PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Drake
vs
Jalo

198 cm
25
270 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

203 cm
22
266 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

DJs Locker
Reaper Combatwear

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jalo looks to throw the jab but Drake is out of range.
Drake misses with a body kick.
Drake tries to clinch but Jalo is having none of it.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
Drake slips under a jab from Jalo.
Drake lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Drake avoids the body shot from Jalo.
Jalo misses with a straight left.
Jalo throws a big shot that misses.
Drake cracks Jalo with a good jab.
Drake with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Drake closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jalo scores with a shoulder strike.
Jalo controlling the action here for a moment.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Jalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Drake blocks a body shot from Jalo.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jalo slows down the pace here.
A shot in the inside from Drake.
A head punch on the inside from Jalo fails to land.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drake is working Jalo over against the cage.
Jalo takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Iivana Jalo has been cut.
Jalo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
Drake prevents a body shot from Jalo.
Jalo trying to control the position but instead, Drake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jalo into the cage.
Jalo tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Drake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jalo managing to block the knees to the body from Drake.
Jalo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drake blocking some punches.
Drake pushes off an throws an elbow but Jalo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Drake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jalo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jalo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Jalo leaning against his opponent.
Jalo looking to slow down the pace here.
Drake lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Jalo on the inside.
Drake tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jalo's elbow.
Drake tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jalo's elbow.
Jalo avoids the elbow strike from Drake, against the cage.
Drake blocking some punches.
Jalo is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jalo is looking to control Drake's arms but Drake gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jalo has his back to the cage.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jalo working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Drake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Jalo avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Jalo.
Drake throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Drake.
Jalo tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
Jalo managing to block the knees to the body from Drake.
Jalo can't find room to land a body shot as Drake controls the action.
Drake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Jalo avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
Drake blocks a body shot from Jalo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jalo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Drake blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Drake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jalo scores with a hook.
Drake's corner calls for a 1-2. Drake obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Drake misses with a hook. Jalo ducked under it nicely.

Drake clinches up with Jalo and pushes him back against the cage.
Jalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jalo.
Still in the clinch, Drake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jalo lands a nice shot to the body.
Jalo lands with a left to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Jalo.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jalo as Drake tries to tie him up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Drake lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Drake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Drake lands an elbow inside that Jalo shrugs off.
Drake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jalo managing to block the knees to the body from Drake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo blocks an uppercut.
Jalo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice elbow from Drake.
Jalo throws a head punch that misses.
Jalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drake's elbow.
Jalo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Drake.
Jalo avoids the elbow strike from Drake, against the cage.
Drake wants to stall.
Drake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Drake.
Drake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake blocks an uppercut.
Drake misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Jalo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jalo tries to stall but Drake uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jalo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Drake tries to land knees in the clinch but Jalo avoids the damage to the body.
Drake is trying to maintain a safe position but Jalo gets an underhook and turns Drake into the cage.
Jalo misses with a punch to the body.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
Jalo avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Drake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Drake controls his hands.
Jalo avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Drake looking to throw knees to the head but Jalo is blocking nicely.
Drake is looking to control Jalo's arms but Jalo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Drake has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
Jalo dodges an elbow strike from Drake.
Drake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Jalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake prevents a body shot from Jalo.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Drake.
A right hand to the body from Drake.
Drake lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Jalo prevents a body shot from Drake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands an elbow inside.
Jalo works on Drake's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jalo avoiding damage as Drake throws knees to the body.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Jalo.
Drake misses with a body punch.
David Drake has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good body shot from Jalo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jalo trying to control the position but instead, Drake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jalo into the cage.
Jalo blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jalo misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Drake.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jalo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that David Drake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jalo avoids the head kick by Drake.
Drake misses with a straight left.
Jalo defending well as Drake loads up on a big left hand.
Drake lands with a cross.
Jalo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Jalo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jalo scores with the left hand. Drake knows he should have avoided that one.
Jalo tests Drake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jalo scores with a punch to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jalo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Drake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Drake throws a head kick that misses

and Jalo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jalo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Drake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jalo is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jalo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drake's elbow.
Drake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Drake digs a right hand underneath Jalo's ribcage. Jalo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jalo taking a breather.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
Drake misses with a knee strike.
Drake lands an elbow that stopped Jalo in his tracks for a moment.
A short left from Drake.
A right hook to the body lands for Drake.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jalo.
Jalo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jalo backwards.
Jalo wants to stall.
Drake cracks Jalo with a nice body shot.
Drake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Drake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Drake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Drake works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Drake misses with an elbow strike.
Drake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Drake tries to work over Jalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Drake scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Jalo.
A left hand lands to the body for Jalo.
Still in the clinch, Jalo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Jalo.
Jalo swings wildly with an uppercut but Drake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jalo stalling against the cage.
Jalo lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jalo misses with the head strike.
Jalo blocks an elbow strike.
Jalo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Iivana Jalo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jalo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Drake blocks an uppercut.
Drake throws an elbow but it misses.
Jalo is working Drake over against the cage.
Jalo lands a shot to the body.
Jalo pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jalo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jalo scores with a shoulder strike.
Jalo lands a hook that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iivana Jalo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Drake has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Drake!
David Drake thanked the fans post fight for their support.