PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Harakka (ranked 565 p4p, 676 weight class) and Gunnar Bloodaxe (ranked 78 p4p, 94 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Harakka
vs
Bloodaxe

183 cm
24
177
9 - 3 - 0

179 cm
24
171
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gustav Harakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Bloodaxe!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harakka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice shot by Bloodaxe.
An inside leg kick lands from Bloodaxe.
Harakka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bloodaxe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Harakka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Harakka lands with a right hand.
Harakka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harakka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Harakka misses.
Bloodaxe lands the left hand.
Bloodaxe lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harakka throws a head kick that misses.
Bloodaxe shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Harakka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harakka misses with a hook.
Harakka throws an overhand right that lands on Bloodaxe's shoulder, as Bloodaxe tries to avoid the shot.
Bloodaxe throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodaxe swings widly with a right hand
and Harakka counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bloodaxe throws a low kick but Harakka moves out of range easily.
Bloodaxe throws a jab when Harakka was well out of range.
Bloodaxe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harakka is able to avoid easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Harakka misses the target.
Bloodaxe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harakka lands with a slapping head kick.
Bloodaxe uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Harakka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe throws a leg kick that misses.
Bloodaxe tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harakka misses with a right hand
and Bloodaxe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Harakka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harakka scores with a push kick.
Bloodaxe slips a jab from Harakka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodaxe takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bloodaxe throws a solid leg kick but Harakka takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bloodaxe.
Harakka tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakka moves away from the strike by Bloodaxe.
Harakka is looking to counter punch.
Harakka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bloodaxe circles away quickly and effectively.
Bloodaxe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harakka.
Bloodaxe misses with a hook
and Harakka counters with a stiff right hand.
Harakka lands the left hand.

It looks like Gunnar Bloodaxe has been cut.
Bloodaxe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harakka momentarily.
Harakka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bloodaxe connects with a solid leg kick.
Bloodaxe uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harakka has time to react.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Bloodaxe.
Harakka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Harakka misses with the body kick
and Bloodaxe counters with a nice leg kick.
Bloodaxe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bloodaxe throws a low kick, looking for Harakka's leg but Harakka calmly moves out of range.
Bloodaxe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Harakka throws out the jab.
Harakka fakes the leg kick and cracks Bloodaxe in the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe connects with a leg kick.
Harakka throws out a loose jab but Bloodaxe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harakka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Harakka throws a head kick but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Harakka is looking to chop away at Bloodaxe's legs.
Harakka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bloodaxe moves out of range of the body kick from Harakka.
Bloodaxe misses with a low kick.
Harakka cracks Bloodaxe with a good jab.
Harakka throws a wild body kick that Bloodaxe sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Harakka misses its intended target.
Bloodaxe looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harakka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bloodaxe throws a shot from downtown. Harakka moves away and avoids it.
Bloodaxe has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Harakka.
Harakka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bloodaxe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harakka. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka defending well as Bloodaxe loads up on a big left hand.
Harakka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harakka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bloodaxe.

Harakka has Bloodaxe up against the cage in a clinch.
Harakka can't find room to land a body shot as Bloodaxe controls the action.
Bloodaxe wants to break free but Harakka has control.
Bloodaxe tries to work over Harakka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe tries to break free but Harakka pushes him back against the cage.
Harakka tries a body shot but Bloodaxe blocks it.
Harakka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Bloodaxe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gustav Harakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bloodaxe throws a leg kick but Harakka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harakka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bloodaxe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch lands to the side of Bloodaxe 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Harakka scores with a body shot.
Bloodaxe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harakka was well out of range. Poor timing from Bloodaxe.
A left lands for Harakka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gustav Harakka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Bloodaxe's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bloodaxe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Harakka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bloodaxe on the side of the head.
Harakka slips a jab from Bloodaxe.
Harakka misses with a left hand
and Bloodaxe counters with a thumping low kick.

Harakka gets a clinch.
Bloodaxe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe tries to break free but Harakka pushes him back against the cage.
Harakka misses with the head strike.

Bloodaxe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harakka moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harakka swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a straight right hand.
Harakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Harakka tries a head kick but it misses.
Bloodaxe misses with a straight right.
Harakka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe connects with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harakka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Harakka coming out on top.
Bloodaxe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harakka.
Bloodaxe lands with a hook. Harakka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice straight punches there by Bloodaxe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe lands a jab to the head.
Harakka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bloodaxe. Bloodaxe obviously looking to wear him down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bloodaxe, as that shot connected.
Harakka moves out of range as Bloodaxe strikes.
Bloodaxe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bloodaxe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Harakka misses with a looping left.
Bloodaxe scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bloodaxe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bloodaxe tests Harakka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harakka connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe throws a leg kick which misses Harakka's front leg but catches the back leg as Harakka tries to avoid it.
Harakka walks into a left hand.
Bloodaxe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bloodaxe misses with a straight left.
Bloodaxe misses the jab.
Bloodaxe sizes up Harakka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harakka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bloodaxe avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bloodaxe throws the left hand but Harakka avoids the punch easily.
Harakka throws a lazy uppercut
and Bloodaxe counters with a straight right hand.
Gunnar Bloodaxe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good work by Bloodaxe as he checks the leg kick.
Bloodaxe appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Harakka gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bloodaxe throws a poor cross that misses
and Harakka counters with a nice body kick.
Bloodaxe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Harakka can pounce on him.

Harakka gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodaxe has a couple of punches blocked by Harakka.

Bloodaxe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harakka scores with a head kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Harakka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Some bone on bone action there as Bloodaxe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bloodaxe connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harakka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Harakka throws a big shot that misses.
Harakka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe lands a lovely overhand right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bloodaxe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Harakka has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Harakka and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bloodaxe checks a low kick from Harakka.
Harakka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harakka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bloodaxe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut. Harakka saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Harakka clinches.
Harakka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Bloodaxe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by Harakka misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Harakka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Harakka.
An inside leg kick lands from Bloodaxe.
A jab from Harakka finds it's way through Bloodaxe's defenses.
Harakka misses with a looping right.
Bloodaxe was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harakka swings for the body but Bloodaxe moves out of range.
Bloodaxe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A nice leg kick from Bloodaxe, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bloodaxe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harakka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harakka scores with a jab.

Bloodaxe is rocked!
Harakka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bloodaxe.
Harakka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gunnar Bloodaxe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Bloodaxe's cut.
That's time! 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.

Harakka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bloodaxe with the inside leg kick.
Bloodaxe lands with a right hand.
Harakka throws a head kick that misses.
Bloodaxe moves into range and connects with a jab.
Harakka looks to throw the jab but Bloodaxe is out of range.
Bloodaxe scores with a shot to the body.
Harakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Bloodaxe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Harakka misses with a straight left.
Bloodaxe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Harakka.
Bloodaxe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harakka.
Bloodaxe feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bloodaxe connects with a crisp jab.
Harakka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A good leg kick by Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe throws a big shot that misses.
Harakka throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Bloodaxe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Harakka's knee momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Harakka.
Bloodaxe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bloodaxe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Harakka is able to avoid easily.
Harakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bloodaxe looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A cross from Bloodaxe lands.
Donk. Bloodaxe catches Harakka right on the button with a cross.
Nice uppercut lands for Bloodaxe. That snapped Harakka's head back.
Harakka tries to close the distance and clinch but Bloodaxe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Harakka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bloodaxe.
Bloodaxe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Harakkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bloodaxe misses with a leg kick
and Harakka counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Harakka misses its intended target.
Jab, jab by Bloodaxe - just one landing.
Harakka ducks under a wild hook from Bloodaxe.
Harakka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bloodaxe sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harakka tries to clinch there but Bloodaxe circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harakka tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bloodaxe scores with the left hand. Harakka knows he should have avoided that one.
Harakka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bloodaxe throws a lazy right hand but Harakka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harakka throws a low kick, looking for Bloodaxe's leg but Bloodaxe calmly moves out of range.
Harakka has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Harakka there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bloodaxe moves out of range of the body kick.
Harakka throws a lazy right hand but Bloodaxe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Harakka throws a body shot but no joy.
Bloodaxe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Harakka momentarily.
Harakka lands a leg kick that knocks Bloodaxe off balance momentarily.
Harakka with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Harakka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harakka misses with a looping right.
Bloodaxe tries a quick counter leg kick but Harakka is wise to it.
Bloodaxe throws a poor cross that misses
and Harakka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bloodaxe throws a shot from downtown. Harakka moves away and avoids it.
Harakka swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bloodaxe counters with a thumping low kick.
Harakka throws an overhand right that lands on Bloodaxe's shoulder, as Bloodaxe tries to avoid the shot.
Bloodaxe misses with an uppercut. Harakka saw that one coming.
Harakka misses with a leg kick.
Harakka loads up on a big right hand but Bloodaxe slips the punch.
Bloodaxe connects with a leg kick.
Bloodaxe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A left lands for Harakka.
Harakka slips under a jab.
Bloodaxe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bloodaxe.
Harakka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bloodaxe scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harakka moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harakka looks for the body kick but Bloodaxe saw that one coming.
Harakka throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harakka swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bloodaxe to counter with a crisp jab.
Harakka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bloodaxe lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bloodaxe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bloodaxe looks to throw the jab but Harakka is out of range.
Bloodaxe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Harakka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bloodaxe.
Harakka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bloodaxe.
Harakka throws a jab when Bloodaxe was well out of range.
Bloodaxe feints a counter leg kick.
Bloodaxe throws a leg kick but Harakka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Harakka throws a quick counter kick to the body but Bloodaxe avoids it.
Bloodaxe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Bloodaxe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bloodaxe has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Bloodaxe!
During a confident post fight interview, Gunnar Bloodaxe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.