PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jallu Pesonen (ranked 251 p4p, 32 weight class) and Sarfraz Ali (ranked 272 p4p, 33 weight class). Pesonen comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Orkidea - Joutsenlaulu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pesonen
vs
Ali

165 cm
33
151 lbs
20 - 13 - 1

165 cm
31
155 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Conviction

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 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jallu Pesonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sarfraz Ali!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pesonen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ali but Ali pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pesonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ali uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pesonen.
Ali takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pesonen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Pesonen.
Pesonen tries to land a leg kick but Ali saw it coming and moves away.
Ali throws out a counter right but Pesonen avoids it with no problem.
Ali walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ali avoids the body shot from Pesonen.
Ali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pesonen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali throws the left hand but Pesonen avoids the punch easily.
Pesonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ali sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pesonen backing away here, and Ali unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Ali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ali misses with a wild body shot.
Pesonen tries to move into range but Ali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Pesonen.
Ali fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pesonen.
Pesonen throws a leg kick that misses.
Pesonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It seemed like Ali was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pesonen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ali lunges at Pesonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pesonen's hand.
Ali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ali takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ali looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pesonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pesonen throws a shot from downtown. Ali moves away and avoids it.
Ali displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pesonen.
Ali is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jallu Pesonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pesonen fails with a takedown attempt.
Ali looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ali, right into the meat.
Pesonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Ali.
Pesonen throws a leg kick but Ali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ali looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ali. Pesonen shrugs it off though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands with an uppercut that bounces Pesonen off the cage and back into range.
Ali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ali connects with a leg kick. Pesonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pesonen moves away from the strike by Ali.
Ali lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ali lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pesonen throws a leg kick
and Ali connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pesonen throws a poor cross that misses
and Ali counters with a nice uppercut.
Ali throws a hook to the side of Pesonen's head but Pesonen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ali moves out of range as Pesonen strikes.
Ali lands a leg kick that knocks Pesonen off balance momentarily.
Ali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pesonen has time to react.
Ali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pesonen. Pesonen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ali fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pesonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ali throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.

Pesonen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Ali has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Pesonen has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pesonen backwards.
Ali prevents Pesonen from breaking the clinch.
Ali misses with some punches.
Pesonen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ali tries a body shot but Pesonen blocks it.
Ali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pesonen's elbow.
Ali swings wildly with an uppercut but Pesonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pesonen throws a head punch that misses.
Pesonen lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Pesonen fails to land.
Pesonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pesonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Ali fails to land.
Ali tries to throw a body punch but Pesonen avoids it by throwing Ali back against the cage.

Pesonen drags the fight down to the ground.

Pesonen is working an open guard so Ali takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Pesonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Ali finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pesonen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ali!
Pesonen landing strikes.
Pesonen scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali is pushing Pesonen's head away, looking to escape. Pesonen manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Pesonen is looking to take a break and control but Ali is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pesonen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ali is trying to get back to his feet.
Pesonen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ali down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pesonen has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ali takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ali is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pesonen asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Pesonen grinds an elbow into Ali's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarfraz Ali 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.

Pesonen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pesonen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Ali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali digs a good hook to Pesonen's body.
Ali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pesonen.
Ali bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pesonen's head backwards.
Ali is looking to clinch.
Ali tries to clinch but Pesonen is having none of it.
Pesonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pesonen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pesonen looks for a takedown but Ali sprawls well.
Pesonen checks a leg kick.
Ali walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pesonen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali.

Ali drives through and clinches with Pesonen against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left hand lands to the body for Ali.
Ali working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali throws a head punch that misses.
Ali tries to work over Pesonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ali throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ali tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pesonen's elbow.
Ali lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ali misses with a punch to the body.
Pesonen lands with a light punch inside.
Ali has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pesonen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ali can turn it around.
Ali misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ali creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Ali.
Ali tries a body shot but Pesonen blocks it.
Ali misses with the head strike.
Pesonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Ali.

Pesonen manages to break the clinch.
Ali avoids the head kick by Pesonen.
Ali wants to clinch.
Pesonen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pesonen on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pesonen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ali sprawls well. Ali wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pesonen gets slowly back to his feet.
Sarfraz Ali is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pesonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pesonen throws a sloppy head kick and Ali moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Pesonen.
Ali slaps away a takedown attempt from Pesonen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jallu Pesonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ali lands a leg kick that knocks Pesonen off balance momentarily.
Ali throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Pesonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali tests Pesonen's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pesonen in his tracks.
Ali misses the body punch
and Pesonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pesonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pesonen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ali throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ali misses with a straight right.
Ali misses with an uppercut.
Pesonen checks a low kick from Ali.
Pesonen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ali finds it's way round the side to connect with Pesonen's head.
Pesonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ali throws out the jab.
Ali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pesonen's head.
Pesonen throws out a loose jab but Ali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pesonen tries to work over Ali's front leg with a kick but Ali checks it.
Pesonen moves out of range as Ali throws a body kick.
Pesonen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ali finds it's way round the side to connect with Pesonen's head.
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!
Pesonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ali moves away.
Ali lunges at Pesonen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pesonen's hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ali tries to clinch there but Pesonen circles away.
A jab from Pesonen misses.
Ali displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pesonen throws out the jab.
Pesonen cracks Ali with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ali walks into a left hand.
A jab from Pesonen misses.
Ali is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ali is looking to chop away at Pesonen's legs.
Pesonen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ali.

Ali has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ali scores with a hook to the body.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pesonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pesonen is looking to take this one to the mat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pesonen.
A nice left hand lands by Ali.
Ali lands a shoulder strike.
Pesonen throws a head punch that misses.
Pesonen blocks a body shot from Ali.
Ali has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sarfraz Ali showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice uppercut there from Ali.
Ali misses with an uppercut.
Ali scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pesonen in his tracks.
The crowd cheers as Ali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pesonen doesn't seem phased though.
Pesonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ali was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Ali throws a front kick aimed at Pesonen's knee but Pesonen avoids it well.
Pesonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ali was well out of range. Poor timing from Pesonen.
Ali buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ali scores with a nice strike.
Sarfraz Ali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pesonen scores with a head kick. Ali tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ali lands a leg kick that knocks Pesonen off balance momentarily.
Ali connects with a solid leg kick.
Ali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ali lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pesonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Ali.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch but Pesonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pesonen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pesonen throws a big shot that misses.
Ali misses with a straight left.
Pesonen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Pesonen.
Ali throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pesonen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ali misses with a leg kick
enabling Pesonen to counter with a crisp jab.
Pesonen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali.
Ali is looking to land body kicks.
Ali misses with a hook.
Ali catches Pesonen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ali explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ali with a nice cross.
Pesonen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali checks a low kick from Pesonen.
Pesonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jallu Pesonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali throws a jab but it's blocked by Pesonen.
The fighters circling - Pesonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ali throws a wild body kick that Pesonen sees coming a mile off.
Pesonen walks into a jab.
Pesonen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ali.
Ali scores with a kick to the midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Ali misses the target.
Ali misses with an uppercut. Pesonen saw that one coming.
Pesonen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pesonen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ali.
Ali scores with a sloppy right hand. Pesonen should have avoided that one.
Pesonen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ali throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Pesonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pesonen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ali connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pesonen moves away.
Ali throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ali throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pesonen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pesonen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pesonen throws a leg kick but Ali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ali looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ali lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Pesonen misses.
Pesonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ali sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pesonen swings widly with a right hand
and Ali counters with a thumping low kick.
Ali ducks under a wild hook from Pesonen.
Ali fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ali chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pesonen misses with a looping right.
Ali cracks Pesonen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali lands a head shot.
Ali throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pesonen cracks Ali with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ali fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pesonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pesonen.
Pesonen is looking to land body kicks.
Ali misses with a lunging right hand
and Pesonen counters with a body kick.
Ali stuffs the takedown attempt from Pesonen. Pesonen gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pesonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pesonen misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pesonen. Ali does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pesonen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pesonen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pesonen swats away the attempt to clinch by Ali.
Pesonen throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sarfraz Ali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ali winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

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