PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ville Ahokas (ranked 870 p4p, 91 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 732 p4p, 79 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ahokas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ahokas
vs
Letaivu

172 cm
32
149 lbs
23 - 13 - 1

170 cm
23
146 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ville Ahokas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokas tries to clinch there but Letaivu circles away.
Letaivu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ahokas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Letaivu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Letaivu lands a lovely overhand right.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch but Letaivu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ahokas moves to clinch but Letaivu breaks away
and Letaivu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Letaivu misses the target.
Letaivu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Ahokas has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letaivu swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahokas uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Letaivu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Letaivu scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Letaivu fails to land.
A short uppercut from Ahokas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Letaivu taking a breather.
Letaivu is looking to break free of the clinch but Ahokas has double underhooks.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahokas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ahokas struggles to land a body shot inside as Letaivu controls his hands.
Ahokas working aggressively here.
Letaivu lands with a short shot to the head.
Letaivu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Letaivu.
Ahokas tries to throw a body punch but Letaivu avoids it by throwing Ahokas back against the cage.

Letaivu breaks the clinch.
Letaivu throws an overhand right that lands on Ahokas's shoulder, as Ahokas tries to avoid the shot.
Ahokas is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Letaivu.
Ahokas is looking to clinch.
Letaivu throws out a counter right but Ahokas avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a shot from downtown. Ahokas moves away and avoids it.
Ahokas looks to score with a jab to the body but Letaivu is just out of range.
Ahokas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Letaivu misses its intended target.
Ahokas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Letaivu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ahokas thinking.
Ahokas is breathing heavily.
Letaivu throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Letaivu misses with an uppercut.
Letaivu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahokas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Letaivu lands a really nice looking cross but Ahokas seems unphased.
Letaivu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Letaivu staying out of range there.
A nice side step and Letaivu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Letaivu scores with a nice head shot.
Letaivu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ahokas doesn't seem bothered though.
Letaivu scores with a shot to the body.
Letaivu has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Letaivu.
Ahokas is looking to counter the offense by Letaivu and move into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ahokas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ahokas darts in trying to clinch
and Letaivu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Letaivu lands with a shot to the body.

Ahokas has taken the fight to the clinch.

Letaivu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Letaivu misses the jab.
Letaivu cracks Ahokas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Ahokas slips the punch.
Letaivu throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ville Ahokas has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas tries to close the distance and clinch but Letaivu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ahokas looks to clinch
and Letaivu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Letaivu punishes Ahokas's body with a nice straight punch.
Letaivu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Ahokas avoids the punch easily.
Letaivu lands with an overhand left.

Ahokas forces Letaivu back against the cage and clinches.
Letaivu lands with a left to the head.
Letaivu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Letaivu is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Letaivu tries a body shot but Ahokas blocks it.

Letaivu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ahokas closes the distance but Letaivu moves to the side
and Letaivu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pascal Letaivu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ville Ahokas's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letaivu looks to land a left hand but Ahokas moved out of range nicely.
Ahokas tries to clinch up.
Ahokas throws a looping overhand right but Letaivu ducks down to avoid it.
Letaivu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Letaivu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ahokas has time to react.
Ahokas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Letaivu lands with a shot to the body.
Letaivu tests Ahokas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ahokas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letaivu digs a good body shot into Ahokas's ribs.
Letaivu swats away the attempt to clinch by Ahokas.

Ahokas darts in and clinches Letaivu up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ahokas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ahokas tries to throw a body punch but Letaivu avoids it by throwing Ahokas back against the cage.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ahokas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu misses with a body punch.
Ahokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letaivu misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Letaivu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Letaivu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Letaivu manages to break the clinch.
Letaivu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ahokas throws an off balance right hand
and Ahokas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Letaivu lands a jab.
Ahokas wants to clinch but Letaivu slips to the side
enabling Letaivu to counter with a crisp jab.

Ahokas is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Letaivu to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Ahokas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Letaivu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Letaivu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Letaivu connects with the punch.
Ahokas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Letaivu.
Ahokas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Letaivu jabs at Ahokas's body.
Letaivu works Ahokas's body with a nice hook.
Letaivu lands with an overhand left.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Letaivu connects with a body shot that sends Ahokas's belly button to the back.
Ahokas finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Letaivu's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Ahokas falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pascal Letaivu!
A victorious Pascal Letaivu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.