PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esquiva Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarppi Virne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Virne has chosen Jeff van Dyck - Soldier's Chant as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Falcao
vs
Virne

194 cm
21
244 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

187 cm
39
262 lbs
18 - 29 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big right hand

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esquiva Falcao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarppi Virne!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virne lands with a right hand.

Virne drives through and clinches with Falcao against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Virne.
Virne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falcao is keeping busy.
Falcao misses with a punch on the inside.
Virne blocks an uppercut.
Falcao misses with a hook to the ribs.
A hook to the body from Falcao.
Virne is pushing Falcao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Virne lands a hook that snaps the head of Falcao backwards.
Falcao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Virne takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Jarppi Virne has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Virne.
Falcao being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Virne's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Virne stalling in the clinch but Falcao improves position.
Falcao unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Virne looks winded!
Falcao lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Virne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
I was talking to Falcao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Falcao lands a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Virne's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Falcao lands a shoulder strike.
Virne takes a knee right on the jaw!
Falcao misses with the head strike.
Falcao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Falcao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Falcao throws a knee to the head but misses.
Falcao misses with a knee to the head.
Falcao misses with a punch on the inside.
Virne avoiding damage as Falcao throws knees to the body.
Virne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falcao tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Virne misses with a punch on the inside.
Virne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Falcao smiles and moves away.
Falcao tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Virne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Virne has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Falcao is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Falcao is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Falcao moves into range and clinches up with Virne.
Falcao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falcao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Falcao is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Virne is defending well for now.
Falcao tries to land knees in the clinch but Virne avoids the damage to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Virne.
Still in the clinch, Virne scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Virne.
Virne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falcao tries to land knees in the clinch but Virne avoids the damage to the body.
Falcao misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Virne.
Virne digs a right hand into Falcao's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Falcao's gas tank.
Falcao unloads a knee to the mid-section. Virne lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Virne decides to pull guard.
Virne controls Falcao momentarily but Falcao frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Virne is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virne chips away with some ground and pound.
Virne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Virne throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Virne landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Virne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Virne trying to control but Falcao is working from the bottom.
Virne slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Virne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Falcao avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Virne throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esquiva Falcao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarppi Virne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Falcao is looking to clinch.
Falcao tries to close the distance and clinch up but Virne swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Virne clinches with his opponent.
Esquiva Falcao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Falcao.

Virne manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Virne holds on and takes a little breather.

Virne is looking for a triangle here but Falcao uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Virne sneaks back into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Virne gets back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Virne is on top in guard.

Virne postures up in Falcao's guard and throws a big left but Falcao blocks it.
Virne landing with the ground and pound.
Virne postures up in Falcao's guard and throws a big left but Falcao blocks it.
Virne stays in close to Falcao's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virne wants to pass the guard but Falcao is keeping the position.
Falcao avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Falcao is wriggling around but Virne manages to pass to half guard.
Virne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Virne thows a huge punch but Falcao dodges it nicely.
Falcao tries to kick Virne off but Virne keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virne working Falcao over with strikes.
Virne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Virne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Virne is trying to control the action in half guard but Falcao is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Virne drops an elbow to the side of Falcao's head.

Falcao is rocked!
Virne is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Falcao is hurt! He's hurt bad - Virne fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Falcao from any more punishment! Congratulations to Virne! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarppi Virne!