PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ara Tiotio (ranked 341 p4p, 51 weight class) and Jesse Karhu (ranked 794 p4p, 98 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Tiotio
vs
Karhu

205 cm
25
276 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

213 cm
24
265 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ara Tiotio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karhu slips a jab from Tiotio.
Karhu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Karhu slips under a jab from Tiotio.
Tiotio misses the shot to the body.
Karhu misses with a double jab
and Tiotio counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Jesse Karhu has been cut.
Karhu cracks Tiotio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tiotio misses with a looping left.
Good shot there by Karhu.
Karhu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Karhu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tiotio.
Karhu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiotio was well out of range. Poor timing from Karhu.
Tiotio throws a shot from downtown. Karhu moves away and avoids it.
Tiotio swings for the body but Karhu moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Karhu misses.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karhu cracks Tiotio with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiotio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tiotio looks to score with a jab to the body but Karhu is just out of range.
Karhu throws the left hand but Tiotio avoids the punch easily.
Karhu scores with the left hand. Tiotio knows he should have avoided that one.
Donk. Tiotio catches Karhu right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Karhu misses.
Tiotio walks into a jab.
Tiotio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiotio swings for the body but Karhu moves out of range.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiotio is looking to wear down Karhu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab lands there for Tiotio.
Karhu staying out of range there.
Tiotio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Karhu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tiotio scores with a jab to the body.
Tiotio just misses with a punch to the body.
Karhu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tiotio takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiotio throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Tiotio misses its intended target.
Karhu looks to land a right hand but Tiotio moved out of range.
Karhu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Karhu.
Tiotio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiotio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tiotio misses with a lunging right hand
and Karhu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice cross by Tiotio.
Tiotio missing with a left hand there. Karhu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tiotio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karhu stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tiotio takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Tiotio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tiotio throws a hook but Karhu blocks it.
Karhu tests Tiotio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tiotio throws a right hand that misses
and Karhu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karhu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice jab there from Karhu.
A big right from Karhu misses.
Karhu throws a series of punches but Tiotio avoids them all with ease.
Tiotio cracks Karhu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karhu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tiotio momentarily.
Karhu misses with a lunging right hand
and Tiotio counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That has opened up Jesse Karhu's cut even more.
Tiotio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiotio walks into a jab.
Tiotio misses with a two punch combination.
Karhu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tiotio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tiotio.
Tiotio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tiotio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karhu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karhu ducks under a wild hook from Tiotio.
Decent striking displayed by Karhu there.
Karhu dodges the punch combination from Tiotio.
Karhu slips a jab from Tiotio.
Tiotio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karhu was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiotio.
Karhu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tiotio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tiotio slips a jab and a cross from Karhu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiotio avoids the body shot from Karhu.
Tiotio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karhu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu moves away from the strike by Tiotio.
Tiotio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

The cut above Jesse Karhu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tiotio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tiotio misses with a right hand
and Karhu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tiotio moves out of range as Karhu strikes.
Tiotio loads up on a big right hand but Karhu slips the punch.
Karhu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch combination from Tiotio misses.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karhu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tiotio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tiotio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tiotio takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Karhu ducks right into an uppercut from Tiotio.
Tiotio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tiotio lands a jab to the head.
Karhu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tiotio throws a body shot but no joy.
Karhu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tiotio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karhu was well out of range. Poor timing from Tiotio.
A jab from Karhu misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ara Tiotio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Karhu's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tiotio scores with a hook.
Tiotio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karhu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tiotio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karhu throws a right hand that Tiotio ducks under and follows up with a left that Tiotio also avoids with ease.
Karhu scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tiotio slips a jab and a cross from Karhu.
Tiotio lands a nice hook to Karhu's body. Karhu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Karhu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tiotio's head.
Tiotio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tiotio digs a good hook to Karhu's body.
Tiotio digs a good hook to Karhu's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiotio lands with a good body shot.
Karhu throws a looping overhand right but Tiotio ducks down to avoid it.
Karhu misses with a looping left.
A counter left hand to the body from Tiotio misses its target.
Karhu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tiotio finds it's way round the side to connect with Karhu's head.
Karhu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Karhu might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tiotio has got the better of the exchanges.
Tiotio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Karhu has time to react.

Jesse Karhu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Karhu is breathing heavily.
Tiotio lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Karhu falls backwards - clearly groggy! Tiotio dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ara Tiotio!
Ara Tiotio took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.