PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pervo Jokkolainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignatious Hashisha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokkolainen comes to the cage accompanied by Smells Like Humppa. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jokkolainen
vs
Hashisha

197 cm
24
270 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

204 cm
24
280 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pervo Jokkolainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ignatious Hashisha!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokkolainen throws a right and a left that Hashisha avoids nicely.

Jokkolainen closes the distance and clinches.

Jokkolainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jokkolainen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Pervo Jokkolainen has been cut.
Jokkolainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hashisha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jokkolainen checks a leg kick nicely.
Jokkolainen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hashisha.
Hashisha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jokkolainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hashisha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ignatious Hashisha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hashisha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hashisha throws a right hand that Jokkolainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Jokkolainen also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen misses with a body shot.
Hashisha falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jokkolainen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jokkolainen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokkolainen drops his shoulder and cracks Hashisha with a huge uppercut! Hashisha goes down! Can Jokkolainen finish him?

Hashisha is rocked!
Jokkolainen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hashisha can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jokkolainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Hashisha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jokkolainen advances position into side control!
Hashisha being controlled for a moment.
Jokkolainen trying to control the position but Hashisha is working away.
Jokkolainen controls the position from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hashisha tries to improve position but can't.
Jokkolainen fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Hashisha is looking to reverse the position.

Jokkolainen stands up and beckons Hashisha to his feet.
No joy there for Jokkolainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hashisha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Jokkolainen moves into range and clinches up with Hashisha.
Jokkolainen scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hashisha breaks from the clinch.
Jokkolainen throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Hashisha stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Jokkolainen follows into mount!
Hashisha wants to control but Jokkolainen is having none of it.
Jokkolainen content just to control the position here.
Jokkolainen tries to control but Hashisha wriggling away.
Hashisha is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jokkolainen tries to control but Hashisha wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hashisha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jokkolainen controlling from mount.
Jokkolainen trying to control but Hashisha is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pervo Jokkolainen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pervo Jokkolainen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jokkolainen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jokkolainen keeps control of Hashisha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hashisha breaks from the clinch.
Jokkolainen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hashisha.
Jokkolainen moves in looking to clinch but Hashisha pushes him off.

Jokkolainen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hashisha wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Hashisha.
Hashisha waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Jokkolainen.
Hashisha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jokkolainen circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Hashisha misses.
Jokkolainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Hashisha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jokkolainen.
Hashisha misses with a combination

and Jokkolainen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jokkolainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hashisha tries to bum rush Jokkolainen with a series of wild strikes but Jokkolainen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hashisha misses with a combination
and Jokkolainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jokkolainen stuns Hashisha with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hashisha is breathing heavily.
Hashisha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokkolainen counters with a nice body shot.
Jokkolainen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!

Jokkolainen forces Hashisha back against the cage and clinches.
Jokkolainen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Jokkolainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hashisha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokkolainen tests Hashisha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hashisha on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jokkolainen. Jokkolainen obviously looking to wear him down.

Jokkolainen forces Hashisha back against the cage and clinches.
Hashisha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jokkolainen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hashisha or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokkolainen lands an elbow inside.
Jokkolainen crunches a lovely knee into Hashisha's ribcage.
Jokkolainen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hashisha's defenses.

Jokkolainen breaks the clinch.
Jokkolainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jokkolainen. That's going to slow Hashisha down.

Jokkolainen closes the distance and pushes Hashisha back into the cage.

Jokkolainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jokkolainen misses with a wild combination.
Jokkolainen throws a right hand that Hashisha ducks under and follows up with a left that Hashisha also avoids with ease.
Jokkolainen tries to clinch there but Hashisha circles away.
Jokkolainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hashisha at a distance.
Hashisha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jokkolainen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Jokkolainen drives through and clinches with Hashisha against the cage.
Jokkolainen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jokkolainen lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokkolainen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jokkolainen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jokkolainen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hashisha can do to turn this around?
Hashisha misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokkolainen misses with the combination.
No joy there for Hashisha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jokkolainen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Jokkolainen.
Hashisha falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jokkolainen counters with a nice leg kick.
Jokkolainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hashisha stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hashisha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jokkolainen counters with a series of strikes. Hashisha will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hashisha misses with a few strikes there.
Hashisha is looking to chop away at Jokkolainen's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jokkolainen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jokkolainen stalling.
Jokkolainen keeps control of Hashisha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Jokkolainen breaks the clinch.
Hashisha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jokkolainen manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Hashisha misses.

Jokkolainen darts in and clinches Hashisha up against the cage.

Jokkolainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pervo Jokkolainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jokkolainen scores with a jab.
Jokkolainen swinging wilding here.
No joy there for Hashisha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hashisha throws a series of punches but Jokkolainen moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Jokkolainen clinches with his opponent.

Jokkolainen breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Jokkolainen misses.
Jokkolainen tries to clinch up but Hashisha circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pervo Jokkolainen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pervo Jokkolainen's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jokkolainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokkolainen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Jokkolainen clinches with his opponent.
Hashisha keeps control of Jokkolainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jokkolainen throws an elbow but it misses.
Hashisha managing to block the knees to the body from Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen throws an elbow but it misses.

Jokkolainen breaks the clinch.
Hashisha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hashisha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hashisha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jokkolainen.
Hashisha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokkolainen throws a combination. Hashisha tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hashisha dodges the punch combination from Jokkolainen.
Jokkolainen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hashisha.
Hashisha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hashisha throws a combination that misses
and Jokkolainen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jokkolainen clinches.
Hashisha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hashisha tries to break the clinch but Jokkolainen is controlling the position.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hashisha walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jokkolainen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A head kick misses from Jokkolainen.
Hashisha misses with a series of wild punches.
Jokkolainen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokkolainen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hashisha throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hashisha throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jokkolainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jokkolainen scoring well with a low kick there.

Hashisha tries to keep at a distance but Jokkolainen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hashisha wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jokkolainen has him pressed against the cage.

Jokkolainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashisha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hashisha paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hashisha falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jokkolainen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hashisha throws a series of punches but Jokkolainen moves out of range.
Jokkolainen tries to bum rush Hashisha with a series of wild strikes but Hashisha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pervo Jokkolainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Hashisha misses with a double jab
and Jokkolainen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Jokkolainen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jokkolainen missing with knees to the body.
Jokkolainen prevents Hashisha from breaking the clinch.
Hashisha has had enough of the clinch but Jokkolainen keeps him there for the moment.
A short body shot lands from Jokkolainen as the two fighters clinch.
Jokkolainen slowing the pace effectively.
Hashisha can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Hashisha.
Hashisha misses with a series of wild punches.
Hashisha throws a left and a right that both miss

and Jokkolainen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Jokkolainen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hashisha throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jokkolainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Hashisha misses with a combination

and Jokkolainen counters by clinching up.

Jokkolainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hashisha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jokkolainen doesn't seem bothered though.
Jokkolainen tries to land a front kick but Hashisha steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hashisha throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hashisha keeps the fight on the outside.
Hashisha scores with a one two! Jokkolainen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Jokkolainen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Hashisha misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokkolainen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ignatious Hashisha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jokkolainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hashisha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hashisha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hashisha.
Jokkolainen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hashisha keeps the fight on the outside.
Jokkolainen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hashisha.
Hashisha throws a one two combo.
Hashisha throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jokkolainen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hashisha slips a jab and a cross from Jokkolainen.
Hashisha falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jokkolainen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jokkolainen scores with a hook to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jokkolainen.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hashisha breaks from the clinch.
Jokkolainen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hashisha takes one to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pervo Jokkolainen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jokkolainen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pervo Jokkolainen!