PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Young Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young Hope could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Boy's chin.

Hope
vs
Boy

180 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Young Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Boy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hope.
Danga de danga de dang - Boy scores with a four punch combination!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Hope.
Boy tries to break free but Hope pushes him back against the cage.
Boy throws a punch but it's blocked by Hope.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hope.
Hope throws a knee to the head but misses.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Boy.
Hope slips a jab and a cross from Boy.
Boy throws an overhand right that lands on Hope's shoulder, as Hope tries to avoid the shot.
Boy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boy throws a nice looking combination but Hope bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hope wants to clinch up but Boy keeps it at a distance.
Boy misses with a two punch combination.
Hope throws a combination that misses
letting Boy counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hope swings away with a body shot that misses
and Boy counters with a three punch combo that has Hope backing up. Hope nods at Boy to acknowledge the strikes.
Boy missing with a left hand there. Hope was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hope clinches but Boy breaks the clinch
and Boy counters with a straight right hand.
Hope lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Johnny Boy has been cut.
Boy lands a body shot.
Hope clinches but Boy breaks the clinch
and Boy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hope fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hope is looking to clinch but Boy is avoiding it.

Hope instigates a clinch.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boy avoids the head kick by Hope.
Hope fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hope scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Hope gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hope lands a left hand that snaps the head of Boy backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hope breaks the clinch.
Hope darts in trying to clinch
and Boy counters with a series of strikes. Hope will be more careful next time no doubt.
Boy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hope makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Boy really felt that one!
Hope tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Boy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Boy.
Hope dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Boy. That did some damage!
Boy stalks Hope and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hope's face. Hope staggers backwards, shaken.
Hope throws a head kick that misses.
Boy keeps the fight on the outside.
Hope doesn't manage to clinch there - Boy circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy scores with a one two! Hope had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hope scores with a nice right hand.
Hope is breathing heavily.
Boy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Johnny Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hope makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Boy really felt that one!
Hope moves in looking to clinch but Boy pushes him off.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Hope counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Boy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Hope counters with an inside leg kick.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Boy blocks a head kick by Hope.
Hope tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boy lands with a nice combination. Hope backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hope takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hope tried to score with a low kick but Boy checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Hope counters with a low kick, right behind Boy 's knee.
Boy lunges at Hope with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hope's hand.
Boy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hope showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boy.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hope circles away quickly and effectively.
Hope throws a nice inside leg kick.
Boy misses with a combination
and Hope counters with a head kick.
Boy throws a series of punches but Hope moves out of range.
Boy's corner calls for a 1-2. Boy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hope circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Boy finds it's way through Hope's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Boy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Boy's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Boy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hope takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hope throws a sloppy head kick and Boy moves out of range easily.
Boy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hope counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hope misses with a knee to the head.
Boy lands a left hand.

Boy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boy lands a body shot.
Hope has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Boy throws a right and a left that Hope avoids nicely.
Boy throws a one two combo.
Hope dodges the punch combination from Boy.
Some wild striking there from Boy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy scores with a body shot.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Hope counters with a slapping leg kick.
Boy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Boy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young Hope is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hope counters by clinching up.
Hope misses with a knee strike.
Boy is looking to break free of the clinch but Hope has double underhooks.

Hope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hope takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Boy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hope's hands.
Boy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hope counters with an outside leg kick.
Boy works over Hope's head and body with a nice combination.
Boy lands a glancing blow to the side of Hope's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy blocks a leg kick.
Boy misses with a two punch combination.
Boy misses with the combination.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hope circles away quickly and effectively.
Boy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boy's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Boy duly obliges.
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!
Boy lands a two punch combo.

Hope is rocked!
Good shot there by Boy.
Oh Hope is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boy looks to land a combination but Hope avoids it well.
A lazy left from Boy finds it's target.
Danga de danga de dang - Boy scores with a four punch combination!
Boy drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hope right on the button. Hope goes down! Boy follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Boy gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Boy!