PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hyoto Bachida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Neuvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neuvonen has chosen DMX - Intro as his entrance music. Hyoto Bachida has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bachida
vs
Neuvonen

190 cm
22
222 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Intelligent

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hyoto Bachida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Neuvonen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bachida looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Still in half guard, Bachida seems content to control.
Neuvonen is trying to control but can't.
Bachida prevents Neuvonen from improving his position.
Neuvonen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bachida's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bachida's back!
Bachida is trying to break free.
Neuvonen is looking to control Bachida but Bachida is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Bachida fending off the submission attempt from Neuvonen.
Neuvonen wants to control but Bachida is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bachida can't escape the position.
Neuvonen struggling to keep hold of the position.
Bachida is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Neuvonen is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Bachida knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Bachida for a finish.
Bachida is trying to get back to his feet but Neuvonen has full control of the position and if anything, Bachida has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Bachida is breathing heavily.

Bachida is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.

Neuvonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bachida fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Neuvonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bachida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two 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.
Bachida gets through Neuvonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bachida prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bachida lands a nice elbow.
Bachida wants to break free but Neuvonen has control.
Nice elbow from Neuvonen.
Bachida throws an elbow but it misses.
Neuvonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bachida stalling.

Bachida manages to break the clinch.
Bachida tries to clinch but Neuvonen moves out of range.
Neuvonen is looking to clinch.
Bachida looks to land a left hand but Neuvonen moved out of range nicely.
Bachida misses with a double jab.
Bachida misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Bachida does no damage.
Neuvonen clinches but Bachida breaks the clinch

and Bachida counters by clinching up.
Neuvonen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bachida is looking to break free of the clinch but Neuvonen has double underhooks.
Neuvonen missing with knees to the body.
Neuvonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bachida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Neuvonen tries to land a knee to the head but Bachida blocks with his arms.
Bachida using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Neuvonen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bachida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bachida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Neuvonen has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bachida manages to break the clinch.
Neuvonen ducks under a wild hook from Bachida.
Neuvonen shoots for a double leg takedown but Bachida sprawls well. He's pushed Neuvonen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Neuvonen darts in trying to clinch

and Bachida counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Neuvonen is working an open guard so Bachida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Neuvonen checks a leg kick.

Bachida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bachida wants to stand but Neuvonen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Neuvonen trying to control the position.
Bachida controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neuvonen wants to stand and escape but Bachida is having none of it.
Neuvonen looking to control but Bachida passes into half guard.
Neuvonen is looking for a sweep. Bachida is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Neuvonen looks like he's trying to stand up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Bachida moves into range and clinches up with Neuvonen.

Bachida gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neuvonen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bachida is working away from the top position though.
Neuvonen manages to get to full guard.

Bachida gets to his feet. Neuvonen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyoto Bachida dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Neuvonen thuds his shin into the meat of Bachida's side.
Neuvonen drops his hands momentarily and Bachida takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bachida misses with a double jab.
Bachida fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice combination there by Bachida.

Neuvonen is rocked!
Neuvonen dodges the punch combination from Bachida.
Hyoto Bachida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neuvonen shoots in but Bachida avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Bachida rushes Neuvonen and presses him up against the cage.

Bachida breaks from the clinch.
Neuvonen closes the distance looking to clinch

and Bachida counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Bachida breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neuvonen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bachida decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Neuvonen's guard.
Neuvonen is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bachida controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bachida stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bachida throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bachida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bachida lands a two punch combo.
Neuvonen dodges the punch combination from Bachida.
Bachida misses with a low kick as Neuvonen jumps back.
Bachida shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Neuvonen as he jumps to the side.
Bachida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bachida closes the distance and clinches up with Neuvonen, looking for a takedown. Bachida pushes Neuvonen against the cage but Neuvonen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Neuvonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bachida misses with the combination.
Hyoto Bachida is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bachida moves into the clinch successfully.
Neuvonen is looking to break free of the clinch but Bachida has double underhooks.
Neuvonen is working for takedown but Bachida is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hyoto Bachida has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hannu Neuvonen.

Neuvonen breaks from the clinch.
Bachida clinches but Neuvonen breaks the clinch
and Neuvonen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bachida wants to clinch.
Bachida misses with a two punch combination.

Bachida shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bachida was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Neuvonen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Bachida is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Neuvonen can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bachida prevents Neuvonen from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bachida with shots to the head and body - Neuvonen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Bachida looking to control and managing it successfully.
Neuvonen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Neuvonen manages to get to full guard.
Neuvonen wants to sweep here but Bachida controlling him for the moment.
Bachida content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Bachida gets to his feet - Neuvonen follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bachida misses with a double jab
and Neuvonen counters with a body kick that stops Bachida in his tracks momentarily.
Bachida throws a body kick the misses
and Neuvonen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Bachida moves into the clinch.

Bachida has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Neuvonen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Neuvonen is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Bachida gets his way!
Bachida is not going to allow Neuvonen to sit and survive in this position.
Neuvonen grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bachida has good solid back control here.
Neuvonen trying to control but not successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hyoto Bachida dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bachida moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Bachida misses with the combination.
Bachida 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.
Neuvonen blocks a head kick by Bachida.
Bachida pivots, looking for a leg kick but Neuvonen is out of range and Bachida settles back down.
Neuvonen tries to clinch up

and Bachida counters with a shoot takedown. Neuvonen fights it but they end up in guard.
Neuvonen looking to control.
Neuvonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Neuvonen, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bachida is looking to stand up but Neuvonen won't let him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Neuvonen throws his legs up looking for a submission but Bachida uses it to pass to side control.
Bachida taking a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bachida working away.
Neuvonen tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Neuvonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bachida trying to control but Neuvonen is having none of it.
Neuvonen trying desperately to get to his feet.
Neuvonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Neuvonen manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bachida drops an elbow to the side of Neuvonen's head.
Bachida lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Neuvonen pushes Bachida off looking to stand but Bachida dives back in and keeps control.
Neuvonen wants to control but Bachida is keeping busy.

Bachida decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Bachida decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bachida decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Bachida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neuvonen can do to turn this around?
Bachida throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bachida throws a head kick that misses.

Bachida decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Bachida stands up from half guard.
Neuvonen thows a body kick. Bachida tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Neuvonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Neuvonen tries to clinch but Bachida is having none of it.
Neuvonen doesn't manage to clinch there - Bachida circles away.
Bachida misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Neuvonen tries to clinch but Bachida moves out of range.
Bachida tries to close the distance and clinch but Neuvonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bachida misses with a wild body shot.
Neuvonen moves away from the strike by Bachida.
Neuvonen misses with a takedown attempt

and Bachida counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Neuvonen wants to get back to his feet.
Bachida is nestled in close to Neuvonen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bachida controlling the action here.

Bachida gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bachida rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neuvonen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bachida gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Neuvonen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Neuvonen wants a takedown.

Bachida is trying to trip Neuvonen. He has hold of a leg but Neuvonen is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Bachida persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Neuvonen keeping full guard, as Bachida tries to pass.

Neuvonen is working an open guard so Bachida takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Neuvonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hannu Neuvonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Bachida closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bachida lands in his opponent's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hyoto Bachida showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bachida 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hyoto Bachida!