PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ville Ojala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Newton
vs
Ojala

175 cm
21
130 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

162 cm
21
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikola Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ville Ojala!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ojala tries to clinch but Newton is having none of it.
Ojala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Newton.
Ojala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Newton blocks the low kick.
Newton scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Ojala closes the distance and clinches.
Ojala scores a nice knee to the body.
Ojala avoiding damage.
Newton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ojala putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Newton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ojala tries to land knees in the clinch but Newton avoids the damage to the body.
Ojala trying to control the position but instead, Newton has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ojala into the cage.
Ojala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Newton is defending well for now.
Newton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ojala pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ojala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Newton is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ojala manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newton tries to break the clinch but Ojala is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Newton as Ojala tries to tie him up.
Newton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Newton has had enough of the clinch but Ojala keeps him there for the moment.
Newton is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ojala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Newton's face.
Ojala is struggling to control the position.
Ojala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Newton.
Ojala lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Nikola Newton has been cut.
Newton tries to break free but Ojala pushes him back against the cage.
Ojala working Newton over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Newton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ojala obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newton can't break the clinch.
Ojala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Newton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Newton is breathing heavily.
Ojala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newton avoids it.
Ojala tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Newton avoids it.
A frustrated look appears on Newton's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ojala looking to throw knees to the head but Newton is blocking nicely.
Ojala manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Newton is trying to break the clinch but Ojala is controlling him.
Ojala trying to land knees to the body.
Newton is trying to break free.
Ojala looking to throw knees to the head but Newton is blocking nicely.
Ojala manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Newton blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newton can't break the clinch.
Ojala keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Newton's efforts to push away.
Newton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ojala is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Newton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Newton can't break the clinch.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ojala scores with a knee to the head.
Ojala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ojala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Newton is defending well for now.
Newton working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ojala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ojala is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Newton is defending well for now.
Newton working hard to break the clinch.
Newton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Newton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Newton breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Ojala tenderised Newton's leg. Newton is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ojala fails to land with a series of punches.
Ojala throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Newton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Newton throws a series of punches but Ojala avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Newton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ojala drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Ojala rushes Newton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Newton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ojala has him pressed against the cage.
Newton wants to break free but Ojala has control.
Newton takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ville Ojala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nikola Newton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ojala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Newton.
Ojala is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Newton misses with a series of wild punches.
Ojala ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Newton takes one to the chin there.

Newton is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Ojala misses the target.
Oh Newton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ojala goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ojala connects with a nice looking jab.
Ojala tries to close the distance and clinch but Newton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Newton lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Newton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ojala at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newton keeps the fight on the outside.
Newton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Newton.
Ojala throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Newton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ojala tries to close the distance and clinch but Newton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ojala tries to close the distance and clinch up but Newton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ojala loads up on a big right hand but Newton slips the punch.

Ojala rushes Newton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ojala is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ojala lands an elbow that stopped Newton in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ojala tries a knee to the head but Newton blocks it.
Ojala lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Newton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ojala lands a knee to the body.
Ojala misses with a knee strike.
Ojala lands a good knee to the midsection. Newton won't want to take too many of those.
Newton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ojala lands a knee to the body.
Newton seems to have got his legs back now.
Ojala utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ojala misses with a knee to the head.
Ojala is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ojala.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ojala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Newton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ojala is trying to stall.
Newton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Newton has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ojala scores a nice knee to the body.
Newton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Newton breaks the clinch.
Newton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ojala tries to clinch but Newton moves out of range.
Ojala lands with a right hand.
Ojala throws a right and a left that both miss.
Newton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ojala has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ojala misses with a two punch combination.
Ojala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nikola Newton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ojala showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Newton.
Newton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ojala.
Ojala tries to clinch up but Newton circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Newton scores with a four punch combination!
No joy there for Newton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ojala misses with a low kick.
Newton swinging wildly here.
Newton attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Newton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ojala connects with a jab.
Ojala moves out of range of the body kick.
Newton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Newton moves away from the strike by Ojala.
Newton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Newton throws a series of strikes that have Ojala backpedaling.
Ojala moves in looking to clinch but Newton pushes him off.
A big right from Ojala misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ojala throws a quick inside leg kick.
Newton looks to land a combination but Ojala avoids it well.
Good shot there by Ojala.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ojala misses with a hook.
Ojala throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nice jab there from Ojala.
Ville Ojala seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ojala circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Newton drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Ojala follows Newton to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ville Ojala!