking Jarmo Laukkanen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.