PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sianleuka Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilkka Mursu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jack
vs
Mursu

194 cm
24
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
21
287 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sianleuka Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ilkka Mursu!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack blocks a low kick nicely.
Jack throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Mursu.
Mursu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jack.
Sianleuka Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mursu looks gassed!
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!

Jack moves into the clinch.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Mursu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Mursu is blocking nicely.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mursu avoids it.
Mursu is trying to force a seperation but Jack has the dominant position.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jack effectively controlling the action here.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ilkka Mursu has been cut.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mursu.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mursu is defending well for now.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mursu tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Mursu is blocking nicely.
Jack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mursu avoids it.
Jack keeps control of Mursu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Mursu manages to break the clinch.
Mursu looks to land a right hand but Jack moved out of range.
Jack dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mursu. That did some damage!
Jack tries to work over Mursu's front leg with a kick but Mursu checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack motions for Mursu to come forward. Jack throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jack tries to clinch there but Mursu circles away.
Sianleuka Jack is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Mursu misses.
Jack tries to clinch there but Mursu circles away.
Jack takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jack throws a low kick, looking for Mursu's leg but Mursu calmly moves out of range.
Jack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Mursu.
Jack defending well as Mursu loads up on a big left hand.
Jack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jack looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jack connects with a leg kick. Mursu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mursu thows a body shot but no joy.
Jack fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mursu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jack avoids the body shot from Mursu.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jack chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mursu's sensitive parts.
Mursu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jack.

Jack rushes Mursu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mursu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mursu avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
Mursu managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Mursu lands a nice shot to the body.
Mursu wants to break free but Jack has control.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mursu is defending well for now.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack is looking to control Mursu's arms but Mursu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jack has his back to the cage.
Mursu is looking to break free of the clinch but Jack has double underhooks.
Mursu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Mursu has hold of one of Jack's legs. Jack is fighting the takedown attempt but Mursu gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack keeping moving, preventing Mursu from controlling successfully.
Jack avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sianleuka Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ilkka Mursu's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mursu throws out a loose jab but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack throws a leg kick which misses Mursu's front leg but catches the back leg as Mursu tries to avoid it.
Jack attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mursu on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jack wants to clinch.
Sianleuka Jack is winning the standup battle so far.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack jabs at Mursu's body.
A head kick misses from Jack.
Mursu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mursu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jack turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mursu is breathing heavily.
Jack tries to clinch there but Mursu circles away.
Mursu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jack lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jack.
Jack misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jack tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mursu shoots in looking for a takedown. Jack tries to sprawl out of it but Mursu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jack manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A good leg kick by Jack.
An inside leg kick lands from Jack.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch but Mursu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jack lands with a kick to the temple. Mursu shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jack keeps Mursu at a distance using the push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jack with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jack is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mursu can do to turn this around?
Jack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Jack throws a leg kick which misses Mursu's front leg but catches the back leg as Mursu tries to avoid it.
Mursu throws out a loose jab but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jack lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mursu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jack. Jack obviously looking to wear him down.
Jack throws a head kick that half lands.
Jack feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mursu's calf.
Jack is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mursu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Jack moves into the clinch.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mursu managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Mursu tries to break free but Jack pushes him back against the cage.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jack stalling the fight.
Mursu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mursu taking a breather.
Jack effectively controlling the action here.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jack here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Mursu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mursu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mursu keeps the fight on the outside.
Mursu blocks a head kick by Jack.
Mursu throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A lazy left from Mursu finds it's target.
Jack throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mursu.
Mursu has a takedown stuffed.
That kick from Jack tenderised Mursu's leg. Mursu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jack throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jack tries to clinch there but Mursu circles away.
Jack throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jack throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice takedown defense from Jack. No joy for Mursu on that attempt.
Sianleuka Jack has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ilkka Mursu.
Jack lands a leg kick that knocks Mursu off balance momentarily.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mursu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jack scores with a spinning back kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jack has closed the distance and engaged Mursu in a clinch.
Jack landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Jack.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mursu is defending well for now.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack stops a takedown attempt from Mursu.
Jack connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jack with a knee to the head.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.

Mursu breaks from the clinch.
Jack tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mursu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sianleuka Jack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ilkka Mursu's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Jack takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jack. That's going to slow Mursu down.
Mursu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jack.

Jack clinches.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.
Mursu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack lands a nice knee to the body.
Jack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mursu is trying to break free.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jack dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jack with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mursu avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Mursu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jack looking to throw knees to the head but Mursu is blocking nicely.
Mursu avoiding damage as Jack throws knees to the body.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mursu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jack has him pressed against the cage.

Mursu manages to break the clinch.
Mursu lands a glancing blow to the side of Jack's head.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mursu throws a hook to the side of Jack's head but Jack sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jack fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mursu throws a head kick that misses
and Jack counters with a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That kick from Jack tenderised Mursu's leg. Mursu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jack cracks the inside of Mursu's front leg.
Jack lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mursu's sensitive parts.
Jack tries to clinch up.
Mursu swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jack darts in and clinches Mursu up against the cage.
Jack is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Mursu tries a body shot but Jack blocks it.
Jack stalling in the clinch.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Mursu blocks it.
Jack stalling in the clinch but Mursu improves position.
Mursu managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.

Mursu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Jack tenderised Mursu's leg. Mursu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ilkka Mursu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Jack has Mursu up against the cage in a clinch.
Jack misses with a knee strike.

Mursu breaks from the clinch.
Mursu throws a hook but Jack blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mursu throws a lazy right hand but Jack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jack throws a body kick that misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mursu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jack managing to block the knees to the body from Mursu.

Mursu breaks from the clinch.
A head kick from Jack lands but Mursu takes it in his stride.
Jack fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mursu checks it well.

Jack pushes Mursu up against the cage in a clinch.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mursu blocks it with crossed arms.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mursu tries to break free but Jack pushes him back against the cage.
Sianleuka Jack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mursu wants to break free but Jack has control.
Mursu is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but Mursu blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Mursu.
Jack lands a knee to the head.
Jack is pushing Mursu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mursu tries to break the clinch but Jack is controlling the position.
Mursu is trying to break free.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sianleuka Jack has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mursu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mursu tries to score a body lock takedown but Jack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mursu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jack displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mursu up against the cage.
Jack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mursu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sianleuka Jack showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jack, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Sianleuka Jack!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Sianleuka Jack!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Sianleuka Jack!

Sianleuka Jack wins by unanimous decision!