PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kari Jurri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jurri might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rising Darkness. 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.

Jurri
vs
Small

183 cm
26
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
201 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Hellbent
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kari Jurri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Small!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Jurri. That's going to slow Small down.
Jurri throws a leg kick which misses Small's front leg but catches the back leg as Small tries to avoid it.
Small motions for Jurri to come forward. Small throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Small just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Small.
Jurri lands with a cross.
Small throws a lazy right hand but Jurri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jurri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body kick from Jurri.
Jurri cracks the inside of Small's front leg.
Jurri keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Small darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jurri throws a leg kick but Small checks it.
Jurri listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jurri.
An inside leg kick from Jurri misses.
Jurri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jurri defending well as Small loads up on a big left hand.
Jurri moves out of range as Small strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jurri instigates a clinch.
Jurri struggles to land a body shot inside as Small controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Jurri.
Jurri scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like James Small has been cut.
Small is trying to push Jurri away but Jurri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jurri lands a knee to the head.
Jurri misses with a knee strike.
Small trying to control the position but instead, Jurri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Small into the cage.
Jurri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jurri misses with a body punch.
Jurri lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small just leaning against Jurri, taking a breather.
Small being controlled against the cage.
Jurri lands with a left to the head.
Jurri misses with a punch to the body.
Jurri letting Small take a breather here.
Jurri stalling the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jurri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jurri misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurri lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jurri misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Jurri scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jurri lands an uppercut.
Small takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jurri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Small is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The referee calls for Jurri to work.
Jurri looking to stall.

Small breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jurri thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Small if he has to take too many more of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Small throws a big shot that misses.
Small tries to bum rush Jurri with a series of wild strikes but Jurri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Small throws a shot from downtown. Jurri moves away and avoids it.
Jurri ducks under a wild hook from Small.
A head kick from Jurri lands but Small takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Small. Jurri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kari Jurri is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jurri throws out a leg kick but Small moves out of range and Jurri only half commits.
Jurri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jurri.
Small swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jurri lands a nice looking body kick.
Jurri throws a lazy body kick
and Small counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jurri tries to clinch up but Small circles away and keeps his distance.
Small steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jurri. That one must have hurt.
Small walks into a left hand.
Small scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Jurri dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Small's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Small misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jurri.
Jurri scoring well with a low kick there.
Kari Jurri is winning the standup battle so far.
Decent striking displayed by Jurri there.
Small scores with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Jurri.
Jurri misses with a leg kick
enabling Small to counter with a crisp jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Jurri checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Jurri ducks under a wild hook from Small.
Jurri throws a leg kick which misses Small's front leg but catches the back leg as Small tries to avoid it.
Jurri lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jurri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Small was well out of range. Poor timing from Jurri.
Small finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jurri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jurri.
Small misses with a body shot.
Jurri misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurri lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Small closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jurri ducks under a wild hook from Small.
Small waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jurri.
Small loads up on a big right hand but Jurri slips the punch.
Jurri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Small takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jurri thuds his right hand into Small's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jurri connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jurri feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Small's calf.
Jurri throws out a loose jab but Small uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurri throws a front kick that sends Small stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jurri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jurri lands with a slapping head kick.
Jurri throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jurri.
Jurri throws a jab when Small was well out of range.
Jurri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Small swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Small's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jab, jab by Jurri - just one landing.
Small on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jurri misses with a series of wild punches.
Small changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jurri tries to avoid it but Small manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jurri to the ground. Jurri escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Small keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jurri wants to clinch up but Small keeps it at a distance.
Small thows a left - swing and a miss!
Small tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Jurri is just out of range.
Jurri will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Small fails with a takedown attempt.
Small has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jurri.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jurri misses with an attempted mid kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jurri.
Jurri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Small moves out of range of the body kick.
Small throws a body punch but Jurri moves out of range.
Small stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jurri.
Small tries to bum rush Jurri with a series of wild strikes but Jurri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jurri lands with a nice body kick.
Jurri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jurri scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jurri. That's going to slow Small down.
Small misses with a body shot.
Small takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Jurri tried to score with a low kick but Small checks it.
Jurri avoids the body shot from Small.
Jurri is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Small can do to turn this around?
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Small crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jurri - the referee stops the clock and Small gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jurri. Small manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Small is breathing heavily.
Jurri doesn't manage to clinch there - Small circles away.
Small takes a swing at Jurri's ribcage but misses.
Jurri misses the shot to the body.
Small moves out of range of the body kick.
Small thows a body shot but no joy.
Jurri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Small's sensitive parts.
Jurri throws a front kick that sends Small stumbling back into the cage.
Jurri throws a push kick but Small slaps the foot to one side.
Small throws a jab when Jurri was well out of range.
Small has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Jurri.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jurri cracks Small with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Small looks to land a body kick but Jurri moved away.
Jurri fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Small on the side of the head.
Small lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kari Jurri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Small's cut.
That's time! Jurri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Good leg kick by Jurri there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jurri lands with a nice body kick.
Small dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jurri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jurri lands a jab to the head.
Small on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jurri. Jurri obviously looking to wear him down.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Small misses with a leg kick.
Jurri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Small.

Jurri clinches up with Small and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Jurri.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jurri throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Small blocks it with crossed arms.
Jurri scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up James Small's cut even more.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jurri misses with the head strike.
Jurri can't find room to land a body shot as Small controls the action.
Small takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jurri tries to land knees in the clinch but Small avoids the damage to the body.
Jurri landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jurri.
Jurri tries a knee to the head but Small blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jurri.
Jurri scores a nice knee to the body.
Jurri is pushing Small up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jurri scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jurri lands a shot to the body.
Jurri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Small as the two fighters clinch.
Jurri tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jurri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kari Jurri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jurri tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jurri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jurri misses with a hook from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jurri with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jurri struggles to land a body shot inside as Small controls his hands.
Small's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Small.
Kari Jurri is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jurri looking to throw knees to the head but Small is blocking nicely.
Small blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jurri dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jurri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Small blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jurri lands an uppercut.
Jurri missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jurri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Small's elbow.
Jurri misses with a body punch.
Small avoiding damage.
Jurri tries to land a knee to the head but Small blocks with his arms.
Jurri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
James Small has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Small controlling the action here for a moment.
Jurri misses with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Small is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kari Jurri showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jurri 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kari Jurri!
Our winner, Kari Jurri, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.