PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johan Falk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falk comes to the cage accompanied by Bane - Ante Up. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Falk
vs
Patterson

180 cm
23
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
30
175 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johan Falk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rocky Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Falk.
Falk circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been hearing reports that Falk has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Falk lands with a nice body punch.
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Falk scores with a decent looking hook.
Falk lands a jab.
Falk thumps Patterson with a low kick.
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!
Patterson goes for a double leg but Falk avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Falk continues to drive forward.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Falk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Patterson's brow.
Falk is pressed up against the cage. Patterson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Falk down to the mat. Falk avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Falk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice cross by Falk.
Patterson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Falk's waist but Falk gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Patterson off to one side.
Johan Falk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Patterson.
Falk's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Falk duly obliges.
Falk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Falk misses with a series of wild punches.
Falk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
Falk circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falk tries to bum rush Patterson with a series of wild strikes but Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Falk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patterson.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch but Falk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johan Falk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patterson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Falk pinned against the cage. Falk gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Falk cracks Patterson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Falk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Falk throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.
Falk tries to bum rush Patterson with a series of wild strikes but Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Falk misses with a two punch combination.

Patterson scores with a takedown into Falk's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Patterson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Patterson throws a strike but Falk rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson wants to control but Falk passes easily into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson wants to get back to full guard.
Falk tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Falk escapes and gets back to his feet.
Patterson moves in looking to clinch but Falk pushes him off.
Patterson fails to land the takedown.
Falk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Falk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Patterson shoots in and drives through. Falk sprawls well.
Falk tries to bum rush Patterson with a series of wild strikes but Patterson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Falk dips to his left and cracks Patterson with an uppercut!
Falk throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.

Patterson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Patterson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Falk's efforts to push away.

Falk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falk leaves Patterson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Falk. Those never looked like landing.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patterson throws the left hand but Falk avoids the punch easily.

Falk instigates a clinch.
Falk is trying to break free.
Falk pressing his opponent against the cage.
Falk is looking to break free of the clinch but Patterson has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falk lands an uppercut.

Falk breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Falk dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Falk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Patterson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Falk but Falk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Falk scores with a shot to the body.
Falk connects with a single shot there.
Patterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Falk.
Falk misses with a few strikes there.
Falk looks to land a combination. Patterson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Rocky Patterson has been cut.
Patterson takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Falk.
Patterson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Patterson has taken the fight to the clinch.

Falk manages to break the clinch.
Johan Falk is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Falk.

Patterson closes the distance and clinches.
Patterson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Falk's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson wants a takedown but no success here.
Falk has had enough of the clinch but Patterson keeps him there for the moment.
Falk tries to break the clinch but Patterson is controlling the position.
Falk scores with a nice hook to the head.

Falk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good shot there by Falk.
Falk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Patterson instigates a clinch.
Patterson tries to pull guard but Falk won't allow it.
Johan Falk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Patterson.
Falk wants to break the clinch but can't.
Falk wants to get back to striking at distance but Patterson won't allow it.
Patterson misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falk is trying to break the clinch but Patterson has him pressed against the cage.

Patterson jumps guard.
Patterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Patterson wants to stand and escape but Falk is having none of it.

Patterson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Falk is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Falk stands up and waves to Patterson to follow him.
Falk scores with a sloppy right hand. Patterson should have avoided that one.

Patterson gets tackled into the cage by Falk. Falk maintains the clinch.
Falk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falk is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Falk pressing his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Falk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Falk tries to break the clinch but Patterson is controlling the position.
Patterson scores with a shoulder strike.

Falk breaks from the clinch.
Patterson dodges the punch combination from Falk.
Falk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patterson throws an overhand right that lands on Falk's shoulder, as Falk tries to avoid the shot.
Patterson misses with an uppercut.
Falk throws a series of punches but Patterson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Falk.
Falk lands a jab to Patterson's midsection.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt.
Falk throws a sloppy head kick and Patterson moves out of range easily.
Falk lands a head shot.
Falk cracks Patterson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Falk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patterson circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Falk ducks under a wild hook from Patterson.
Falk throws a series of strikes that have Patterson backpedaling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patterson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Falk defends well and Patterson ends up having to push Falk into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Patterson wants a takedown but no success here.
Patterson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Falk pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johan Falk dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rocky Patterson's cut.
That's time! Falk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Falk shoots in but no luck this time.
Johan Falk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Falk bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Falk connects with the punch.
Falk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Patterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Falk moves away from the strike by Patterson.
Falk stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Patterson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Patterson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Falk does no damage.
Falk slips a jab from Patterson.
Falk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Falk works over Patterson's head and body with a nice combination.
Falk throws a series of punches but Patterson avoids them all with ease.
Falk lands a two punch combo.
Falk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Falk counters with a series of strikes. Patterson will be more careful next time no doubt.

Patterson is rocked!
Patterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Falk lands a jab to the head.
Falk scores with a punch to the head.
Patterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Falk finish him?
Patterson wants to clinch up but Falk keeps it at a distance.
Falk lands a nice shot to the body.
Falk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Patterson throws an overhand right that lands on Falk's shoulder, as Falk tries to avoid the shot.
Patterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johan Falk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Falk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Falk counters with a one-two to the body.
Falk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Falk misses with a wild body shot.
Falk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patterson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Falk.
Falk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Patterson on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falk lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Patterson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Falk wants to break the clinch but can't.

Patterson breaks the clinch.
Johan Falk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Patterson is looking to clinch.
Patterson is looking to clinch.
Falk throws a right and a left that Patterson avoids nicely.

Patterson takes the fight into the clinch.
Patterson tries a body shot but Falk blocks it.
Falk tries to break free but Patterson pushes him back against the cage.
Falk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Falk just stands there and leans against the cage.
Patterson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Falk pulls his leg out and moves away.
Falk scores with a nice strike.
Decent striking displayed by Falk there.
Falk lands a nice shot to the body.
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt - Falk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Johan Falk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Patterson.
Falk looks to land a combination but Patterson avoids it well.
Falk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Falk is looking to land body kicks.
Patterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Patterson's hands.
Patterson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patterson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Falk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Patterson scrambles back to his feet.
Falk throws out a leg kick but Patterson moves out of range and Falk only half commits.
Falk scores with a hook to the body. Patterson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Patterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Falk circles away.
Falk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Patterson fails with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Falk. That snapped Patterson's head back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Falk has Patterson up against the cage in a clinch.
Patterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johan Falk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Falk, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johan Falk!
Johan Falk seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.