PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jori Jujipallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Teppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jujipallo comes into the arena with Children Of Bodom's Are You Dead Yet? blaring out of the sound system. Teppo has chosen Jaakko Teppo - Hilma ja Onni as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jujipallo
vs
Teppo

185 cm
30
194 lbs
19 - 21 - 0

185 cm
32
199 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155
Perkele!

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 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jori Jujipallo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Teppo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jujipallo slips a jab and a cross from Teppo.

Teppo darts in and clinches Jujipallo up against the cage.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Teppo to keep the fight standing.
Teppo lands with a short shot to the head.
Teppo scores with a hook to the body.
Jujipallo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Teppo after a bit of a struggle.
Teppo lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Teppo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jujipallo moves out of range of the body kick from Teppo.
Teppo tries to clinch up but Jujipallo circles away and keeps his distance.
Some wild striking there from Teppo.
Teppo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Teppo is looking to clinch.
Teppo is looking to clinch but Jujipallo is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teppo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice defenses there by Jujipallo.

Teppo closes the distance and pushes Jujipallo back into the cage.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Teppo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jujipallo drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jori Jujipallo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Teppo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Teppo misses with a series of wild punches.
Jaakko Teppo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jujipallo slips a jab and a cross from Teppo.
Jujipallo shoots in looking for a takedown but Teppo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jujipallo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Teppo has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jujipallo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jujipallo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Teppo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jujipallo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jujipallo fails to pull guard.
Teppo is pressed up against the cage. Jujipallo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Teppo down to the mat. Teppo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Teppo. Those never looked like landing.

Teppo closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Teppo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Teppo closes the distance and pushes Jujipallo back into the cage.
Teppo lands with a left to the head.
Teppo stops a takedown attempt from Jujipallo.
Teppo prevents the takedown attempt.
Teppo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jujipallo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Teppo lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Teppo.

Teppo manages to break the clinch.

Teppo moves into the clinch successfully.
Teppo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Teppo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jujipallo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Teppo.
Jujipallo is breathing heavily.
Teppo lands with a right to the head.
Teppo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jujipallo backwards.
Teppo gets through Jujipallo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Teppo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Teppo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jujipallo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Teppo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Teppo rushes Jujipallo and presses him up against the cage.
Teppo lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo scores with a shoulder strike.
Teppo lands a nice shot to the body.
Teppo controlling the action here for a moment.

Jujipallo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Teppo. Those never looked like landing.
Teppo looks for the body kick but Jujipallo saw that one coming.
Jujipallo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Teppo finds it's way round the side to connect with Jujipallo's head.
A clash of legs there as Jujipallo blocks the low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teppo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jujipallo takes a kick to the side of the head.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Teppo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Teppo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Teppo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jujipallo.
Teppo throws a hook but Jujipallo avoids it easily.
Jaakko Teppo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Teppo looks to land a combination but Jujipallo avoids it well.
Teppo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jujipallo on the side of the head.
Jujipallo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Teppo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Teppo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jujipallo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jujipallo tries to clinch up but Teppo circles away and keeps his distance.
Jujipallo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Teppo.
Jujipallo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Teppo. Teppo obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jujipallo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Teppo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jaakko Teppo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but Teppo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jujipallo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Teppo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Teppo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jujipallo drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jori Jujipallo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jujipallo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Teppo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short left from Teppo.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Teppo won't allow it.
Jujipallo jumps guard but Teppo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A left hand lands to the body for Teppo.
Teppo pushes Jujipallo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teppo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Teppo gets through Jujipallo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teppo slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo is working Jujipallo over against the cage.
Jujipallo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Teppo smiles and moves away.
Teppo misses with a series of wild punches.
Teppo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jujipallo. That did some damage!
Teppo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Teppo has closed the distance and engaged Jujipallo in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Teppo as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Teppo - that landed with a thud.
Teppo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jujipallo tries to pull guard but Teppo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Teppo slows down the pace here.
Teppo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jujipallo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Teppo pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Teppo manages to break the clinch.
Teppo lands with a shot to the body.

Teppo gets a clinch.
Teppo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Teppo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jujipallo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

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

Teppo moves into the clinch.
Teppo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Teppo presses Jujipallo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo lands with a right to the head.
Teppo lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Teppo manages to break the clinch.

Teppo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jujipallo, pushing him back against the cage.
Teppo just leaning against Jujipallo, taking a breather.
Teppo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jujipallo backwards.
Teppo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Teppo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teppo avoiding damage.

Teppo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Teppo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Teppo throws a nice looking combination but Jujipallo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jaakko Teppo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teppo misses with a double jab

and Jujipallo counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Teppo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Teppo clinches.

Teppo manages to break the clinch.
Teppo throws a head kick but Jujipallo moves out of range.
Teppo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice straight punches there by Teppo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Teppo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Teppo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick from Teppo lands but Jujipallo takes it in his stride.
Jujipallo misses with a takedown attempt
and Teppo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jujipallo really felt that one!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jujipallo fails with a takedown attempt.

Teppo pushes Jujipallo up against the cage in a clinch.
Jujipallo can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jori Jujipallo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Teppo.
Jujipallo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jujipallo has Teppo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Teppo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jujipallo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Teppo walks away with a smile on his face. Jujipallo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Teppo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Jujipallo gets tackled into the cage by Teppo. Teppo maintains the clinch.
Teppo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teppo presses Jujipallo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jaakko Teppo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
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!
A hook to the body from Teppo.
Nice body punch from Teppo - that landed with a thud.
Teppo pushes Jujipallo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Teppo.
Teppo lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teppo.
Teppo digs a right hand into Jujipallo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jujipallo's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Teppo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Teppo lands with a right to the head.

Jujipallo is rocked!
Teppo lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Jujipallo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right handed body shot lands from Teppo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Teppo.
Teppo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Teppo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teppo lands a left hand.
Teppo lands a body shot.
Teppo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teppo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teppo lands with a light punch inside.
Teppo lands a nice shot to the body.
Jujipallo is trying to pull guard but Teppo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Teppo breaks from the clinch.

Teppo clinches up against the cage.

Teppo breaks from the clinch.
Teppo throws a leg kick which misses Jujipallo's front leg but catches the back leg as Jujipallo tries to avoid it.
Jujipallo seems to have got his legs back now.
Teppo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Teppo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Teppo lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Teppo.
Jori Jujipallo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Teppo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Teppo as the two fighters clinch.

Teppo breaks from the clinch.
Teppo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Teppo.
Teppo leaves Jujipallo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teppo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Teppo duly obliges.
Teppo scores with a jab. Jujipallo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaakko Teppo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Teppo 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaakko Teppo!
Jaakko Teppo decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.