PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juha Kuivanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coleman
vs
Kuivanen

188 cm
27
197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Kuivanen!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Coleman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kuivanen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Coleman is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuivanen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Coleman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Coleman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kuivanen is looking to improve his position.
Coleman trying to control the action but Kuivanen is working from the bottom.
Coleman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Coleman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Coleman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuivanen keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman drops an elbow to the side of Kuivanen's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman lands strikes from half guard.
Coleman tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kuivanen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Coleman trying to control the action but Kuivanen is working from the bottom.
Coleman is taking a breather. Kuivanen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Coleman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kuivanen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Coleman is working away from the top position though.
Kuivanen wants to get back to full guard.
Coleman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kuivanen wants to get back to his feet.
Kuivanen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Coleman scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Coleman there.
Coleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuivanen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kuivanen is trying to get back to full guard.
Kuivanen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coleman.
Coleman is looking to take a break and control but Kuivanen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Coleman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Coleman tries to pass to full mount but Kuivanen defends it.
Coleman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kuivanen is staying active underneath Coleman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Coleman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kuivanen is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman is controlling the pace.
Kuivanen wants to get back to his feet.
Kuivanen taking some punishment here, with Coleman in his half guard.
Kuivanen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kuivanen.
Coleman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kuivanen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Coleman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Coleman tries to free his leg and advance position but Kuivanen is retaining full guard.
Kuivanen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Coleman has passed into side control.
Kuivanen tries to bench press Coleman off him but Coleman keeps the position.
Coleman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kuivanen on the ground.
Kuivanen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Coleman connects with a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman trying to control the action but Kuivanen is working from the bottom.
Kuivanen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Coleman creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kuivanen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Coleman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kuivanen is not content to let Coleman control the position.
Kuivanen can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coleman moves into full mount!
Kuivanen wants to control but Coleman is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Coleman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kuivanen throws a sloppy head kick and Coleman moves out of range easily.

Coleman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kuivanen to the mat! Kuivanen manages to get full guard.
Coleman lands a couple of digs.
Coleman looking to pass the guard.
Coleman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kuivanen's head.
Coleman throws a big elbow that misses.
Kuivanen being controlled here, momentarily.
Kuivanen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Coleman is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman can't escape the position.
Kuivanen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Coleman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Coleman can't escape the position.
Coleman squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Nate Coleman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coleman holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kuivanen tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Coleman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kuivanen cracks Coleman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kuivanen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kuivanen thowing shots but they're missing.
Kuivanen punching from mount but Coleman doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuivanen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Coleman regains half guard.
Coleman is trying to stand back up but Kuivanen is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kuivanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuivanen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kuivanen trying to control the action but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Kuivanen tries to pass to full mount but Coleman defends it.
Coleman wants to control but Kuivanen is keeping busy.
Kuivanen throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Coleman controlling the position well.
Kuivanen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Coleman defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman wants to get back to his feet.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kuivanen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Coleman is not content to let Kuivanen control the position.

Coleman pushes Kuivanen off and gets back to his feet.

Coleman feints and as Kuivanen raises his hands in defense, Coleman changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Coleman postures up in Kuivanen's guard and throws a big left but Kuivanen blocks it.
Kuivanen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Coleman's guard.
Kuivanen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kuivanen trying to control but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Coleman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman wants to get back to his feet but Kuivanen passes into half guard.
Kuivanen stops Coleman from getting back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuivanen throwing shots but Coleman is blocking nicely.
Kuivanen trying to control the action but Coleman is working from the bottom.
Kuivanen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Coleman looks like he's trying to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Coleman avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kuivanen.
Coleman trying to control from the bottom.
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 Nate Coleman will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Coleman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kuivanen is trying to get back to half guard.
Kuivanen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Coleman in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kuivanen is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Coleman is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Coleman sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Coleman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kuivanen hang on?
Coleman unloading with bombs!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuivanen wants to control but Coleman is having none of it.
Coleman lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman lands a big shot there that rocks Kuivanen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kuivanen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Kuivanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coleman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Coleman is thwarting Kuivanen's attempts to control the position.
Coleman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kuivanen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Coleman works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kuivanen is looking to improve his position but Coleman isn't that keen on the idea.
Kuivanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kuivanen keeps trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman with shots to the head and body - Kuivanen looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Coleman prevents Kuivanen from getting the reversal.
Kuivanen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Coleman wants to free his trapped foot but Kuivanen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Coleman lands a nice short elbow.
Well, if Coleman is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coleman connects with a nice short shot to Kuivanen's temple.
Coleman wants to take a breather but Kuivanen is having none of it.
Coleman perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuivanen is trying to stand back up but Coleman is controlling him
Kuivanen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Coleman working the head and body with strikes.
Coleman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Coleman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kuivanen trying to control from the bottom.
Coleman working over Kuivanen with some ground and pound. Kuivanen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coleman working Kuivanen over with strikes.
Coleman has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kuivanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Coleman breaks from Kuivanen's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Kuivanen is rocked!
Coleman wants to control the pace but Kuivanen is squirming around nicely.
Kuivanen is still in real trouble! Can Coleman finish him?
Coleman content just to control the position here.
Juha Kuivanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuivanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Coleman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nate Coleman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coleman prevents Kuivanen from getting the reversal.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Coleman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Coleman 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nate Coleman!