PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Phil Kessel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terppi Maekinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kessel
vs
Maekinen

177 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Superior Ki Supplements
Random Name Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phil Kessel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terppi Maekinen!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maekinen throws a series of punches but Kessel avoids them all with ease.
Maekinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maekinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kessel.
Kessel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maekinen.

Kessel shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kessel showed some decent athleticism there.
Maekinen looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kessel is thwarting Maekinen's attempts to control the position.
Kessel looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kessel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Maekinen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kessel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kessel stops Maekinen from getting back to his feet.
Maekinen is refusing to be controlled, as Kessel sits in half guard.
Kessel wants to stand but Maekinen has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Kessel 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.
Maekinen is trying to maintain the position but Kessel is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kessel wants to pass the guard but Maekinen is defending well.
Kessel thows a huge punch but Maekinen dodges it nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maekinen stuffs the takedown attempt from Kessel. Kessel gets slowly back to his feet.
Terppi Maekinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maekinen jabs at Kessel's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kessel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maekinen digs a good body shot into Kessel's ribs.
Maekinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice body punch from Maekinen.
Maekinen cracks Kessel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kessel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maekinen.
Maekinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kessel avoids the body shot from Maekinen.
A big left from Maekinen misses.
Kessel slips under a jab.
Horrible takedown by Kessel or perhaps it was just good defense by Maekinen which made him look bad.
Kessel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Kessel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Maekinen bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Kessel is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessel shoots in and drives through. Maekinen sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Kessel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kessel shoots in but Maekinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maekinen works Kessel's body with a nice hook.
Kessel throws a push kick but Maekinen slaps the foot to one side.
Kessel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kessel misses with a leg kick.
Maekinen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kessel has time to react.
Maekinen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kessel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kessel shoots for a takedown but Maekinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kessel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maekinen cracks Kessel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Maekinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Maekinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Maekinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maekinen scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maekinen digs a good hook to Kessel's body.
Maekinen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kessel's head.
Maekinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kessel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maekinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maekinen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maekinen cracks Kessel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kessel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maekinen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Terppi Maekinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Maekinen throws a good cross that connects.
Maekinen connects with a body shot.
Kessel tries for a takedown but Maekinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Maekinen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Kessel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Maekinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kessel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to de liver by Maekinen. Beautiful body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terppi Maekinen 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.

Maekinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Maekinen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kessel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Maekinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kessel swinging wilding here.
No luck for Kessel with that takedown attempt.
Maekinen blocks a head kick by Kessel.
Maekinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Maekinen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Kessel counters with a shoot takedown. Maekinen fights it but they end up in guard.
Kessel trying to control but Maekinen is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maekinen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maekinen controls Kessel momentarily but Kessel frees himself.
Kessel won't allow Maekinen to get back to his feet.
Kessel tries to free his leg and advance position but Maekinen is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kessel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Maekinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kessel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Maekinen lands the left hand.
Maekinen's corner calls for a 1-2. Maekinen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kessel shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maekinen scores with a jab.
Maekinen lands with a hook. Kessel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A punch lands to the side of Kessel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maekinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maekinen thuds a left hand into Kessel's body.
Kessel tries to clinch up.
Maekinen lunges at Kessel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kessel's hand.
Maekinen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kessel takes one on the button.
Maekinen lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kessel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maekinen.
Horrible takedown by Kessel or perhaps it was just good defense by Maekinen which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Kessel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maekinen jabs at Kessel's body.
Maekinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kessel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kessel misses with a series of wild punches.
Maekinen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Maekinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Maekinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kessel's hands.
Maekinen lands with a nice body punch.
Maekinen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Maekinen throws a series of strikes that have Kessel backpedaling.
Maekinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kessel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Maekinen lands a two punch combo.
Nice takedown defense from Maekinen. No joy for Kessel on that attempt.
A punch lands to the side of Kessel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Phil Kessel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maekinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kessel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Maekinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Maekinen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kessel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kessel shoots in but no luck this time.
Maekinen connects with a body shot.
Maekinen stuffs the takedown attempt from Kessel. Kessel gets slowly back to his feet.
Maekinen scores with a nice head shot.
Maekinen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Maekinen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terppi Maekinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Maekinen lands a nice looking body shot.
Maekinen punishes Kessel's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot by Maekinen.
Kessel closes the distance and clinches up with Maekinen, looking for a takedown. Kessel pushes Maekinen against the cage but Maekinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Maekinen.
Kessel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maekinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kessel doesn't seem bothered though.
Kessel misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Maekinen lands a nice hook to Kessel's body. Kessel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maekinen catches Kessel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Maekinen lands a right hook to the body.
Maekinen digs a good hook to Kessel's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maekinen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kessel.
Maekinen throws a nice looking combination but Kessel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Maekinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kessel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Maekinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maekinen misses with a combination

and Kessel counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Kessel.
Kessel trying to stand up but can't free himself from Maekinen's guard.
Kessel being controlled here momentarily.
Kessel throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Maekinen kicks Kessel off and gets to his feet.
Maekinen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kessel on the side of the head.
Maekinen misses with the combination.
Terppi Maekinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kessel clinches.

Kessel breaks from the clinch.
Maekinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kessel.
Maekinen with a jab.
Maekinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kessel counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Maekinen scores with a one two! Kessel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kessel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kessel shoots in but Maekinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Kessel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kessel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kessel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maekinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maekinen throws a right and a left that Kessel avoids nicely.
Kessel is looking to clinch but Maekinen is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maekinen tests Kessel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maekinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Maekinen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Maekinen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Maekinen thuds his right hand into Kessel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kessel darts in trying to clinch
and Maekinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab, jab by Maekinen - just one landing.
Maekinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Kessel moves forwards but Maekinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Maekinen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice defenses there by Kessel.
Maekinen missing with a left hand there. Kessel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kessel tries to clinch up.

Kessel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kessel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Maekinen is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
A nice elbow there by Kessel.
Kessel trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Maekinen is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kessel trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Kessel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Maekinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terppi Maekinen!