PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kullervo Karvakorva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Johansson
vs
Karvakorva

195 cm
25
269 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

190 cm
25
268 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Knock Out Artistry

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Johansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kullervo Karvakorva!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karvakorva scores with a nice strike.
Karvakorva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karvakorva misses with a two punch combination.
Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johansson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johansson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karvakorva looks to throw the jab but Johansson is out of range.
Karvakorva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Karvakorva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Karvakorva misses with a hook.
Karvakorva swinging wilding here.
Karvakorva avoids the body shot from Johansson.
Johansson misses with an uppercut. Karvakorva saw that one coming.
Johansson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Karvakorva staying out of range there.
Karvakorva lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johansson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johansson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karvakorva.
Johansson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvakorva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karvakorva throws a body punch but Johansson moves out of range.
Kullervo Karvakorva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karvakorva blocks a leg kick.
Karvakorva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karvakorva throws a looping overhand right but Johansson ducks down to avoid it.

Johansson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Johansson lands a nice shot to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Johansson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Johansson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Johansson looking to finish Karvakorva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Karvakorva!
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!
Karvakorva is squirming around, avoiding Johansson's attempts to control the action.
Johansson punching from mount but Karvakorva doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throws some wild stikes that Karvakorva manages to avoid easily.
Karvakorva is bucking up trying to escape but Johansson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Johansson avoids the attempt from Karvakorva to control.
Karvakorva is trying to escape the mount.
Karvakorva blocking the ground and pound.
Johansson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Karvakorva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson misses with a head shot.
Johansson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Johansson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Karvakorva because Johansson loaded up on that one.
Johansson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Karvakorva because Johansson loaded up on that one.
Johansson throws some wild stikes that Karvakorva manages to avoid easily.
Johansson looking to finish with strikes here!
Johansson throws some wild stikes that Karvakorva manages to avoid easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Johansson looking to ground and pound but Karvakorva is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johansson looking to finish with strikes here!
Johansson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Karvakorva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Johansson wants to control the pace but Karvakorva is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Johansson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Johansson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Johansson slips a jab from Karvakorva.
Karvakorva throws a hook to the side of Johansson's head but Johansson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Karvakorva misses.
A big left from Johansson misses.
Karvakorva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Johansson.
Johansson misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karvakorva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Johansson scores with a sloppy right hand. Karvakorva should have avoided that one.
Karvakorva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Johansson. Johansson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Karvakorva leaves Johansson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Karvakorva lands a with a good body shot.
Karvakorva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Karvakorva, as that shot connected.
Karvakorva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karvakorva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Karvakorva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johansson thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Karvakorva throws a hook but Johansson avoids it easily.
Karvakorva misses with a hook.

Johansson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Johansson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Karvakorva is desperately trying to improve his position but Johansson has a good base and remains in mount.
Johansson looking to ground and pound but Karvakorva is blocking nicely.
Karvakorva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Johansson misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Johansson controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karvakorva regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johansson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johansson lands a nice short elbow.
Johansson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johansson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Johansson stops Karvakorva from getting back to his feet.
Karvakorva trying to hold on to Johansson's head to control him but Johansson postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson throwing shots but Karvakorva is blocking nicely.
Karvakorva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Johansson.
Karvakorva controlling the position well.
Karvakorva trying to hold on to Johansson's head to control him but Johansson postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karvakorva lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Johansson just misses with a punch to the body.
Karvakorva looks for the body kick but Johansson saw that one coming.
Johansson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Karvakorva's waist but Karvakorva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Johansson off to one side.
Karvakorva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Johansson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A shot to de liver by Karvakorva. Beautiful body shot.
Johansson misses with a looping left.
Decent striking displayed by Karvakorva there.
Karvakorva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karvakorva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johansson.
Karvakorva lands a nice shot that snaps Johansson's head back.
Karvakorva throws a series of punches but Johansson moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johansson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvakorva.
Karvakorva lands a really nice looking cross but Johansson seems unphased.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Johansson is defended easily by Karvakorva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Johansson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karvakorva misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kullervo Karvakorva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Karvakorva connects with a looping right hand.
Kullervo Karvakorva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A cross from Karvakorva lands.
Karvakorva throws a one two combo.
Karvakorva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johansson throws a series of punches but Karvakorva moves out of range.
Karvakorva lands a jab to the nose.
Karvakorva scores with a nice head shot.
Karvakorva jabs at Johansson's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karvakorva with a hook.
Johansson staying out of range there.
Johansson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Johansson is rocked!
A slow jab from Karvakorva misses its intended target.
A big right from Karvakorva misses.
Johansson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karvakorva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Oh Johansson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johansson misses with a straight right.
Johansson seems to have got his legs back now.
Karvakorva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karvakorva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Johansson misses the jab.
Karvakorva steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Johansson is out on his feet! Karvakorva sets himself and nearly takes Johansson's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kullervo Karvakorva!