PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taneli Haapavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Kukkamaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Haapavaara
vs
Kukkamaa

184 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

179 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taneli Haapavaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Kukkamaa!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kukkamaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haapavaara misses with a hook.

Kukkamaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Haapavaara blocks the elbow strike.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Haapavaara fails to land.
Haapavaara tries to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling the position.
Haapavaara blocks an elbow strike.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kukkamaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haapavaara's brow.
Haapavaara wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara tries to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling the position.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Haapavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapavaara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haapavaara tries to circle away but Kukkamaa has him pinned against the cage.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.

It looks like Taneli Haapavaara has been cut.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haapavaara avoids the elbow strike from Kukkamaa, against the cage.
Haapavaara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapavaara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
Haapavaara is trying to break free.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa keeps control of Haapavaara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kukkamaa throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Haapavaara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa keeps control of Haapavaara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kukkamaa prevents Haapavaara from breaking the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara wants to break free but Kukkamaa has control.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Haapavaara is trying to force a seperation but Kukkamaa has the dominant position.
Haapavaara misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haapavaara can't find room to land a body shot as Kukkamaa controls the action.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapavaara is breathing heavily.
Haapavaara working hard to break the clinch.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
Haapavaara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa keeps control of Haapavaara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Haapavaara working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
Haapavaara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling him.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapavaara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Haapavaara tries to circle away but Kukkamaa has him pinned against the cage.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Haapavaara wants to break free but Kukkamaa has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Haapavaara can't break the clinch.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Haapavaara is trying to force a seperation but Kukkamaa has the dominant position.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara tries to break free but Kukkamaa pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urho Kukkamaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taneli Haapavaara's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kukkamaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haapavaara throws out the jab.
Kukkamaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haapavaara.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up.
Haapavaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kukkamaa manages to avoid it.
Haapavaara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Kukkamaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taneli Haapavaara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haapavaara jabs Kukkamaa right on the nose. Kukkamaa blinks but takes it well.
Haapavaara missing with a left hand there. Kukkamaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kukkamaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kukkamaa wants to clinch.
Haapavaara misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up but Haapavaara circles away and keeps his distance.
Kukkamaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haapavaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kukkamaa manages to avoid it.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up.
Haapavaara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haapavaara throws a body punch but Kukkamaa moves out of range.

Kukkamaa gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch but Kukkamaa keeps him there for the moment.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapavaara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Haapavaara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapavaara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kukkamaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haapavaara's brow.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapavaara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Urho Kukkamaa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Haapavaara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Haapavaara tries to break free but Kukkamaa pushes him back against the cage.
Haapavaara blocks an elbow strike.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow strike.
Haapavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kukkamaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Haapavaara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Haapavaara can't break the clinch.
Kukkamaa keeps control of Haapavaara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapavaara pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kukkamaa blocking some punches.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kukkamaa throws an elbow but misses.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapavaara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haapavaara tries to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling the position.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kukkamaa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapavaara blocks an elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kukkamaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haapavaara's brow.
Haapavaara can't break the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling him.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Haapavaara wants to break free but Kukkamaa has control.
A frustrated look appears on Haapavaara's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Haapavaara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haapavaara is trying to force a seperation but Kukkamaa has the dominant position.
Haapavaara swings wildly with an uppercut but Kukkamaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Haapavaara fails to land.
Haapavaara working hard to break the clinch.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapavaara blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Haapavaara is looking to break free of the clinch but Kukkamaa has double underhooks.
Kukkamaa has Haapavaara pressed against the cage, preventing Haapavaara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapavaara blocks an elbow strike.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara is looking to break free of the clinch but Kukkamaa has double underhooks.
Haapavaara dodges an elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling him.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling him.
Kukkamaa prevents a body shot from Haapavaara.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.

Haapavaara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Haapavaara misses its intended target.
Kukkamaa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haapavaara swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kukkamaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kukkamaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kukkamaa tries to close the distance and clinch but Haapavaara swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Kukkamaa misses.

Kukkamaa closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urho Kukkamaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Taneli Haapavaara's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Haapavaara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haapavaara cracks Kukkamaa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Haapavaara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kukkamaa wants to clinch up but Haapavaara keeps it at a distance.
Kukkamaa misses with a shot to the body
and Haapavaara counters with a straight right hand.
Kukkamaa swings for the body but Haapavaara moves out of range.
Kukkamaa avoids the body shot from Haapavaara.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up
and Haapavaara counters with a stiff right hand.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch but Haapavaara is having none of it.
Kukkamaa is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch but Haapavaara moves out of range.
Haapavaara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kukkamaa at a distance.
Kukkamaa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kukkamaa blocks a leg kick.
Kukkamaa wants to clinch but Haapavaara slips to the side
and Haapavaara counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kukkamaa tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haapavaara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haapavaara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa closes the distance but Haapavaara moves to the side
and Haapavaara counters with a three punch combo that has Kukkamaa backing up. Kukkamaa nods at Haapavaara to acknowledge the strikes.

Kukkamaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapavaara blocks an elbow strike.
Haapavaara can't break the clinch.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kukkamaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa keeps control of Haapavaara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kukkamaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Haapavaara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Haapavaara looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haapavaara tries to break free but Kukkamaa pushes him back against the cage.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kukkamaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Haapavaara takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haapavaara wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Taneli Haapavaara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow just above Haapavaara 's eye.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kukkamaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapavaara misses with some punches.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow strike.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow.
Kukkamaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch but Kukkamaa keeps him there for the moment.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Haapavaara tries to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch but Kukkamaa keeps him there for the moment.
Haapavaara is trying to force a seperation but Kukkamaa has the dominant position.
Haapavaara can't find room to land a body shot as Kukkamaa controls the action.
Kukkamaa blocking some punches.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Kukkamaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapavaara is trying to break free.
Haapavaara avoids the elbow strike from Kukkamaa, against the cage.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kukkamaa throws an elbow but misses.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Kukkamaa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kukkamaa throws an elbow but misses.
Haapavaara is looking to break free of the clinch but Kukkamaa has double underhooks.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch but Kukkamaa keeps him there for the moment.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Kukkamaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haapavaara throws an elbow but misses.
Haapavaara avoids the elbow strike from Kukkamaa, against the cage.
Haapavaara avoids the elbow strike from Kukkamaa, against the cage.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow but it misses.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haapavaara avoids a wild elbow strike from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa throws an elbow that misses.
Kukkamaa misses with an elbow over the top.
Haapavaara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kukkamaa has Haapavaara pressed against the cage, preventing Haapavaara from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa has him pressed against the cage.
Haapavaara has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapavaara working hard to break the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow that stopped Haapavaara in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Kukkamaa.
Kukkamaa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Haapavaara's efforts to push away.
Kukkamaa blocks a body shot from Haapavaara.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside.
Haapavaara working aggressively here.
Kukkamaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haapavaara's defenses.
Kukkamaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kukkamaa lands a damaging elbow.
Haapavaara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Haapavaara is trying to break the clinch but Kukkamaa is controlling him.
Kukkamaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kukkamaa lands an elbow inside that Haapavaara shrugs off.
Haapavaara avoids the elbow strike from Kukkamaa, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kukkamaa.
Urho Kukkamaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kukkamaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Haapavaara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Urho Kukkamaa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kukkamaa 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 26:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Urho Kukkamaa!