PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hakan Juholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakan Juholt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Luis Carlos Linhares's chin.

Juholt
vs
Carlos Linhares

167 cm
27
135 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

171 cm
28
147 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hakan Juholt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Juholt checks a leg kick.
Linhares looks for the body kick but Juholt saw that one coming.
Linhares loads up on a big right hand but Juholt slips the punch.
Linhares throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Linhares has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Juholt throws a push kick but Linhares slaps the foot to one side.
Juholt looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheers as Juholt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Linhares doesn't seem phased though.
Linhares uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Linhares throws a solid leg kick but Juholt takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Linhares.
Linhares moves out of range of the strikes.
Juholt pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Juholt staying out of range there.
Linhares throws a hook but Juholt blocks it.
Juholt shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Linhares pinned against the cage. Linhares gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Juholt defending well as Linhares loads up on a big left hand.
Juholt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Hakan Juholt has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares throws the kick towards the body but Juholt avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Linhares misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares tests Juholt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good work by Linhares as he checks the leg kick.
Linhares throws a body kick that misses.
Linhares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Juholt tries to score with a low kick but Linhares moves his leg out of the way.
Juholt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Juholt throws a low kick but Linhares moves out of range easily.
Juholt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Juholt steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Linhares. That one must have hurt.
Juholt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Linhares misses with a low kick as Juholt jumps back.

Juholt manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Linhares on his heels. He'll look to pass Linhares's guard now, I'm sure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares keeping moving, preventing Juholt from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Juholt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares trying to control the position.

Linhares working for a triangle but Juholt defends it easily.
Juholt trying to control but Linhares is working from the bottom.
Linhares is trying to keep Juholt in close.
Linhares looking for a sweep. Not yet Linhares, not yet.
Juholt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Linhares looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hakan Juholt.
Nice uppercut there from Linhares.
Linhares thows a leg kick but Juholt checks it
and Juholt counters with a head kick. That will keep Linhares thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Linhares pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Juholt shoots in and drives through. Linhares sprawls well.
Juholt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Juholt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Linhares lands a jab to Juholt's midsection.
Linhares throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Linhares.
Linhares scores with a hook.
Linhares cracks Juholt with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juholt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Linhares looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Juholt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Linhares misses.

Juholt rushes Linhares and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Juholt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Juholt is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Linhares pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hakan Juholt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Juholt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Linhares avoids it.
Juholt stalling against the cage.
Juholt is trying to stall.
A hook to the body from Linhares.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Linhares breaks from the clinch.
Linhares throws a leg kick but Juholt moved away.
Linhares lands a nice looking kick to the body. Juholt takes a step back to recover.
Linhares avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luis Carlos Linhares dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hakan Juholt's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Linhares fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Juholt.
Luis Carlos Linhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linhares digs a good body shot into Juholt's ribs.
Linhares misses with a body shot.
Linhares fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Linhares stuns Juholt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Linhares dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Juholt. That did some damage!
Linhares lands a nice looking body kick.
Juholt lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Good leg kick by Linhares there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juholt blocks the body kick.
Linhares thows a body shot but no joy.
Linhares misses with a straight left.
Linhares feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Juholts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Juholt changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Linhares looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Linhares can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juholt taking a break here but Linhares is having none of it and regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Linhares looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Juholt pushes past his half guard into mount!
Juholt scoring with strikes but Linhares is staying in there.
Juholt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Linhares is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Juholt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Juholt connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Juholt can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Linhares is looking to escape.
Juholt scoring with strikes but Linhares is staying in there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Linhares is squirming around, avoiding Juholt's attempts to control the action.
Linhares is trying to escape the mount.
Juholt lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Juholt scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Juholt controlling from the full mount.
Juholt has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Linhares's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Linhares is squirming around, avoiding Juholt's attempts to control the action.
Linhares tries to hold on but Juholt pushes him away.
Linhares is looking to get to half guard.
Juholt tries to control but Linhares wriggling away.
Juholt looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Linhares in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Juholt controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares is looking to improve his position but Juholt isn't that keen on the idea.
Linhares is in a horrible position here. Juholt smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juholt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Juholt fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Juholt lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hakan Juholt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hakan Juholt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Juholt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good standup being displayed there by Linhares as he connects with a hook.
Juholt throws a body punch but Linhares moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Linhares.
Linhares misses with a looping left.
Juholt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Juholt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Juholt misses with a double jab.
Juholt shoots in looking for a takedown. Linhares tries to sprawl out of it but Juholt keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Linhares manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Linhares scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Juholt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Linhares as he jumps to the side.
Linhares tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Juholt is able to avoid easily.
Juholt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Linhares.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Linhares.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Juholt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Linhares was well out of range. Poor timing from Juholt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares misses with a looping right.
Linhares takes a swing at Juholt's ribcage but misses.
Linhares misses with a hook to the body

and Juholt counters with a takedown into side control.
Linhares sneaks back into half guard.

Linhares is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Juholt pulls his head out easily.

Juholt looking for a submission but Linhares manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Juholt wants to pass the guard but Linhares is keeping the position.
Juholt with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares working a defensive guard here.
Juholt trying to control but Linhares is working from the bottom.
Linhares is trying to keep Juholt in close.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Juholt chips away with some ground and pound.
Juholt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Linhares tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Juholt here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Juholt looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juholt passes Linhares's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Juholt throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Linhares to regain full guard.
Linhares wants to stand but Juholt is controlling the position.
Juholt is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Linhares preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Juholt stopping the sweep attempt from Linhares.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Linhares working Juholt over with strikes here.
Juholt tries to lock up and control but Linhares gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Juholt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Juholt is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Juholt gets back to half guard.

Linhares is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Juholt sees it coming and defends easily.
Linhares missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luis Carlos Linhares.
I think Linhares has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!