PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veikko Pilvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pilvi has chosen Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon as his entrance music. Winston Churchill looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Churchill
vs
Pilvi

185 cm
23
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
209 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very confident

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Veikko Pilvi!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pilvi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Pilvi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Pilvi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Churchill's face.

It looks like Winston Churchill has been cut.
A knee to the head by Pilvi.
Pilvi trying to land knees to the body.
Pilvi lands a good knee to the midsection. Churchill won't want to take too many of those.
Churchill is breathing heavily.
Pilvi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pilvi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Pilvi.
Pilvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pilvi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Churchill blocks it with crossed arms.
Pilvi tries to land a knee to the head but Churchill blocks with his arms.
Pilvi lands a knee to the head.
Pilvi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Churchill blocks it with crossed arms.
Pilvi lands a knee to the head.
Pilvi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.

Churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Churchill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Churchill, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pilvi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Churchill.
Pilvi tries to clinch up but Churchill circles away and keeps his distance.
Pilvi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Churchill lands with a cross.
Churchill misses with a few strikes there.
Pilvi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Churchill misses with a few strikes there.
Pilvi throws a head kick that misses
and Churchill counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pilvi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pilvi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Pilvi forces Churchill back against the ropes and clinches.
Pilvi looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.
Pilvi looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill tries to break free but Pilvi pushes him back against the ropes.
Churchill wants to break the clinch but can't.
Churchill will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pilvi up against the ropes.
Pilvi keeps control of Churchill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Churchill lands a body punch.

Churchill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pilvi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Churchill misses with a head kick.
Churchill misses with a head kick.
Churchill lands a slapping body shot.
Churchill throws a right hand that Pilvi ducks under and follows up with a left that Pilvi also avoids with ease.
Churchill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Pilvi moves into the clinch.
Pilvi trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pilvi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Churchill is working Pilvi over against the ropes.

Churchill breaks the clinch.
Churchill throws a head kick that half lands.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pilvi is looking to clinch.
Churchill throws a sloppy head kick and Pilvi moves out of range easily.
Pilvi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pilvi is looking to clinch but Churchill is avoiding it.
Pilvi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Churchill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Churchill misses
and Pilvi counters with a nice body kick.
Winston Churchill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pilvi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Churchill throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pilvi's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A head kick misses from Pilvi.
Churchill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pilvi manages to avoid it.
Pilvi dodges the punch combination from Churchill.
Nice uppercut lands for Churchill. That snapped Pilvi's head back.
Pilvi doesn't manage to clinch there - Churchill circles away.
Churchill throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pilvi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Churchill keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Churchill. Pilvi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Churchill lands with a kick to the temple. Pilvi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right hand to the body from Churchill.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veikko Pilvi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Winston Churchill's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A left lands for Churchill.

Pilvi closes the distance and clinches.
Pilvi keeps control of Churchill as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pilvi holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Pilvi landing knees to the body.
Churchill is looking to break free of the clinch but Pilvi has double underhooks.
Pilvi lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Pilvi.
Pilvi misses with a knee to the head.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Churchill looks to land a combination but Pilvi avoids it well.
Churchill looks to land a combination. Pilvi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pilvi is looking to clinch but Churchill is avoiding it.
Pilvi throws a sloppy head kick and Churchill moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Churchill scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Churchill lands with a slapping head kick.
Churchill has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pilvi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Churchill getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Churchill lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pilvi moves out of range of the strikes.
Churchill throws a right hand that Pilvi ducks under and follows up with a left that Pilvi also avoids with ease.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Churchill swats away the attempt to clinch by Pilvi.
Churchill lands with a nice body punch.
Churchill scores with a jab to the body.
Pilvi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pilvi dodges the punch combination from Churchill.
Pilvi wants to clinch.
Churchill looks to land a combination but Pilvi avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Pilvi has managed to clinch.
Pilvi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pilvi missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Churchill.
Churchill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Churchill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Churchill lands a head shot.
Pilvi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Churchill will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Churchill lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Pilvi rushes Churchill and presses him up against the ropes.

Churchill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill tries to bum rush Pilvi with a series of wild strikes but Pilvi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Churchill throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pilvi blocks a head kick by Churchill.
Pilvi tries to clinch but Churchill moves out of range.
Churchill lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pilvi circles away quickly and effectively.
Churchill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Churchill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pilvi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pilvi is looking to clinch but Churchill is avoiding it.
Pilvi blocks a head kick by Churchill.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pilvi tries a knee to the head but Churchill blocks it.
Pilvi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Churchill is trying to force a seperation but Pilvi has the dominant position.
Pilvi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Churchill.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pilvi missing with knees to the body.
Pilvi looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.

Churchill jumps into guard, dragging Pilvi to the mat.
Churchill managing to control the position.
Pilvi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Churchill swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Winston Churchill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Winston Churchill's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Churchill scores with a head kick.
Pilvi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Churchill misses with a wild combination.
Churchill keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Churchill steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pilvi. That one must have hurt.
Churchill throws a head kick but Pilvi moves out of range.
Pilvi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pilvi moves in looking to clinch but Churchill pushes him off.
Pilvi lands a head kick!
Churchill misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Pilvi.
Churchill throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Winston Churchill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Churchill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Churchill swats away the attempt to clinch by Pilvi.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pilvi has closed the distance and engaged Churchill in a clinch.
Pilvi misses with a knee to the head.
Pilvi lands a nice knee to the body.
Churchill stalling the fight.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pilvi tries to clinch up.
Churchill keeps the fight on the outside.
Churchill works Pilvi's body with a nice hook.
Churchill keeps the fight on the outside.
Pilvi doesn't manage to clinch there - Churchill circles away.
Churchill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pilvi is looking to clinch.
Churchill cracks Pilvi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Churchill throws a sloppy head kick
and Pilvi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A punch combination from Churchill misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pilvi walks into a left hand.
Churchill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Churchill throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pilvi counters with a thumping low kick.
Pilvi wants to clinch.
Churchill throws a head kick that misses.
Pilvi slips a straight right by Churchill.
Churchill looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Pilvi closes the distance and pushes Churchill back into the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pilvi.
Pilvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Churchill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Churchill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pilvi fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pilvi has closed the distance and engaged Churchill in a clinch.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pilvi throws a sloppy head kick and Churchill moves out of range easily.
Pilvi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pilvi doesn't manage to clinch there - Churchill circles away.
Churchill connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Churchill blocks a head kick by Pilvi.
Pilvi blocks a head kick by Churchill.
Churchill connects with a high kick.
Pilvi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Churchill lands with a nice combination. Pilvi backs away looking to recover.
Pilvi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Churchill throws a head kick but Pilvi moves out of range.
Churchill pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pilvi tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pilvi scores with a spinning back kick!
Churchill connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Churchill throws a nice head kick!
Pilvi tries to clinch but Churchill is having none of it.
Pilvi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Pilvi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Pilvi missing with knees to the body.
Churchill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pilvi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Churchill blocks it with crossed arms.
Pilvi is looking to control Churchill's arms but Churchill gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pilvi has his back to the ropes.

Churchill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Churchill throws a sloppy head kick

and Pilvi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pilvi misses with a knee to the head.
Pilvi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Churchill is defending well for now.
Pilvi looking to throw knees to the head but Churchill is blocking nicely.
Pilvi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Veikko Pilvi.
I think Pilvi 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 George Francis scores the fight for Veikko Pilvi!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Veikko Pilvi!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Veikko Pilvi!

Veikko Pilvi wins by unanimous decision!