PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caccane Berzevaco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Teppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Berzevaco comes to the cage accompanied by Hanna Ekola - Villihevosia. Teppo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jaakko Teppo - Hilma ja Onni kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Berzevaco
vs
Teppo

188 cm
23
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
35
199 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caccane Berzevaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jaakko Teppo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teppo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Berzevaco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Teppo can pounce on him.

Berzevaco lands a big head kick that sends Teppo tumbling to the mat! Berzevaco takes a step backwards and waves Teppo back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Teppo is rocked!

It looks like Jaakko Teppo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berzevaco throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Teppo is still on wobbly legs! Can Berzevaco finish him?
A head kick misses from Berzevaco.
Teppo misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Teppo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jaakko Teppo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Berzevaco.
Teppo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Berzevaco clinches up against the cage.
Teppo blocks an elbow strike from Berzevaco.
Berzevaco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Berzevaco misses with an elbow strike.
Teppo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berzevaco's elbow.
Teppo avoids a wild elbow strike from Berzevaco.
Teppo is trying to break the clinch but Berzevaco has him pressed against the cage.
Berzevaco throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Berzevaco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Teppo's brow.
Teppo blocks an elbow strike.
Berzevaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Teppo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Berzevaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Teppo is trying to maintain a safe position but Berzevaco gets an underhook and turns Teppo into the cage.
Berzevaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Teppo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Berzevaco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Teppo's brow.
Teppo working aggressively here.
Berzevaco throws an elbow but it misses.
Teppo seems to have recovered his senses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teppo.
Teppo blocks an elbow strike from Berzevaco.
Teppo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Berzevaco's elbow.
Teppo wants to get back to striking at distance but Berzevaco won't allow it.
Teppo lands an uppercut.
Teppo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Teppo can't find room to land a body shot as Berzevaco controls the action.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teppo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Teppo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Berzevaco fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Teppo.
Berzevaco has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berzevaco there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teppo throws a right hand that Berzevaco ducks under and follows up with a left that Berzevaco also avoids with ease.
Teppo tries to close the distance and clinch but Berzevaco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berzevaco misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Teppo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Berzevaco is looking to clinch but Teppo is avoiding it.
Berzevaco throws a sloppy head kick and Teppo moves out of range easily.
Berzevaco tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Teppo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Berzevaco doesn't seem phased though.
Berzevaco fails in his attempt to clinch.
Teppo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Berzevaco lands a head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berzevaco darts in trying to clinch
and Teppo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Teppo.
Berzevaco tries to clinch there but Teppo circles away.
Teppo looks to land a left hand but Berzevaco moved out of range nicely.
Teppo avoids the head kick by Berzevaco.
Berzevaco gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Teppo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Berzevaco thinking.
Teppo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teppo misses with a double jab.
Teppo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Berzevaco.
Teppo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Berzevaco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Teppo blocks a head kick by Berzevaco.
Nice body punch from Teppo.
A head kick by Berzevaco misses
letting Teppo counter with a right hand.
Teppo throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teppo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Berzevaco throws a head kick that misses.
Berzevaco takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Teppo misses with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Berzevaco.
Berzevaco tries a low kick but Teppo avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Teppo. Those never looked like landing.
Berzevaco swats away the attempt to clinch by Teppo.
Teppo tries to close the distance and clinch but Berzevaco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berzevaco throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Berzevaco.
Teppo misses with a kick to the body.
Teppo throws a nice looking combination but Berzevaco bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Berzevaco throws a leg kick but Teppo checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teppo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Berzevaco swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Berzevaco closes the distance but Teppo moves to the side
and Teppo counters with a stiff right hand.
Berzevaco looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Berzevaco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Berzevaco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Teppo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Berzevaco had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Teppo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Berzevaco in his tracks.
Teppo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Berzevaco.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Berzevaco throws a body kick that misses.
Teppo looks to score with a jab to the body but Berzevaco is just out of range.
Teppo lands a head kick. Berzevaco smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teppo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Berzevaco circles away quickly and effectively.
Berzevaco throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Teppo's head.

Teppo instigates a clinch.
Berzevaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Caccane Berzevaco will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jaakko Teppo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Berzevaco tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teppo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Berzevaco throws a head kick but Teppo moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Teppo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Teppo closes the distance and pushes Berzevaco back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Teppo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Berzevaco lands an elbow inside that Teppo shrugs off.
Berzevaco throws an elbow that misses.
Berzevaco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teppo has a couple of punches blocked by Berzevaco.
Teppo avoids the elbow strike from Berzevaco, against the cage.
Teppo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Berzevaco throws an elbow that misses.
Berzevaco creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Teppo! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Berzevaco.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caccane Berzevaco!