PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teemu Antero Pekhami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ernesto Hautala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pekhami comes to the cage accompanied by Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Antero Pekhami
vs
Hautala

183 cm
19
163 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

160 cm
22
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teemu Antero Pekhami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesto Hautala!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hautala just misses with a punch to the body.
Hautala takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hautala scores with a nice body kick.
Hautala tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hautala thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Pekhami misses
and Hautala counters with a left to the body.

Pekhami moves into the clinch.
Pekhami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Hautala crunches a lovely knee into Pekhami's ribcage.

Pekhami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hautala misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pekhami tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hautala clinches.
Hautala connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pekhami's face.

Pekhami breaks from the clinch.
Pekhami throws a head kick that Hautala semi-blocks.

Hautala is rocked!

It looks like Ernesto Hautala has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
A low kick from Pekhami misses
and Hautala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hautala is still on wobbly legs! Can Pekhami finish him?
Pekhami throws a head kick that misses
and Hautala counters with a nice body shot.
Pekhami is breathing heavily.

Hautala darts in and clinches Pekhami up against the cage.
Hautala landing knees to the body.
Pekhami throws an elbow that misses.
Hautala seems to have recovered his senses.
Pekhami is looking to break free of the clinch but Hautala has double underhooks.
Pekhami with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Hautala scores a nice knee to the body.
Hautala landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hautala with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pekhami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hautala has him pressed against the cage.
Hautala misses with a knee strike.
Pekhami lands a knee to the body.
Hautala misses with a knee to the head.

Pekhami breaks from the clinch.
Pekhami misses with a head kick.
Hautala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hautala keeps the fight on the outside.
Pekhami pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Hautala closes the distance and clinches.
Hautala blocks an elbow strike.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pekhami looking to throw knees to the head but Hautala is blocking nicely.
Hautala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala tries to land knees in the clinch but Pekhami avoids the damage to the body.
Pekhami throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Hautala lands a nice knee to the body.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pekhami lands an elbow that stopped Hautala in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pekhami lands a knee to the head.
Hautala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pekhami lands an elbow just above Hautala 's eye.
Pekhami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pekhami is looking to break free of the clinch but Hautala has double underhooks.

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

Hautala rushes Pekhami and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pekhami misses with a knee strike.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Hautala keeps control of Pekhami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hautala lands a knee to the body.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala looking to throw knees to the head but Pekhami is blocking nicely.
Pekhami misses with an elbow strike.
Hautala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hautala misses with a knee strike.

Pekhami breaks the clinch.
Hautala looks to score with a jab to the body but Pekhami is just out of range.
Pekhami misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hautala lands with a nice body punch.

Pekhami clinches up against the cage.
Pekhami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hautala has him pressed against the cage.
Hautala looking to throw knees to the head but Pekhami is blocking nicely.
Pekhami is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hautala with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pekhami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pekhami is trying to break the clinch but Hautala has him pressed against the cage.
Hautala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pekhami lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pekhami blocks it with crossed arms.
Pekhami throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hautala blocks it with crossed arms.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Pekhami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hautala misses with a knee to the head.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.

Pekhami breaks the clinch.
Hautala loads up on a big right hand but Pekhami slips the punch.

Pekhami forces Hautala back against the cage and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pekhami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Hautala.
Knees to the body from Hautala.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pekhami unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hautala lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hautala blocks an elbow strike from Pekhami.
Hautala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hautala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pekhami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pekhami is trying to break free.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pekhami misses with an elbow strike.
Hautala lands a nice knee to the body.
Hautala misses with a knee strike.
Hautala scores with a knee to the head.
Pekhami with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hautala missing with knees to the body.
Hautala with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pekhami throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hautala landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hautala missing with knees to the body.
Pekhami creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hautala crunches a lovely knee into Pekhami's ribcage.
Pekhami scores a nice knee to the body.
Hautala connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks with his arms.
Hautala scores a nice knee to the body.
Pekhami wants to break free but Hautala has control.
Hautala scores a nice knee to the body.
Hautala landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hautala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pekhami wants to get back to striking at distance but Hautala won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pekhami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hautala has him pressed against the cage.
Pekhami lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Pekhami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pekhami tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Hautala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Hautala's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pekhami just misses with a punch to the body.

Pekhami tries to keep at a distance but Hautala has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pekhami wants to get back to striking at distance but Hautala won't allow it.
Pekhami connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala lands a nice knee to the body.
Hautala lands a knee to the body.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala landing knees to the head.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pekhami wants to stall.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks with his arms.
Hautala lands a nice knee to the body.
Pekhami tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pekhami can't break the clinch.
Hautala scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hautala.
Hautala with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hautala connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pekhami's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pekhami with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hautala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pekhami.
Hautala connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pekhami wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hautala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pekhami wants to get back to striking at distance but Hautala won't allow it.
Hautala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pekhami tries a knee to the head but Hautala blocks it.
Pekhami using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hautala has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hautala scores a nice knee to the body.
Hautala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pekhami.
Hautala managing to block the knees to the body from Pekhami.
Pekhami connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala looking to throw knees to the head but Pekhami is blocking nicely.
Hautala misses with a knee to the head.
Pekhami throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hautala blocks it with crossed arms.
Hautala misses with a knee strike.
Hautala trying to land knees to the body.

Pekhami breaks from the clinch.
Hautala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pekhami tries to clinch but Hautala moves out of range.
Hautala lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hautala.
Pekhami throws the left hand but Hautala avoids the punch easily.
Hautala is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pekhami rather than just go for the knockout.
Pekhami tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hautala thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hautala misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pekhami.
Hautala on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pekhami tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hautala swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hautala misses with a body shot.
Hautala connects with a nice looking jab.
Pekhami throws the kick towards the body but Hautala avoids it.
Pekhami throws a head kick that misses.
Pekhami blocks a head kick by Hautala.
Hautala connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pekhami. Pekhami circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hautala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pekhami pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Some wild striking there from Hautala.
Pekhami misses with a head kick.
Pekhami works the jab nicely.
Teemu Antero Pekhami seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hautala rushes Pekhami and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hautala unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pekhami lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pekhami tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hautala connects with a knee to the head.
Hautala misses with a knee strike.
Pekhami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala landing knees to the body.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pekhami wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hautala has him pressed against the cage.
Hautala looking to throw knees to the head but Pekhami is blocking nicely.
Pekhami wants to get back to striking at distance but Hautala won't allow it.
Pekhami misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pekhami.
Hautala lands a knee to the head.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Pekhami throws an elbow that misses.
Pekhami misses with a knee strike.
Hautala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hautala crunches a lovely knee into Pekhami's ribcage.
Pekhami tries to break the clinch but Hautala is controlling the position.
Hautala keeps control of Pekhami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hautala misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pekhami.
Hautala lands a nice knee to the body.
Pekhami throws an elbow that misses.
Hautala is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pekhami gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pekhami throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pekhami with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hautala missing with knees to the body.
Hautala throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pekhami blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hautala using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pekhami managing to block the knees to the body from Hautala.
Hautala tries a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks it.
Pekhami stalling in the clinch but Hautala improves position.
Pekhami managing to block the knees to the body from Hautala.
Pekhami has had enough of the clinch but Hautala keeps him there for the moment.
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pekhami wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pekhami wants to break free but Hautala has control.
Hautala landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pekhami looking to throw knees to the head but Hautala is blocking nicely.
Hautala lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pekhami landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pekhami looking to throw knees to the head but Hautala is blocking nicely.
Hautala looking to throw knees to the head but Pekhami is blocking nicely.
Pekhami gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hautala.
Teemu Antero Pekhami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ernesto Hautala.
Pekhami wants to break free but Hautala has control.
Hautala scores with a knee to the head.
Hautala using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pekhami has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hautala tries to land a knee to the head but Pekhami blocks with his arms.
Hautala fails to pull guard.
Pekhami tries to land knees in the clinch but Hautala avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Hautala.
Hautala throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pekhami blocks it with crossed arms.

Pekhami breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A head kick misses from Pekhami.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesto Hautala showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ernesto Hautala's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hautala scores with a punch to the head.
Hautala throws a sloppy head kick and Pekhami moves out of range easily.
Pekhami tries to clinch
and Hautala counters with a left and a right that stings Pekhami.
Pekhami fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pekhami throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pekhami throws a sloppy head kick and Hautala moves out of range easily.

Hautala gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hautala crunches a lovely knee into Pekhami's ribcage.
Hautala lands a knee to the body.
Pekhami with a knee to the head.
Hautala keeps control of Pekhami as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hautala gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Hautala missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hautala is looking to take a break and control but Pekhami is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hautala thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pekhami's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hautala throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pekhami blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hautala.
Hautala works his way into side control.
Pekhami tries to improve position but can't.
Pekhami gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Hautala looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pekhami with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pekhami tries to kick Hautala off in order to stand up. Hautala Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Pekhami tries to escape but Hautala is in control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
An elbow from Hautala crashes against the mat.
Pekhami is not content to let Hautala control the position.
Hautala scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pekhami to see if he's OK.
Pekhami is not content to let Hautala control the position.
Pekhami sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hautala takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pekhami avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hautala.
Pekhami missing with punches from the bottom.
Hautala missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pekhami is staying active underneath Hautala, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Pekhami is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hautala pulls his head out easily.
Hautala passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hautala with good strikes from the mount here!
Teemu Antero Pekhami has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hautala scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pekhami?
Hautala is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hautala thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hautala landing strikes from the mount and Pekhami is in trouble!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hautala has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pekhami's face.
Hautala misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hautala can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pekhami is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Hautala comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hautala winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Hautala!