PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gracie Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Espo Jaksinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Gracie Allen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Allen
vs
Jaksinen

170 cm
23
168 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
169 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gracie Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Espo Jaksinen!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jaksinen on the side of the head.
Allen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Jaksinen there.
Allen misses with a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaksinen! But no joy.
Jaksinen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Allen will feel that in the morning.
Jaksinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Allen is out of range.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Allen throws out a leg kick but Jaksinen moves out of range and Allen only half commits.
Jaksinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Espo Jaksinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Allen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jaksinen checks it well.
Jaksinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Allen.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jaksinen.
A combination from Jaksinen does no damage.
Allen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaksinen.
Allen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Allen misses with a low kick as Jaksinen jumps back.
Jaksinen misses with a combination
and Allen counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice jab there from Jaksinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen lands a slapping body shot.
Jaksinen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Allen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jaksinen misses with a looping left.
Jaksinen swings for the body but Allen moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jaksinen.
Jaksinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Allen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Allen misses the target.
Allen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Allen throws a chopping leg kick but Jaksinen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It seemed like Jaksinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jaksinen throws a head kick but Allen moves out of range.
Jaksinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jaksinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Allen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jaksinen on the side of the head.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Jaksinen moved out of range nicely.
Jaksinen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Allen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen misses the body punch
and Jaksinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jaksinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Allen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Allen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jaksinen misses with a left hand
and Allen counters with an inside leg kick.
Jaksinen swings widly with a right hand
and Allen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jaksinen's knee momentarily.
Allen lands a nice looking body shot.
Jaksinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Allen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jaksinen tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jaksinen moves forwards but Allen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jaksinen throws a hook but Allen avoids it easily.
Jaksinen misses with a hook. Allen ducked under it nicely.
Jaksinen tries to score with a low kick but Allen moves his leg out of the way.
Jaksinen throws a sloppy body shot
and Allen counters with a thumping low kick.
Jaksinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaksinen throws the left hand but Allen avoids the punch easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Allen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jaksinen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Allen lands a leg kick that knocks Jaksinen off balance momentarily.

Jaksinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen scores with a shoulder strike.
Allen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jaksinen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Allen up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Allen.

Jaksinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaksinen misses with a body shot.
Allen misses with a low kick.
Jaksinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jab by Jaksinen.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Jaksinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Allen connects with a solid leg kick.
Allen moves away from the strike by Jaksinen.
A big right from Jaksinen misses.
Good leg kick by Allen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jaksinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jaksinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Allen scores with a leg kick.
Jaksinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Allen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jaksinen's calf.
Allen moves away from the strike by Jaksinen.
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Allen misses with a straight left.
Allen slips a jab from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Allen misses with a hook.
Allen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaksinen drops his hands momentarily and Allen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Allen.
Jaksinen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaksinen! But no joy.
Jaksinen connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gracie Allen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jaksinen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Allen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen misses with a left hand
letting Allen counter with a right hand.
Allen looks to score with a jab to the body but Jaksinen is just out of range.
Good work by Jaksinen as he checks the leg kick.
Allen throws a right hand that misses
letting Jaksinen counter with a right hand.
Allen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jaksinen.
An inside leg kick lands from Allen.
Jaksinen lands a jab to the nose.
Allen swats away the attempt to clinch by Jaksinen.
Allen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jaksinen scores with a body shot.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Jaksinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jaksinen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen misses with a combination
and Jaksinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jaksinen lands with a good body shot.
Allen slips a jab from Jaksinen.
Allen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jaksinen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gracie Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jaksinen lands with a nice combination. Allen backs away looking to recover.
Allen is looking to score with low kicks.
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jaksinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Allen manages to avoid it.
Jaksinen lands a glancing blow to the side of Allen's head.
Jaksinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Allen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jaksinen.
Allen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Allen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Allen throws a hook but Jaksinen avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jaksinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Jaksinen misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jaksinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Allen should have avoided that one.
Allen sizes up Jaksinen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Allen throws a leg kick but Jaksinen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jaksinen throws a big counter head kick but Allen avoids it with no problem.
Jaksinen is looking to clinch.
Allen scores with a leg kick.
Jaksinen scores with a jab.
Allen throws a series of punches but Jaksinen avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaksinen.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Jaksinen clinches up against the cage.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jaksinen breaks from the clinch.
Allen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jaksinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Allen throws a body kick that misses.
Allen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jaksinen momentarily.
Allen tries to land a leg kick but Jaksinen saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen scores with a body shot.
Jaksinen is looking to land body kicks.
Jaksinen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Allen.
Jaksinen moves away from the strike by Allen.
Jaksinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jaksinen looks to land a left hand but Allen moved out of range nicely.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jaksinen throws a shot from downtown. Allen moves away and avoids it.
Allen tried to score with a low kick but Jaksinen checks it.
Allen scores with a push kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Allen!
Jaksinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jaksinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Allen blocks a low kick nicely.
Allen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jaksinen.
Jaksinen wants to slow Allen down by chopping away at his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a front kick aimed at Jaksinen's knee but Jaksinen avoids it well.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaksinen.
Allen throwing a counter right hand but Jaksinen manages to avoid it.
Jaksinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Allen.
Allen throws a hook but Jaksinen avoids it easily.
Jaksinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Allen.
Jaksinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Allen.
Jaksinen walks into a left hand.
Jaksinen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Allen throws a quick inside leg kick.

Allen gets tackled into the cage by Jaksinen. Jaksinen maintains the clinch.

Jaksinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Allen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jaksinen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Allen moves away from the strike by Jaksinen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A low kick from Allen is predictable there
and Jaksinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jaksinen.
A lazy left from Jaksinen finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Espo Jaksinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jaksinen blocks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Allen.
Jaksinen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Allen.
Allen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Jaksinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jaksinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jaksinen lands with an uppercut that bounces Allen off the cage and back into range.
Jaksinen misses with a looping right.
Allen throwing a counter right hand but Jaksinen manages to avoid it.
Allen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Allen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jaksinen lands with a hook. Allen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Allen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Allen takes a swing at Jaksinen's ribcage but misses.
Allen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Allen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Allen throws a body punch but Jaksinen moves out of range.
Allen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jaksinen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Allen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen blocks a head kick by Jaksinen.
Jaksinen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Allen.
Allen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Allen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jaksinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Allen.
Allen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Allen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaksinen.
Allen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Allen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Allen misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Jaksinen misses.
Jaksinen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Allen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Allen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jaksinen throws a head kick but Allen moves out of range.
Allen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen misses the shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Jaksinen as he connects with a hook.
Jaksinen throws a leg kick
and Allen counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Allen clobbers Jaksinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Allen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jaksinen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Allen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Allen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Allen misses with a kick to the body.
Jaksinen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Allen moves forwards but Jaksinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jaksinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Allen counters with a good low kick that Jaksinen was not able to check.
Good standup being displayed there by Allen as he connects with a hook.
Jaksinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jaksinen throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.
Allen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Allen counters with a slapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Jaksinen misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands with a slapping head kick.
Allen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Allen needs to keep his hands up - Jaksinen had a free shot at his head there.
Allen scores with a jab. Jaksinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Jaksinen is rocked!
A chopping leg kick lands by Allen.
Jaksinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Allen finish him?
A jab from Allen misses.
Jaksinen is looking to land body kicks.
Allen throws a quick counter kick to the body but Jaksinen avoids it.
Jaksinen seems to have recovered his senses.
Allen swings for the body but Jaksinen moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Allen, right into the meat.
Jaksinen looks to throw the jab but Allen is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jaksinen. That's going to slow Allen down.
Jaksinen cracks Allen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jaksinen tests Allen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen cracks Jaksinen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slow jab from Jaksinen misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jaksinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jaksinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Allen drops his hands momentarily and Jaksinen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Allen throws a leg kick but Jaksinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jaksinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Jaksinen has managed to clinch.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaksinen lands a right hand.
Jaksinen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Jaksinen avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Allen as Jaksinen tries to tie him up.
Allen scores with a shot to the side of Jaksinen's head.
Jaksinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaksinen stalling the fight.
Allen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jaksinens head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gracie Allen.
I think Allen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Gracie Allen!