PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Haukka
vs
Pereira

180 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Haukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Haukka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haukka lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Daniel Haukka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haukka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pereira paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Haukka instigates a clinch.
Pereira tries to break free but Haukka pushes him back against the cage.
Haukka stalling.
Haukka scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like John Pereira has been cut.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haukka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pereira's efforts to push away.
Haukka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Pereira is rocked!
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haukka lands an elbow that stopped Pereira in his tracks for a moment.
Pereira misses with a punch to the body.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haukka stalling against the cage.
A knee to the head by Haukka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haukka lands a good knee to the midsection. Pereira won't want to take too many of those.
Pereira looks gassed!
Haukka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pereira's face.
Pereira is still on wobbly legs! Can Haukka finish him?
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Pereira blocks with his arms.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Pereira blocks with his arms.
Haukka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pereira's face.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pereira seems to have recovered his senses.
Pereira tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pereira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Pereira blocks with his arms.
Pereira tries to break free but Haukka pushes him back against the cage.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Haukka lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pereira leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pereira trying to control the position but instead, Haukka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pereira into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka taking a breather.
Haukka lands a knee to the head.
Pereira is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Haukka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka stalling the fight.
Haukka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Haukka as Pereira tries to tie him up.

Haukka breaks the clinch.

Haukka has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka avoiding damage.
Haukka connects with a knee to the head.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Pereira blocks it.
Pereira wants to break the clinch but can't.
Haukka just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pereira working hard to break the clinch.
Pereira is trying to pull guard but Haukka turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Daniel Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pereira.
Pereira is trying to pull guard but Haukka has him pressed against the cage.
Haukka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pereira's face.
Pereira is trying to break free.
Haukka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pereira's efforts to push away.
Haukka with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haukka scores with a knee to the head.
Pereira avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Haukka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pereira is keeping busy.
Pereira wants a takedown but no success here.
Haukka stalling in the clinch.
Haukka landing knees to the head.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira can't find room to land a body shot as Haukka controls the action.
Pereira is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haukka looking to throw knees to the head but Pereira is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pereira tries to break the clinch but Haukka is controlling the position.
Haukka is trying to maintain a safe position but Pereira gets an underhook and turns Haukka into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pereira is trying to break the clinch but Haukka is controlling him.

Pereira has hold of one of Haukka's legs. Haukka is fighting the takedown attempt but Pereira gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Haukka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Pereira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Haukka tries to close the distance and clinch but Pereira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pereira swats away the attempt to clinch by Haukka.
Haukka tries to clinch but Pereira is having none of it.

Haukka closes the distance and clinches.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daniel Haukka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haukka looking to throw knees to the head but Pereira is blocking nicely.
Haukka prevents Pereira from breaking the clinch.
Haukka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pereira goes for a takedown in the clinch but Haukka prevents it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pereira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Haukka is pressed up against the cage. Pereira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Haukka down to the mat. Haukka avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pereira fails in his attempt to clinch.

Haukka instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Haukka.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haukka.
Haukka prevents the takedown attempt.
Daniel Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pereira.
Pereira is breathing heavily.
Haukka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Haukka.
Haukka misses with a knee strike.
Haukka displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pereira up against the cage.
Pereira wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haukka slows down the pace here.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira is looking to take this one to the mat.
Pereira takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Haukka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pereira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Haukka instigates a clinch.

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

Haukka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pereira, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haukka.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haukka looking to throw knees to the head but Pereira is blocking nicely.

Pereira manages to break the clinch.
Haukka defending well as Pereira loads up on a big left hand.
Pereira scores with a nice strike.
Pereira takes a swing at Haukka's ribcage but misses.
Haukka tries to clinch up.
Haukka lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pereira.
Haukka scores with a head kick. Pereira tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Haukka tries to clinch but Pereira moves out of range.
Daniel Haukka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pereira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haukka is looking to clinch but Pereira is avoiding it.
Pereira misses the shot to the body.
Daniel Haukka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haukka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pereira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pereira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haukka circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Pereira. Those never looked like landing.

Haukka takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haukka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haukka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira taking a breather.
Haukka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pereira being controlled against the cage.
Haukka with a knee to the head.
Pereira wants to get back to striking at distance but Haukka won't allow it.
Haukka misses with a knee strike.
Haukka is pressed up against the cage. Pereira has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Haukka down to the mat. Haukka avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Haukka closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pereira takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pereira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haukka tries to clinch but Pereira is having none of it.

Haukka gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Haukka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Pereira's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Pereira shoots in looking for a takedown but Haukka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pereira's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Haukka lands a head kick!
Haukka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pereira tries to keep at a distance but Haukka has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Haukka.
Haukka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Haukka.
Pereira is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Haukka is defending well.
Haukka misses with a knee to the head.
Haukka with a knee to the head.
Haukka is trying to stall.
Haukka just leaning against Pereira, taking a breather.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pereira tries to pull guard but Haukka won't allow it.
Daniel Haukka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pereira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka stalling in the clinch.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pereira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pereira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Haukka smiles and moves away.

Haukka closes the distance and clinches.
Haukka connects with a knee to the head.
Pereira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Haukka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haukka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pereira closes the distance and clinches up with Haukka, looking for a takedown. Pereira pushes Haukka against the cage but Haukka circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Daniel Haukka is winning the standup battle so far.
Pereira tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Haukka takes the fight into the clinch.
Pereira tries to pull guard but Haukka forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka lands an elbow that stopped Pereira in his tracks for a moment.
Pereira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Haukka gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pereira takes a knee right on the jaw!
Haukka controlling the action here for a moment.
Pereira is trying to force a seperation but Haukka has the dominant position.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Pereira blocks with his arms.
Haukka looking to throw knees to the head but Pereira is blocking nicely.

Pereira breaks from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pereira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Haukka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pereira swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haukka wants to clinch up but Pereira keeps it at a distance.
Pereira will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Haukka tries to clinch but Pereira is having none of it.
Pereira fails with a takedown attempt.

Haukka clinches with his opponent.
Daniel Haukka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haukka scores with a knee to the head.
Haukka with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pereira has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pereira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A knee to the head by Haukka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira wants to take the fight to the mat but Haukka manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Haukka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pereira blocks it with crossed arms.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pereira tries to break free but Haukka pushes him back against the cage.
Haukka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pereira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pereira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Haukka landing knees to the head.
Haukka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
John Pereira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Haukka breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haukka slaps away a takedown attempt from Pereira, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Haukka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Haukka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Haukka, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Haukka!