PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harald Loe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Teikalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loe comes to the cage accompanied by AC\DC "Sin city". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Loe
vs
Teikalainen

187 cm
21
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harald Loe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Teikalainen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Loe drives through and clinches with Teikalainen against the cage.
Loe keeps control of Teikalainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Loe keeps control of Teikalainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Loe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Loe misses with an elbow strike.
Teikalainen can't break the clinch.
Loe tries for a takedown but Teikalainen manages to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Loe.

Teikalainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Teikalainen.
Loe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Teikalainen checks it well.
Loe takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Loe tries to clinch up but Teikalainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Matti Teikalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loe throws and low kick but Teikalainen moves out of range easily.
Loe closes this distance looking for a takedown but Teikalainen circles away.
Teikalainen misses with a looping right.
Teikalainen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Loe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teikalainen misses with a series of wild punches.
Loe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Teikalainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Loe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Teikalainen will feel that in the morning.
Teikalainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Loe darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Loe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Teikalainen is looking to escape.
Loe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Loe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Loe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen is trying to stand.
Loe working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Loe throwing shots but Teikalainen is blocking nicely.
Loe working over Teikalainen with some ground and pound. Teikalainen looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Teikalainen tries to kick Loe off but Loe keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Teikalainen looks gassed!
Loe throwing shots but Teikalainen is blocking nicely.
Loe wants to control but Teikalainen is keeping him busy.
Loe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Teikalainen pushes Loe off looking to stand but Loe dives back in and keeps control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Teikalainen misses with an uppercut. Loe saw that one coming.
Loe connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Loe gets a clinch.
Loe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A right hand to the body from Loe.
Teikalainen has had enough of the clinch but Loe keeps him there for the moment.
Teikalainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Loe has him pressed against the cage.
Teikalainen tries to break the clinch but Loe is controlling the position.

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

Loe clinches up against the cage.
Loe leaning his opponent against the cage.

Loe jumps into guard, dragging Teikalainen to the mat.
Loe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Loe has his foot on Teikalainen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Teikalainen works his way back into a safe position though.
Teikalainen preventing the sweep.
Loe has a closed guard, preventing Teikalainen from standing up.
Loe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loe prevents Teikalainen from standing back up.
Loe frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
A nice elbow there by Loe.

Loe is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Teikalainen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Loe scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Teikalainen?
Loe lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Teikalainen is trying desperately to improve position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Loe lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Loe looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Loe scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Loe breaks from Teikalainen's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Teikalainen is bucking up trying to escape but Loe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Loe with the ground and pound from mount.
Teikalainen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Loe is working for a submission of some sort.
Loe winds up and cracks Teikalainen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Loe.
Loe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Loe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Teikalainen tries to roll over but Loe keeps him under control.
Teikalainen tries to kick Loe off in order to stand up. Loe Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Loe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Teikalainen tries for a takedown but Loe circles away easily
and Loe counters with an inside leg kick.
Loe misses with a wild body shot.
Teikalainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Loe tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teikalainen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Teikalainen misses.
A combination from Teikalainen does no damage.
Teikalainen moves out of range as Loe throws a body kick.
Loe throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Loe.
Loe misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Loe.
Loe tries to clinch up.
Loe tries to close the distance and clinch but Teikalainen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Loe moves in looking to clinch but Teikalainen pushes him off.
Loe wants to slow Teikalainen down by chopping away at his legs.
Loe tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Loe.
Loe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Loe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Loe stalling the fight.
Teikalainen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Loe.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harald Loe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Loe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Loe prevents Teikalainen from breaking the clinch.
Loe lands a nice uppercut.
Loe keeps control of Teikalainen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Loe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Teikalainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Loe won't allow it.
Teikalainen wants to break free but Loe has control.

Loe breaks the clinch.
Teikalainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Loe.
Loe moves in looking to clinch but Teikalainen pushes him off.
Loe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teikalainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Teikalainen keeps the fight on the outside.
Teikalainen throws a body kick the misses
and Loe counters with a leg kick.
Loe scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Loe dominated that round.
That's time! Loe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Loe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Teikalainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Loe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Loe blocks an elbow strike from Teikalainen.

Loe breaks the clinch.
Loe throws a series of punches but Teikalainen moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Loe
and Loe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Loe misses with a takedown attempt - Teikalainen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Teikalainen blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Teikalainen 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 Loe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Loe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Teikalainen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Teikalainen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teikalainen throws a good cross that connects.
A punch combination from Teikalainen misses.

Loe moves into range and clinches up with Teikalainen.
Teikalainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Loe has double underhooks.
Loe lands a damaging elbow.
Teikalainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Loe won't allow it.

Loe breaks from the clinch.
Loe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Teikalainen's calf.
Loe tries to clinch up.
Teikalainen missing with a left hand there. Loe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Loe throws a push kick but Teikalainen slaps the foot to one side.
Loe throws a front kick aimed at Teikalainen's knee but Teikalainen avoids it well.
Teikalainen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen jabs at Loe's body.

Loe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Loe lands an elbow inside.
Teikalainen is pressed up against the cage. Loe has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Teikalainen down to the mat. Teikalainen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Loe looks to clinch
and Teikalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Loe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Teikalainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Teikalainen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Loe.
Loe misses with a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Loe.
Loe needs to keep his hands up - Teikalainen had a free shot at his head there.
Teikalainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Loe tries to land a front kick but Teikalainen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Loe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Teikalainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Teikalainen thows a body shot but no joy.
Loe scores with a kick to the body.
Loe throws a push kick but Teikalainen slaps the foot to one side.
Teikalainen takes a swing at Loe's ribcage but misses.
Teikalainen checks the leg kick nicely there.

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.
Loe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Teikalainen misses with the combination.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loe, right into the meat.
Loe throws a combination. Teikalainen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Loe dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Teikalainen. That did some damage!
Loe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Teikalainen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Loe lands with a kick to the ribs.
Loe tries to clinch up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Loe has Teikalainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Teikalainen can't break the clinch.
Loe lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Loe.
Teikalainen takes an elbow to the temple.

Loe manages to break the clinch.
Loe misses with a body kick.
Loe lands a nice looking body kick.
Loe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Loe avoids the body shot from Teikalainen.
Teikalainen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Loe with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Loe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Teikalainen can do to turn this around?
Loe lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Loe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Loe throws a nice inside leg kick.
Loe lets loose with a powerful body kick. Teikalainen will feel that in the morning.

Loe closes the distance and clinches.
Loe pushes Teikalainen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Loe lands a damaging elbow.

Loe pulls guard successfully.
Loe working a defensive guard here.
Loe thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Loe doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Loe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen wants to get up but he can't break Loe's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Teikalainen preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Teikalainen closes the distance but Loe moves to the side
and Loe counters with an outside leg kick.
Teikalainen looks to land a combination but Loe avoids it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Loe!
Teikalainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loe.
Loe doesn't manage to clinch there - Teikalainen circles away.

That's eight 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.
Loe slips under a jab from Teikalainen.
Loe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Loe.
Loe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Harald Loe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Loe moves away from the strike by Teikalainen.
Teikalainen missing with a left hand there. Loe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Loe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Teikalainen.
Teikalainen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Loe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Loe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Loe throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Loe closes the distance and clinches.
Loe prevents Teikalainen from breaking the clinch.
Loe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Loe lands an elbow inside.
Loe misses with an elbow strike.
Teikalainen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Loe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Teikalainen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Loe's waist but Loe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Teikalainen off to one side.
Loe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Loe clinches up with Teikalainen and pushes him back against the cage.
Teikalainen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Teikalainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Loe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Teikalainen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Loe smiles and moves away.

Loe rushes Teikalainen and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harald Loe dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Teikalainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Teikalainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Loe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Loe closes the distance and clinches.
Teikalainen has had enough of the clinch but Loe keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Loe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Teikalainen blocks the elbow strike.
Teikalainen wants to get back to striking at distance but Loe won't allow it.
Teikalainen is trying to break the clinch but Loe has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loe lands an elbow just above Teikalainen 's eye.
Loe lands an elbow just above Teikalainen 's eye.
Teikalainen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Teikalainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Loe has double underhooks.
Loe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Loe gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

Loe manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Loe.
Loe wants to clinch up but Teikalainen keeps it at a distance.
Teikalainen tries to clinch up but Loe circles away and keeps his distance.
Teikalainen throws a shot from downtown. Loe moves away and avoids it.
Teikalainen loads up on a big right hand but Loe slips the punch.
Loe misses with a low kick as Teikalainen jumps back.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Loe.
Teikalainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teikalainen moves out of range as Loe throws a body kick.

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.
Teikalainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Loe.
Teikalainen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Loe in his tracks.
Loe takes a swing at Teikalainen's ribcage but misses.
Loe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teikalainen tries to bum rush Loe with a series of wild strikes but Loe uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A solid body kick from Loe.
Loe is looking to wear down Teikalainen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Teikalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by Loe.
Teikalainen moves forwards but Loe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Loe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Loe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Loe instigates a clinch.

Loe manages to pull guard.
Teikalainen won't allow Loe to sweep him here.
Loe has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Teikalainen has passed into side control.
Loe is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Teikalainen off and has taken his back!
Teikalainen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Teikalainen is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Loe has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Teikalainen.
Loe lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Teikalainen trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Teikalainen covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Loe tries to keep control of the position but Teikalainen is staying busy.
Teikalainen holding both Loe 's hands and preventing any damage.
Loe looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teikalainen covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Teikalainen is trying to stand back up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Loe is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Teikalainen. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Loe lands strikes to the head.
Loe lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Loe lands shots from the back.
Loe loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Teikalainen hold on?
Teikalainen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Loe has Teikalainen flattened out and is raining down punches.
Loe is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Teikalainen up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Loe lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Teikalainen hold on?!
Good control from Loe.
Teikalainen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Loe is landing with strikes from the back.
Loe is landing with strikes from the back.
Loe softening up his opponent with strikes here.
A lull in the action here.
Loe lands strikes to the head.
Loe is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Teikalainen is covering up but some of the strikes from Loe are getting through and doing damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Teikalainen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Loe not allowing Teikalainen to control his hands.
Loe lands a shot to the body.
Loe lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Teikalainen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Loe gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Teikalainen covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Teikalainen is taking damage to the body and head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Loe looking to break Teikalainen's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Teikalainen remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Loe will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Loe throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Teikalainen!
Teikalainen is taking damage to the body and head.
Loe throwing sloppy strikes.
Loe misses with an elbow to the head.
Teikalainen has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Loe.

Loe is looking for a choke. Teikalainen gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Teikalainen manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Loe throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Loe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harald Loe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The crowd cheers as Teikalainen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Loe doesn't seem phased though.
Loe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Teikalainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Loe tries to score with a low kick but Teikalainen moves his leg out of the way.
Teikalainen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Loe.
A good leg kick by Loe.
Matti Teikalainen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good leg kick by Loe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Loe throws a front kick aimed at Teikalainen's knee but Teikalainen avoids it well.
Teikalainen misses with a kick to the body
and Loe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A combination from Loe does no damage.
Loe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Teikalainen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Harald Loe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Loe 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Harald Loe!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Harald Loe!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Harald Loe!

Harald Loe wins by unanimous decision!