PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jung Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musse Hasselvall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jung Hoi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hoi
vs
Hasselvall

179 cm
23
186 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jung Hoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Musse Hasselvall!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoi misses with a hook. Hasselvall ducked under it nicely.
Hoi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hoi fails to land with a series of punches.
Hasselvall takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hasselvall misses with a takedown attempt - Hoi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hasselvall shoots in and drives through. Hoi sprawls well.
Hoi moves in looking to clinch but Hasselvall pushes him off.

Hasselvall feints and as Hoi raises his hands in defense, Hasselvall changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hasselvall wants to control from the top but Hoi keeps moving.

Hoi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hasselvall trying to control but Hoi is working from the bottom.
Hasselvall must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Hoi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Hasselvall stacks Hoi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Hasselvall!
Hoi is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Hasselvall wants to control but Hoi is keeping him busy.
Hoi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hasselvall wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hasselvall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoi keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hasselvall working the ground and pound.
Hasselvall lands a decent elbow from side control.
You can see the frustration on Hoi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hasselvall tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hoi's legs.
Hasselvall moves into full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hasselvall throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hoi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hoi is breathing heavily.

Hasselvall is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hoi is surviving well by controlling Hasselvall's body position as best he can.
Hoi is desperately trying to improve his position but Hasselvall has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hoi is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hasselvall in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hasselvall avoids the attempt from Hoi to control.
Hasselvall tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselvall scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hasselvall wants to control the pace but Hoi is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoi is looking to improve his position but Hasselvall isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Hasselvall.
Hasselvall throwing strikes here but Hoi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hoi is trying desperately to improve position.
Hasselvall can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hoi is looking to escape.
Hasselvall lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasselvall raining down shots from the mount!
Hasselvall landing shots from mount.
Hasselvall scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hasselvall lands a heavy elbow.
Hasselvall content just to control the position here.
Hasselvall lands a nice shot to the head.
Hasselvall controlling the position easily from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hasselvall with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hoi is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Musse Hasselvall dominated that round.
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.

Hasselvall decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hoi tries to roll over but Hasselvall keeps him under control.
Hasselvall is pressing down on Hoi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hoi is holding on for now.

Hoi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hoi tries to roll over but Hasselvall keeps him under control.
Musse Hasselvall has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hasselvall not doing much here.
Hasselvall thows a huge punch but Hoi dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hoi is not content to let Hasselvall control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hoi stuffs the takedown attempt from Hasselvall. Hasselvall gets slowly back to his feet.

Hoi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hasselvall!
Hasselvall is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hasselvall is in a horrible position here. Hoi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hoi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hasselvall?

Hoi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hasselvall can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Hasselvall keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasselvall is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hoi wants to control the pace but Hasselvall is squirming around nicely.
Hasselvall is trying to escape the mount.
Hasselvall bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hasselvall passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hoi tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasselvall is looking to take a break and control but Hoi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hasselvall slows the pace down.
Hasselvall passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hoi!
Hoi is looking to improve his position but Hasselvall isn't that keen on the idea.
Hasselvall looking to control and managing it successfully.
Hoi can't escape the position.
Hasselvall dominating with strikes here.
Hasselvall lands a big shot there that rocks Hoi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Hasselvall with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hasselvall is landing with some decent strikes but Hoi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hasselvall is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hoi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hasselvall tries to control but Hoi wriggling away.
Hasselvall takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hasselvall wants to control the pace but Hoi is squirming around nicely.
Hasselvall thowing shots but they're missing.
Hasselvall looking to control but Hoi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Musse Hasselvall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hasselvall fails with the takedown.

Hasselvall darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Hoi trying to hold on to Hasselvall's head to control him but Hasselvall postures up.
Hasselvall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoi keeps working.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hasselvall is looking to advance position but Hoi won't allow it.
Hasselvall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoi keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hoi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hasselvall missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hasselvall is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hoi wants to control but Hasselvall is keeping busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hasselvall shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hoi but Hoi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice takedown defense from Hoi. No joy for Hasselvall on that attempt.
Jung Hoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Musse Hasselvall.
Hasselvall shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hoi as he avoids it easily.
Hoi doesn't manage to clinch there - Hasselvall circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hoi doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Hasselvall counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hoi's guard now.
Hasselvall throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Hasselvall avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hasselvall trying to control the position from guard on top but Hoi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hasselvall slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hoi trying to strike off his back.
Hoi working a defensive guard but Hasselvall manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Hasselvall crashes against the mat.
Hasselvall lands some shots froms side control.
Hoi is not content to let Hasselvall control the position.
Hasselvall advances to mount.
Hasselvall connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Hasselvall working for a submission but Hoi is keeping him at bay.
Hasselvall throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hoi is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hoi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hasselvall throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hoi because Hasselvall loaded up on that one.
Hasselvall trying to control but Hoi is having none of it.
Hoi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Hasselvall wants to finish this one by submission but Hoi is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hasselvall.
Hoi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jung Hoi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Musse Hasselvall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hasselvall looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Musse Hasselvall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hasselvall winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musse Hasselvall!