PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Tammipuomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannu Niinivaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tammipuomi comes to the cage accompanied by Marco Marfè Parodia, Marco è Dens! Pubblicità Divertente Napoletano.... Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tammipuomi
vs
Niinivaara

190 cm
22
220 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

198 cm
25
213 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Crashforce Nutrition
Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marco Tammipuomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Niinivaara!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niinivaara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tammipuomi manages to avoid it.
Tammipuomi shoots in looking for a takedown. Niinivaara tries to sprawl out of it but Tammipuomi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Niinivaara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tammipuomi staying out of range there.
Tammipuomi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Niinivaara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tammipuomi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Niinivaara's head backwards.
Niinivaara throws a hook but Tammipuomi blocks it.
Tammipuomi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Niinivaara.
The crowd cheers as Niinivaara lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tammipuomi doesn't seem phased though.
Niinivaara misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niinivaara throws a leg kick that misses.
Tammipuomi looks to land a body kick but Niinivaara moved away.
Niinivaara slips a jab and a cross from Tammipuomi.
Tammipuomi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Niinivaara checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tammipuomi looks to land a body kick but Niinivaara moved away.
Tammipuomi tries to land a body kick
and Niinivaara counters with a straight right hand.
Niinivaara misses with a body punch
and Tammipuomi counters with a nice body shot.
Niinivaara blocks the body kick.
Niinivaara looks to throw the jab but Tammipuomi is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niinivaara misses with a body shot
and Tammipuomi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Niinivaara misses the body punch

and Tammipuomi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Niinivaara won't be happy with that.
Niinivaara is looking for a sweep.
Tammipuomi is looking to take a break and control but Niinivaara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Tammipuomi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tammipuomi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tammipuomi landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Niinivaara tries to buck Tammipuomi off but Tammipuomi is having none of it.
Niinivaara is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niinivaara is not content to let Tammipuomi control the position.
Niinivaara struggling a bit here.
Niinivaara manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Still in half guard, Tammipuomi seems content to control.
Niinivaara controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Tammipuomi prevents Niinivaara from improving his position.
Tammipuomi wants to control but Niinivaara is keeping him busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

Tammipuomi wants to work for an arm triangle but Niinivaara is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Niinivaara trying to control from the bottom.

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.
Tammipuomi trying to control the action but Niinivaara is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niinivaara wants to improve his position but Tammipuomi is controlling well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tammipuomi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hannu Niinivaara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Niinivaara throws a jab but it's blocked by Tammipuomi.
Tammipuomi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Niinivaara.
Tammipuomi throws a lazy head kick
and Niinivaara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Tammipuomi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A punch lands to the side of Niinivaara 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Niinivaara throws a lazy right hand but Tammipuomi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tammipuomi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Niinivaara avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tammipuomi misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niinivaara scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Niinivaara scores with a hook to the body. Tammipuomi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tammipuomi throws a jab when Niinivaara was well out of range.
Tammipuomi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Marco Tammipuomi has been cut.
A jab from Niinivaara misses.
Tammipuomi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tammipuomi slips under a jab from Niinivaara.
Niinivaara loads up on a big right hand but Tammipuomi slips the punch.
Niinivaara lands a body shot.
Niinivaara misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tammipuomi misses with a straight right.
Tammipuomi throws a looping overhand right but Niinivaara ducks down to avoid it.

Niinivaara gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tammipuomi to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Tammipuomi trying to control but Niinivaara is working from the bottom.
Niinivaara controls Tammipuomi momentarily but Tammipuomi frees himself.
Niinivaara is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Tammipuomi prevents Niinivaara from getting back to his feet.
Tammipuomi lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niinivaara is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tammipuomi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tammipuomi is looking to work some ground and pound but Niinivaara has wrist control.

Tammipuomi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Niinivaara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tammipuomi is one step ahead there.
Tammipuomi is fighting to break Niinivaara's control of his arms but Niinivaara is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Niinivaara manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Niinivaara controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niinivaara avoids the attempt from Tammipuomi to control.
Tammipuomi is looking to improve his position but Niinivaara isn't that keen on the idea.
Niinivaara tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannu Niinivaara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marco Tammipuomi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Niinivaara thuds a left hand into Tammipuomi's body.
Tammipuomi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Niinivaara throws a big shot that misses.
Tammipuomi moves out of range as Niinivaara strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tammipuomi takes one on the button.
Tammipuomi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Niinivaara. Tammipuomi does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Niinivaara misses the target.
Niinivaara is looking to clinch but Tammipuomi is avoiding it.
Tammipuomi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Niinivaara throws a right and a left that Tammipuomi avoids nicely.
Tammipuomi lands a nice looking body kick.
Tammipuomi throws a head kick that misses.
Tammipuomi ducks under a wild hook from Niinivaara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tammipuomi throws a head kick that misses.
Tammipuomi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Niinivaara. That one must have hurt.
Tammipuomi shoots and misses
and Niinivaara counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Niinivaara on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Niinivaara connects with a right hand. Tammipuomi shakes it off.
Tammipuomi shoots in looking for a takedown. Niinivaara tries to sprawl out of it but Tammipuomi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Niinivaara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tammipuomi misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Niinivaara misses.
Niinivaara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tammipuomi.
Tammipuomi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Tammipuomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Niinivaara avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Niinivaara lands the left hand.
Niinivaara misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Niinivaara takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niinivaara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tammipuomi shoots in for a double leg but Niinivaara sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Niinivaara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tammipuomi moves away.
Niinivaara throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Niinivaara misses with a straight right.
Hannu Niinivaara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tammipuomi shoots and misses
and Niinivaara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Niinivaara misses with a straight right.
Niinivaara misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hannu Niinivaara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Niinivaara has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hannu Niinivaara!