PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Do Ho Joy (ranked 1371 p4p, 138 weight class) and Maatia Supuaga (ranked 1936 p4p, 195 weight class). Supuaga has chosen Wanna Taki Taki as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ho Joy
vs
Supuaga

175 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Blue Moon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Do Ho Joy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maatia Supuaga!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Supuaga tries to clinch but Ho Joy moves out of range.

Supuaga closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Supuaga trying to land knees to the body.
Ho Joy has Supuaga pressed against the cage, preventing Supuaga from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ho Joy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Supuaga throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Ho Joy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ho Joy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Supuaga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho Joy blocking some punches.
Ho Joy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Ho Joy.
A head punch on the inside from Supuaga fails to land.
Supuaga misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho Joy stalling.
Supuaga blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Supuaga misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ho Joy can't find room to land a body shot as Supuaga controls the action.
Ho Joy is pushing Supuaga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Supuaga lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supuaga lands an elbow inside.
Supuaga wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Supuaga blocks an uppercut.
Supuaga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Supuaga misses with a punch to the body.
Ho Joy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ho Joy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ho Joy misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Supuaga has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ho Joy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Supuaga's elbow.
Supuaga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ho Joy can't find room to land a body shot as Supuaga controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ho Joy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Supuaga.
Ho Joy blocks a body shot from Supuaga.
Supuaga wants to break free but Ho Joy has control.
Supuaga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Supuaga has had enough of the clinch but Ho Joy keeps him there for the moment.
Supuaga blocking some punches.
Supuaga wants to break free but Ho Joy has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Supuaga can't find room to land a body shot as Ho Joy controls the action.
Ho Joy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ho Joy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Supuaga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Supuaga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Joy avoiding damage.
Ho Joy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Supuaga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Supuaga looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by Supuaga.

Ho Joy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Supuaga gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ho Joy tries a body shot but Supuaga blocks it.
Ho Joy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ho Joy trying to stall but Supuaga improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Supuaga lands a shoulder strike.
Ho Joy can't find room to land a body shot as Supuaga controls the action.
Ho Joy blocks a body shot from Supuaga.
Supuaga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ho Joy is pushing Supuaga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ho Joy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Supuaga lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ho Joy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Supuaga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ho Joy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ho Joy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Supuaga backwards.
Supuaga lands with a left to the head.
Supuaga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Supuaga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ho Joy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ho Joy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Supuaga is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy misses with a punch to the body.
Supuaga throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Supuaga's elbow.

Ho Joy breaks from the clinch.
Ho Joy tries a head kick but it misses.

Ho Joy lands a left and a right that send Supuaga crashing to the mat, dazed. Ho Joy thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Supuaga is rocked!
Ho Joy connects with a right hand. Supuaga shakes it off.
Supuaga is still on wobbly legs! Can Ho Joy finish him?
Supuaga wants to clinch.
Ho Joy pushes Supuaga away with a front kick.
Ho Joy swats away the attempt to clinch by Supuaga.
Ho Joy lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Supuaga goes down and covers up as Ho Joy starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Do Ho Joy!
A very excited looking Do Ho Joy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.