PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Barac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesti Vihervaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barac kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Connected. Vihervaara has chosen Headhunterz - Last Of Mohicanz as his entrance music. Ivan Barac has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barac
vs
Vihervaara

195 cm
26
250 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
28
248 lbs
22 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GameBred 160

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ivan Barac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesti Vihervaara!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barac looks to land a combination but Vihervaara avoids it well.
Vihervaara feints and then cracks Barac's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barac down.
Vihervaara cracks Barac with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vihervaara with a nice cross.
Barac misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vihervaara.
Barac circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barac fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vihervaara checks it well.
Barac lands a nice shot to the body.
Barac lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barac throws a body punch but Vihervaara moves out of range.
Vihervaara misses with a straight left.
Vihervaara throws a hook but Barac blocks it.

Vihervaara forces Barac back against the cage and clinches.
Vihervaara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Barac scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vihervaara misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Vihervaara.
A body shot lands from Barac.
Barac on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barac takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Barac.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barac takes a knee to the side of the body.
Barac swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barac throws a head punch that misses.
Vihervaara misses with a punch to the body.
Vihervaara is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barac is defending well for now.
Barac wants to get back to striking at distance but Vihervaara won't allow it.
Vihervaara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barac lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barac tries to work over Vihervaara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vihervaara with a knee to the head.
Barac lands a shoulder strike.
Vihervaara letting Barac take a breather here.
Barac takes a shot to the head.
Vihervaara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vihervaara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Barac manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vihervaara shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara stalling away here and it's allowed Barac to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Barac looking for a sweep. Not yet Barac, not yet.
Vihervaara sitting in guard here, content to control.
Barac wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Vihervaara is now in half guard.
Vihervaara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barac defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Vihervaara throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Barac to regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vihervaara accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vihervaara stopping the sweep attempt from Barac.
Vihervaara in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vihervaara has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vihervaara trying to control the position from guard on top but Barac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara is pushing down on Barac's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barac is fighting to maintain full guard but Vihervaara has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vihervaara missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vihervaara is just content to waste time from the top position. Barac takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Vihervaara is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vihervaara postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesti Vihervaara dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Barac has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara feints and then cracks Barac's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barac down.
Barac changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barac.
Barac swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barac throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick misses from Barac.
Barac walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vihervaara. That's going to slow Barac down.
Barac takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Barac throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vihervaara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barac on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Barac clobbers Vihervaara with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Vihervaara moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vihervaara connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barac's hands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barac throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vihervaara lands a leg kick that knocks Barac off balance momentarily.

Vihervaara gets a clinch.
Vihervaara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barac goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vihervaara lands a nice shot to the body.
Barac swings wildly with an uppercut but Vihervaara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vihervaara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Vihervaara blocking some punches.
Vihervaara gets through Barac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vihervaara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Barac avoids the damage to the body.
Barac blocks a body shot from Vihervaara.
Barac tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barac can't find room to land a body shot as Vihervaara controls the action.

Barac breaks the clinch.
Barac throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ivan Barac is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vihervaara throws out a leg kick but Barac moves out of range and Vihervaara only half commits.
Barac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barac looks to land a body kick but Vihervaara moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barac throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Barac ducks under a wild hook from Vihervaara.
Barac swings for the body but Vihervaara moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Barac. Those never looked like landing.
Ernesti Vihervaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barac throws a hook to the side of Vihervaara's head but Vihervaara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Barac lands a nice looking body shot.
Vihervaara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Barac paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barac fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vihervaara manages to avoid it.
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!
Barac listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barac tries to bum rush Vihervaara with a series of wild strikes but Vihervaara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice jab there from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara wants to clinch.
Barac fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab from Barac.
Vihervaara misses with an uppercut.
Vihervaara throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vihervaara cracks the inside of Barac's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara slips a jab from Barac.
Barac takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big right from Barac misses.
Barac tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vihervaara was well out of range. Poor timing from Barac.
Barac takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vihervaara misses with a kick to the body.
Vihervaara looks to land a body kick but Barac moved away.

Vihervaara takes the fight into the clinch.
Barac lands with a short shot to the head.
Vihervaara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barac fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barac avoiding damage as Vihervaara throws knees to the body.
Vihervaara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barac lands a right hand that snaps the head of Vihervaara backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barac throws a head punch that misses.
Vihervaara tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barac lands a shoulder strike.
Vihervaara lands a body punch.
Vihervaara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barac misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vihervaara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vihervaara works on Barac's body with a couple of short punches.
Vihervaara lands an uppercut.
Barac blocks an elbow strike.
Barac dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Barac is trying to force a seperation but Vihervaara has the dominant position.
Vihervaara lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Barac.
Barac avoiding damage as Vihervaara throws knees to the body.
Vihervaara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barac backwards.
Vihervaara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesti Vihervaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Vihervaara cracks Barac with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vihervaara ducks under a wild hook from Barac.
The fighters circling - Barac throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Vihervaara misses the target.
Vihervaara throws a shot to the body.
Barac throws a head kick that misses.
Vihervaara moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Vihervaara. That's going to slow Barac down.

Vihervaara moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barac takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vihervaara is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vihervaara.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vihervaara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Vihervaara lands a nice knee to the body.
Barac doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vihervaara lands an elbow that stopped Barac in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervaara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barac is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Vihervaara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Vihervaara - that landed with a thud.
Barac takes an elbow to the temple.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Barac avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Barac in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Barac avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barac.
Vihervaara lands an elbow just above Barac 's eye.

It looks like Ivan Barac has been cut.
Vihervaara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vihervaara lands a hook that snaps the head of Barac backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vihervaara tries to land knees in the clinch but Barac avoids the damage to the body.
Vihervaara misses with a punch to the body.
Vihervaara lands an elbow inside.
Vihervaara unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Vihervaara tries a knee to the head but Barac blocks it.
Ivan Barac has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ernesti Vihervaara is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Barac managing to block the knees to the body from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara scores with a knee to the head.
Ernesti Vihervaara seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Vihervaara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vihervaara lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Barac or not.
Vihervaara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vihervaara crunches a lovely knee into Barac's ribcage.
Barac misses with some punches.
Barac tries a body shot but Vihervaara blocks it.
Vihervaara connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barac.
Vihervaara lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vihervaara.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barac takes an elbow to the temple.
Vihervaara misses with a knee to the head.
Barac misses with the head strike.
Vihervaara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barac.
Vihervaara lands an elbow inside that Barac shrugs off.
Barac is trying to break free.
Vihervaara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Vihervaara.
Barac wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Barac manages to break the clinch.
Vihervaara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barac.
Barac rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vihervaara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vihervaara turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vihervaara displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Barac throws out the jab.
Barac throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up but Barac circles away and keeps his distance.
Vihervaara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barac misses with a straight left.
Barac thows a body shot but no joy.
Barac misses with a low kick.
Vihervaara lunges at Barac with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barac's hand.
Barac moves out of range as Vihervaara throws a body kick.
Barac closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Barac misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That kick from Vihervaara tenderised Barac's leg. Barac is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab lands there for Barac.
Barac stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Barac manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vihervaara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihervaara cracks a nice hook into Barac's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihervaara swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barac.

Vihervaara gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Barac manages to break the clinch.
Vihervaara with a nice cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesti Vihervaara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vihervaara 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesti Vihervaara!
Ernesti Vihervaara seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.