PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hermanni Aarnio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lary Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lary Brown acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Aarnio
vs
Brown

184 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hermanni Aarnio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lary Brown!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aarnio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brown!
Aarnio is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Aarnio wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Aarnio fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Brown.
Brown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aarnio.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aarnio is looking to clinch.
Aarnio tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Aarnio is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Aarnio throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Aarnio wants to clinch.
Brown misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio blocks a head kick by Brown.
Brown misses with the combination.
Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Aarnio is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Aarnio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Brown clinches.
Aarnio scores a nice knee to the body.
Brown looks gassed!
Brown looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Aarnio landing knees to the body.
Aarnio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aarnio lands a knee to the body.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aarnio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brown in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Aarnio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Aarnio.
Aarnio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aarnio scores with a knee to the head.
Aarnio lands a knee to the body.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head.
Aarnio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aarnio scores with a knee to the head.
Aarnio scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Aarnio.
Aarnio tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Brown.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good body shot from Aarnio.
Aarnio lands a body punch.
Aarnio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aarnio scores with a knee to the head.
Aarnio missing with knees to the body.
Aarnio with a knee to the head.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aarnio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aarnio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Brown jumps guard.
Aarnio wants to stand but Brown is controlling his posture from full guard.
Brown controls Aarnio momentarily but Aarnio frees himself.

Aarnio stands up from Brown's guard - Aarnio perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Aarnio wants to clinch but Brown slips to the side
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Aarnio lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aarnio obliges.
Aarnio working Brown over with knees to the body.
Aarnio misses with a knee to the head.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aarnio.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Brown pulls Aarnio into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Aarnio stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hermanni Aarnio dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Aarnio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Aarnio lands with a kick to the temple. Brown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Aarnio tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aarnio clinches but Brown breaks the clinch
and Brown counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brown duly obliges.
Aarnio misses with a body punch

and Brown counters by clinching up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Aarnio obliges.
Aarnio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Aarnio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aarnio pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aarnio scores with a nice body kick.
Aarnio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aarnio moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Aarnio darts in trying to clinch

and Brown moves into the clinch.
Aarnio tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aarnio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aarnio misses with a knee strike.
Aarnio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Aarnio.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Aarnio is controlling the position.
Aarnio lands an elbow just above Brown 's eye.
Aarnio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Hermanni Aarnio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aarnio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aarnio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Aarnio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Aarnio smiles and moves away.
Aarnio throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Brown tries to bum rush Aarnio with a series of wild strikes but Aarnio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Aarnio gets a clinch.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head.
Aarnio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aarnio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aarnio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Aarnio misses with a knee to the head.
Aarnio trying to land knees to the body.
Aarnio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Aarnio missing with knees to the body.
Brown goes for a takedown attempt but Aarnio pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hermanni Aarnio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lary Brown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Aarnio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a lazy head kick
and Aarnio counters with an outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brown crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Aarnio - the referee stops the clock and Brown gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Aarnio. Brown manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Aarnio tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Aarnio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Aarnio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aarnio is looking to clinch.
Aarnio throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aarnio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown avoids a punch combination nicely.

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.
Aarnio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A jab lands there for Brown.
Aarnio tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aarnio tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Aarnio moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Brown is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Aarnio connects with a high kick.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Aarnio.
Aarnio is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Aarnio should have avoided that one.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Aarnio.
Aarnio lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hermanni Aarnio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Aarnio tries to clinch up.
Aarnio doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
A lazy body kick from Brown
and Aarnio makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Aarnio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aarnio closes the distance but Brown moves to the side

and Brown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Aarnio landing knees to the head.
Aarnio crunches a lovely knee into Brown's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aarnio.
Aarnio with a knee to the head.
Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Aarnio has double underhooks.
Aarnio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brown's face.
Brown tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Aarnio.
Aarnio pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Aarnio.
Aarnio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aarnio tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Aarnio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brown tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Aarnio just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aarnio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Aarnio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aarnio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Aarnio scores a nice knee to the body.
Aarnio missing with knees to the body.
Brown has Aarnio pushed against the cage.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Aarnio avoids the damage to the body.
Brown takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aarnio lands a good knee to the midsection. Brown won't want to take too many of those.
Brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aarnio pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hermanni Aarnio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lary Brown.
Aarnio looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aarnio backs up against the cage.
Aarnio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aarnio throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aarnio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Aarnio. That one must have hurt.
Aarnio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hermanni Aarnio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aarnio wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aarnio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Aarnio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brown can do to turn this around?
Aarnio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Aarnio.
Aarnio wants to clinch.
Aarnio wants to clinch.
Aarnio throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A big right from Aarnio misses.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aarnio tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Hermanni Aarnio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aarnio wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Aarnio looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aarnio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aarnio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aarnio can pounce on him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aarnio chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Aarnio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lary Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aarnio is looking to wear down Brown with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aarnio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hermanni Aarnio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aarnio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hermanni Aarnio!