PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jaakko Kolloo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Brent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brent has chosen David Brent - 'Life on the Road' as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kolloo
vs
Brent

170 cm
36
157 lbs
27 - 10 - 3

168 cm
28
148 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 27 - 10 - 3, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Kolloo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, David Brent!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brent takes one on the button.
Kolloo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kolloo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brent doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kolloo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kolloo, right into the meat.
Kolloo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at KO Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Kolloo misses with a few strikes there.
Brent changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Brent swinging wildly here.
Brent displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kolloo throws out the jab.
A big right from Brent misses.
Kolloo is looking to counter with a body kick.
Kolloo thumps Brent with a low kick.

Brent drops Kolloo with a left and a right! Oh, Kolloo is hurt - Brent dives into side control looking to finish!

Kolloo is rocked!

It looks like Jaakko Kolloo has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brent working the ground and pound but Kolloo is defending the strikes.
Kolloo is being controlled here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brent tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kolloo is trying to get back to half guard.
Brent tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kolloo is being controlled here.
Kolloo tries to bench press Brent off him but Brent keeps the position.
Brent moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Brent working the strikes but Kolloo uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

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.
Brent keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brent sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kolloo defending well though.
Brent has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kolloo is defending against the submission attempts here by Brent.
Brent working Kolloo over with strikes.
Brent trying to control the pace.
Kolloo wants to improve his position but Brent is controlling well.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolloo misses with a body kick.
Kolloo lands with a nice body kick.

Brent shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kolloo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kolloo being controlled here, momentarily.
Brent chips away with some ground and pound.
Kolloo keeping moving, preventing Brent from controlling successfully.
Brent prevents Kolloo from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brent stopping the sweep attempt from Kolloo.
Brent controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kolloo controls Brent momentarily but Brent frees himself.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kolloo misses with a head kick.
Kolloo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kolloo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It appears Kolloo was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kolloo throws a lazy right hand but Brent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kolloo connects with a right hand. Brent shakes it off.
Brent lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kolloo throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Brent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jaakko Kolloo'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.

Kolloo throws a push kick but Brent slaps the foot to one side.
Kolloo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kolloo lands with a straight right. Brent didn't see that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kolloo.
Jaakko Kolloo is winning the standup battle so far.
Kolloo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kolloo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brent's sensitive parts.
Kolloo slips a jab from Brent.
Kolloo ducks under a wild hook from Brent.
Brent throws a jab but it's blocked by Kolloo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brent scores with a hook.
Brent pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brent misses with a double jab.
Kolloo throws a hook but Brent avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Brent releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jaakko Kolloo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brent scores with a sloppy right hand. Kolloo should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolloo tests Brent's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brent shoots and misses
and Kolloo counters with a leg kick.
Kolloo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kolloo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kolloo wants it to stay on the feet.
Kolloo misses with an uppercut. Brent saw that one coming.

Brent gets a double leg takedown into Kolloo's guard.
Kolloo seems keen to control Brent's posture.
David Brent has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brent slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kolloo is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Brent dives into side control.
Kolloo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brent on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brent tries to advance to mount but Kolloo denies him.
Brent wants to take a breather but Kolloo manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Brent.
Brent trying to control the position from guard on top but Kolloo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolloo misses with a wild body shot.
Kolloo just misses with a punch to the body.
Brent smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brent lands a body shot.
Kolloo lunges at Brent with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brent's hand.
Brent is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kolloo.
Brent might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Brent takes one to the side of the head.
Kolloo slips a jab from Brent.
Kolloo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
An inside leg kick lands from Kolloo.
Kolloo connects with a jab.
Kolloo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Kolloo.
The fighters circling - Kolloo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brent moves out of range of the leg kick from Kolloo.
Brent is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kolloo lands with a nice body punch.
Kolloo throws a lazy right hand but Brent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brent bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kolloo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kolloo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kolloo throws a jab when Brent was well out of range.
A jab from Brent does it's job there.
Kolloo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brent moves away from the strike by Kolloo.
Kolloo connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Kolloo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaakko Kolloo's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Kolloo tries to land a body kick
and Brent connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kolloo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Brent throws a jab when Kolloo was well out of range.
Kolloo misses with a looping left.
Brent is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kolloo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Brent is rocked!
Kolloo drops Brent with a huge uppercut! Brent drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Kolloo is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaakko Kolloo!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jaakko Kolloo thanked Perkele! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).