PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Suomalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry comes to the cage accompanied by down for my niggas. On his way into the cage it seems that Andrew Henry has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Andrew Henry seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Henry
vs
Suomalainen

185 cm
31
180 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

175 cm
26
170 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrew Henry !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jari Suomalainen!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry with a poor takedown
and Suomalainen counters with a series of strikes. Henry will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Suomalainen tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Suomalainen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Henry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Suomalainen.

Henry pushes Suomalainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Suomalainen blocks it.
Suomalainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Henry is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Still in the clinch, Henry scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henry crunches a lovely knee into Suomalainen's ribcage.
Henry with a knee to the head.
Henry working Suomalainen over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Henry is working for takedown but Suomalainen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Henry drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Henry is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suomalainen swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henry is working for takedown but Suomalainen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Henry tries to score a body lock takedown but Suomalainen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Suomalainen managing to block the knees to the body from Henry .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henry .
Suomalainen is pressed up against the cage. Henry has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Suomalainen down to the mat. Suomalainen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Suomalainen.
Henry wants to clinch up but Suomalainen keeps it at a distance.
Henry tries to clinch up but Suomalainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Henry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Suomalainen.
Henry feinted with a counter takedown.
Henry closes the distance and clinches up with Suomalainen, looking for a takedown. Henry pushes Suomalainen against the cage but Suomalainen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Henry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Suomalainen.

Henry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Suomalainen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Henry tries to score a body lock takedown but Suomalainen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Suomalainen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Suomalainen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Suomalainen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suomalainen.
Suomalainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suomalainen misses with some punches.
Henry connects with a nasty looking knee right to Suomalainen's face.
Henry lands a shoulder strike.
Suomalainen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
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!
Suomalainen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Suomalainen gets through Henry 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Henry .
Suomalainen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henry lands an elbow just above Suomalainen 's eye.
Henry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Suomalainen is defending well for now.
Suomalainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry lands a good knee to the midsection. Suomalainen won't want to take too many of those.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Suomalainen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Henry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Suomalainen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Henry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Suomalainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Henry has his takedown stuffed
and Suomalainen counters with a series of strikes. Henry will be more careful next time no doubt.
Henry is breathing heavily.
Suomalainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Henry shoots and misses
and Suomalainen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry is looking to clinch.
Jari Suomalainen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Suomalainen throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Suomalainen throws out a counter right but Henry avoids it with no problem.
Henry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Henry walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Henry has Suomalainen up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Suomalainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suomalainen lands with a light punch inside.
Suomalainen scores with a shoulder strike.
Suomalainen misses with the head strike.
Henry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suomalainen blocks it with crossed arms.
Suomalainen takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henry .
Henry is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Suomalainen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Suomalainen.
Henry with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Suomalainen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suomalainen misses with some punches.
Suomalainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Henry blocking some punches.
Henry has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Suomalainen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Suomalainen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Henry drops down looking for an ankle pick but Suomalainen pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Suomalainen dominated that round.
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.

Henry wants to clinch up but Suomalainen keeps it at a distance.
Henry looks for a takedown but Suomalainen sprawls well.
Henry tries to clinch up but Suomalainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Suomalainen is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Suomalainen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Suomalainen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Henry fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Suomalainen misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Suomalainen - just one landing.
Henry will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suomalainen throws a series of strikes that have Henry backpedaling.
Henry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suomalainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Suomalainen to counter with a crisp jab.
Andrew Henry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Henry closes this distance looking for a takedown but Suomalainen circles away.
Henry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henry wants to clinch
and Suomalainen counters with a left to the body.
Suomalainen punishes Henry 's body with a nice straight punch.
Henry doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Suomalainen counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henry dives in for a single leg takedown but Suomalainen sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jari Suomalainen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry walks into a jab.
Henry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Suomalainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henry tries to clinch but Suomalainen moves away
and Suomalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Henry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Henry moves into range and clinches up with Suomalainen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Henry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Suomalainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suomalainen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Henry .
Suomalainen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Suomalainen fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suomalainen swings wildly with an uppercut but Henry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suomalainen misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Henry .
Henry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Henry lands a nice elbow.
Andrew Henry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Henry is trying to drag Suomalainen to the mat but Suomalainen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Henry tries to score a body lock takedown but Suomalainen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Henry tries a knee to the head but Suomalainen blocks it.
Henry blocks an uppercut.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Suomalainen misses with a punch on the inside.

Henry has Suomalainen pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Henry pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Suomalainen tumbling to the mat - Henry dives into Suomalainen's guard.
Henry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Suomalainen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henry engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henry seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Suomalainen for as long as he can get away with.
Henry has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Henry stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Suomalainen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Suomalainen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Henry shoots in looking for a takedown. Suomalainen tries to sprawl out of it but Henry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Suomalainen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Suomalainen looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Suomalainen gets tackled into the cage by Henry . Henry maintains the clinch.
Henry is trying to drag Suomalainen to the mat but Suomalainen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Suomalainen 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.
Henry tries to land a knee to the head but Suomalainen blocks with his arms.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suomalainen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henry wants to take the fight to the mat but Suomalainen manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Henry . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Henry lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Suomalainen backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henry wants a takedown.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Suomalainen.
Henry is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Suomalainen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Suomalainen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Suomalainen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henry missing with knees to the body.
Henry tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Henry looking for a takedown.
A shot in the inside from Suomalainen.

Henry is rocked!
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Henry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Suomalainen misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henry .
Suomalainen working aggressively here.
Suomalainen working aggressively here.
Henry seems to have got his legs back now.
Suomalainen throws a punch but it's blocked by Henry .
Henry is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Suomalainen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Suomalainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Suomalainen misses with some punches.
Suomalainen has a couple of punches blocked by Henry .
Henry has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Suomalainen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Suomalainen lands a right hand.
Henry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suomalainen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Suomalainen lands a big right hand that drops Henry ! The killer instinct kicks in and Suomalainen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Suomalainen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Suomalainen!