PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teppo Tulirinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Johnstone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tulirinta comes into the arena with Badding - Mä jäi kii blaring out of the sound system. Alan Johnstone has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Tulirinta
vs
Johnstone

189 cm
22
201 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
21
201 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Teppo Tulirinta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alan Johnstone!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnstone keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnstone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Teppo Tulirinta has been cut.
Tulirinta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Johnstone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tulirinta moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Johnstone misses the target.
Johnstone throws out a loose jab but Tulirinta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnstone takes a swing at Tulirinta's ribcage but misses.
Tulirinta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by Johnstone.
Johnstone throws a shot from downtown. Tulirinta moves away and avoids it.
Tulirinta tests Johnstone's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Alan Johnstone has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnstone cracks Tulirinta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Johnstone throws the left hand but Tulirinta avoids the punch easily.
Tulirinta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnstone lunges at Tulirinta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tulirinta's hand.
Johnstone misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Johnstone.
Johnstone just misses with a punch to the body.
Tulirinta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnstone.
Tulirinta slips a jab from Johnstone.
Johnstone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tulirinta.
Tulirinta fails to land with a series of punches.
Tulirinta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Johnstone throws out the jab.
Johnstone takes a swing at Tulirinta's ribcage but misses.
Tulirinta tries to clinch but Johnstone is having none of it.
Johnstone misses with a hook.
A left and a right from Johnstone both land. Nice combination.

Teppo Tulirinta's cut is getting worse.
Johnstone misses the jab.
Tulirinta slips a straight right by Johnstone.
Johnstone misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tulirinta slips a straight right by Johnstone.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone throws a big shot that misses.
Tulirinta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tulirinta tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnstone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tulirinta wants to clinch.
Tulirinta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alan Johnstone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tulirinta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tulirinta tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnstone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Johnstone throws a looping overhand right but Tulirinta ducks down to avoid it.
Johnstone throws an overhand right that lands on Tulirinta's shoulder, as Tulirinta tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Johnstone misses.
Johnstone misses with a hook. Tulirinta ducked under it nicely.
Tulirinta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnstone.
Tulirinta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnstone takes a swing at Tulirinta's ribcage but misses.
Johnstone comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Tulirinta.
Tulirinta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tulirinta slips a jab from Johnstone.
Tulirinta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnstone.
Johnstone lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tulirinta wants to clinch.
Tulirinta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Johnstone misses.
Johnstone looks to land a left hand but Tulirinta moved out of range nicely.
Tulirinta tries to close the distance and clinch but Johnstone swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tulirinta tries to clinch but Johnstone moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tulirinta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tulirinta slips a straight right by Johnstone.
Johnstone tests Tulirinta's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Teppo Tulirinta's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tulirinta moves in looking to clinch but Johnstone pushes him off.
Tulirinta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnstone.
Johnstone closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Johnstone connects with a right hand. Tulirinta shakes it off.
Johnstone jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Johnstone swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tulirinta counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnstone avoiding damage as Tulirinta throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnstone prevents a body shot from Tulirinta.
Tulirinta misses with some punches.
Johnstone is trying to break free.
Tulirinta lands a body punch.
Tulirinta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnstone avoids it.
Johnstone lands with a right to the head.
Tulirinta presses Johnstone against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Johnstone dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Tulirinta misses the target.
Tulirinta moves in looking to clinch but Johnstone pushes him off.
Johnstone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tulirinta was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnstone.
Johnstone throws out a loose jab but Tulirinta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tulirinta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tulirinta moves in looking to clinch but Johnstone pushes him off.
Johnstone scores with a hook.
Tulirinta is looking to clinch.
Johnstone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnstone misses with a looping left.
Johnstone will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnstone scores with a hook to the body. Tulirinta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Johnstone looks to land a right hand but Tulirinta moved out of range.
A left lands for Johnstone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulirinta moves out of range as Johnstone strikes.
Tulirinta doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnstone circles away.
Johnstone throws an overhand right that lands on Tulirinta's shoulder, as Tulirinta tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Johnstone - just one landing.
Johnstone lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Jeez, Teppo Tulirinta's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Johnstone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnstone moves out of range of the body kick from Tulirinta.
Tulirinta takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Johnstone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tulirinta.
Tulirinta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tulirinta tries to clinch there but Johnstone circles away.
Johnstone jabs Tulirinta right on the nose. Tulirinta blinks but takes it well.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Teppo Tulirinta's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alan Johnstone!