PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seppo Hovi will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bader
vs
Hovi

187 cm
26
208 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

195 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seppo Hovi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hovi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hovi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Bader shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Bader has gone for a leg lock! Hovi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Bader's guard.
Hovi trying to control but Bader is working from the bottom.
Bader has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hovi has passed into side control.
Bader looks to move to half guard but instead Hovi has passed into mount! Damn!
Bader regains half guard.

Hovi is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hovi prevents Bader from improving his position.
Hovi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bader!
Bader is trying to escape the mount.
Hovi is landing with some decent strikes but Bader is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi controlling from mount.
Hovi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bader is looking to escape.
Bader gets back to half guard.
Bader is breathing heavily.
Bader is looking for a sweep. Hovi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hovi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bader does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hovi stalling.
Bader throws a strike from the bottom but Hovi passes into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hovi off and has taken his back!
Hovi breaks Bader's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hovi stays in close to Bader's body and controls the position.
Bader wants to sweep here but Hovi controlling him for the moment.

Bader had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hovi defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Hovi stands and steps away. Bader gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hovi throws a right hand that Bader ducks under and follows up with a left that Bader also avoids with ease.
Hovi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Seppo Hovi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hovi scores with a body shot.
Hovi throws a one two combo.
Hovi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Ryan Bader has been cut.
Danga de danga de dang - Hovi scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hovi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hovi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hovi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bader showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hovi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Hovi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Bader's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice shot lands for Hovi.
Hovi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bader fails with a takedown attempt.
Hovi throws out a powerful jab.
Hovi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Bader shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hovi is trying to defend but Bader finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bader frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Hovi wants to control but Bader is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Hovi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bader throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hovi is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bader looking to ground and pound but Hovi is blocking nicely.
Hovi holds on, trying desperately to control.

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.
Hovi wants to control but Bader is having none of it.
Hovi working to try and regain half guard.
Hovi gets back to half guard.
Hovi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bader stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hovi swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hovi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bader can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hovi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bader's guard.

Hovi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Hovi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hovi clobbers Bader with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bader has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bader.
Nice straight punches there by Hovi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hovi.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hovi!
Hovi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A left lands for Hovi.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hovi.
Hovi throws a series of punches but Bader moves out of range.
Hovi misses with the combination.
Hovi scores with a jab to the head.
Hovi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bader's hands.
Hovi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Hovi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ryan Bader's cut.
That's time! Bader's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Danga de danga de dang - Hovi scores with a four punch combination!
Hovi lands a glancing blow to the side of Bader's head.
Hovi thows a body shot but no joy.

Bader throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hovi was covering up waiting for the punch and Bader finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hovi looking to control.
Hovi keeping full guard, as Bader tries to pass.
Bader has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hovi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bader manages to get himself to full guard.
Hovi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bader swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Bader keeping moving, preventing Hovi from controlling successfully.

Hovi decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bader, up you get!
Hovi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hovi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bader looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hovi connects with a jab.
Bader keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hovi.
Hovi scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hovi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bader doesn't seem bothered though.
Bader closes the distance and clinches up with Hovi, looking for a takedown. Bader pushes Hovi against the cage but Hovi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hovi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bader doesn't seem bothered though.
Hovi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hovi swinging wildly here.
Hovi tries to bum rush Bader with a series of wild strikes but Bader uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bader is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hovi.
Bader fails with a takedown attempt.
Bader looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bader slips a jab and a cross from Hovi.
Hovi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bader slips a jab and a cross from Hovi.
A combination from Hovi does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader dodges the punch combination from Hovi.
Ryan Bader is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Hovi.
Hovi misses with a two punch combination.
Bader shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Bader. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hovi throws a series of punches but Bader moves out of range.

Bader gets the takedown into side control.

Bader thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hovi prevents Bader from improving position.

Bader swings around for an armbar but Hovi sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bader's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hovi stands and throws Bader's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Hovi has hold of Bader's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Bader tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Hovi cranks the arm and Bader screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Bader, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Seppo Hovi!