PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oren Wilson (ranked 24207 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kusi Leene (ranked 3761 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Oren Wilson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wilson
vs
Leene

155 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

171 cm
20
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oren Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kusi Leene!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leene misses with a right hand
and Wilson counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Leene lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Wilson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Leene misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Wilson.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wilson is defended easily by Leene.
A little jabbing left from Leene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leene throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Leene misses with a double jab
and Wilson counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leene throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wilson.
Wilson ducks under a wild hook from Leene.
Leene throws a right and a left that Wilson avoids nicely.
Wilson shoots in but Leene avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Leene looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Leene smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Leene throws a hook but Wilson avoids it easily.
Leene throws a leg kick
and Wilson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut there from Leene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Leene there.
Leene throws a head kick that misses
and Wilson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wilson lands with a nice body kick.
Leene steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Wilson. That one must have hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Leene falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wilson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Leene throws a lazy right hand but Wilson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leene throws a series of punches but Wilson avoids them all with ease.
Wilson throws a big counter combination but Leene scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Leene counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Leene looking to stall.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson lands with a nice combination. Leene backs away looking to recover.
Wilson throws a head kick that half lands.
Wilson misses the shot to the body.
Wilson feints a jab promting Leene to slip. Wilson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Leene slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Leene will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leene is defended easily by Wilson.
Wilson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Leene throws a series of punches but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson attempts a counter takedown but Leene avoids it well and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leene looks to land a combination but Wilson avoids it well.
Leene misses with an uppercut. Wilson saw that one coming.
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 Oren Wilson will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wilson throws a body punch but Leene moves out of range.
Leene throws a counter combo.
Wilson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wilson scores with a leg kick.
Wilson scores with a one two! Leene had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Leene uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Wilson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wilson defending well as Leene loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leene throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leene feints the counter takedown.
Leene moves out of range of the body kick.
Leene looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wilson is looking to counter with head kicks.
Leene's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wilson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Leene scrambles back to his feet.
Oren Wilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leene swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leene falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wilson counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leene takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Leene throws a right hand that Wilson ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilson also avoids with ease.
Leene bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leene throws a right hand that misses
and Wilson counters with a series of strikes. Leene will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wilson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leene is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wilson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leene's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leene takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wilson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wilson.
Wilson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Leene can do to turn this around?
Leene shoots in looking for a takedown but Wilson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leene's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Leene scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wilson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wilson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wilson is looking to wear down Leene with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wilson lands a nice hook to Leene's body. Leene takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wilson rushes Leene and presses him up against the cage.
Wilson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Leene stalls.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Wilson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wilson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oren Wilson dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Leene misses with a body punch
and Wilson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leene throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wilson counters with a left to the body.
Leene throws an off balance right hand
and Wilson counters with a good, hard body kick but Leene shrugs it off.
Wilson wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leene scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Wilson has Leene up against the cage in a clinch.
Leene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leene lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wilson backwards.
Wilson wants to break free but Leene has control.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson throws out a powerful jab.
Leene tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wilson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Leene somewhat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt

and Leene counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wilson!
Leene in the domination position with Wilson hanging on.

Leene is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wilson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Leene is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Wilson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Leene in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leene throws an elbow but Wilson slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wilson is letting Leene control him for a moment.
Wilson trying his best to control but Leene has mounted him.
Leene lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wilson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wilson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Leene controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to hold on but Leene postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leene is stalling here but it's allowed Wilson to get half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kusi Leene comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wilson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Oren Wilson!