PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cam Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokas comes to the ring accompanied by ...Baby one more time!. Newton has chosen Superman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Ahokas
vs
Newton

192 cm
40
280 lbs
37 - 19 - 1

196 cm
29
245 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 37 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Ahokas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cam Newton!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokas swings for the body but Newton moves out of range.
Newton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahokas was well out of range. Poor timing from Newton.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ahokas.
You can see the frustration on Newton's face as Ahokas controls the position.
Newton tries to escape but Ahokas is in control.
Newton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ahokas.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ahokas working the ground and pound but Newton is defending the strikes.
Newton is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ahokas wants to control but Newton is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newton can't do much from the bottom here.
Newton wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas is working Newton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ahokas throws a strike aimed at the side of Newton's head but Newton avoids it well.
Newton struggling a bit here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ahokas sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Newton is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Ahokas in side control, throwing shots but Newton defends.
Ahokas throwing strikes but Newton manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Newton wants to stand but Ahokas has his arm trapped.
Newton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ahokas keeps working.

Newton decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ahokas to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Newton. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas looks to score with a jab to the body but Newton is just out of range.
Ahokas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ahokas misses the jab.
Ahokas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Newton counters with a left to the body.
Newton misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ahokas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ahokas thuds a left hand into Newton's body.
Ahokas scores with a shot to the body.

Ahokas closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ahokas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Newton's head.
Ahokas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Newton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Newton is trying to stand up here but Ahokas is controlling him well.
Ahokas with the ground and pound but Newton uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ahokas wants to control from the top but Newton keeps moving.
Ahokas won't allow Newton to get back to his feet.
Ahokas looking to sit in guard and control but Newton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Newton wants to get up but he can't break Ahokas's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Newton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ahokas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Newton is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newton trying to control but Ahokas is working from the bottom.
Newton tries to free his leg and advance position but Ahokas is retaining full guard.
Newton wanted to stand there but Ahokas had control of the position.
Newton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ahokas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Newton wanted to stand there but Ahokas had control of the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
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 Juha Ahokas will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Newton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Newton throws a lazy right hand but Ahokas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ahokas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cam Newton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ahokas digs a good body shot into Newton's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Newton.
Newton misses with an uppercut. Ahokas saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ahokas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ahokas misses the jab.
Newton misses with a body shot.
Ahokas looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ahokas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton slips under a jab from Ahokas.
Newton throws a series of punches but Ahokas avoids them all with ease.
Newton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Newton lands a head shot.
Ahokas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Newton manages to avoid it.
Ahokas cracks Newton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Cam Newton has been cut.
A big right from Newton misses.
Ahokas tries to counter with a takedown but Newton is quick to defend against it.
Newton throws a hook but Ahokas avoids it easily.
Ahokas throws the left hand but Newton avoids the punch easily.
Newton avoids the body shot from Ahokas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton swinging wildly here.
Newton stuffs the takedown attempt from Ahokas. Ahokas gets slowly back to his feet.
It seemed like Newton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ahokas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Ahokas gets the takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newton manages to get back to half guard.
Ahokas misses with a head shot. Newton uses the momentum to regain guard.
Newton working a defensive guard here.
Newton is looking to stand up but Ahokas isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Newton manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the ropes.

Newton manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Ahokas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Ahokas throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Newton was covering up waiting for the punch and Ahokas finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ahokas scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ahokas trying to control the position from guard on top but Newton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Newton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ahokas is controlling him.
Ahokas 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.
Newton tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is in close to Newton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ahokas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ahokas tries to free his leg and advance position but Newton is retaining full guard.
Ahokas stops Newton from standing up.
Ahokas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ahokas trying to control but Newton is working from the bottom.
Ahokas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Newton is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ahokas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ahokas throws a big elbow that misses.
Ahokas connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Newton's head.

Newton is rocked!
Ahokas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Newton is still in real trouble! Can Ahokas finish him?
Newton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ahokas is trying to control the action in half guard but Newton is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ahokas lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Newton! More strikes land and this one is all over! Ahokas jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Ahokas!
Juha Ahokas looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Sucker!'.