PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jalo's choice of entrance music: Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris. Iivana Jalo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hoy Nelson's chin.

Nelson
vs
Jalo

183 cm
36
263 lbs
33 - 25 - 0

203 cm
27
266 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Hellbent

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 33 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jalo.
Nelson slips under a jab.
Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jalo is able to avoid easily.
Jalo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a leg kick.
Jalo misses with an uppercut
and Jalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jalo looks to land a combination. Nelson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jalo.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Jalo.
Nelson lands a head kick. Jalo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Iivana Jalo has been cut.
A jab from Nelson does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalo blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Jalo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jalo digs a good body shot into Nelson's ribs.
Jalo cracks Nelson with an open hand slap.
Nelson looks for the body kick but Jalo saw that one coming.
Jalo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson slips under a jab from Jalo.
Jalo connects with a looping right hand.
Nelson connects with an inside leg kick.
Jalo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nelson's head.
Jalo throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Jalo throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Jalo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jalo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson walks into a jab.
Jalo lands a jab to the head.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Jalo sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jalo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jalo avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jalo misses with an uppercut. Nelson saw that one coming.
Jalo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Decent striking displayed by Jalo there.

Jalo has closed the distance and engaged Nelson in a clinch.
Jalo misses with a body punch.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jalo.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jalo avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hoy Nelson.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelson moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jalo tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nelson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nelson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jalo throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson stalls.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iivana Jalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
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.

Jalo throws a body shot but no joy.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Hoy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Jalo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Come on Nelson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Jalo.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but Jalo blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jalo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Jalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jalo.
Jalo managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jalo avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jalo.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Jalo - that landed with a thud.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Jalo is blocking nicely.
Jalo lands an uppercut.
Nelson wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo misses with the head strike.
Jalo has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jalo working aggressively here.
Jalo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Jalo back against the cage.
Jalo lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson stalling.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson avoiding damage.
Nelson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Jalo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Iivana Jalo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jalo can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
Jalo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Jalo.
Nelson looking to stall.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Jalo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Nelson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson is looking to control Jalo's arms but Jalo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Jalo lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hoy Nelson.
Jalo scores with a decent looking hook.
Jalo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jalo throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jalo misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iivana Jalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Jalo.
Jalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Jalo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jalo.
Nelson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Iivana Jalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalo throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Jalo.
Iivana Jalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Jalo.
Jalo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jalo.
Jalo scores with a hook to the body. Nelson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nelson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jalo finds it's way round the side to connect with Nelson's head.

Nelson is rocked!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalo throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nelson.
Jalo lands a jab.
Oh Nelson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Jalo closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Nelson out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iivana Jalo!
A victorious Iivana Jalo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.