PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Werkka Easterlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Jalovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Easterlund comes into the arena with Harbinger of Sorrow blaring out of the sound system. Jalovaara has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Easterlund
vs
Jalovaara

188 cm
26
196 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

183 cm
26
193 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Werkka Easterlund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaska Jalovaara!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Easterlund looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Easterlund is keen to just control but Jalovaara is a slippery customer.
Easterlund not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've been hearing that Easterlund has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Jalovaara slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jalovaara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Jalovaara working for a triangle but Easterlund defends it easily.

Jalovaara is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Easterlund is aware though and is defending well.
Jalovaara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Easterlund trying to control but Jalovaara is working from the bottom.
Easterlund is looking to stand up but Jalovaara won't let him.
Easterlund trying to control but Jalovaara is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jalovaara looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jalovaara is on top in guard.
Easterlund is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jalovaara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Easterlund is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Easterlund trying to keep a closed guard but Jalovaara is proving a slippery customer.
Jalovaara tries to free his leg and advance position but Easterlund is retaining full guard.
Easterlund keeping moving, preventing Jalovaara from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jalovaara works over Easterlund with some ground and pound from guard.
Jalovaara preventing the sweep.
Jalovaara won't allow Easterlund to get back to his feet.
Jalovaara postures up and lands a big shot to Easterlund's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jalovaara stopping the sweep attempt from Easterlund.
Jalovaara is pushing down on Easterlund's leg trying to pass to half guard. Easterlund is fighting to maintain full guard but Jalovaara has managed to sneak the leg through.

Easterlund looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jalovaara throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jalovaara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Easterlund defending well though.
Easterlund tries to get to full guard but Jalovaara has control of the leg.

Easterlund looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Easterlund is looking to control Jalovaara's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Easterlund avoid being mounted?
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jalovaara working his ground and pound in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara winds up and cracks Easterlund with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Easterlund trying to hold on to Jalovaara's head to control him but Jalovaara postures up.

Jalovaara is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Easterlund defends it well.
Easterlund wants to get back to his feet.
Easterlund regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jalovaara content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jalovaara wants to control from the top but Easterlund keeps moving.
Jalovaara postures up and lands a big shot to Easterlund's brow.
Jalovaara advances position into side control!
Jalovaara lands a nice forearm strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easterlund is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jalovaara asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jalovaara is looking to take a break and control but Easterlund is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Easterlund taking a bit of punishment here - Jalovaara scoring with strikes.
Easterlund is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jalovaara off and has taken his back!
Easterlund tries to get the hooks in deep but Jalovaara pushed the leg off.
Jalovaara rolls, trying to escape but Easterlund keeps control of the position.
Jalovaara is still trying to improve position.
Jalovaara breaks Easterlund's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jalovaara trying to control the position from guard on top but Easterlund is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jalovaara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jalovaara wants to control from the top but Easterlund keeps moving.
Jalovaara is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaska Jalovaara dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Easterlund checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jalovaara lands a nice looking body kick.
Jalovaara tries to work over Easterlund's front leg with a kick but Easterlund checks it.
Jalovaara with a nice cross.
Jalovaara misses with a double jab
and Easterlund counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jalovaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Easterlund manages to avoid it.
Easterlund lands with a kick to the temple. Jalovaara shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from Jalovaara as Easterlund shoots in.
Easterlund shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jalovaara sprawls well. Jalovaara wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Easterlund gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Jalovaara catches Easterlund right on the button with a cross.
Jalovaara fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Easterlund to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Easterlund looks to clinch but Jalovaara throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Easterlund taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jaska Jalovaara!
After the fight, Jaska Jalovaara was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.