PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jokke Nappula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davor Velcic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nappula comes to the cage accompanied by The Troggs- Wild Thing. 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.

Nappula
vs
Velcic

165 cm
31
151 lbs
20 - 12 - 2

168 cm
27
154 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Jokke Nappula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Davor Velcic!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velcic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nappula thows a leg kick but Velcic checks it
and Velcic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Velcic scores with a three punch combo!
Velcic misses with a wild body shot.
Velcic looks to score with a jab to the body but Nappula is just out of range.
Velcic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Velcic moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nappula throws a solid leg kick but Velcic takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nappula.
Velcic tried to score with a low kick but Nappula checks it.
Velcic misses with a wild body shot.
Nappula throws a low kick but Velcic avoids it.
Nappula pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nappula connects with a jab.
Nappula lands with a kick to the temple. Velcic shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Velcic checks a leg kick nicely.
Velcic throws a leg kick which misses Nappula's front leg but catches the back leg as Nappula tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velcic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nappula fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Velcic.
Velcic throws a low kick but Nappula avoids it.
A jab from Nappula misses.
Velcic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Velcic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nappula tries to land a leg kick but Velcic saw it coming and moves away.
Velcic throws a body punch but Nappula moves out of range.
Nappula tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Velcic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Velcic throws a hook to the side of Nappula's head but Nappula sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Velcic checks a leg kick.
Velcic swings for the body but Nappula moves out of range.
Velcic thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nappula turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nappula misses with a head kick.
Velcic lands a really nice looking cross but Nappula seems unphased.
Nappula misses with a hook. Velcic ducked under it nicely.
Velcic misses the shot to the body.
Nappula moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nappula fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Velcic checks a leg kick.
Nappula finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Velcic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nappula tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nappula keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Velcic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nappula takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Velcic. Nappula does a little dance to reset his feet.
Velcic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nappula throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nappula throws a low kick but Velcic avoids it.
Velcic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nappula explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nappula throws a half hearted mid kick.
Velcic misses with a hook.
Velcic looks to land a right hand but Nappula moved out of range.
Nappula swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Velcic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Velcic with a hook.
Velcic lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velcic tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nappula is able to avoid easily.
Velcic misses with a low kick.
Davor Velcic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick by Nappula misses
and Velcic counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Velcic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nappula tries a head kick but it misses.
Velcic lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velcic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Velcic is looking to score with low kicks.
Nappula misses with a low kick.
Velcic blocks a leg kick.
Velcic misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nappula staying out of range there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nappula.
Some wild striking there from Velcic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Velcic misses with an uppercut. Nappula saw that one coming.
Nappula misses with a head kick.
Nappula plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Velcic blocks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Nappula.
A jab from Velcic finds it's way through Nappula's defenses.
Nappula cracks the inside of Velcic's front leg.
Davor Velcic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nappula lands a nice looking body kick.
An inside leg kick from Velcic misses.
Nappula misses with a low kick as Velcic jumps back.
Nappula looks to land a left hand but Velcic moved out of range nicely.
Velcic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Velcic misses.
Velcic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nappula manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nappula throws a leg kick but Velcic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Velcic.
Nappula avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nappula is looking to chop away at Velcic's legs.
Velcic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nappula rather than just go for the knockout.
Velcic slips a straight right by Nappula.
Nappula scores with a body shot.
Nappula checks the leg kick nicely there.
Velcic connects with a body shot.
Nappula avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Velcic misses with a looping left.
Velcic misses with a leg kick.
Velcic scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Velcic looks to land a combination but Nappula avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velcic looks to throw the jab but Nappula is out of range.
Velcic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nappula's hands.
Velcic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nappula.
Velcic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Velcic scoring well with a low kick there.
Velcic takes a swing at Nappula's ribcage but misses.
Nappula dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Velcic. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Velcic moves out of range as Nappula strikes.
Velcic avoids the head kick by Nappula.
Velcic lands a lovely overhand right.
A big left from Velcic misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Velcic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nappula has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nappula and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nappula throws a leg kick but Velcic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Velcic throws a shot from downtown. Nappula moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velcic throws a hook to the side of Nappula's head but Nappula sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Velcic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Velcic, as that shot connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nappula.
Nappula misses with a low kick as Velcic jumps back.
Velcic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nappula shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Velcic sprawls well. Velcic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nappula gets slowly back to his feet.
Velcic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Velcic connects with the punch.
Velcic connects with a body shot.
Velcic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Velcic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nappula lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nappula tries to work over Velcic's front leg with a kick but Velcic checks it.
Nappula tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Velcic lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Velcic.
Velcic checks a leg kick.
Nappula tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Velcic misses the shot to the body.
Nappula avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Velcic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nappula.
Nappula is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Velcic as Nappula shoots in.
Nappula looks to land a right hand but Velcic moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davor Velcic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nappula fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Velcic avoids it really well and circles away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nappula avoids the head kick by Velcic.
Velcic scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab by Nappula.
Nappula misses with a leg kick.
Nappula turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Velcic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Velcic.
Velcic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Velcic throws a jab but it's blocked by Nappula.
Nappula on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Velcic sizes up Nappula with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Velcic throws a right hand that Nappula ducks under and follows up with a left that Nappula also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Velcic throws the kick towards the body but Nappula avoids it.
Velcic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nappula.
Velcic checks the leg kick.
Nappula checks a leg kick.
Nappula looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nappula misses with a low kick.
Nappula tries to land a front kick but Velcic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice body punch from Velcic.
Nappula is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Velcic.
Velcic takes a swing at Nappula's ribcage but misses.
Velcic throws a chopping leg kick but Nappula manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Velcic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nappula.
Velcic tries to clinch there but Nappula circles away.
Jokke Nappula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nappula uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Velcic.
Velcic gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nappula blocks a head kick by Velcic.
Nappula tries a low kick but Velcic avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nappula.
Nappula throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Velcic's corner calls for a 1-2. Velcic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Velcic lands a jab to the head.
Nappula blocks a jab.
Velcic throws a body punch but Nappula moves out of range.
Velcic 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.
Nappula misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nappula lands with a kick to the ribs.
Velcic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nappula throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Velcic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nappula throws out the jab.
Nappula will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nappula goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nappula is looking to land body kicks.
Velcic scoring well with a low kick there.
Nappula is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nappula lands a leg kick that knocks Velcic off balance momentarily.
Nappula fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Velcic.
Nappula takes a swing at Velcic's ribcage but misses.
Velcic throws a wild body kick that Nappula sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nappula doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Velcic counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jokke Nappula. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nappula lands a leg kick that knocks Velcic off balance momentarily.
Nappula tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Velcic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Velcic avoids the head kick by Nappula.
A slow jab from Velcic misses its intended target.
Velcic lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nappula looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Velcic shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nappula eats them both and turns towards Velcic to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nappula throws a front kick aimed at Velcic's knee but Velcic avoids it well.
Velcic has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nappula.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Velcic takes a swing at Nappula's ribcage but misses.
Velcic checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Velcic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davor Velcic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Velcic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davor Velcic!
Davor Velcic decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.