PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sami Jaervinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Bittbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sami Jaervinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jaervinen
vs
Bittbull

195 cm
22
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
227 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Jaervinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Bittbull!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaervinen misses with a takedown attempt - Bittbull sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jaervinen throws a series of punches but Bittbull moves out of range.
Jaervinen looks to throw the jab but Bittbull is out of range.
Jaervinen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jaervinen looks for a takedown but Bittbull sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sami Jaervinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bittbull looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bittbull misses with a head kick.
Jaervinen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jaervinen has his takedown stuffed
and Bittbull counters with a two punch combo.
Jaervinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bittbull counters with a good low kick that Jaervinen was not able to check.

Jaervinen moves into the clinch successfully.
Jaervinen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bittbull is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Bittbull gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jaervinen.
Jaervinen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bittbull stalling in the clinch but Jaervinen improves position.
Bittbull tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jaervinen smiles and moves away.
Bittbull lands with a slapping head kick.
Jaervinen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bittbull counters with a takedown into side control.
Bittbull trying to control the action but Jaervinen is working from the bottom.
Bittbull tries to move into full mount but can't pass Jaervinen's legs.
Bittbull controlling the position.
Jaervinen is not content to let Bittbull control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bittbull misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bittbull trying to control the position but Jaervinen is working away.
Jaervinen wants to control but Bittbull postures up.
Bittbull wants to control but Jaervinen is keeping him busy.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jaervinen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Bittbull doesn't manage to clinch there - Jaervinen circles away.
Jaervinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bittbull counters with a good low kick that Jaervinen was not able to check.
Jaervinen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bittbull counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bittbull keeps control of Jaervinen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bittbull displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jaervinen up against the cage.
Jaervinen goes for a takedown in the clinch but Bittbull prevents it.
Bittbull has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jaervinen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Bittbull pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bittbull.
Jaervinen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bittbull counters with a big head kick but Jaervinen shrugs it off.
Bittbull looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jaervinen is fending him off so far but Bittbull persists. Nope, Jaervinen circles away and we're back to standing.
Jaervinen swings away with a body shot that misses

and Bittbull counters with a single leg into guard. Jaervinen didn't expect that.
Jaervinen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bittbull advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaervinen is trying to control but Bittbull manages to pass to mount!
Bittbull tries to control but Jaervinen wriggling away.
Jaervinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Bittbull has a good base and remains in mount.

Bittbull with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bittbull sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bittbull wants to control the pace but Jaervinen is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Bittbull dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jaervinen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bittbull blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jaervinen.
Jaervinen lands with a punch from half guard.
Jaervinen working over Bittbull with some ground and pound. Bittbull looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bittbull taking some punishment here, with Jaervinen in his half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jaervinen is nestled in close to Bittbull, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bittbull. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bittbull is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bittbull taking some punishment here, with Jaervinen in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaervinen is working for a kimura but Bittbull is defending it quite comfortably.
Jaervinen drops an elbow to the side of Bittbull's head.
Jaervinen trying to control from Bittbull's half guard. Bittbull has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bittbull is trying to keep Jaervinen in close.
Bittbull might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jaervinen kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jaervinen distracts Bittbull with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jaervinen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bittbull is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bittbull is pulling down on Jaervinen's head. It's preventing any offense from Jaervinen, at least for the moment.
Bittbull keeping moving, preventing Jaervinen from controlling successfully.
Bittbull preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jaervinen fails with the takedown
and Bittbull counters with a straight right hand.
Bittbull lands with a slapping head kick.
Jaervinen has his takedown stuffed

and Bittbull counters with a single leg into guard. Jaervinen didn't expect that.
Jaervinen trying to strike off his back.
Bittbull postures up and lands a big shot to Jaervinen's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaervinen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bittbull wants to control from the top but Jaervinen keeps moving.
Jaervinen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bittbull preventing the sweep.
Jaervinen wants to hit a switch here but Bittbull passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jaervinen there!
Jaervinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Bittbull has a good base and remains in mount.
Jaervinen is working hard here to advance position.
Jaervinen tries to lock up and control but Bittbull gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jaervinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Bittbull has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bittbull tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jaervinen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jaervinen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jaervinen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jaervinen tries to get out of the position.
Bittbull has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jaervinen's face.
Bittbull lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jaervinen hang on?
Bittbull looking to control but Jaervinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Poor strikes thrown by Bittbull there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jaervinen wants to control but Bittbull is having none of it.
Jaervinen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bittbull. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jose Bittbull will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jaervinen tries to clinch up
and Bittbull finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jaervinen misses with a combination
and Bittbull counters with a good low kick that Jaervinen was not able to check.
Bittbull fails to land with a series of punches.
Jaervinen fails with the takedown

and Bittbull counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Bittbull is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jaervinen is just riding it out for now. Bittbull eventually gives up the hold.
Jaervinen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bittbull has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bittbull sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bittbull wants to control the pace but Jaervinen is squirming around nicely.
Jaervinen flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jaervinen is desperately trying to improve his position but Bittbull has a good base and remains in mount.
Jaervinen 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.
Bittbull tries to control but Jaervinen wriggling away.
Bittbull avoids the attempt from Jaervinen to control.
Jaervinen is trying desperately to improve position.

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.
Bittbull unloading with bombs!
Bittbull controlling from mount.
Jaervinen tries to lock up and control but Bittbull gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jaervinen can't escape the position.
Bittbull wants to control the pace but Jaervinen is squirming around nicely.
Bittbull content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bittbull can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jaervinen is looking to escape.
Jaervinen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jaervinen wants to control but Bittbull is having none of it.
Bittbull looking to control but Jaervinen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jaervinen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Jaervinen is staying active underneath Bittbull, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jaervinen gets back to full guard.
Jaervinen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jaervinen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bittbull puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bittbull prevents Jaervinen from improving his position.
Bittbull stalling.
Jaervinen misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jaervinen missing with punches from the bottom.
Jaervinen is looking to control Bittbull's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jaervinen avoid being mounted?

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Bittbull comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bittbull has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Bittbull!