PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Prince willy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksateri Karjala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

willy
vs
Karjala

198 cm
21
285 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

205 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Prince willy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksateri Karjala!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
willy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Karjala drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
willy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if willy tries to get out of the position.
Karjala landing with the ground and pound.
willy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Karjala scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Karjala stands and steps away. willy gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Karjala will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
willy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
willy misses with a series of wild punches.
willy connects with a body shot.

willy gets caught flat footed, as Karjala shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Karjala makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Karjala slips nicely into half guard.
Karjala landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Karjala thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
willy misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Karjala not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karjala is keen to just control but willy is a slippery customer.
willy wants to control but Karjala is keeping busy.
willy trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
willy is desperately trying to improve his position but Karjala has a good base and remains in mount.
willy is breathing heavily.
Karjala lands a nice shot to the head.
willy sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Karjala tries to pass to full mount but willy defends it.
Ground and pound from Karjala.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karjala moves into full mount! willy won't be happy about that!
BOOM! Karjala connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Karjala controlling his opponent.
Karjala unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karjala working the ground and pound effectively.
Karjala looking to control but willy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Karjala in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
willy wants to control but Karjala is having none of it.
willy gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karjala not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karjala lands with a punch from half guard.
willy is looking for a sweep. Karjala is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
willy gets full guard.
Karjala preventing the sweep.
Karjala postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karjala slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
willy is trying to control Karjala's posture but Karjala avoids it.
Karjala throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Karjala are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
willy gets back to half guard.
Karjala not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
willy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for willy.
willy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karjala!
Karjala regains half guard.
Karjala missing with punches from the bottom.
Karjala flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
willy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Karjala regains full guard. Nicely done.
willy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karjala wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksateri Karjala dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Karjala changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. willy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
willy is trying to get back to half guard.
willy is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Karjala off and has taken his back!
willy wants to control but Karjala is keeping busy.
Karjala is really stuck here.
willy scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Karjala rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

willy postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Karjala to stand up.
willy fails in his attempt to clinch.
willy misses with a takedown attempt

and Karjala counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Karjala is breathing heavily.
willy wants to get back to full guard.
willy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Karjala is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjala is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Karjala throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
willy gets back to full guard.
willy wants to sweep but no luck.
willy striking off his back but it's not causing Karjala any problems.
Karjala advances to half guard.
Karjala is looking to advance position but willy won't allow it.
Karjala lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
willy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Karjala must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
willy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Karjala!
willy landing strikes, looking to finish!
willy lands a big shot there that rocks Karjala but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
willy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
willy looking to control but Karjala is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Karjala is looking to improve his position but willy isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karjala taking shots to the head.
willy lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by willy.
willy prevents Karjala from getting the reversal.
willy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Karjala hang on?
willy lands a big elbow.
willy controlling his opponent.
Karjala tries to get back to half guard but can't.
willy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
willy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Karjala working to try and regain half guard.
Karjala is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee warns Karjala that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karjala keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Karjala that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Aleksateri Karjala has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
willy lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, willy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prince willy dominated that second round.
That's time! willy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A jab from Karjala finds it's way through willy's defenses.
willy lands a jab-cross combination.

Karjala is rocked!
willy misses with the combination.
Karjala is still on wobbly legs! Can willy finish him?
Karjala avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
willy looks to land a combination but Karjala avoids it well.
Karjala seems to have recovered his senses.
willy darts in trying to clinch

and Karjala counters with a nice double leg into side control. willy won't be happy with that.
Karjala scores with a couple of short elbows.
willy is trying to get back to half guard.

Karjala is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, willy has escaped the position, nice work there.
Karjala in side control lands a decent elbow.
Karjala scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karjala landing a few strikes.
Karjala trying to control the position but willy is working away.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Karjala creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Karjala decides to stand back up.

Karjala fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. willy sprawls well initially but Karjala persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
willy wants to control but Karjala is keeping busy.
willy striking from the bottom.
willy is trying to stand.
willy works his way to full guard. Good work.
willy controls Karjala momentarily but Karjala frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karjala sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed willy's guard.
willy trying to control but Karjala postures up.
willy is staying active underneath Karjala, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
willy manages to get to full guard.
willy wants to sweep but no luck.
Karjala trying to control the position from guard on top but willy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now willy is on top in guard.
willy distracts Karjala with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
willy passes Karjala's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karjala tries to get to full guard but willy has control of the leg.
willy tries to pass to full mount but Karjala defends it.
willy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Karjala with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karjala wants to get back to full guard.
willy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karjala taking some punishment here, with willy in his half guard.
willy working Karjala over with strikes.
Karjala is not content to let willy control the position.
willy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
willy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Karjala is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of willy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take willy's back!
willy trying to control the position but Karjala manages to sink in the hooks.
willy manages to reverse the position and now he's in Karjala's guard. Nice work there by willy.
willy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
willy advances position into side control!
willy scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karjala is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, willy asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Karjala tries to improve position but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksateri Karjala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Karjala 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksateri Karjala!