|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaska Jalovaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenta Kobashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jalovaara comes to the cage accompanied by Die for Metal. Kobashi has chosen DJ Krush - Kemuri as his entrance music. Kenta Kobashi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jaska Jalovaara's chin.
 |
|
 |
| 183 cm
26
193 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
|
186 cm
25
198 lbs
19 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaska Jalovaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenta Kobashi!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobashi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kobashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kobashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kobashi scores with a leg kick.
Kobashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kobashi throws a right hand that misses
and Jalovaara counters with a single leg into guard. Kobashi didn't expect that.
Kobashi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jalovaara works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kobashi postures up in Jalovaara's guard and throws a big left but Jalovaara blocks it.
Jalovaara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kobashi defends it easily.
Jalovaara trying to keep a closed guard but Kobashi is proving a slippery customer.
Jalovaara is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalovaara lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kobashi!
Kobashi working to try and regain half guard.
Jalovaara unloading with bombs!
Kobashi blocking the ground and pound.
Kobashi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jalovaara trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kobashi manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jalovaara in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kobashi is refusing to be controlled, as Jalovaara sits in half guard.
Kobashi is looking for a sweep. Jalovaara is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Jalovaara.
Jalovaara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jalovaara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jalovaara looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kobashi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jalovaara is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jalovaara missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jalovaara trying to control from Kobashi's half guard. Kobashi has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara slips nicely into half guard.
Jalovaara missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jalovaara seems to be looking for submissions.
Kobashi is trying to stand.
Jalovaara throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jalovaara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jalovaara prevents Kobashi from improving his position.
Jalovaara throwing shots but Kobashi is blocking nicely.
Jalovaara winds up and cracks Kobashi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalovaara missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jalovaara thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kobashi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kobashi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jalovaara regains half guard.
Jalovaara wants to get back to full guard.
Kobashi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jalovaara knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jalovaara wants to get back to full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kobashi working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaska Jalovaara dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jalovaara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kobashi misses with a straight left.
Jalovaara takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kobashi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kobashi throws a leg kick
and Jalovaara counters with a single leg into guard. Kobashi didn't expect that.
Kobashi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kobashi is trying to keep Jalovaara in close.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jalovaara scoring with some ground and pound.
Jalovaara stopping the sweep attempt from Kobashi.
Jalovaara chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalovaara trying to control the position from guard on top but Kobashi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jalovaara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kobashi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jalovaara postures up in Kobashi's guard and throws a big left but Kobashi blocks it.
Jalovaara working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kobashi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jalovaara.
Jalovaara throws an elbow that misses. Kobashi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jalovaara's guard. Nice move by Kobashi!
Jalovaara looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kobashi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi postures up in Jalovaara's guard and throws a big left but Jalovaara blocks it.
Kobashi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jalovaara utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kobashi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jalovaara is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jalovaara manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kobashi is looking to improve his position but Jalovaara isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Jalovaara connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jalovaara lands a big elbow.
We've been hearing that Jalovaara has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kobashi wants to control but Jalovaara is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Jalovaara.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kobashi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kobashi is bucking up trying to escape but Jalovaara cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jalovaara with good strikes from the mount here!
Kobashi is rocked!
Jalovaara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jalovaara lands a heavy elbow.
Kobashi is still in real trouble! Can Jalovaara finish him?
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!
Jalovaara scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Jalovaara! Kobashi is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jaska Jalovaara!
After winning the bout, Jaska Jalovaara thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
57% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
