PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Winnfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalo comes to the cage accompanied by Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris. The crowd seem to be enjoying Winnfield's choice of entrance music: Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jalo
vs
Winnfield

203 cm
31
251 lbs
28 - 19 - 0

194 cm
28
277 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jules Winnfield!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jalo sizes up Winnfield with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jalo catches Winnfield with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've been informed that Winnfield has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Nice body punch from Jalo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jalo. That's going to slow Winnfield down.
Iivana Jalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winnfield takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Winnfield throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jalo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jalo.
Jalo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Winnfield.
Jalo scores with a hook to the body. Winnfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jalo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jalo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winnfield.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jalo with a nice cross.
Jalo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Winnfield ducks under a wild hook from Jalo.
Winnfield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jalo manages to avoid it.
Winnfield moves out of range of the body kick from Jalo.
Winnfield appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Winnfield throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Jalo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winnfield throws a shot to the body.
Jalo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Jalo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jalo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winnfield moves away.
Jalo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winnfield.
Jalo thuds his right hand into Winnfield's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jalo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Winnfield. That did some damage!
Winnfield takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Jalo tenderised Winnfield's leg. Winnfield is trying to keep his angry face on.
Winnfield throws a jab when Jalo was well out of range.
Jalo connects with a solid leg kick.
Jalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winnfield.
Jalo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jalo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jalo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Winnfield walks into a jab.
Winnfield is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Jalo throws a hook but Winnfield avoids it easily.
Winnfield misses the body punch
enabling Jalo to counter with a crisp jab.
Jalo lands with a nice body kick.
Jalo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A telegraphed right hand from Jalo misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winnfield! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winnfield. Jalo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jalo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winnfield.
Winnfield takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jalo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Winnfield back to the cage. Jalo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Good exchange - Jalo coming out on top.
Winnfield looks to land a left hand but Jalo moved out of range nicely.
Jalo throws a solid leg kick but Winnfield takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jalo.
Jalo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalo throws a leg kick but Winnfield moved away.
Winnfield lands with a shot to the body.
Winnfield swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jalo tries to score with a low kick but Winnfield moves his leg out of the way.
Nice uppercut lands for Winnfield. That snapped Jalo's head back.
Jalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winnfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jalo ducks under a wild hook from Winnfield.
Winnfield steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jalo.
Winnfield just misses with a punch to the body.
Jalo is looking to chop away at Winnfield's legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winnfield! But no joy.
Jalo lands a nice hook to Winnfield's body. Winnfield takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jalo misses with a low kick as Winnfield jumps back.
Winnfield swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Winnfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Jalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winnfield throws a shot from downtown. Jalo moves away and avoids it.
Jalo seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalo throws a big shot that misses.
Winnfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Winnfield takes a swing at Jalo's ribcage but misses.
Winnfield moves out of range of the body kick.
Jalo defending well as Winnfield loads up on a big left hand.
Jalo cracks Winnfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Jules Winnfield has been cut.
Jalo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Winnfield lands a really nice looking cross but Jalo seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jalo lands with a shot to the body.
Jalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jalo thumps Winnfield with a low kick.
Winnfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jalo.
Jalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jalo throws a leg kick but Winnfield sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jalo, right into the meat.
Jalo throws a series of punches but Winnfield moves out of range.
Winnfield wants to 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 Jules Winnfield's cut.
That's time! Jalo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jalo connects with a crisp jab.
Winnfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Winnfield.
Jalo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jalo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winnfield.
Winnfield misses with a hook
and Jalo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jalo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Winnfield swings for the body but Jalo moves out of range.
Jalo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jalo looks to throw the jab but Winnfield is out of range.
Winnfield missing with a left hand there. Jalo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It seemed like Winnfield was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Winnfield blocks the leg kick.
Jalo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jalo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jalo throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Winnfield is able to avoid easily.
Jalo misses with a combination
enabling Winnfield to counter with a crisp jab.
Jalo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winnfield throws out the jab.
Jalo misses with a right hand
letting Winnfield counter with a right hand.
Jalo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Winnfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
Jalo misses with a double jab
and Winnfield counters with a straight right hand.
Jalo lands an overhand right.
Jalo misses with a hook
and Winnfield counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Winnfield misses.
Jalo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Winnfield's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winnfield on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winnfield takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jalo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Winnfield.
Winnfield misses with a looping left.
Winnfield misses with a looping left.
Jalo cracks Winnfield with a good jab.
Jalo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winnfield.
Winnfield throws a shot from downtown. Jalo moves away and avoids it.
Jalo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jalo is looking to slow Winnfield down with leg kicks.
Jalo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jalo misses with a double jab.
Winnfield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jalo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalo tried to score with a low kick but Winnfield checks it.
Winnfield now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Winnfield misses with a straight left.
Jalo wants to slow Winnfield down by chopping away at his legs.
Winnfield misses the body punch
and Jalo counters with a leg kick.
Jalo staying out of range there.
Winnfield avoids the body shot from Jalo.
Jalo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Winnfield takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Winnfield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jalo slips a jab from Winnfield.
Winnfield walks into a left hand.
Jalo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winnfield can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Jalo.
Winnfield slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Jalo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalo throws a right hand that misses
and Winnfield counters with a straight right hand.
Jalo lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winnfield checks the leg kick nicely there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Winnfield checks a leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Winnfield misses.
The fighters circling - Winnfield throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iivana Jalo is winning the standup battle so far.
Jalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jalo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the body from Jalo misses
and Winnfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jalo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Winnfield moves out of range as Jalo strikes.
Winnfield takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jalo throws an off balance right hand
and Winnfield makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jalo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Winnfield throws a body punch but Jalo moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iivana Jalo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jules Winnfield'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!

Jalo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Winnfield swings for the body but Jalo moves out of range.
Winnfield's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Winnfield tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jalo was well out of range. Poor timing from Winnfield.
Jalo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jalo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jalo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab from Jalo.
Winnfield ducks under a wild hook from Jalo.
Winnfield throws a good cross that connects.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jalo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jalo looks for the body kick but Winnfield saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winnfield! But no joy.
Jalo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jalo throws a solid leg kick but Winnfield takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jalo.
A countering left hand to the body from Winnfield misses.
Donk. Jalo catches Winnfield right on the button with a cross.
Jalo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo scores with a shot to the body.
Jalo lands with a straight right. Winnfield didn't see that one coming.
Winnfield has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Winnfield lands with a right hand.
Winnfield checks the leg kick.
Winnfield ducks under a wild hook from Jalo.
Jalo scores with a punch to the head.
A good leg kick by Jalo.
Jalo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Winnfield doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jalo looks to throw the jab but Winnfield is out of range.
Winnfield doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Winnfield avoids the body shot from Jalo.
Winnfield takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winnfield.
A cross from Jalo lands.
Jalo moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Winnfield counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winnfield shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Winnfield takes a swing at Jalo's ribcage but misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Winnfield might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Jalo has got the better of the exchanges.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winnfield moves away.
Jalo swings for the body but Winnfield moves out of range.
Winnfield is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jalo slips under a jab.
Winnfield checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jalo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jalo swings for the body but Winnfield moves out of range.
Jalo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winnfield.
Jalo misses with an uppercut. Winnfield saw that one coming.
Jalo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winnfield on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jalo. Jalo obviously looking to wear him down.
A swing and a miss from Winnfield.
Jalo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jalo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jalo looks to land a combination but Winnfield avoids it well.
Jalo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jalo swings for the body but Winnfield moves out of range.
Jalo scores with a jab. Winnfield acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Jalo.
Winnfield let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Winnfield avoids the body shot from Jalo.
Winnfield looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Winnfield looks to land a right hand but Jalo moved out of range.
Jules Winnfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jalo misses the body punch
and Winnfield counters with a straight right hand.
Jalo misses with an uppercut.
Jalo connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winnfield displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jalo throws out the jab.
Winnfield is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Jalo with a body shot.
Jalo thows a leg kick but Winnfield checks it
and Winnfield counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jalo defending well as Winnfield loads up on a big left hand.
Jalo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Winnfield checks it well.
Jalo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Iivana Jalo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Winnfield takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winnfield.
Winnfield throws a hook but Jalo blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Jalo misses the target.
Jalo throws a body kick that misses
and Winnfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jalo works over Winnfield's head and body with a nice combination.
Winnfield ducks right into an uppercut from Jalo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jalo.
Jalo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iivana Jalo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jalo 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iivana Jalo!
An out of breath Iivana Jalo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.