PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Coleman
vs
Carvalho

183 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carvalho gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet but Coleman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coleman sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coleman wants to pass the guard but Carvalho is keeping the position.
Coleman scoring with some ground and pound.
Coleman is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Coleman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coleman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carvalho is trying to control the position but Coleman postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carvalho misses with a wild combination.
Coleman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carvalho.
Carvalho bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Coleman's head.
Carvalho closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Carvalho throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Coleman.
Carvalho looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho looks to score with a jab to the body but Coleman is just out of range.
Coleman moves out of range of the strikes.
Carvalho changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Carvalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carvalho throws the left hand but Coleman avoids the punch easily.
Carvalho misses with a few strikes there.
Carvalho misses with a double jab.
Carvalho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carvalho avoids a punch combination nicely.

Coleman closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Carvalho's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coleman lands a couple of elbows.
Coleman connects with a couple of short punches.
Coleman controlling from the top position.
Coleman working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman connects with a couple of short punches.
Coleman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Coleman passes Carvalho's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Carvalho taking some punishment here, with Coleman in his half guard.

Coleman seems to be working for a kimura but Carvalho defends the submission attempt.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Coleman lands a nice short elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Coleman in particular looking to stall.
Coleman drops an elbow to the side of Carvalho's head.

Coleman seems to be looking for submissions.
Coleman controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman working Carvalho over with strikes.
Coleman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Coleman drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Coleman is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Carvalho wants to get back to his feet but Coleman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coleman pushing down on Carvalho's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Coleman frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Carvalho really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Coleman scoring with strikes but Carvalho is staying in there.
Carvalho throwing hammer fists to the chest of Coleman. What's that going to do exactly?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman tries to control but Carvalho wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Coleman.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.
Coleman raining down shots from the mount!
Carvalho squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Coleman breaks from Carvalho's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Carvalho is rocked!
Coleman landing shots from mount.
Carvalho is still in real trouble! Can Coleman finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coleman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Carvalho covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Coleman!