PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Estripador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akseli Suokuokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suokuokka comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Bags - Cavemen Rejoice kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Estripador
vs
Suokuokka

190 cm
30
265 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

189 cm
25
255 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Estripador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akseli Suokuokka!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suokuokka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Suokuokka changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Estripador tries to avoid it but Suokuokka manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Estripador to the ground. Estripador escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Estripador forces Suokuokka back against the cage and clinches.
Estripador lands with a right to the head.
Estripador working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Estripador with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Estripador effectively controlling the action here.
Suokuokka takes a shot to the head.
Estripador holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Estripador wants to get back to striking at distance but Suokuokka won't allow it.

Suokuokka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Estripador feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suokuokkas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Estripador scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Estripador has taken the fight to the clinch.
Estripador is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Suokuokka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Estripador.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estripador struggles to land a body shot inside as Suokuokka controls his hands.
Estripador swings wildly with an uppercut but Suokuokka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Estripador scores with a knee to the head.
Estripador lands a hook that snaps the head of Suokuokka backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Estripador breaks from the clinch.
Suokuokka blocks a head kick by Estripador.
Estripador cracks Suokuokka with a good jab.
Estripador throws a nice looking combination but Suokuokka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suokuokka looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Estripador throws a series of punches but Suokuokka moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Estripador misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suokuokka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suokuokka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Estripador manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estripador throws a body punch but Suokuokka moves out of range.
Suokuokka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Estripador swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Estripador throws a nice looking combination but Suokuokka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Suokuokka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Suokuokka ducks under a wild hook from Estripador.
Estripador plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Estripador fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Estripador scores with a decent looking hook.
Suokuokka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Suokuokka has closed the distance and engaged Estripador in a clinch.
Suokuokka throws a punch but it's blocked by Estripador.
A head punch on the inside from Suokuokka fails to land.
Estripador is trying to drag Suokuokka to the mat but Suokuokka just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Suokuokka takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estripador fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Estripador. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suokuokka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Estripador is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Estripador tries to work over Suokuokka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Suokuokka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Estripador lands a knee to the body.

Suokuokka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Estripador lands a nice shot that snaps Suokuokka's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suokuokka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Estripador scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Suokuokka looks to throw the jab but Estripador is out of range.
Estripador swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Suokuokka.
Estripador takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Suokuokka clinches with his opponent.
Estripador taking a breather.
Suokuokka wants to break free but Estripador has control.

Estripador escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka moves in looking to clinch but Estripador pushes him off.
Nice defenses there by Suokuokka.
Estripador misses with a head kick.
Suokuokka misses with the combination.
Estripador lands a right hook to the body.

Suokuokka shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Suokuokka pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Estripador wants to hold on but Suokuokka pushes him away.
Suokuokka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Estripador is in all sorts of trouble here.
Suokuokka looking to control but Estripador is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Suokuokka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Estripador tries to hold on but Suokuokka pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Suokuokka feints and as Estripador raises his hands in defense, Suokuokka changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Suokuokka wants to pass the guard but Estripador is keeping the position.
Estripador is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Suokuokka lands a couple of digs.
Suokuokka looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Suokuokka tries to free his leg and advance position but Estripador is retaining full guard.
Suokuokka is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Estripador is pulling down on Suokuokka's head. It's preventing any offense from Suokuokka, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Estripador is looking to sinch up a triangle. Suokuokka throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Estripador's body to avoid the submission. Estripador has instead reached around Suokuokka's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Estripador arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jack Estripador!