PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabryel Catchmaer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Juntta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabryel Catchmaer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Catchmaer
vs
Juntta

196 cm
27
246 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

188 cm
30
250 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabryel Catchmaer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Juntta!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Juntta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Catchmaer looks to score with a jab to the body but Juntta is just out of range.
Juntta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Catchmaer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Juntta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Catchmaer.
Juntta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Catchmaer moves into the clinch successfully.
Juntta wants to take the fight to the mat but Catchmaer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Catchmaer prevents a body shot from Juntta.
Catchmaer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Catchmaer gets underhooks to prevent Juntta's takedown attempt.
Catchmaer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Juntta working aggressively here.
Juntta leaning against his opponent.
Catchmaer is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Catchmaer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Catchmaer misses.
Catchmaer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Catchmaer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Catchmaer falls off balance throwing a combination
and Juntta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Catchmaer throws a big shot that misses.
Juntta swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Catchmaer counters by clinching up.
Juntta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Catchmaer or not.
A right hand to the body from Catchmaer.
Juntta keeps control of Catchmaer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Catchmaer stops a takedown attempt from Juntta.
Gabryel Catchmaer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
Juntta misses with a punch to the body.
Juntta has a couple of punches blocked by Catchmaer.

Catchmaer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Catchmaer is looking to clinch.
Juntta jabs at Catchmaer's body.
Catchmaer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juntta.
Jab by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer throws a series of punches but Juntta avoids them all with ease.
Juntta changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Catchmaer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Catchmaer misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Catchmaer scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Catchmaer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Juntta lands with a nice combination. Catchmaer backs away looking to recover.
Catchmaer throws a jab but it's blocked by Juntta.
Catchmaer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Catchmaer connects with a jab.
Catchmaer misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Juntta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Catchmaer is looking to clinch but Juntta is avoiding it.
Juntta throws a jab but it's blocked by Catchmaer.
Juntta moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Juntta. Beautiful body shot.
Catchmaer scores with a jab. Juntta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Juntta throws a lazy uppercut
and Catchmaer counters with a straight right hand.
Catchmaer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Juntta scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juntta shoots for a takedown but Catchmaer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Catchmaer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Juntta takes a swing at Catchmaer's ribcage but misses.
Catchmaer lands with a right hand.
Catchmaer throws a shot from downtown. Juntta moves away and avoids it.
Catchmaer misses with a hook. Juntta ducked under it nicely.

Juntta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Catchmaer, pushing him back against the cage.
Juntta looking for a takedown.
Juntta blocks an uppercut.
Catchmaer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Catchmaer throws an elbow but misses.
Catchmaer lands a nice uppercut.
Catchmaer wants to stall.
I was talking to Catchmaer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Juntta is trying to trip Catchmaer. He has hold of a leg but Catchmaer is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Juntta persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Juntta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Catchmaer's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Catchmaer keeping full guard, as Juntta tries to pass.
Catchmaer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Catchmaer wants to get back to his feet but Juntta is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Catchmaer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Juntta trying to control the position from guard on top but Catchmaer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Juntta throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Juntta trying to control but Catchmaer is working from the bottom.
Juntta scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Juntta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gabryel Catchmaer is winning the standup battle so far.

Catchmaer clinches.

Catchmaer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Catchmaer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Juntta on the side of the head.
Catchmaer clobbers Juntta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Catchmaer misses with a looping left.
Juntta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Catchmaer throws a jab when Juntta was well out of range.
Catchmaer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Juntta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Catchmaer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Catchmaer looks to land a left hand but Juntta moved out of range nicely.
Juntta throws a jab but it's blocked by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer missing with a left hand there. Juntta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Juntta moves out of range of the strikes.
Catchmaer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Catchmaer misses with an uppercut. Juntta saw that one coming.
Catchmaer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Juntta.
Catchmaer scores with a nice head shot.
Catchmaer is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Catchmaer doesn't manage to clinch there - Juntta circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Catchmaer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Catchmaer looks to land a right hand but Juntta moved out of range.
Gabryel Catchmaer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juntta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Juntta.
A punch combination from Catchmaer misses.
Juntta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Catchmaer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Catchmaer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Juntta tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Catchmaer defends well and Juntta ends up having to push Catchmaer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Juntta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Catchmaer throws a series of punches but Juntta avoids them all with ease.
Catchmaer stuffs the takedown attempt from Juntta. Juntta gets slowly back to his feet.
Catchmaer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Catchmaer stuffs the takedown.
Catchmaer quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Gabryel Catchmaer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Juntta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Juntta shoots in for a takedown but Catchmaer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As Juntta tries to get set, Catchmaer tries to push him back and clinch up but Juntta manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Juntta.
Catchmaer throws a low kick, looking for Juntta's leg but Juntta calmly moves out of range.

Catchmaer tries to sprawl but Juntta drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Catchmaer has one foot on Juntta's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Juntta throws a body shot but no joy.
Juntta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Catchmaer as he jumps to the side.
Catchmaer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Juntta can do to turn this around?
Juntta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Catchmaer was well out of range. Poor timing from Juntta.
Catchmaer misses with a few strikes there.
Catchmaer misses with an uppercut. Juntta saw that one coming.
Juntta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Juntta lands a jab-cross combination.
Juntta ducks under a wild hook from Catchmaer.
A left and a right from Catchmaer both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Catchmaer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Juntta moves away.
Juntta throws a body shot but no joy.
Catchmaer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Catchmaer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Catchmaer. No joy for Juntta on that attempt.
A nice combination there by Catchmaer.

It looks like Jaska Juntta has been cut.

Catchmaer closes the distance and clinches.
Juntta misses with a body punch.
A short left from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Catchmaer prevents a body shot from Juntta.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Catchmaer breaks the clinch.
Juntta shoots in looking for a takedown but Catchmaer manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Juntta's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Catchmaer misses with a left hand

and Juntta counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Juntta.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Catchmaer manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Catchmaer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Catchmaer.
Juntta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Catchmaer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Juntta as Catchmaer tries to tie him up.
Juntta tries to throw a body punch but Catchmaer avoids it by throwing Juntta back against the cage.
Catchmaer gets through Juntta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Juntta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Juntta - that landed with a thud.
Juntta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Juntta misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Catchmaer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Catchmaer connects with a right hand. Juntta shakes it off.
Jab from Catchmaer.
Juntta misses the shot to the body.
Catchmaer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabryel Catchmaer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jaska Juntta's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Catchmaer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Juntta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Juntta misses with a shot to the body
and Catchmaer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big right from Catchmaer misses.
Catchmaer throws a hook but Juntta avoids it easily.
Catchmaer fails in his attempt to clinch.

Juntta decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Catchmaer has one foot on Juntta's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Juntta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Catchmaer throws a hook but Juntta blocks it.
Juntta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Juntta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Catchmaer moves away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Catchmaer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Juntta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Catchmaer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Catchmaer lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Juntta throws a body punch but Catchmaer moves out of range.
Juntta darts in looking for a takedown but Catchmaer gets double underhooks and turns Juntta into the cage.
Catchmaer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Juntta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Catchmaer has managed to clinch.
Good body shot from Juntta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Catchmaer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Catchmaer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Catchmaer tries to land a knee to the head but Juntta blocks with his arms.
Catchmaer is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short left from Catchmaer.
A short right from Catchmaer.
Juntta takes a shot to the head.
Juntta blocking some punches.
Juntta misses with a punch on the inside.
Juntta trying to control the position but instead, Catchmaer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Juntta into the cage.
Catchmaer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juntta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Juntta blocks an elbow strike from Catchmaer.
Juntta misses with a body punch.
Juntta is looking for a takedown.
Gabryel Catchmaer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Juntta is trying to drag Catchmaer to the mat but Catchmaer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Juntta has a couple of punches blocked by Catchmaer.

Catchmaer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Juntta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Catchmaer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Juntta at a distance.
Juntta staying out of range there.
A jab from Catchmaer misses.

Juntta closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Catchmaer to the mat! Catchmaer manages to get full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Catchmaer tries to strike from the bottom.
Juntta works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Catchmaer tries to get to full guard but Juntta has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Catchmaer is trying to control but can't.
Juntta is just content to waste time from the top position. Catchmaer takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Catchmaer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Catchmaer in particular looking to stall.
Juntta holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juntta wants to improve his position but Catchmaer is controlling well.
Jaska Juntta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Juntta is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Catchmaer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Catchmaer's back!
Gabryel Catchmaer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Catchmaer trying to control the position but Juntta manages to sink in the hooks.
Catchmaer wants to escape the position.

Juntta is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Catchmaer is trying to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabryel Catchmaer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Catchmaer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabryel Catchmaer!
A victorious Gabryel Catchmaer thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.