PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olle Koskinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bull might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to do it. Olle Koskinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bull
vs
Koskinen

175 cm
28
157 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

173 cm
26
150 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

GTI - 1337 May stock soon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Bull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olle Koskinen!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koskinen connects with a looping right hand.
Koskinen works Bull's body with a nice hook.
Koskinen jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Koskinen throws an off balance right hand
letting Bull counter with a right hand.
Koskinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bull counters with a straight right hand.
Bull ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
Olle Koskinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koskinen lands a nice shot that snaps Bull's head back.
Koskinen throws an off balance right hand
and Bull connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice straight punches there by Koskinen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Koskinen.
Koskinen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bull is out of range and Koskinen settles back down.
Bull rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Koskinen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Koskinen misses with a right hand
and Bull makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Koskinen.
Bull misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bull takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Koskinen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Koskinen tries to clinch
enabling Bull to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Koskinen.
Olle Koskinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koskinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koskinen is looking to chop away at Bull's legs.
Bull showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koskinen.
Bull misses with a hook
and Koskinen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bull looks to land a combination but Koskinen avoids it well.
Koskinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koskinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bull fails with a takedown attempt.
Bull swings widly with a right hand
and Koskinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bull swings widly with a right hand
letting Koskinen counter with a right hand.
Bull sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Koskinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bull.
Koskinen throws a lazy right hand but Bull sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bull moves away.
Koskinen misses with a hook
and Bull counters with a nice uppercut.
Koskinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bull.
Koskinen lands with a kick to the temple. Bull shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Koskinen lands the left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koskinen. Bull does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koskinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koskinen misses the shot to the body.
Koskinen wants to clinch but Bull slips to the side
enabling Bull to counter with a crisp jab.
Koskinen closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Bull to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bull sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bull avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bull missing with a left hand there. Koskinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koskinen throws an off balance right hand

and Bull counters with a single leg into guard. Koskinen didn't expect that.
Koskinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bull's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koskinen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koskinen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bull is keeping the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koskinen throwing strikes but missing.
Bull is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olle Koskinen dominated that round.
That's time! Bull's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bull misses with a two punch combination.
Olle Koskinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bull gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Koskinen.
Bull slips a straight right by Koskinen.
Bull moves away from the strike by Koskinen.
Koskinen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bull counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koskinen defending well as Bull loads up on a big left hand.
Koskinen throws a chopping leg kick but Bull manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Bull counters with a straight right hand.
Koskinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koskinen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Koskinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koskinen swings widly with a right hand
and Bull counters with a left to the body.
Koskinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Koskinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Bull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koskinen at a distance.
Good work by Bull as he checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Koskinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull moves out of range as Koskinen strikes.
Koskinen misses with a body punch
enabling Bull to counter with a crisp jab.
Koskinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bull moves away.
Koskinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bull.
Koskinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Bull swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koskinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bull keeps the fight on the outside.
Bull throws a left and a right that both miss
and Koskinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Bull throws a looping overhand right but Koskinen ducks down to avoid it.
Koskinen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bull counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Koskinen.
Koskinen cracks Bull with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koskinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bull. Bull circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bull tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Koskinen misses.
Bull avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Donk. Koskinen catches Bull right on the button with a cross.
Koskinen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Koskinen throws a poor cross that misses

and Bull holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Bull.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koskinen lands with a light punch inside.
Come on Koskinen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Koskinen misses with some punches.
Bull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koskinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bull.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen stalling in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
Koskinen presses Bull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koskinen blocks a body shot from Bull.
Koskinen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bulls head.
Koskinen is working Bull over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koskinen.
Koskinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Koskinen taking a breather.
Koskinen is trying to push Bull away but Bull has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Koskinen lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Bull.
Koskinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bull lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koskinen backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koskinen presses Bull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bull lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Olle Koskinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koskinen moves out of range as Bull strikes.
Koskinen throws out a loose jab but Bull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koskinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bull counters with a nice body shot.
Bull walks into a jab.
Bull ducks under a wild hook from Koskinen.
A head kick by Bull misses
and Koskinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koskinen with a nice cross.
Koskinen misses with a left hand
and Bull counters with a straight right hand.
Bull moves away from the strike by Koskinen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a lunging right hand
and Bull counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bull misses with an uppercut. Koskinen saw that one coming.
Koskinen connects with a solid leg kick.
Koskinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koskinen tries to clinch up but Bull circles away and keeps his distance.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bull is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bull misses with an uppercut
and Koskinen counters with a two punch combo.
Bull misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koskinen takes a swing at Bull's ribcage but misses.
Koskinen lands with an overhand left.
Bull tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Bull misses its intended target.
Koskinen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koskinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bull displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koskinen throws out the jab.
Koskinen with a nice cross.
Roy Bull has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen misses with a left hand
and Bull counters with a left to the body.
Bull misses with a double jab
and Koskinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bull walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Koskinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koskinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bull looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bull avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bull looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice defenses there by Bull.
Koskinen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Koskinen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koskinen feints and then cracks Bull's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bull down.
Koskinen cracks Bull with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bull tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Koskinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koskinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Bull takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koskinen throws a lazy uppercut

and Bull counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bull.
Still in the clinch, Koskinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Koskinen.
Koskinen presses Bull against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bull lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Koskinen backwards.
Olle Koskinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bull throws a punch but it's blocked by Koskinen.
Bull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koskinen working aggressively here.
Bull working aggressively here.
Bull working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Olle Koskinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Koskinen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olle Koskinen!