PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Tapaus (ranked 367 p4p, 50 weight class) and Jonas Justesen (ranked 1033 p4p, 128 weight class). Keijo Tapaus has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Tapaus
vs
Justesen

182 cm
26
190 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

183 cm
26
189 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keijo Tapaus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Justesen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapaus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Justesen avoids the body shot from Tapaus.
Tapaus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Justesen in his tracks.
Tapaus lands a right hook to the body.
Tapaus ducks under a wild hook from Justesen.
Justesen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Justesen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tapaus.
Justesen throws a jab but it's blocked by Tapaus.
Tapaus bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Justesen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tapaus throws out the jab.
Justesen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tapaus misses with a body shot.
Justesen motions for Tapaus to come forward. Justesen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tapaus misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Tapaus misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justesen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tapaus scores with a sloppy right hand. Justesen should have avoided that one.
Tapaus misses with a straight right.
Justesen misses with a takedown
and Tapaus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Keijo Tapaus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapaus misses with a hook. Justesen ducked under it nicely.
Tapaus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tapaus has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Talu's Boxing Club in the buildup to the fight.
Tapaus misses with a looping left.
Tapaus lands with a good body shot.
Tapaus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tapaus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Justesen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Justesen slips under a jab.
Justesen with the counter takedown but Tapaus avoids it easily.
Tapaus is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justesen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tapaus.
Justesen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Tapaus fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Justesen sprawls well initially but Tapaus persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justesen gets full guard.
Tapaus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tapaus is looking to work some ground and pound but Justesen has wrist control.
Justesen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Justesen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tapaus's guard.

Tapaus wants to sweep here but Justesen controlling him for the moment.
Tapaus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Justesen's guard.

Tapaus throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justesen is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Justesen is continuing to stall.
Tapaus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Justesen is keeping the position for now.
Tapaus lands a couple of digs.
Justesen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tapaus stopping the sweep attempt from Justesen.
Justesen pulls Tapaus in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tapaus landing with the ground and pound.
Tapaus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tapaus cracks Justesen with a solid left hand.
Justesen is pulling down on Tapaus's head. It's preventing any offense from Tapaus, at least for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tapaus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tapaus stopping the sweep attempt from Justesen.
Tapaus trying to control but Justesen is working from the bottom.
Tapaus postures up and lands a big shot to Justesen's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Tapaus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tapaus scores with a punch to the head.
Justesen slips under a jab.
Justesen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Justesen misses with an uppercut. Tapaus saw that one coming.

Tapaus shoots in and gets a takedown into Justesen's guard.
Justesen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tapaus's guard.

A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Justesen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Justesen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Tapaus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Justesen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tapaus has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Justesen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tapaus looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Justesen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Keijo Tapaus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Justesen with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justesen throwing strikes from guard but Tapaus blocks nicely.
Justesen landing some decent shots from guard.

Tapaus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Justesen defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Justesen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tapaus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Justesen is one step ahead there.
Tapaus trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tapaus looking for a sweep. Not yet Tapaus, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justesen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tapaus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tapaus lands with a straight right. Justesen didn't see that one coming.
Justesen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tapaus or perhaps it was just good defense by Justesen, which made it look bad.
Tapaus lands a jab to the nose.
Tapaus throws a series of punches but Justesen moves out of range.
Tapaus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justesen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tapaus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Justesens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tapaus scores with the left hand. Justesen knows he should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justesen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tapaus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tapaus misses with a right hand

and Justesen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tapaus manages to get to full guard.
Justesen trying to control but Tapaus is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Tapaus dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Justesen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tapaus.
Keijo Tapaus is winning the standup battle so far.
Justesen misses with a takedown
and Tapaus counters with a stiff right hand.
Tapaus throws a jab when Justesen was well out of range.

Justesen cracks Tapaus with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tapaus looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Justesen finish him?

Tapaus is rocked!
Tapaus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Justesen throws an uppercut from hell that sends Tapaus clean off his feet! He's out cold! Justesen stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonas Justesen!