PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rivo Niskanen (ranked 3192 p4p, 23192 weight class) and Ovaltine Jenkins (ranked 361 p4p, 535 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Niskanen
vs
Jenkins

188 cm
25
188
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
185
3 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

FF Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rivo Niskanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ovaltine Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, John Mangel and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niskanen drops his hands momentarily and Jenkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jenkins throws a body punch but Niskanen moves out of range.
Jenkins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jenkins moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jenkins sizes up Niskanen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Rivo Niskanen has been cut.
Niskanen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A head kick misses from Niskanen.
Niskanen misses with a looping right.
Jenkins ducks right into an uppercut from Niskanen.
Niskanen punishes Jenkins's body with a nice straight punch.
Niskanen throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jenkins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Niskanen looks to land a left hand but Jenkins moved out of range nicely.
Niskanen misses with a combination
and Jenkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Jenkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jenkins scores with a spinning back kick!
Jenkins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niskanen.
Niskanen throws out a leg kick but Jenkins moves out of range and Niskanen only half commits.

Niskanen moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Niskanen.
A nice left hand lands by Niskanen.
Niskanen tries to work over Jenkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niskanen.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Niskanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Niskanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jenkins backwards.

Niskanen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Niskanen takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Niskanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Niskanen.
Niskanen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Niskanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Niskanen lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Niskanen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Niskanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niskanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jenkins has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Niskanen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jenkins can turn it around.

Jenkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Niskanen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Niskanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Niskanen can't find room to land a body shot as Jenkins controls the action.
Niskanen lands a hook to the side of the head.

Niskanen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jenkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Niskanen looks to throw the jab but Jenkins is out of range.
Niskanen lunges at Jenkins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jenkins's hand.
Niskanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jenkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niskanen manages to avoid it.
Niskanen moves out of range of the leg kick from Jenkins.
Niskanen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niskanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jenkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen misses with a right hand
letting Jenkins counter with a right hand.
A cross from Jenkins lands.
Jenkins looks to throw the jab but Niskanen is out of range.
Niskanen misses the jab.
Niskanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jenkins. Jenkins obviously looking to wear him down.
Jenkins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Niskanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jenkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Niskanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Jenkins.
Jenkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Niskanen works the jab nicely.

Niskanen darts in and clinches Jenkins up against the cage.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jenkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Niskanen won't allow it.
Niskanen misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niskanen.
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!
Niskanen tries to work over Jenkins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins working hard to break the clinch.
Jenkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Niskanen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Jenkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Niskanen. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Jenkins.
Niskanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Niskanen moves out of range.
Ovaltine Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niskanen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jenkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Niskanen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Niskanen.
Niskanen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Niskanen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jenkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Niskanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Niskanen moves into range and clinches up with Jenkins.
Niskanen working aggressively here.
Niskanen has a couple of punches blocked by Jenkins.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rivo Niskanen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rivo Niskanen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Niskanen throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Ovaltine Jenkins has been cut.
Jenkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Jenkins is rocked!
Niskanen wobbles Jenkins with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Niskanen dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Jenkins to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rivo Niskanen!
Rivo Niskanen thanked the fans post fight for their support.