PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Joll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James's entrance music is Biscuits & Gravy. A fine choice. Joll has chosen ACDC - ThunderStruck as his entrance music. Bubba James has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

James
vs
Joll

188 cm
31
272 lbs
8 - 15 - 0

175 cm
26
265 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 8 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bubba James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Joll!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
James crunches a lovely knee into Joll's ribcage.
Joll drops down looking for an ankle pick but James pulls his leg out and moves away.
James is looking to clinch but Joll is avoiding it.
Bubba James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by James.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

James takes the fight into the clinch.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A left lands for James.

James clinches up with Joll and pushes him back against the cage.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
Joll looks winded!
James lands an elbow that stopped Joll in his tracks for a moment.
Joll takes a knee to the side of the body.
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Joll won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James breaks the clinch.

James closes the distance and clinches.
James lands a body shot.
Joll takes an elbow to the forehead.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joll's face.

James breaks from the clinch.
James tries a low kick but Joll avoids it.

James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Joll gets tackled into the cage by James. James maintains the clinch.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
James comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Greg Joll has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.

James manages to break the clinch.

James takes the fight into the clinch.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

James moves into the clinch.
Joll goes for a takedown in the clinch but James prevents it.

James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

James closes the distance and pushes Joll back into the cage.
James lands an uppercut.
Joll wants a takedown.
Bubba James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Joll.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
I was talking to James's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short left from James.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

James instigates a clinch.
James lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joll takes a knee right on the jaw!
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Joll is defending well for now.

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

James clinches with his opponent.
James comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
James crunches a lovely knee into Joll's ribcage.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

James has managed to clinch.
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!
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.

James breaks from the clinch.

James gets in close and instigates a clinch.
James prevents the takedown attempt.
Joll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

James pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

James clinches.
James landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Joll moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
James throws a series of strikes that have Joll backpedaling.
James misses with an attempted mid kick.

James clinches up against the cage.
A short left from James.

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

James instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James lands with a right to the head.
James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Joll takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
James lands with a nice body punch.

Joll gets tackled into the cage by James. James maintains the clinch.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
James lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by James.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A hook to the body from James.
A nice glancing elbow lands by James.

James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
James is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
James wants to clinch up but Joll keeps it at a distance.
Donk. James catches Joll right on the button with a cross.

James rushes Joll and presses him up against the cage.

James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bubba James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Joll is breathing heavily.

James has managed to clinch.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

James manages to break the clinch.
James tries to clinch but Joll is having none of it.

James rushes Joll and presses him up against the cage.
James lands an elbow inside that Joll shrugs off.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Joll tries to keep at a distance but James has taken the fight into the clinch.
Joll takes an elbow to the temple.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joll can do to turn this around?

James clinches up with Joll and pushes him back against the cage.
James lands a shoulder strike.
A hook to the body from James.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

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

James rushes Joll and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

James has taken the fight to the clinch.
James scores with an uppercut up the middle.

James breaks from the clinch.
James bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
James lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

James closes the distance and pushes Joll back into the cage.
A short uppercut from James.

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

James clinches up against the cage.
James lands a nice shot to the body.
James lands a nice knee to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
James lands a damaging elbow.

James breaks the clinch.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.

James moves into the clinch.
James lands an elbow inside that Joll shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from James.
A short right hand to the side of the head by James.
James lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James misses with a knee to the head.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James looking to throw knees to the head but Joll is blocking nicely.
Joll takes a knee to the side of the body.
James creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joll's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joll's face.
James creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joll's defenses.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joll backwards.
Good body shot from James.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Joll avoids it.
Good body shot from James.
James gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
James creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Joll's defenses.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

James breaks the clinch.
James tries to clinch but Joll is having none of it.

James instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Greg Joll's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

James has closed the distance and engaged Joll in a clinch.
Joll is trying to drag James to the mat but James just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Joll drops down looking for an ankle pick but James pulls his leg out and moves away.
Joll keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
James looks to land a combination. Joll sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
James lands a two punch combo.
James stuns Joll with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joll keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joll takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James looking to land some kicks to the body here.
James is looking to wear down Joll with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

James clinches up with Joll and pushes him back against the cage.
Joll takes a knee to the side of the body.
James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
James lands an elbow just above Joll 's eye.
Joll's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
James lands a right hand.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
James lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Joll won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James scores with a shot to the side of Joll's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James digs a right hand underneath Joll's ribcage. Joll let out a lung full of air as it connected.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James catches Joll with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
James connects with a single shot there.
James is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

James rushes Joll and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
James lands an elbow inside that Joll shrugs off.
James lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James lands with a left to the head.

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

James gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A knee to the head by James.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joll wants a takedown.
Bubba James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Joll.
Joll's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

James clinches with his opponent.
Nice body punch from James - that landed with a thud.

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

James has closed the distance and engaged Joll in a clinch.
Bubba James is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
James lands a body punch.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

James has managed to clinch.
James prevents the takedown attempt.

James breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James lands with a nice combination. Joll backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

James closes the distance and pushes Joll back into the cage.
Joll wants to take the fight to the mat but James manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
James gets through Joll's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

James breaks from the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Joll.
James tries to bum rush Joll with a series of wild strikes but Joll uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joll shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joll manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

James clinches up against the cage.
Greg Joll has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James lands an elbow inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bubba James showed his dominance in that final round.
Well James 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:24
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bubba James!
In defeat, Greg Joll stepped up to the mic, saying 'You call this pain? Try sniffing a beach of sand while wearing budgie smugglers - now that is pain. '.