PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Otso Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PePe Hapitchou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hapitchou has chosen Blackalicious - Sky is falling as his entrance music. PePe Hapitchou has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Koski
vs
Hapitchou

172 cm
28
155 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
144 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Spartan Nutrition

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Otso Koski!
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, PePe Hapitchou!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Koski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Koski throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hapitchou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koski scores with a leg kick.
Hapitchou checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hapitchou tries to counter with a clinch but Koski shakes him off and moves away.
Hapitchou scores with a nice right hand.
Koski throws a leg kick
and Hapitchou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Koski misses
letting Hapitchou counter with a right hand.
Koski doesn't manage to clinch there - Hapitchou circles away.
Hapitchou blocks a low kick nicely.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch but Hapitchou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koski misses with a leg kick
and Hapitchou counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hapitchou lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hapitchou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Koski connects with a single shot there.
Koski lands with a good body shot.
Koski scores with a jab to the head.
Koski doesn't manage to clinch there - Hapitchou circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Hapitchou. Beautiful body shot.
Hapitchou thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koski tried to counter with a leg kick but Hapitchou avoided it.
Koski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hapitchou was well out of range. Poor timing from Koski.
A slapping leg kick lands for Koski.
Hapitchou smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Koski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Koski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hapitchou is out of range and Koski settles back down.
Hapitchou throws a lazy right hand but Koski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Koski gets a clinch.
Hapitchou misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koski lands an elbow that stopped Hapitchou in his tracks for a moment.
Hapitchou throws a head punch that misses.
Koski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hapitchou wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koski has him pressed against the cage.
Koski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Hapitchou.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koski blocking some punches.
Hapitchou has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koski throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Hapitchou.
Koski gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koski blocks a body shot from Hapitchou.
Koski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Koski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Hapitchou shrugs off.

It looks like PePe Hapitchou has been cut.
Hapitchou lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hapitchou works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hapitchou blocks an elbow strike.
Koski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koski prevents a body shot from Hapitchou.
Koski taking a breather.
Koski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Hapitchou shrugs off.
Hapitchou lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koski backwards.
Hapitchou avoids the elbow strike from Koski, against the cage.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Hapitchou shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
Koski blocks an uppercut.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Hapitchou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koski's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koski.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Hapitchou fails to pull guard.
Koski pushes off an throws an elbow but Hapitchou leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koski.
Koski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hapitchou dodges an elbow strike from Koski.
Koski works on Hapitchou's body with a couple of short punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hapitchou's brow.
Koski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Koski lands a damaging elbow.
Hapitchou tries a body shot but Koski blocks it.
Hapitchou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Hapitchou shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hapitchou has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hapitchou takes an elbow to the temple.
Koski trying to control the position but instead, Hapitchou has worked for underhooks and has pushed Koski into the cage.
Koski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski lands an elbow that stopped Hapitchou in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up PePe Hapitchou's cut even more.
Koski tries to throw a body punch but Hapitchou avoids it by throwing Koski back against the cage.
Hapitchou avoids the elbow strike from Koski, against the cage.
Hapitchou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Hapitchou manages to break the clinch.
Koski throws a leg kick but Hapitchou moved away.
Hapitchou fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koski has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Koski throws a right hand that Hapitchou ducks under and follows up with a left that Hapitchou also avoids with ease.
Hapitchou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koski.

Koski moves into the clinch.
Koski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hapitchou's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Koski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on PePe Hapitchou's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hapitchou throws a shot to the body.
Koski throws a leg kick that misses.
Hapitchou takes a swing at Koski's ribcage but misses.
Koski scoring well with a low kick there.
Hapitchou throws a body shot but no joy.
Koski tries to clinch up.
Koski ducks under a wild hook from Hapitchou.
Hapitchou on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Koski. Koski obviously looking to wear him down.
Koski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Koski motions for Hapitchou to come forward. Koski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Hapitchou misses the target.
Hapitchou thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koski moves out of range as Hapitchou strikes.
Hapitchou blocks a leg kick.
Koski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hapitchou scores with a nice head shot.
Koski walks into a straight right hand from Hapitchou.
Otso Koski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski tries to land a leg kick but Hapitchou saw it coming and moves away.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hapitchou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koski throws a hook but Hapitchou avoids it easily.
Koski swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Hapitchou counter with a right hand.
Hapitchou listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hapitchou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hapitchou throws an overhand right that lands on Koski's shoulder, as Koski tries to avoid the shot.
Koski misses with a leg kick
and Hapitchou counters with a left to the body.
Hapitchou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hapitchou manages to avoid it.
Koski moves in looking to clinch but Hapitchou pushes him off.
Koski thows a leg kick but Hapitchou checks it
and Hapitchou counters with a left to the body.
Koski misses the jab.
Koski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hapitchou manages to avoid it.
Koski avoids the head kick by Hapitchou.
Koski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koski lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hapitchou steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Koski. That one must have hurt.
Hapitchou tests Koski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A leg kick checked by Hapitchou.
The crowd cheers as Hapitchou lands an impressive looking overhand right. Koski doesn't seem phased though.
Koski feints and then cracks Hapitchou's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hapitchou down.
Koski walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hapitchou checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Koski tries to score with a low kick but Hapitchou moves his leg out of the way.
Hapitchou lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koski at a distance.
Hapitchou moves into range and connects with a jab.
Koski shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hapitchou now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Koski tries to clinch but Hapitchou is having none of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Hapitchou misses.
Koski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hapitchou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koski moves away.
Koski throws out a loose jab but Hapitchou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koski moves out of range as Hapitchou throws a body kick.
Hapitchou circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hapitchou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Koski tries to clinch but Hapitchou moves out of range.
Hapitchou throws out a loose jab but Koski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hapitchou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Koski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Koski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koski throws a hook but Hapitchou avoids it easily.
PePe Hapitchou seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hapitchou connects with a crisp jab.
Hapitchou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koski misses with the body kick
and Hapitchou counters with a three punch combo that has Koski backing up. Koski nods at Hapitchou to acknowledge the strikes.
Koski doesn't manage to clinch there - Hapitchou circles away.
Koski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Koski misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Hapitchou.
Koski moves in looking to clinch but Hapitchou pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hapitchou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koski throws a leg kick
and Hapitchou counters with a nice uppercut.
Koski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hapitchou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hapitchou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koski.
Hapitchou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koski.

Koski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hapitchou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hapitchou's brow.
Hapitchou jumps guard but Koski stands there with Hapitchou around his waist. Hapitchou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hapitchou lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Koski looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

PePe Hapitchou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on PePe Hapitchou's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Koski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hapitchou blocks an uppercut.
Hapitchou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Otso Koski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Koski lands an elbow that stopped Hapitchou in his tracks for a moment.
Hapitchou takes an elbow to the temple.
Hapitchou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hapitchou blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hapitchou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koski.
Hapitchou prevents a body shot from Koski.
Koski lands a body punch.
Hapitchou lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Koski tries to throw a body punch but Hapitchou avoids it by throwing Koski back against the cage.
Koski blocking some punches.
Koski lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hapitchou fails to land.
Koski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koski tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koski lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hapitchou misses with some punches.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Koski lands an elbow just above Hapitchou 's eye.

Hapitchou drags the fight down to the ground.
Koski sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Koski trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hapitchou's guard.
Koski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Koski trying to control the position from guard on top but Hapitchou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hapitchou is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Hapitchou working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Koski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Hapitchou is tightening it up a little... Koski has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Koski reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Koski taps out! Nice BJJ there by Hapitchou!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). PePe Hapitchou!
A determined PePe Hapitchou didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!