PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clark Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Joutsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Clark Kent has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kent
vs
Joutsen

195 cm
25
279 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
223 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clark Kent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jari Joutsen!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent slips a straight right by Joutsen.
Kent went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kent misses with a few strikes there.
Joutsen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kent circles away quickly and effectively.
Joutsen misses with a looping right.
Joutsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joutsen.
Joutsen misses with a looping right.
Joutsen misses with a hook.
Joutsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kent feints a jab promting Joutsen to slip. Kent then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Joutsen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Joutsen misses with a right hand
and Kent connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
Joutsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kent.
Kent lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Joutsen backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joutsen lands with an overhand left.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kent!
Kent lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Kent misses the target.
Kent goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joutsen scores with a sloppy right hand. Kent should have avoided that one.
Joutsen misses with a wild combination.
Joutsen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Joutsen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
Joutsen throws the left hand but Kent avoids the punch easily.

Kent rushes Joutsen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Joutsen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Joutsen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kent tries to work over Joutsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kent connects with a knee to the head.
Joutsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kent misses with a punch to the body.
Joutsen has a couple of punches blocked by Kent.
Kent keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joutsen's efforts to push away.
Kent prevents a body shot from Joutsen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joutsen's elbow.
Kent lands a hook that snaps the head of Joutsen backwards.
Kent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joutsen's elbow.
Kent looking to throw knees to the head but Joutsen is blocking nicely.
Joutsen working hard to break the clinch.
Kent fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joutsen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kent misses with a body punch.
Kent throws a punch but it's blocked by Joutsen.
A knee to the head by Kent.
Kent blocking some punches.
Joutsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kent's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joutsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kent is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joutsen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Joutsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Joutsen working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent tries a body shot but Joutsen blocks it.
A short uppercut from Kent.
Joutsen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kent can't find room to land a body shot as Joutsen controls the action.
Kent misses with a knee to the head.
Kent with a knee to the head.
Kent throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joutsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Joutsen on the inside.
Joutsen lands an uppercut.
A short left from Kent.
A short right from Joutsen on the inside.
Kent tries to land a knee to the head but Joutsen blocks with his arms.
Kent putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Joutsen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kent is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kent misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kent tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kent has a couple of punches blocked by Joutsen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kent misses with a body punch.
Joutsen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kent backwards.
Kent keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Joutsen's efforts to push away.
Kent connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joutsen's face.
Joutsen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Kent.
Joutsen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Joutsen.
Joutsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joutsen avoiding damage as Kent throws knees to the body.
Kent letting Joutsen take a breather here.
Kent tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Joutsen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Joutsen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joutsen.
Joutsen tries to break the clinch but Kent is controlling the position.
Joutsen throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clark Kent 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.

A big left from Joutsen misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Joutsen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark Kent is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joutsen looks to throw the jab but Kent is out of range.
Joutsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kent with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kent throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joutsen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kent counters with a nice uppercut.
Joutsen slips a jab from Kent.
Kent ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kent misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kent throws a combination that misses
and Joutsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Joutsen lands a big uppercut and Kent crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kent looks OK. Joutsen waves Kent back to his feet!

Kent is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joutsen throws a lazy right hand but Kent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joutsen throws a hook to the side of Kent's head but Kent sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joutsen throws an overhand right that lands on Kent's shoulder, as Kent tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Kent misses.
Joutsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kent throwing a counter right hand but Joutsen manages to avoid it.
Joutsen looks to land a right hand but Kent moved out of range.
Kent avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Kent was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Joutsen throws a poor cross that misses
and Joutsen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joutsen walks into a straight right hand from Kent.
A telegraphed right hand from Joutsen misses the target.
Joutsen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kent momentarily.
Joutsen throws a lazy right hand but Kent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kent. Joutsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kent cracks Joutsen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Joutsen looks to land a right hand but Kent moved out of range.
Kent looks to land a right hand but Joutsen moved out of range.
Kent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kent displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joutsen throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Joutsen misses the target.
Kent fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joutsen misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Kent on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joutsen circles away quickly and effectively.
Joutsen cracks Kent with a good jab.
Joutsen slips a jab and a cross from Kent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kent lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joutsen circles away quickly and effectively.
Joutsen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Joutsen throws the left hand but Kent avoids the punch easily.
Kent defending well as Joutsen loads up on a big left hand.
Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
Joutsen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Joutsen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kent counters with a straight right hand.
Kent walks into a left hand.
Oh Kent is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Joutsen missing with a left hand there. Kent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kent seems to have got his legs back now.
Kent throws a looping overhand right but Joutsen ducks down to avoid it.
Joutsen misses with an uppercut
enabling Kent to counter with a crisp jab.
Joutsen throws a big shot that misses.
Kent was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kent tries to bum rush Joutsen with a series of wild strikes but Joutsen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kent displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joutsen throws out the jab.
As Joutsen tries to get set, Kent tries to push him back and clinch up but Joutsen manages to avoid the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joutsen.
Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
It looked like Kent wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joutsen lands a jab to the nose.
Joutsen loads up on a big right hand but Kent slips the punch.
Joutsen connects with the punch.
A big left from Joutsen misses.
Kent is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Kent has taken the fight to the clinch.
Joutsen is trying to break free.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kent.
Still in the clinch, Kent scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kent looking to throw knees to the head but Joutsen is blocking nicely.
Joutsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Kent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joutsen lands a body punch.
Joutsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kent misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joutsen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joutsen.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joutsen scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Joutsen.
Clark Kent has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kent struggles to land a body shot inside as Joutsen controls his hands.
Joutsen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joutsen digs a right hand underneath Kent's ribcage. Kent let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joutsen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Joutsen.
Joutsen gets through Kent's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Joutsen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short left from Joutsen.
Joutsen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joutsen digs a right hand underneath Kent's ribcage. Kent let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Come on Joutsen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kent tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Joutsen - that landed with a thud.
Joutsen leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Joutsen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
Kent misses with a double jab.
Kent moves out of range as Joutsen strikes.
Kent looks to throw the jab but Joutsen is out of range.
Kent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joutsen.
Kent throws a big counter combination but Joutsen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Joutsen misses with a hook. Kent ducked under it nicely.
Kent slips a jab from Joutsen.
As Joutsen looks to move away, Kent throws a big counter combo but Joutsen just gets out of the way.
Joutsen misses the jab.
Joutsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joutsen looks to throw the jab but Kent is out of range.
Joutsen throws a shot from downtown. Kent moves away and avoids it.
Joutsen scores with a jab. Kent acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kent swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Joutsen counters with a straight right hand.
Joutsen throws a poor cross that misses
and Kent makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kent misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joutsen throws a lazy right hand but Kent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kent moves out of range as Joutsen strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joutsen misses with a straight right.
Joutsen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kent bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Joutsen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kent moves out of range of the strikes.
Joutsen throws a series of punches but Kent avoids them all with ease.
Kent looks to score with a jab to the body but Joutsen is just out of range.
Joutsen throws the left hand but Kent avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Kent misses the target.
Kent stuns Joutsen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joutsen misses with an uppercut. Kent saw that one coming.
Joutsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kent's head.
Joutsen with a jab.
Kent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joutsen.
Joutsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Kent wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jari Joutsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joutsen misses with a right hand
and Kent counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Joutsen. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joutsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kent.
Kent slips under a jab.
Kent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joutsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Kent.
A big left from Joutsen misses.
Kent moves out of range as Joutsen strikes.
Kent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Joutsen misses.
Joutsen misses with a hook. Kent ducked under it nicely.
Kent swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kent uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joutsen.
Kent connects with a body shot that sends Joutsen's belly button to the back.
Joutsen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joutsen.
Some wild striking there from Kent.
Joutsen misses with a straight right.
Joutsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kent slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kent slips a jab and a cross from Joutsen.
Kent scores with a sloppy right hand. Joutsen should have avoided that one.
A jab from Joutsen misses.
Joutsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kent.
Kent moves out of range as Joutsen strikes.
Kent is looking to counter the offense by Joutsen and move into the clinch.
Kent misses with a two punch combination.
Joutsen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kent connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joutsen scrambles back to his feet.
Joutsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kent lands a two punch combo.
Kent throws an overhand right that lands on Joutsen's shoulder, as Joutsen tries to avoid the shot.
Joutsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kent takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kent uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joutsen.
Kent dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joutsen looks to land a right hand but Kent moved out of range.
Joutsen loads up on a big right hand but Kent slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kent ducks under a wild hook from Joutsen.
Kent slips a jab from Joutsen.
Kent looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joutsen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kent avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kent misses the shot to the body.
Joutsen slips a jab from Kent.
Kent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kent slips under a jab from Joutsen.
Joutsen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kent.
Kent bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joutsen throws a shot from downtown. Kent moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Joutsen.
Kent's corner calls for a 1-2. Kent obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Joutsen throws a looping overhand right but Kent ducks down to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Joutsen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Joutsen 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Joutsen!