PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack Ham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyrkki Make (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Make is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Vexi oli velkaa. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ham
vs
Make

178 cm
22
168 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Ham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyrkki Make!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Make throws a hook to the side of Ham's head but Ham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Make rushes Ham and presses him up against the cage.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make cracks Ham with a nice body shot.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ham changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Make fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Make cracks Ham with a good jab.
Ham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Make swinging wilding here.
Ham misses with a straight right.
Make looks to land a left hand but Ham moved out of range nicely.
Make misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham shoots in for a takedown but Make shows good takedown defense.
Ham tries to clinch up.
Ham tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Make paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Make.
Ham wants to clinch but Make slips to the side
and Make counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Make!
Make blocks a leg kick.
Jack Ham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ham throws a leg kick
letting Make counter with a right hand.
Ham is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Make feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ham sprawling to the canvas! Ham rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Make finish him?!

Ham is rocked!
Make misses with the combination.
Ham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ham throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Jack Ham has been cut.
Nyrkki Make is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Make throws a combination that misses
and Ham counters with a nice body kick.
Make sends Ham crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Make is motioning to the referee to let Ham up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Oh Ham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Make cracks the inside of Ham's front leg.
Ham seems to have got his legs back now.

Make takes the fight into the clinch.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ham lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Make controlling the action here for a moment.
Make trying to land knees to the body.
Make landing knees to the body.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make stalling in the clinch.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Make lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Make lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Make.
Make lands a hook to the side of the head.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Good body shot from Make.
Make looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Make lands an elbow inside that Ham shrugs off.
Make taking a breather.
Make softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Nice elbow from Make.
Ham dodges an elbow strike from Make.
Make lands with a short shot to the head.
Make is pushing Ham up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, Make scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Make missing with knees to the body.
Make landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Make lands a nice uppercut.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Make lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Ham avoids a wild elbow strike from Make.
Make pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Make pushes Ham back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Make - that landed with a thud.
Make lands a nice knee to the body.
Make lands a damaging elbow.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Make pushes Ham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Make.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Make scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Make.
Make lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyrkki Make dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Ham's cut.
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.

Make throws a nice looking combination but Ham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ham swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Make counters by moving into the clinch.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Make taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Make just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ham's brow.
Ham blocks the elbow strike.
Make looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Make gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ham.
Ham tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Make just stands there and leans against the cage.
Make lands a damaging elbow.
Ham blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Make pushes off an throws an elbow but Ham leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ham wants to break free but Make has control.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ham wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Ham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Make landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Make scores with a shot to the side of Ham's head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Make looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Make lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ham or not.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Make works on Ham's body with a couple of short punches.
Make lands a damaging elbow.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Make throws an elbow but misses.
Make lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Make takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Make unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ham lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Make is struggling to control the position.
Make lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ham's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ham avoiding damage as Make throws knees to the body.
Ham avoiding damage as Make throws knees to the body.
Make is leaning against Ham and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Ham avoids a wild elbow strike from Make.
Make lands a damaging elbow.
A short body shot lands from Make as the two fighters clinch.
Make pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Make lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ham avoiding damage as Make throws knees to the body.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Make stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Make stalling the fight.
A short right from Make.
Make lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Make leaning his opponent against the cage.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Ham has had enough of the clinch but Make keeps him there for the moment.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Make.
Make using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Make.
Make lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Make.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Make.
Make lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Make presses Ham against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Make trying to land knees to the body.
Make just leaning against Ham, taking a breather.
Ham jumps guard but Make stands there with Ham around his waist. Ham gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nyrkki Make seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Make lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Make.
Make stalls.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Make dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Make lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ham backwards.
Make pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Make.
Make pushes Ham back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Make lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Make lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ham backwards.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyrkki Make showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Ham's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Make bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Make misses with a straight left.
Ham misses with the combination.
Nyrkki Make seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ham with a lazy takedown attempt
and Make counters with a leg kick.
Ham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Make has taken the fight to the clinch.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Make lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Make.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Ham in his tracks for a moment.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Make lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Make taking a breather.
Nice elbow from Make.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Make displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ham up against the cage.
Make landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Make stalling against the cage.
Nice elbow from Make.
Make controlling the action here for a moment.
Make lands an elbow inside.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
Make tries to land knees in the clinch but Ham avoids the damage to the body.
Ham being controlled against the cage.
Make continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

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.
Make misses with an elbow over the top.
Make lands with a right to the head.
Make pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ham has Make pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Make manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Make landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Make scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Make.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Make.
Make works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ham on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Make lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Make throws an elbow but misses.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Ham's ribcage.
Make lands an elbow inside that Ham shrugs off.
Ham tries to pull guard but Make holds him up against the cage and eventually Ham drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Ham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Make throws an elbow but misses.
Ham avoids the elbow strike from Make, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ham letting Make take a breather here.
Make lands an elbow inside that Ham shrugs off.
Make lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ham backwards.
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.
Make throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ham blocks the elbow strike.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
Make dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ham has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Make is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Make stalling.
Make works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Make lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ham drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Make leaning his opponent against the cage.
Make scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Make scores a nice knee to the body.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ham's defenses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Make.
Make receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Make.
Ham tries for a takedown but Make manages to get underhooks.
Make lands a knee to the body.
Make lands an elbow inside that Ham shrugs off.
Nyrkki Make is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ham tries for a takedown but Make manages to get underhooks.
Make throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ham tries to pull guard but Make won't allow it.
Ham takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Make.
Make stalling the fight.
Jack Ham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Make lands an elbow just above Ham 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nyrkki Make comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Make 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 24:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nyrkki Make!