PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes into the arena with MMA Entrance Theme blaring out of the sound system. Ahokas has chosen ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Washington
vs
Ahokas

173 cm
29
146 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
145 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ville Ahokas!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Washington listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Washington looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Joe Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some bone on bone action there as Ahokas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ahokas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Washington cracks the inside of Ahokas's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahokas. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahokas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Washington dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Washington gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Washington misses the body punch
and Ahokas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Washington's knee momentarily.
Ahokas throws a shot from downtown. Washington moves away and avoids it.
Washington lunges at Ahokas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ahokas's hand.

It looks like Ville Ahokas has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahokas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That kick from Ahokas tenderised Washington's leg. Washington is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ahokas lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Washington to counter with a crisp jab.
Washington throws a leg kick
letting Ahokas counter with a right hand.
Ahokas misses with a two punch combination.
Washington buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Washington cracks Ahokas with an open hand slap.
Washington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Washington throws a low kick but Ahokas avoids it.
Ahokas tried to score with a low kick but Washington checks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Washington.
Washington misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Ahokas counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ahokas.
Ahokas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Washington working aggressively here.
Washington misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas has a couple of punches blocked by Washington.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.
Washington misses with a punch to the body.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Ahokas.
Washington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Washington gets through Ahokas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Washington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ahokas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Washington.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahokas.
Ahokas lands a hook that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.

Washington pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ahokass jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Washington slips a straight right by Ahokas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington throws out a loose jab but Ahokas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ahokas throws a body shot but no joy.
Washington misses with a right hand

and Ahokas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ahokas lands with a left to the head.
Ahokas lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Washington.
Washington lands with a light punch inside.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Washington lands with a short shot to the head.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahokas.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Washington misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Washington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ahokas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Washington seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ahokas can turn it around.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahokas.
Ahokas misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahokas misses with some punches.
Ahokas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Washington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Washington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
Ahokas tries to throw a body punch but Washington avoids it by throwing Ahokas back against the cage.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Washington.
Washington is working Ahokas over against the cage.

Washington manages to break the clinch.
Washington thuds his right hand into Ahokas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington misses with a lunging right hand
and Ahokas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Washington thinking.
Washington misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ahokas counters with a stiff right hand.
Washington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ahokas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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 Joe Washington will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ville Ahokas's cut.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ahokas ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
Ahokas wants to clinch
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Washington swings for the body but Ahokas moves out of range.
A left lands for Washington.
Washington misses with a right hand
and Ahokas counters with an outside leg kick.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ahokas manages to avoid it.
Ahokas throws out a counter right but Washington avoids it with no problem.
Ahokas throws an overhand right that lands on Washington's shoulder, as Washington tries to avoid the shot.
Ahokas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ahokas counters with a thumping low kick.
No joy there for Ahokas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ahokas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
Washington throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ahokas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Washington lands a slapping body shot.
Washington scores with a body shot.
Ahokas throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Washington misses its intended target.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington slips a straight right by Ahokas.
Washington misses with a lunging right hand
and Ahokas counters with a straight right hand.
Washington throws a lazy right hand but Ahokas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ahokas cracks Washington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Washington looks to land a left hand but Ahokas moved out of range nicely.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Washington lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Washington misses with an uppercut.
Ahokas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ahokas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
No joy there for Washington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab, jab by Washington - just one landing.
Ahokas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Washington. That did some damage!
Ahokas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Washington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ahokas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Washington's knee momentarily.
Ahokas defending well as Washington loads up on a big left hand.
Washington scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Washington misses the body punch
and Ahokas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ahokas misses with a looping right.
Washington just misses with a punch to the body.
Joe Washington is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas cracks Washington with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Washington checks a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Washington scores with a nice right hand.
Ahokas slips a jab from Washington.
Washington misses with a combination
and Ahokas counters with an inside leg kick.
Washington throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ahokas counter with a right hand.
Ahokas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.
Ahokas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Washington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahokas was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Washington misses.
Ahokas let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Washington's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ahokas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Washington scrambles back to his feet.
A big left from Washington misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington jabs Ahokas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ahokas slips under a jab from Washington.
Ahokas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ahokas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Good exchange - Ahokas coming out on top.
Ahokas moves out of range of the leg kick from Washington.
Washington moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Ahokas.
Ahokas digs a good body shot into Washington's ribs.
Washington throws a right hand that misses
enabling Ahokas to counter with a crisp jab.
Washington drops his hands momentarily and Ahokas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ville Ahokas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Ville Ahokas's cut.
That's time! Washington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ahokas throws out a loose jab but Washington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Washington throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.
Washington just misses with a punch to the body.
Washington misses with a right hand
letting Ahokas counter with a right hand.
Washington throws a poor cross that misses
and Ahokas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ahokas misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Washington darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Washington displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahokas throws out the jab.
Ahokas misses with an uppercut. Washington saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas with a hook.
A big right from Ahokas misses.
Washington slips a straight right by Ahokas.
It looked like Washington was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ahokas.
Washington throws an off balance right hand
and Washington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Washington is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oh Washington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Washington misses with a lunging right hand
and Ahokas counters with a straight right hand.
Washington missing with a left hand there. Ahokas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Washington throws the left hand but Ahokas avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ahokas! But no joy.
Washington misses the body punch
enabling Ahokas to counter with a crisp jab.
Washington scores with a hook to the body. Ahokas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Washington seems to have got his legs back now.
Washington throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ahokas.
Washington throws a body punch but Ahokas moves out of range.
Washington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ahokas.
Washington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ahokas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Washington looks to throw the jab but Ahokas is out of range.
Ahokas steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Washington.
Washington swings for the body but Ahokas moves out of range.
Ahokas misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahokas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Washington misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Ahokas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahokas was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.
Washington scores with a nice right hand.
Washington throws a body shot but no joy.
Ahokas cracks the inside of Washington's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.
Ahokas misses with a wild body shot.
Ahokas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ahokas throws a right hand that misses
and Washington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ahokas thinking.
The fighters circling - Washington throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Washington misses the target.
Washington throws a nice outside leg kick.
Washington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ahokas.
An inside leg kick from Ahokas misses.
Washington works the jab nicely.
Washington throws a hook to the side of Ahokas's head but Ahokas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Washington throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ahokas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas slips under a jab.
Washington misses with an uppercut
and Ahokas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington throws an overhand right that lands on Ahokas's shoulder, as Ahokas tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Washington misses.
Washington looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ahokas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Washington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas connects with a single shot there.
Washington doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Washington fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Washington. Ahokas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahokas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ahokas catches Washington with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Washington throws a jab when Ahokas was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ville Ahokas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ahokas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Ahokas!
A relieved looking Ville Ahokas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.