PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Vaihoja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Ilmarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Vaihoja
vs
Ilmarinen

185 cm
22
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Vaihoja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Ilmarinen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ilmarinen closes the distance and clinches up with Vaihoja, looking for a takedown. Ilmarinen pushes Vaihoja against the cage but Vaihoja circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vaihoja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vaihoja as he avoids it easily.
Vaihoja tries to clinch there but Ilmarinen circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Vaihoja as Ilmarinen shoots in.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ilmarinen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vaihoja's waist but Vaihoja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ilmarinen off to one side.
Seppo Vaihoja seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Ilmarinen or perhaps it was just good defense by Vaihoja which made him look bad.
Vaihoja scores with a leg kick.
Vaihoja swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vaihoja is looking to score with low kicks.
Vaihoja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Vaihoja does no damage.
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaihoja.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja takes a swing at Ilmarinen's ribcage but misses.
Ilmarinen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Vaihoja.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ilmarinen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ilmarinen looks gassed!
Vaihoja tries to score with a low kick but Ilmarinen moves his leg out of the way.
A punch combination from Vaihoja misses.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Vaihoja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vaihoja misses with a few strikes there.
Vaihoja misses with a series of wild punches.
Ilmarinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vaihoja is fending him off so far but Ilmarinen persists. Nope, Vaihoja circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Vaihoja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Seppo Vaihoja is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vaihoja misses with an uppercut.
Ilmarinen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ilmarinen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Vaihoja's waist but Vaihoja gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ilmarinen off to one side.
Vaihoja stuffs the takedown attempt from Ilmarinen. Ilmarinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Ilmarinen shoots in but Vaihoja avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vaihoja throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Ilmarinen or perhaps it was just good defense by Vaihoja which made him look bad.
Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ilmarinen misses with a takedown attempt - Vaihoja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ilmarinen misses with a takedown attempt - Vaihoja sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Vaihoja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ilmarinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ilmarinen.
An inside leg kick from Vaihoja misses.
Ilmarinen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vaihoja as he avoids it easily.
Ilmarinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vaihoja is fending him off so far but Ilmarinen persists. Nope, Vaihoja circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ilmarinen shoots in and drives through. Vaihoja sprawls well.
Vaihoja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vaihoja doesn't manage to clinch there - Ilmarinen circles away.
Ilmarinen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Vaihoja tries to avoid it but Ilmarinen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Vaihoja to the ground. Vaihoja escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vaihoja fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vaihoja fails to land with a series of punches.
Ilmarinen fails with the takedown.
Vaihoja misses with a series of wild punches.
Vaihoja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Vaihoja misses with a few strikes there.
Vaihoja throws a nice looking combination but Ilmarinen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ilmarinen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vaihoja is fending him off so far but Ilmarinen persists. Nope, Vaihoja circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Vaihoja dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

No joy there for Vaihoja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vaihoja stuffs the takedown attempt from Ilmarinen. Ilmarinen gets slowly back to his feet.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Ilmarinen moves out of range.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ilmarinen has a takedown stuffed.
Vaihoja lands with a nice combination. Ilmarinen backs away looking to recover.
Vaihoja throws a body kick that misses.
Ilmarinen fails with a takedown attempt.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a right and a left that Ilmarinen avoids nicely.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vaihoja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja misses with a wild combination.
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaihoja.
Ilmarinen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Vaihoja tries to clinch but Ilmarinen moves out of range.
Ilmarinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaihoja.
Vaihoja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Ilmarinen or perhaps it was just good defense by Vaihoja which made him look bad.
Vaihoja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vaihoja looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaihoja.
Ilmarinen is trying desperately to land a takedown but Vaihoja is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ilmarinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ilmarinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Ilmarinen avoids them all with ease.
Good work by Ilmarinen as he checks the leg kick.
Ilmarinen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vaihoja.
Seppo Vaihoja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Vaihoja does no damage.
An inside leg kick from Vaihoja misses.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Vaihoja is looking to clinch but Ilmarinen is avoiding it.
Vaihoja waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja misses with a few strikes there.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Ilmarinen moves out of range.
Ilmarinen shoots in looking for a takedown. Vaihoja tries to sprawl out of it but Ilmarinen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Vaihoja manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ilmarinen gets a takedown into half guard.
Vaihoja is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vaihoja looks like he's trying to stand up.
Vaihoja tries to get to full guard but Ilmarinen has control of the leg.

Ilmarinen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vaihoja defends it well.
Ilmarinen tries to pass to full mount but Vaihoja defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ilmarinen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ilmarinen wants to pass to mount but Vaihoja is defending the position.
Vaihoja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ilmarinen on the ground.

Ilmarinen is working for a kimura but Vaihoja is defending it quite comfortably.
Ilmarinen tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vaihoja knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vaihoja is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Seppo Vaihoja will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Ilmarinen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vaihoja. Vaihoja obviously looking to wear him down.
Vaihoja connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vaihoja misses with a few strikes there.
Ilmarinen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Vaihoja throws a right hand that Ilmarinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Ilmarinen also avoids with ease.
Vaihoja misses with a double jab.
Vaihoja will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Vaihoja does no damage.
Ilmarinen shoots for a takedown but Vaihoja saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Vaihoja throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vaihoja misses with a two punch combination.
Ilmarinen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vaihoja swinging wilding here.
Vaihoja throws a right hand that Ilmarinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Ilmarinen also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaihoja throws a series of punches but Ilmarinen avoids them all with ease.
Ilmarinen fails with the takedown.
Seppo Vaihoja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seppo Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a right hand that Ilmarinen ducks under and follows up with a left that Ilmarinen also avoids with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ilmarinen.
Vaihoja throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ilmarinen.
Nice sprawl there from Vaihoja as Ilmarinen shoots in.
Ilmarinen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vaihoja circles away.
No joy there for Vaihoja, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Ilmarinen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ilmarinen prevents Vaihoja from getting back to his feet.

Ilmarinen drops back looking for a leg! Vaihoja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vaihoja manages to kick Ilmarinen off! Ilmarinen jumps back into Vaihoja's guard.
Vaihoja is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ilmarinen drops back looking for a leg! Vaihoja is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vaihoja manages to kick Ilmarinen off! Ilmarinen jumps back into Vaihoja's guard.
Ilmarinen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Ilmarinen drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vaihoja dives on top into guard.

Ilmarinen is looking for a triangle but Vaihoja pushes his legs off easily.

Ilmarinen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaihoja tries to stand but Ilmarinen is controlling from the bottom.

Ilmarinen had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Vaihoja is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Ilmarinen Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Vaihoja's back instead.

Ilmarinen is persistently looking for the submission but Vaihoja is defending it well.

Ilmarinen is looking for the choke from the back position but Vaihoja is controlling his hands well.

Ilmarinen is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Vaihoja is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Seppo Ilmarinen!