PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Beam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juntti Jallu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Beam has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beam
vs
Jallu

225 cm
40
280 lbs
22 - 17 - 1

180 cm
23
230 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jim Beam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juntti Jallu!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Beam. Jallu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beam throws a right hand that misses
and Jallu counters with a head kick. That will keep Beam thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A punch combination from Jallu misses.
Jallu throws a series of punches but Beam avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Beam closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jallu's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Jallu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beam is fighting to break Jallu's control of his arms but Jallu is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Beam wants to control from the top but Jallu keeps moving.
Beam won't allow Jallu to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jallu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beam.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jallu working a defensive guard here.
Jallu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Beam.
Beam wants to pass the guard but Jallu is keeping the position.
Beam has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Beam will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Beam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Beam postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beam working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Beam wants to control from the top but Jallu keeps moving.
Beam throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Beam really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Beam throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jallu works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Beam advances position into side control!
Beam with the ground and pound but Jallu regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Beam thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jallu's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beam throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jallu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Beam.
Beam throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jallu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beam wants to pass the guard but Jallu is defending well.
Beam throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Beam 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.
Beam tries to pass to full mount but Jallu defends it.
Beam is nestled in close to Jallu, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jallu on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

It looks like Juntti Jallu has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beam looks to land a strike but Jallu avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Beam 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.
Beam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Beam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juntti Jallu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jallu!
Jim Beam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jallu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beam throws a hook to the side of Jallu's head but Jallu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Beam looking to score a takedown here. Jallu is defending well but Beam drives through and ends up in Jallu's guard.
Jallu keeping moving, preventing Beam from controlling successfully.
Beam lands a couple of digs.
Beam passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Jallu's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jallu is looking to regain half guard here but Beam keeps moving and retains side control.
Beam misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Jallu defending against the ground and pound.
Jallu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Beam.
Beam working the ground and pound but Jallu is defending the strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Beam.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jallu is not content to let Beam control the position.
Jallu parries the strikes from Beam easily there. Beam is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jallu to escape.
Jallu tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Beam wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Beam misses with the ground and pound.
Beam has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Beam dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jallu is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jallu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

The cut above Juntti Jallu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jallu tries to hold on but Beam postures up.
Beam with shots to the head and body - Jallu looks very uncomfortable down there.

Juntti Jallu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juntti Jallu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jim Beam!
Post fight, Jim Beam stared into the camera and said 'Yu'st got grappl'd'.