PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jukko Hamalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Hytten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hamalainen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to the Finnish National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hytten's choice of entrance music: Wait and Bleed. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hamalainen
vs
Hytten

190 cm
28
250 lbs
16 - 4 - 1

215 cm
27
253 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jukko Hamalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kent Hytten!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hytten misses with a hook.
Hamalainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Hamalainen blocks the body kick.
Hamalainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hamalainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hamalainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hytten slips a jab from Hamalainen.
Hytten throws a front kick that sends Hamalainen stumbling back into the cage.
Hamalainen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hytten paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hytten gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hamalainen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hamalainen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Hytten pushes Hamalainen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hytten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamalainen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hytten sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hytten avoids the body shot from Hamalainen.
Hytten defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hamalainen.
Hytten looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hytten fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Hamalainen finds it's way through Hytten's defenses.
Hytten lands a nice shot that snaps Hamalainen's head back.
Hytten scoring well with a low kick there.
Hytten on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hamalainen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hamalainen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamalainen misses with a wild body shot.
Hytten ducks under a wild hook from Hamalainen.
Hytten lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hamalainen at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hamalainen blocks a jab.
Hytten connects with a single shot there.
Hamalainen missing with a left hand there. Hytten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Hamalainen.
Hamalainen slips under a jab.
Hytten lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hytten throws an overhand right that lands on Hamalainen's shoulder, as Hamalainen tries to avoid the shot.
Hamalainen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukko Hamalainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hytten takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hamalainen is looking to wear down Hytten with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Hamalainen misses
and Hamalainen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hamalainen misses with a double jab
and Hytten makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hytten takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hamalainen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Hamalainen scores a takedown into full mount!
Hytten is trying to stand up.
Hamalainen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hamalainen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hytten tries to hold on but Hamalainen pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hamalainen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hytten is squirming around, avoiding Hamalainen's attempts to control the action.
Hamalainen with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamalainen landing strikes from the mount and Hytten is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hytten is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hamalainen with the ground and pound from mount.
Hamalainen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hytten is trying to escape the mount.
Hytten looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hamalainen scoring with strikes but Hytten is staying in there.
Hamalainen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hytten is in a horrible position here. Hamalainen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jukko Hamalainen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Jab from Hamalainen.
Hamalainen wants to clinch up but Hytten keeps it at a distance.
Hamalainen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hytten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hytten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hamalainen throws a jab when Hytten was well out of range.
Hamalainen misses with a shot to the body
and Hytten counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hamalainen misses with a shot to the body
and Hytten cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hytten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hamalainen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hytten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hytten misses with a head kick.
Hamalainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hytten.
Hamalainen with a nice cross.
Hamalainen scores with the left hand. Hytten knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hytten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hamalainen. Hytten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hamalainen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hamalainen blocks a head kick by Hytten.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hytten throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hamalainen tries to close the distance and clinch but Hytten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Hamalainen misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hamalainen. Hytten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hytten moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hamalainen.
Hamalainen throws a right and a left that Hytten avoids nicely.
Hytten wants to slow Hamalainen down by chopping away at his legs.
Jukko Hamalainen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamalainen throws a hook but Hytten avoids it easily.
Hytten moves out of range of the strikes.
Hytten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hamalainen.
Hytten scores with a hook.
Hytten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hamalainen throws a shot from downtown. Hytten moves away and avoids it.
Hamalainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Hamalainen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Hytten pushes Hamalainen off and gets back to his feet.
Hytten stuffs the takedown.
Hytten swinging wildly here.
Hamalainen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hytten counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamalainen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hytten counters with a stiff right hand.
Hytten lands a nice looking body kick.
Hytten throws a sloppy head kick and Hamalainen moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hamalainen. Hytten does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hamalainen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hamalainen moves out of range of the strikes.
Hytten misses with the combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hamalainen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jukko Hamalainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamalainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hamalainen checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Hamalainen misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hytten has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hytten there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hytten doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hytten slips a jab from Hamalainen.
Hytten keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hamalainen.
Hytten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hytten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hytten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hamalainen loads up on a big right hand but Hytten slips the punch.
Hamalainen throws a hook to the side of Hytten's head but Hytten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Hytten.
Hytten misses with a straight left.
Hamalainen digs a good body shot into Hytten's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jukko Hamalainen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Hytten slips a straight right by Hamalainen.
Jab by Hamalainen.
Donk. Hytten catches Hamalainen right on the button with a cross.
Hamalainen takes a swing at Hytten's ribcage but misses.
Hytten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hamalainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Hytten.
Hamalainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hytten lands a leg kick that knocks Hamalainen off balance momentarily.
Hamalainen misses with a double jab.
Hytten defending well as Hamalainen loads up on a big left hand.
Good work by Hamalainen as he checks the leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hytten.
A slow jab from Hamalainen misses its intended target.
Hamalainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hytten misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hytten moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hamalainen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hytten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hamalainen misses with a looping left.
Hamalainen throws a sloppy body shot
and Hytten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hamalainen thinking.
Hamalainen misses with a body punch
and Hytten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hamalainen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hytten.
Hytten misses with a head kick.
Hytten scores with a sloppy right hand. Hamalainen should have avoided that one.
Hytten takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hytten misses with a straight left.

Hamalainen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hamalainen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jukko Hamalainen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamalainen trying to control the action but Hytten is working from the bottom.
Hamalainen controlling from side mount.
Hytten is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Hytten's face as Hamalainen controls the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Hytten struggling a bit here.
Hytten wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hytten is letting Hamalainen control him for a moment.
Hytten wants to control but Hamalainen postures up.
Kent Hytten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hamalainen lands a really nice looking cross but Hytten seems unphased.
Hytten moves away from the strike by Hamalainen.
A punch combination from Hytten misses.
Kent Hytten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hamalainen with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamalainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hytten was well out of range. Poor timing from Hamalainen.
Hamalainen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hytten stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hytten throws a sloppy head kick and Hamalainen moves out of range easily.
Hamalainen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hamalainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Hytten throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slow jab from Hamalainen misses its intended target.
Hamalainen moves in looking to clinch but Hytten pushes him off.
Hytten has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hytten swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hytten throws the kick towards the body but Hamalainen avoids it.
Hytten misses with a double jab
and Hamalainen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hamalainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hytten was well out of range. Poor timing from Hamalainen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jukko Hamalainen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hamalainen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jukko Hamalainen!