PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Christiano (ranked 379 p4p, 207 weight class) and Nova Lankinen (ranked 64 p4p, 35 weight class). Christiano comes to the cage accompanied by Jesus Built My Hotrod. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Christiano
vs
Lankinen

180 cm
29
175
18 - 7 - 1

180 cm
28
177
7 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Christiano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nova Lankinen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Christiano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lankinen throws out the jab.
Lankinen blocks a low kick nicely.
Christiano ducks under a wild hook from Lankinen.
Christiano misses with a body kick.
Lankinen throws a hook but Christiano avoids it easily.
Lankinen misses with a wild body shot.
Christiano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Christiano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lankinen.
Lankinen cracks Christiano with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Lankinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christiano throws a hook to the side of Lankinen's head but Lankinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christiano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Christiano misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lankinen misses with a low kick as Christiano jumps back.
A low kick from Christiano misses
and Lankinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lankinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Christiano is out of range and Lankinen settles back down.
Christiano is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lankinen takes one to the chin there.
Christiano slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lankinen avoids the body shot from Christiano.
Lankinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christiano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Christiano. That's going to slow Lankinen down.
Lankinen throws a head kick but Christiano moves out of range.
Lankinen throws a shot from downtown. Christiano moves away and avoids it.
Lankinen needs to keep his hands up - Christiano had a free shot at his head there.
Christiano lands a right hook to the body.
Lankinen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Christiano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at FIST OF FURY in the buildup to the fight.
Lankinen throws a hook but Christiano blocks it.
Christiano drops his hands momentarily and Lankinen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lankinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Christiano counters with a low kick, right behind Lankinen 's knee.
Christiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Lankinen.
Christiano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lankinen.
Christiano pushes Lankinen away with a front kick.
Christiano slips under a jab from Lankinen.
Christiano throws a shot from downtown. Lankinen moves away and avoids it.
Christiano looks to throw the jab but Lankinen is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
Christiano throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lankinen counters with a low kick, right behind Christiano 's knee.
Lankinen tries to land a leg kick but Christiano saw it coming and moves away.
Christiano staying out of range there.
Juan Christiano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Christiano throws a wild body kick that Lankinen sees coming a mile off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiano scores with a sloppy right hand. Lankinen should have avoided that one.
Lankinen avoids the head kick by Christiano.
Christiano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lankinen takes one on the button.
Christiano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lankinen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lankinen fails with the takedown.
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
Lankinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christiano manages to avoid it.
Lankinen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromChristiano.
Lankinen throws a lazy right hand but Christiano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christiano throws a jab when Lankinen was well out of range.
Christiano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lankinen throws a low kick but Christiano moves out of range easily.
Christiano throws a jab but it's blocked by Lankinen.
A bone on bone clash there as Christiano blocks the leg kick.
Christiano slips under a jab from Lankinen.
Lankinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Lankinen misses with an uppercut. Christiano saw that one coming.
Lankinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Christiano's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano misses with a looping left.
Lankinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Christiano.
Christiano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A good leg kick by Christiano.
Lankinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christiano lunges at Lankinen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lankinen's hand.
Lankinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Christiano is just out of range.
Lankinen moves out of range of the body kick from Christiano.
Lankinen throws a leg kick but Christiano sees it coming and moves out of range.
Christiano feints and then cracks Lankinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lankinen down.
Christiano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Christiano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Christiano lands a leg kick that knocks Lankinen off balance momentarily.
Lankinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christiano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Christiano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Christiano throws a hook to the side of Lankinen's head but Lankinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christiano 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.
That kick from Christiano tenderised Lankinen's leg. Lankinen is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Lankinen.
Christiano throws a low kick, looking for Lankinen's leg but Lankinen calmly moves out of range.
Lankinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Christiano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lankinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christiano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Christiano cracks Lankinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lankinen walks into a straight right hand from Christiano.
Lankinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Lankinen throws a low kick, looking for Christiano's leg but Christiano calmly moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Lankinen blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Christiano misses.
Lankinen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Christiano has time to react.
Lankinen throws a leg kick but Christiano checks it.
Lankinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lankinen wants to land a leg kick but Christiano is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christiano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lankinen throws a hook to the side of Christiano's head but Christiano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christiano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lankinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Christiano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Christiano moves out of range of the strikes.
Christiano connects with a jab.
Lankinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christiano.
Lankinen throws out a counter right but Christiano avoids it with no problem.
Christiano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christiano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Lankinen misses.
Christiano misses with a hook.
Christiano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lankinen can do to turn this around?
Lankinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lankinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Christiano.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Lankinen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Christiano has got the better of the exchanges.
A leg kick checked by Lankinen.
Lankinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Christiano on the side of the head.
Lankinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lankinen throws a jab when Christiano was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lankinen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Christiano shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lankinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Christiano takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Christiano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lankinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lankinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Christiano with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Christiano.
Christiano throws a leg kick but Lankinen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lankinen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Christiano with the inside leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Christiano throws a solid leg kick but Lankinen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Christiano.
Christiano connects with a body shot.
Christiano tries to work over Lankinen's front leg with a kick but Lankinen checks it.
Lankinen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Christiano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Lankinen misses.
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
Christiano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Christiano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christiano tests Lankinen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Christiano scores with a sloppy right hand. Lankinen should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lankinen is defended easily by Christiano.
Lankinen misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lankinen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lankinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Christiano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Christiano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lankinen.
Christiano scores with a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lankinen checks a leg kick.
Lankinen walks into a left hand.
Christiano throws a jab when Lankinen was well out of range.
Lankinen slips a jab from Christiano.
Lankinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lankinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christiano.
A jab from Christiano finds it's way through Lankinen's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lankinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Christiano.
Lankinen wants to slow Christiano down by chopping away at his legs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Christiano.
Lankinen throws a hook but Christiano avoids it easily.
Christiano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lankinen.
Lankinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lankinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Christiano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lankinen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lankinen misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Christiano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lankinen throws a lazy right hand but Christiano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Christiano was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Christiano misses.
Christiano misses the shot to the body.
Lankinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Christiano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lankinen scrambles back to his feet.
Christiano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lankinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Christiano misses with a looping left.
Lankinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Christiano doesn't seem bothered though.
Christiano looks to throw the jab but Lankinen is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Juan Christiano is winning the standup battle so far.
Lankinen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good work by Lankinen as he checks the leg kick.
Lankinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Christiano clobbers Lankinen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lankinen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lankinen there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lankinen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lankinen.
Lankinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christiano was well out of range. Poor timing from Lankinen.
Nice shot lands for Christiano.
Christiano misses with a low kick.
Lankinen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Christiano just misses with a punch to the body.
Christiano stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Christiano wants it to stay on the feet.
Juan Christiano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nova Lankinen.
Christiano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christiano looks to land a right hand but Lankinen moved out of range.
Lankinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Christiano. That did some damage!
Christiano throws a sloppy head kick and Lankinen moves out of range easily.
Christiano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lankinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Christiano.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Christiano dominated that second round.
That's time! Christiano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lankinen checks a low kick from Christiano.
Nova Lankinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christiano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Christiano.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Christiano.
Lankinen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Christiano looks to land a body kick but Lankinen moved away.
Lankinen connects with a nice looking jab.
Christiano swings widly with a right hand

and Lankinen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Christiano won't be happy with that.
Lankinen in side control, throwing shots but Christiano defends.

Lankinen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lankinen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lankinen working the ground and pound but Christiano is defending the strikes.
Lankinen working the ground and pound but Christiano is defending the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christiano avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lankinen.
The ground and pound from Lankinen seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lankinen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Christiano is avoiding damage well.
An elbow from Lankinen crashes against the mat.
Christiano is trying to control Lankinen's posture but Lankinen avoids it.

Lankinen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Christiano knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Christiano on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Christiano stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Christiano is looking for a sweep.

Lankinen goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Christiano rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lankinen's guard! Nice work there by Christiano!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiano wants to get up but he can't break Lankinen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Lankinen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Christiano gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Christiano would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Lankinen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Christiano stands up from Lankinen's guard - Christiano perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lankinen throws a good cross that connects.
Christiano scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen throws a jab when Christiano was well out of range.
Christiano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lankinen is out of range and Christiano settles back down.
Lankinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christiano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lankinen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Christiano.
Lankinen slips under a jab from Christiano.
A punch lands to the side of Christiano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lankinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christiano tries a head kick but it misses.
Lankinen tries a quick counter leg kick but Christiano is wise to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christiano. Lankinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lankinen misses with a low kick.
Christiano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lankinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A jab from Lankinen does it's job there.
Christiano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lankinen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Christiano defends well and Lankinen ends up having to push Christiano into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Christiano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lankinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lankinen throws a jab when Christiano was well out of range.
Lankinen misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Christiano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Christiano finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lankinen throws a jab when Christiano was well out of range.
Christiano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lankinen.
An attempted straight right counter from Christiano misses the target.
Christiano lands a glancing blow to the side of Lankinen's head.
Lankinen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Christiano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Christiano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christiano scores with a decent looking hook.
Christiano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Christiano.
A slapping leg kick lands for Christiano.
Juan Christiano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lankinen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lankinen swings away with a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nova Lankinen.
I think Christiano has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Christiano!
Our winner, Juan Christiano, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.