PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julle Hallava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hallava comes into the arena with Nightcall blaring out of the sound system. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Hallava
vs
Jṏhanssṏn

190 cm
27
213 lbs
17 - 10 - 1

196 cm
28
220 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Julle Hallava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jṏhanssṏn shoots in but no luck this time.
Jṏhanssṏn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Hallava clinches.
Hallava lands a nice elbow.
Hallava swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallava gets through Jṏhanssṏn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jṏhanssṏn blocks an elbow strike from Hallava.
Hallava lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jṏhanssṏn backwards.
Jṏhanssṏn blocking some punches.
Hallava takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Hallava.
Jṏhanssṏn prevents a body shot from Hallava.
Hallava throws an elbow but it misses.
Hallava tries to throw a body punch but Jṏhanssṏn avoids it by throwing Hallava back against the cage.
Hallava swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallava throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jṏhanssṏn missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jṏhanssṏn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hallava.
Jṏhanssṏn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hallava just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jṏhanssṏn jumps guard but Hallava stands there with Jṏhanssṏn around his waist. Jṏhanssṏn gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Julle Hallava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hallava blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jṏhanssṏn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hallava lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jṏhanssṏn blocks an elbow strike.
A short left from Hallava.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hallava.
Our sources have told us that Hallava has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Hallava fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hallava throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hallava.
Hallava misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hallava misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Jṏhanssṏn.
Jṏhanssṏn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hallava just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hallava throws an elbow that misses.
Jṏhanssṏn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jṏhanssṏn blocks a body shot from Hallava.
Hallava swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hallava throws a punch but it's blocked by Jṏhanssṏn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Hallava.
Hallava scores with a shoulder strike.
Jṏhanssṏn jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hallava walks away with a smile on his face. Jṏhanssṏn gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jṏhanssṏn looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hallava is fending him off so far but Jṏhanssṏn persists. Nope, Hallava circles away and we're back to standing.
Hallava jabs Jṏhanssṏn to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Hallava gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hallava throws a punch but it's blocked by Jṏhanssṏn.
Jṏhanssṏn lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hallava backwards.
Jṏhanssṏn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hallava backwards.
Hallava lands with a light punch inside.
Jṏhanssṏn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hallava seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jṏhanssṏn can turn it around.
Jṏhanssṏn blocks an elbow strike.
Hallava throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hallava tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jṏhanssṏn's elbow.
Hallava softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jṏhanssṏn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jṏhanssṏn is trying to break free.
Jṏhanssṏn can't find room to land a body shot as Hallava controls the action.
Hallava throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jṏhanssṏn lands a nice shot to the body.
Hallava misses with an elbow over the top.
Hallava creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jṏhanssṏn's defenses.
Jṏhanssṏn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hallava creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jṏhanssṏn's defenses.

It looks like Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn has been cut.
Jṏhanssṏn tries to throw a body punch but Hallava avoids it by throwing Jṏhanssṏn back against the cage.
Jṏhanssṏn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jṏhanssṏn avoids the elbow strike from Hallava, against the cage.
Hallava takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jṏhanssṏn blocks an uppercut.

Jṏhanssṏn decides to pull guard.
Hallava wants to control from the top but Jṏhanssṏn keeps moving.
Hallava is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hallava postures up in Jṏhanssṏn's guard and throws a big left but Jṏhanssṏn blocks it.
Jṏhanssṏn keeping moving, preventing Hallava from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hallava is in close to Jṏhanssṏn's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Jṏhanssṏn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hallava defends well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hallava is looking to work some ground and pound but Jṏhanssṏn has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hallava stands up over Jṏhanssṏn, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jṏhanssṏn looking to control.
Jṏhanssṏn keeping full guard, as Hallava tries to pass.
Jṏhanssṏn has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hallava has passed into side control.
Jṏhanssṏn is looking for a sweep.
Hallava grinds an elbow into Jṏhanssṏn's temple.
Hallava in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julle Hallava dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn's cut.
That's time! Hallava's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hallava swings for the body but Jṏhanssṏn moves out of range.
Jṏhanssṏn has a takedown stuffed.
Hallava moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Hallava misses the target.
Hallava connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jṏhanssṏn. Jṏhanssṏn circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hallava lands a hook that stumbles Jṏhanssṏn back into the cage. Hallava follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Jṏhanssṏn to the canvas! Hallava pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Jṏhanssṏn has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Julle Hallava!
After the fight, Julle Hallava was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Jackṏb Jṏhanssṏn was interviewed post fight and said 'Wait a minute, there must be some type of mistake. I don't lose.'.