PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jurmas Uusisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uusisto kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.. Le has chosen Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings as his entrance music. Jurmas Uusisto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Phan Tran Le's chin.

Uusisto
vs
Tran Le

177 cm
34
178 lbs
37 - 19 - 1

179 cm
32
182 lbs
25 - 16 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 37 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurmas Uusisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uusisto moves away from the strike by Le.
Le scores with a hook.
Le throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Uusisto's head.
Uusisto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Le.
Le misses with a hook. Uusisto ducked under it nicely.

Uusisto moves into the clinch successfully.
Le working aggressively here.
Uusisto can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Uusisto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Uusisto.
A right hand to the body from Uusisto.
Uusisto stalling in the clinch but Le improves position.

Uusisto gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing that Uusisto has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le keeping hold of Uusisto's head, controlling as best he can.
Uusisto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Le's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Uusisto.
Le slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Uusisto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Le controls Uusisto momentarily but Uusisto frees himself.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
Uusisto 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.
Le managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Uusisto passes Le's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Uusisto looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Le is defending against the submission attempts here by Uusisto.
Uusisto tries to pass to full mount but Le defends it.
Uusisto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto with the ground and pound but Le uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Uusisto trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Uusisto throwing strikes but missing.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Uusisto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Uusisto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Uusisto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Uusisto cracks the inside of Le's front leg.
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Uusisto.
Uusisto needs to keep his hands up - Le had a free shot at his head there.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uusisto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uusisto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Le.
Uusisto avoids the body shot from Le.

Uusisto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Uusisto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uusisto landing with the ground and pound.
Uusisto tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.
Uusisto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
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 Jurmas Uusisto will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Uusisto.
Uusisto trying to control the action but Le is working from the bottom.
Uusisto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Uusisto looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Uusisto is stalling here but it's allowed Le to get half guard.
Uusisto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le can do to turn this around?
Uusisto is looking to pass Le's guard but actually Le recovers to full guard.
Uusisto trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uusisto stops Le from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Le is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Uusisto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Uusisto throwing strikes but missing.
Le not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Uusisto scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Le controls Uusisto momentarily but Uusisto frees himself.
Uusisto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Uusisto slips nicely into half guard.
Uusisto thows a huge punch but Le dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Uusisto is just content to waste time from the top position. Le takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Le keeping moving, preventing Uusisto from controlling successfully.
Le keeping full guard, as Uusisto tries to pass.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Uusisto moves into the clinch.
Le misses with the head strike.
Uusisto lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Uusisto.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Uusisto manages to break the clinch.
Le fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Le takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Uusisto slips under a jab from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jurmas Uusisto dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Uusisto misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Uusisto scores with a three punch combo!
Le feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Uusisto's calf.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Uusisto scores with a jab to the head.

Le is rocked!
Uusisto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Le's sensitive parts.
Le buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uusisto tries to score with a low kick but Le moves his leg out of the way.
Uusisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Le has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Le there as he acknowledges the shot.
Uusisto swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uusisto lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Uusisto moves into range and clinches up with Le.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le lands a shoulder strike.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Le blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Le is working Uusisto over against the cage.
Uusisto looking to stall.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uusisto.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Uusisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Uusisto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Uusisto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Uusisto wants to break free but Le has control.
Phan Tran Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Uusisto.
Uusisto looking to slow down the pace here.
Uusisto is pushing Le up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Uusisto blocks a body shot from Le.
Le lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jurmas Uusisto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Le lands an elbow that stopped Uusisto in his tracks for a moment.
Uusisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Uusisto lands a body punch.

Uusisto breaks the clinch.
Uusisto misses the jab.
Le doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Le with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Uusisto to score with a decent uppercut.
Uusisto moves out of range of the strikes.
Uusisto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Uusisto clinches up with Le and pushes him back against the cage.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Uusisto up against the cage.
Uusisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Le blocks an uppercut.

Uusisto has clasped his hands together around Le's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Uusisto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Uusisto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jurmas Uusisto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto working away.
Le is not content to let Uusisto control the position.
Uusisto looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Le is avoiding damage well.
Uusisto tries to move into full mount but can't pass Le's legs.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Uusisto seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Le for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jurmas Uusisto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Uusisto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jurmas Uusisto!
A relieved looking Jurmas Uusisto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Phan Tran Le stepped up to the mic, saying 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.