PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juhani Mustonen (ranked 565 p4p, 1441 weight class) and Rohith Sharma (ranked 87 p4p, 196 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mustonen
vs
Sharma

190 cm
29
215
16 - 8 - 0

192 cm
33
212
22 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juhani Mustonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rohith Sharma!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustonen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sharma connects with a single shot there.
Sharma lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mustonen misses with a left hand
and Sharma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mustonen throws a big shot that misses.
Juhani Mustonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharma swings for the body but Mustonen moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Sharma.
Sharma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mustonen.
Sharma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mustonen throws a lazy head kick

and Sharma counters with a crisp one two that drops Mustonen! Sharma thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Mustonen to his feet! Mustonen is in big trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharma stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mustonen avoids the head kick by Sharma.
Sharma misses with a looping left.
Good work by Sharma as he checks the leg kick.
Mustonen misses with a lunging right hand

and Sharma counters with a crisp right hand that drops Mustonen! Sharma lets Mustonen back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Mustonen is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Mustonen misses.
Sharma connects with a jab.
Oh Mustonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mustonen lands a right hook to the body.
Mustonen seems to have got his legs back now.
Sharma has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Sharma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mustonen. That did some damage!
Mustonen lands with a nice body kick.
Sharma throws a wild body kick that Mustonen sees coming a mile off.
Mustonen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Sharma just manages to avoid it.
Mustonen swings for the body but Sharma moves out of range.
Sharma counters with a body kick.
Mustonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sharma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sharma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mustonen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Mustonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mustonen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sharma tries a low kick but Mustonen avoids it.
Sharma throws a shot to the body.
Mustonen misses with a hook
and Sharma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mustonen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sharma. That one must have hurt.
Mustonen throws a poor cross that misses
and Mustonen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mustonen misses the shot to the body.
Mustonen tried to score with a low kick but Sharma checks it.
Mustonen throws a right hand that misses
and Sharma counters with a nice uppercut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sharma scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharma is pushing Mustonen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Mustonen.
Mustonen working aggressively here.
I was talking to Mustonen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sharma throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sharma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mustonen's elbow.
Mustonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mustonen fails to land.
Mustonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Sharma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharma misses with the head strike.
Mustonen blocking some punches.
Mustonen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mustonen throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Sharma as the two fighters clinch.
Sharma misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mustonen as Sharma tries to tie him up.
Sharma content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sharma.
Sharma prevents a body shot from Mustonen.
Sharma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sharma fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mustonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sharma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sharma swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mustonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sharma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mustonen blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mustonen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Mustonen.
Sharma swings wildly with an uppercut but Mustonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharma lands with a right to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rohith Sharma dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mustonen throws out a loose jab but Sharma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sharma looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mustonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Sharma throws a counter combo.
Mustonen tries a low kick but Sharma avoids it.
Sharma throws out a counter right but Mustonen avoids it with no problem.
Mustonen misses with a body shot.
Sharma ducks under a wild hook from Mustonen.
Sharma jabs Mustonen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mustonen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sharma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sharma stuns Mustonen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sharma tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mustonen missing with a left hand there. Sharma was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sharma scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sharma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mustonen.
Mustonen swings for the body but Sharma moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustonen throws a right hand that misses
letting Sharma counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Mustonen misses the target.
Sharma flicks out a counter leg kick but Mustonen steps away.
Sharma gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mustonen.
Sharma thuds a left hand into Mustonen's body.
Mustonen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sharma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sharma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mustonen takes a swing at Sharma's ribcage but misses.
Rohith Sharma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mustonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sharma throws a push kick but Mustonen slaps the foot to one side.
Mustonen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mustonen connects with a body shot.
Sharma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mustonen jabs Sharma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sharma checks a low kick from Mustonen.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sharma! But no joy.
Sharma lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sharma misses with a body shot.
Sharma swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mustonen.
Mustonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sharma.
Sharma throws a big counter head kick but Mustonen avoids it with no problem.
Sharma moves away from the strike by Mustonen.
Sharma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mustonen misses with a leg kick.
Mustonen misses with a body shot.
Sharma walks into a straight right hand from Mustonen.
Sharma looks to land a right hand but Mustonen moved out of range.
Mustonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sharma is just out of range.
Mustonen misses with a looping right.
Sharma raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Mustonen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice side step and Sharma releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mustonen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mustonen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sharma to score with a decent uppercut.
Mustonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Sharma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mustonen throws a leg kick which misses Sharma's front leg but catches the back leg as Sharma tries to avoid it.
Sharma cracks Mustonen with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Mustonen tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Sharma pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Mustonen is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rohith Sharma!
Rohith Sharma made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview.