PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Polvi Lumpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takahiro Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamura has chosen TaikOz as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lumpio
vs
Tamura

185 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Polvi Lumpio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takahiro Tamura!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamura fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lumpio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lumpio thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Tamura if he has to take too many more of those.

Lumpio clinches up with Tamura and pushes him back against the cage.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tamura avoids it.
Lumpio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tamura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lumpio is stalling here.
Lumpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lumpio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lumpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tamura's face.
Tamura letting Lumpio take a breather here.

Tamura breaks from the clinch.

Lumpio clinches with his opponent.
Lumpio working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamura can't break the clinch.
Lumpio tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamura avoids the damage to the body.
Lumpio lands an elbow inside that Tamura shrugs off.
Tamura has had enough of the clinch but Lumpio keeps him there for the moment.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tamura managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
Lumpio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamura.
Tamura has had enough of the clinch but Lumpio keeps him there for the moment.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Tamura blocks with his arms.
Lumpio misses with a punch on the inside.
Lumpio looking to throw knees to the head but Tamura is blocking nicely.
Lumpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lumpio lands an elbow that stopped Tamura in his tracks for a moment.
Tamura wants to get back to striking at distance but Lumpio won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lumpio.
Lumpio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamura.
Nice elbow from Lumpio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lumpio stalling against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lumpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tamura's efforts to push away.
Lumpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lumpio looking to throw knees to the head but Tamura is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio landing knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lumpio.
Tamura is trying to break the clinch but Lumpio has him pressed against the cage.
Lumpio tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamura avoids the damage to the body.
Tamura wants to break the clinch but can't.

Tamura's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lumpio is looking to clinch but Tamura is avoiding it.
Tamura takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lumpio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tamura.
Tamura looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lumpio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tamura.

Lumpio clinches up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lumpio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Tamura blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Tamura's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tamura is defending well for now.
Lumpio has Tamura pressed against the cage.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Tamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lumpio lands an elbow inside that Tamura shrugs off.
Tamura is trying to force a seperation but Lumpio has the dominant position.
Tamura managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
Tamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tamura wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Polvi Lumpio dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tamura lands with a shot to the body.
Lumpio tries to clinch there but Tamura circles away.
Tamura dips to his left and cracks Lumpio with an uppercut!
Lumpio moves out of range of the strikes.
Tamura lands with a hook. Lumpio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tamura scores with a decent looking hook.
Lumpio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tamura misses with an uppercut. Lumpio saw that one coming.
Lumpio tries to score with a low kick but Tamura moves his leg out of the way.
Lumpio blocks a jab.

Tamura gets tackled into the cage by Lumpio. Lumpio maintains the clinch.
Lumpio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tamura working hard to break the clinch.
Polvi Lumpio has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lumpio has Tamura pushed against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lumpio lands an elbow inside that Tamura shrugs off.

It looks like Takahiro Tamura has been cut.
Lumpio blocks a body shot from Tamura.
Lumpio is looking to control Tamura's arms but Tamura gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lumpio has his back to the cage.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tamura is defending well for now.
Tamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lumpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Tamura's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lumpio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tamura is defending well for now.
Lumpio missing with knees to the body.
Lumpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Lumpio.

Tamura breaks the clinch.
Takahiro Tamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamura throws out a loose jab but Lumpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tamura misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Tamura there.
Tamura checks a leg kick nicely.
Tamura swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lumpio counters with a leg kick.
Tamura is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lumpio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Lumpio moves into the clinch.
Lumpio throws an elbow that misses.
Tamura managing to block the knees to the body from Lumpio.
Tamura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tamura avoids it.
Lumpio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but Tamura blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio stalls.
Lumpio crunches a lovely knee into Tamura's ribcage.
Lumpio avoiding damage.
Lumpio misses with a knee to the head.
Lumpio effectively controlling the action here.
Lumpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lumpio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tamura avoiding damage as Lumpio throws knees to the body.
Tamura tries to break free but Lumpio pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lumpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lumpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tamura blocks it with crossed arms.
Lumpio is stalling here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lumpio trying to land knees to the body.
Lumpio trying to land knees to the body.
Tamura wants to break free but Lumpio has control.

Tamura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tamura throws a hook but Lumpio avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lumpio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tamura.
Lumpio misses with a head kick.
Lumpio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Polvi Lumpio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Takahiro Tamura's cut.
That's time! Lumpio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Lumpio misses with a low kick.
Tamura misses with a wild body shot.
Lumpio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tamura can do to turn this around?
Lumpio tries to clinch up but Tamura circles away and keeps his distance.

Lumpio moves into the clinch successfully.
Lumpio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tamura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lumpio prevents Tamura from breaking the clinch.
Lumpio is looking to control Tamura's arms but Tamura gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lumpio has his back to the cage.
Lumpio lands a knee to the head.
Lumpio just leaning against Tamura, taking a breather.
Lumpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Tamura takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lumpio throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Lumpio.
Tamura takes a knee to the side of the body.
Still in the clinch, Lumpio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lumpio tries to land a knee to the head but Tamura blocks with his arms.
Tamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lumpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lumpio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lumpio tries to land knees in the clinch but Tamura avoids the damage to the body.
Tamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lumpio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tamura's defenses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lumpio landing knees to the head.
Lumpio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lumpio looking to stall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lumpio missing with knees to the body.

Tamura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamura misses the shot to the body.
Lumpio misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lumpio slips a straight right by Tamura.
Lumpio throws a head kick but Tamura moves out of range.
Lumpio lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tamura throws an off balance right hand
and Lumpio counters with a solid body kick.
A jab from Tamura misses.
Lumpio throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lumpio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tamura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lumpio scores with a head kick.
Takahiro Tamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lumpio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice body kick there by Lumpio.
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!
Lumpio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lumpio attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lumpio tries to close the distance and clinch but Tamura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lumpio moves into range and clinches up with Tamura.
Lumpio lands a nice elbow.
Come on Lumpio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lumpio connects with a knee to the head.
Polvi Lumpio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lumpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Polvi Lumpio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lumpio 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Polvi Lumpio!