PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Espo Jaksinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Churchill
vs
Jaksinen

170 cm
26
165 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

182 cm
26
169 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

On Tap (160Q & Laundry)
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Espo Jaksinen!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaksinen slips a jab from Churchill.
Churchill tries to clinch but Jaksinen is having none of it.
Churchill misses with a head kick.
Jaksinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Jaksinen cracks a nice hook into Churchill's ribs.
Churchill moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Churchill slips a jab from Jaksinen.
Jaksinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaksinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Churchill at a distance.
A head kick misses from Churchill.
Churchill tries to bum rush Jaksinen with a series of wild strikes but Jaksinen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Churchill just misses with a punch to the body.
Churchill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jaksinen.
Churchill swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Churchill throws a leg kick but Jaksinen moved away.
Churchill with a hook.
Espo Jaksinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaksinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jaksinen swings for the body but Churchill moves out of range.
Churchill tries to counter by clinching up but Jaksinen breaks away and moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaksinen defending well as Churchill loads up on a big left hand.
Churchill slips a straight right by Jaksinen.
Jaksinen ducks under a wild hook from Churchill.
Jaksinen connects with a high kick.
A punch combination from Churchill misses.
Churchill throws a nice outside leg kick.

Jaksinen has Churchill up against the cage in a clinch.
Jaksinen lands a shoulder strike.
Jaksinen can't find room to land a body shot as Churchill controls the action.
Jaksinen prevents a body shot from Churchill.
Churchill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jaksinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jaksinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jaksinen blocking some punches.
Jaksinen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jaksinen misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Churchill's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill is leaning against Jaksinen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jaksinen takes a shot to the head.
Jaksinen tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Churchill lands with a light punch inside.
Jaksinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.

Churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Churchill scores with a jab to the head.
Churchill avoids a punch combination nicely.
Churchill loads up on a big right hand but Jaksinen slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jaksinen! But no joy.
Jaksinen misses with a double jab.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaksinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaksinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Jaksinen finds it's way through Churchill's defenses.
Jaksinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaksinen.
Jaksinen avoids the body shot from Churchill.
Churchill jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaksinen cracks Churchill with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jaksinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Churchill counters with a series of strikes. Jaksinen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Churchill lands a nice looking body shot.

Churchill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jaksinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jaksinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaksinen lands an elbow inside that Churchill shrugs off.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Jaksinen misses with the head strike.
Churchill wants to break free but Jaksinen has control.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Churchill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jaksinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill pushes Jaksinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jaksinen throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill takes an elbow to the temple.
Churchill can't find room to land a body shot as Jaksinen controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Churchill.
Jaksinen has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Churchill seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jaksinen can turn it around.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill can't find room to land a body shot as Jaksinen controls the action.
Churchill is trying to break the clinch but Jaksinen is controlling him.
Jaksinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Churchill avoids it.
Churchill lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Churchill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Churchill breaks the clinch.
Churchill circles away from the clinch attempt
and Churchill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jaksinen misses with a hook to the body
and Churchill counters with an outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jaksinen.
Jaksinen defending well as Churchill loads up on a big left hand.
Jaksinen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jaksinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Churchill misses with an uppercut.

Churchill clinches up against the cage.

Jaksinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 Winston Churchill will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Some bone on bone action there as Churchill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good leg kick by Churchill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Churchill has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jaksinen finds it's way round the side to connect with Churchill's head.
Espo Jaksinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaksinen connects with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Churchill.

Churchill takes the fight into the clinch.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Churchill looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Churchill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Churchill displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jaksinen throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill misses with a two punch combination.
Jaksinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Churchill scores with a sloppy right hand. Jaksinen should have avoided that one.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Churchill misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. Jaksinen catches Churchill right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Jaksinen moves into the clinch.
Jaksinen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaksinen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jaksinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Jaksinen scores with a shoulder strike.

Churchill is rocked!
Churchill goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A hook to the body from Jaksinen.
Espo Jaksinen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jaksinen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Churchill's efforts to push away.
Jaksinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jaksinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaksinen blocks an uppercut.
Churchill seems to have got his legs back now.
Churchill misses with a punch to the body.

Jaksinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Churchill closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Churchill tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Jaksinen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Jaksinen avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Churchill can't find room to land a body shot as Jaksinen controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Churchill.

Churchill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Churchill throws a body punch but Jaksinen moves out of range.
Churchill connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A left and a right from Jaksinen both land. Nice combination.
Jaksinen throws out a powerful jab.
Jaksinen drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Churchill right on the button. Churchill goes down! Jaksinen follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Jaksinen gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Espo Jaksinen!
Espo Jaksinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.