PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jizzy Krup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Vihervuori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juhani Vihervuori has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jizzy Krup's chin.

Krup
vs
Vihervuori

180 cm
32
175 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

179 cm
28
184 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jizzy Krup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Juhani Vihervuori!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krup avoids the body shot from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori scores with a sloppy right hand. Krup should have avoided that one.
Krup is looking to clinch but Vihervuori is avoiding it.
Krup scores with a nice right hand.
Krup scores with a nice strike.
Nice jab there from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori misses with a leg kick.
Vihervuori uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krup.
Vihervuori misses with a leg kick
and Krup counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Vihervuori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Krup lands a jab.
Krup loads up on a big right hand but Vihervuori slips the punch.
Vihervuori scores with a crisp jab that stopped Krup in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krup connects with a jab.
Krup throws a hook but Vihervuori avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervuori misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Krup looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krup scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vihervuori moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Krup shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Vihervuori defends it nicely.
Krup misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vihervuori misses the jab.
Vihervuori scores with a decent looking hook.
Krup misses with a looping right.
Krup lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krup was well out of range. Poor timing from Vihervuori.
Vihervuori moves out of range of the body kick.
Vihervuori throws a predictable looking body shot

and Krup counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Krup tries to stand but Vihervuori is controlling his head.
Vihervuori tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vihervuori is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Krup tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Vihervuori is looking to regain half guard here but Krup keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Krup thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vihervuori is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Vihervuori keeps trying to improve his position.
Krup wants to stand but Vihervuori has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.

Vihervuori is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vihervuori trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krup pushing down on Vihervuori's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Krup tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Vihervuori.

Vihervuori is defending against the submission attempts here by Krup.
Vihervuori trying to control here.
Krup wants to take a breather but Vihervuori is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krup is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Krup working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Vihervuori's thigh. Vihervuori counters though and makes it back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jizzy Krup will probably get the nod.
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.

Krup sizes up Vihervuori with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vihervuori throws a hook to the side of Krup's head but Krup sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vihervuori tests Krup's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Krup cracks Vihervuori with a good jab.
Krup misses with a looping left.
Vihervuori swings for the body but Krup moves out of range.
Krup shoots in looking for a takedown but Vihervuori manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Krup's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Juhani Vihervuori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krup throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vihervuori counters with a nice body shot.
Krup keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vihervuori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Krup moves away.
Vihervuori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vihervuori clinches.
Vihervuori gets underhooks to prevent Krup's takedown attempt.
Krup drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jizzy Krup. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krup is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Vihervuori pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Krup fails to pull guard.
Krup is trying to drag Vihervuori to the mat but Vihervuori just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Vihervuori slowing the pace effectively.
Krup definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Krup working hard to break the clinch.

Krup gets control of Vihervuori's arms and successfully pulls guard. Krup will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Krup tries to strike from the bottom.
Vihervuori throwing strikes from guard but Krup blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krup preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vihervuori wants to control from the top but Krup keeps moving.
Vihervuori looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Vihervuori trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Krup wants to get back to his feet but Vihervuori is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Krup is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Krup.
Krup is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vihervuori closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vihervuori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krup.
Krup connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vihervuori momentarily.
Vihervuori swings widly with a right hand
and Krup counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vihervuori dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vihervuori lands a jab to Krup's midsection.
Krup throws a shot from downtown. Vihervuori moves away and avoids it.
Krup ducks under a wild hook from Vihervuori.
Juhani Vihervuori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krup circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vihervuori misses with a body punch
letting Krup counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori drops his hands momentarily and Krup takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jab by Vihervuori.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Vihervuori does it's job there.

Krup gets a takedown into half guard.
Krup trying to pass the guard but Vihervuori defending well.
Vihervuori works his way to full guard. Good work.

Vihervuori is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Krup defends well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vihervuori wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juhani Vihervuori showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Vihervuori looks to score with a jab to the body but Krup is just out of range.
Vihervuori misses with a straight right.
Krup connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Vihervuori attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vihervuori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vihervuori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krup has his takedown stuffed
and Vihervuori cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vihervuori throws a leg kick that misses.
Vihervuori thows a leg kick but Krup checks it

and Krup decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Vihervuori's guard.
Krup trying to stand up but can't free himself from Vihervuori's guard.

Krup stands and steps away. Vihervuori gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervuori misses with a double jab.
Vihervuori throws a body punch but Krup moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vihervuori. Krup does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vihervuori takes a swing at Krup's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vihervuori. Krup does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vihervuori throws a hook but Krup blocks it.
Krup connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Krup connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihervuori thows a body shot but no joy.
Vihervuori wants to clinch up but Krup keeps it at a distance.
Vihervuori throws a leg kick
and Krup counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vihervuori misses with a combination
and Krup counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vihervuori swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vihervuori keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krup.
Krup scores with a jab. Vihervuori acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Krup scores with a decent looking hook.
Krup defending well as Vihervuori loads up on a big left hand.
Vihervuori moves in looking to clinch but Krup pushes him off.
Krup throws out a powerful jab.
Krup dives in and grabs Vihervuori's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vihervuori pushes down on Krup's head and hops out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krup keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vihervuori avoids the body shot from Krup.
Krup feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vihervuori's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervuori changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Krup lands a jab to the head.
Vihervuori blocks a head kick by Krup.
Vihervuori looks to land a right hand but Krup moved out of range.
Vihervuori throws a lazy right hand but Krup sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vihervuori blocks a head kick by Krup.
Vihervuori looks to throw the jab but Krup is out of range.
Krup throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krup moves in looking to clinch but Vihervuori pushes him off.
Nice cross by Krup.
That kick from Vihervuori tenderised Krup's leg. Krup is trying to keep his angry face on.
Krup misses with a hook
and Vihervuori counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krup doesn't manage to clinch there - Vihervuori circles away.
Krup misses with a series of wild punches.
Vihervuori bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krup avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vihervuori connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vihervuori throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krup lands a head shot.
Vihervuori swings for the body but Krup moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krup tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vihervuori misses with a left hand
letting Krup counter with a right hand.
Krup walks into a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jizzy Krup.
I think Krup has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jizzy Krup!