PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moe Oye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moe Oye has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Oye
vs
Hovi

178 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Oye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seppo Hovi!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hovi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Oye sprawls well initially but Hovi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oye is looking to improve his position.
Hovi winds up and cracks Oye with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hovi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oye with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oye throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hovi working over Oye with some ground and pound. Oye looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hovi trying to control from half guard but Oye is working away.
Hovi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Oye tries to get to full guard but Hovi has control of the leg.
Hovi is trying to control the action in half guard but Oye is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hovi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Oye's head.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A nice combination there by Hovi.

Hovi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hovi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Oye regains half guard.
Hovi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oye is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hovi controlling the pace.

Hovi stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Oye to get to his feet.
Oye with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hovi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oye is breathing heavily.
Oye misses with a takedown attempt

and Hovi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hovi.
Oye can't keep his opponent in guard - Hovi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Oye is looking for a sweep. Hovi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oye on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Oye tries to get out of the position.
Oye is trying to stand up here but Hovi is controlling him well.
Oye throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hovi prevents Oye from improving his position.
Oye flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Hovi wants to free his trapped foot but Oye is holding on for dear life with his legs.

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

and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moe Oye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hovi won't allow Oye to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oye keeping moving, preventing Hovi from controlling successfully.
Hovi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hovi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Oye is keeping the position for now.
Oye is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hovi lands a couple of elbows.
Hovi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Hovi stands up and waves to Oye to follow him.
Oye gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Hovi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Hovi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Oye looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Oye actively working from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oye is staying active underneath Hovi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hovi is looking to advance position but Oye won't allow it.
Oye manages to get to full guard.

Hovi stands up and waves to Oye to follow him.
Hovi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Hovi clinches with his opponent.
Oye goes for a takedown attempt but Hovi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Hovi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Hovi stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hovi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Oye to the mat! Oye manages to get full guard.
Hovi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Oye's head.
Hovi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oye is not content to let Hovi control the position.
Oye is trying to improve his position.
Hovi lands a few punches from side control.
Oye regains half guard.

Hovi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Oye is pressing down on Hovi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hovi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Oye keeping moving, preventing Hovi from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Hovi dominated that round.
That's time! Oye's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Oye tries for a takedown but Hovi circles away easily

and Hovi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Oye's guard.
Hovi connects with a couple of short punches.
Oye knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hovi on the ground.
Oye manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Oye landing strikes from the mount.
Oye lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hovi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Oye punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hovi is looking to get to half guard.
Hovi is in a horrible position here. Oye smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Oye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hovi blocking the ground and pound.
Hovi gets back to half guard.
Hovi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oye is working away from the top position though.
Oye not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Oye.
Hovi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oye.
Hovi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oye.
Hovi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Oye scores with a couple of nice shots.
Seppo Hovi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Oye not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Oye there.
Oye scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Hovi kicks Oye off and gets back to his feet.
Oye fails to land the takedown.
Oye tries to clinch there but Hovi circles away.
Horrible takedown by Oye or perhaps it was just good defense by Hovi which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moe Oye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hovi connects with a high kick.
Oye shoots in but no luck this time.
Oye misses with a takedown attempt - Hovi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oye fails with a takedown attempt.
Moe Oye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hovi keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oye tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hovi stuffs the takedown.

Hovi gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Hovi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Oye is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hovi to the mat. Hovi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Oye accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hovi trying to keep a closed guard but Oye is proving a slippery customer.
Oye has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Oye connects with a couple of short punches.
Oye throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hovi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Oye lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Oye gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hovi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oye circles away.
Oye shoots and misses

and Hovi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hovi working over Oye with some ground and pound. Oye looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Oye missing with punches from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hovi connects with a nice short shot to Oye's temple.
Hovi is thwarting Oye's attempts to control the position.
Oye won't allow Hovi to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hovi decides to stand up.
Seppo Hovi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Oye with that takedown attempt.
Oye with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hovi counters with a two punch combo.
Oye tries for a takedown but Hovi circles away easily

and Hovi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hovi postures up and lands a big shot to Oye's brow.
Oye throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hovi won't allow Oye to sweep him here.
Oye keeping full guard, as Hovi tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oye is on top in guard.
Hovi throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oye throwing strikes from guard but Hovi blocks nicely.
Oye connects with a couple of short punches.

Hovi is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hovi manages to break the clinch.
Oye shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hovi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hovi lands with a kick to the temple. Oye shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Oye shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oye showed some decent athleticism there.
Hovi has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oye is working away from the top position though.
Hovi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Oye is thwarting Hovi's attempts to control the position.
Hovi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Oye's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Oye's back!
Oye can't escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oye is working hard here to advance position.
Hovi throwing damaging strikes from the back! Oye could be in trouble here!
Oye manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hovi's guard. Nice work there by Oye.
Oye pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hovi is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Hovi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Oye with a poor takedown

and Hovi counters with a shoot takedown. Oye fights it but they end up in guard.
Hovi trying to control the position from guard on top but Oye is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hovi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hovi pushing down on Oye's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Hovi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Oye with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hovi lands strikes from half guard.
Hovi moves nicely into side control.

Hovi is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Oye has escaped the position, nice work there.
Oye gets back to half guard.
Oye trying to control from the bottom.

Hovi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hovi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oye on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oye is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hovi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Hovi moves nicely into side control.
Oye is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hovi cracks Oye with a big elbow.
Oye is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hovi is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

Hovi working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Hovi blocks Oye's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hovi dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oye is bucking up trying to escape but Hovi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hovi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hovi dominating with strikes here.
Hovi lands a big elbow.
Oye is desperately trying to improve his position but Hovi has a good base and remains in mount.
Oye is in a horrible position here. Hovi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oye regains half guard.
Oye tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Oye moves into full guard.
Oye trying to strike off his back.
Oye wants to stand up but Hovi is controlling him.
Oye looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hovi is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oye working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hovi.
Oye looking for a sweep. Not yet Oye, not yet.
Hovi wants to control from the top but Oye keeps moving.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Hovi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hovi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hovi tries to pass to full mount but Oye defends it.
Oye wants to get back to full guard.
Oye moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Oye trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oye is on top in guard.
Oye trying to control the position from guard on top but Hovi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hovi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oye pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hovi is keeping the position for now.
Oye stopping the sweep attempt from Hovi.
Hovi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oye manages to get himself to full guard.
Hovi passes Oye's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hovi prevents Oye from improving his position.
Hovi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oye keeps working.
Oye tries to get to full guard but Hovi has control of the leg.
Oye flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Moe Oye has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hovi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Hovi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hovi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seppo Hovi!