PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommi Hartola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mountain has chosen kuningas as his entrance music. Jari Mountain has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Hartola
vs
Mountain

192 cm
36
215 lbs
42 - 17 - 1

189 cm
36
209 lbs
26 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 42 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Hartola!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mountain lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hartola takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mountain is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mountain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hartola.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hartola.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mountain throws a leg kick
and Hartola makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mountain throws a leg kick which misses Hartola's front leg but catches the back leg as Hartola tries to avoid it.
A big right from Hartola misses.
Hartola uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hartola lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mountain backs up against the cage.
A leg kick checked by Mountain.
Mountain checks a leg kick nicely.
Hartola slips a straight right by Mountain.
Hartola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mountain moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hartola is out of range and Mountain settles back down.
Nice shot by Mountain.
Hartola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab by Mountain.
Hartola takes one to the chin there.
Some bone on bone action there as Hartola checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mountain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hartola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mountain.
Hartola takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
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!
Mountain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hartola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mountain lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartola is looking to land body kicks.
Mountain throws a shot to the body.
Hartola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mountain has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hartola takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mountain connects with a body shot that sends Hartola's belly button to the back.
Mountain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mountain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hartola misses with a low kick.
Mountain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mountain moves out of range of the strikes.
Hartola uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mountain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mountain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain throws a low kick but Hartola avoids it.
Hartola misses the jab.
Mountain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mountain stalks Hartola and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hartola's face. Hartola staggers backwards, shaken.
Mountain throws out a leg kick but Hartola moves out of range and Mountain only half commits.
Hartola slips a jab from Mountain.
Mountain misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Mountain misses the target.
Mountain shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hartola eats them both and turns towards Mountain to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mountain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mountain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mountain connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mountain shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hartola eats them both and turns towards Mountain to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain avoids the head kick by Hartola.
Mountain thows a leg kick but Hartola checks it
and Hartola makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mountain really felt that one!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hartola.
Hartola throws a push kick but Mountain slaps the foot to one side.
Mountain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mountain 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.
Hartola lands a body shot.
Mountain throws a front kick aimed at Hartola's knee but Hartola avoids it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Mountain blocks the leg kick.
Mountain is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mountain connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mountain pushes Hartola away with a front kick.
Mountain takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Mountain dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Hartola.
Hartola takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hartola is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mountain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hartola.
Hartola throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mountain lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mountain lands with a nice combination. Hartola backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hartola stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mountain.
Mountain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hartola. That did some damage!
Mountain punishes Hartola's body with a nice straight punch.
Jari Mountain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mountain throws a sloppy head kick and Hartola moves out of range easily.
Mountain cracks Hartola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mountain misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mountain punishes Hartola's body with a nice straight punch.
Hartola 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.
Mountain looks to score with a jab to the body but Hartola is just out of range.
Hartola slips a jab and a cross from Mountain.
Jari Mountain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by Mountain - just one landing.
An inside leg kick from Mountain misses.
Hartola tries to land a front kick but Mountain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mountain connects with a crisp jab.
Mountain lands with a right hand.
A leg kick checked by Hartola.
Hartola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain misses with an uppercut. Hartola saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick from Mountain misses.
Nice cross by Mountain.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mountain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hartola doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mountain connects with a right hand. Hartola shakes it off.
A low kick from Mountain misses
and Hartola counters with a good low kick that Mountain was not able to check.
Mountain wants to slow Hartola down by chopping away at his legs.
Mountain tries to score with a low kick but Hartola moves his leg out of the way.
Mountain throws an overhand right that lands on Hartola's shoulder, as Hartola tries to avoid the shot.
Hartola looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mountain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hartola circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mountain. Hartola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hartola is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mountain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mountain throws a series of punches but Hartola avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Mountain does it's job there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hartola, as that shot connected.
Mountain misses the jab.
Mountain buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mountain throws a low kick, looking for Hartola's leg but Hartola calmly moves out of range.
Mountain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hartola.
Hartola lands with a cross.
Mountain slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hartola pushes Mountain away with a front kick.
Hartola throws a leg kick which misses Mountain's front leg but catches the back leg as Mountain tries to avoid it.
Mountain is breathing heavily.
Mountain slips a jab and a cross from Hartola.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain just misses with a punch to the body.
Mountain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mountain looks to land a combination but Hartola avoids it well.
Hartola feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mountains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A bone on bone clash there as Hartola blocks the leg kick.
Hartola misses with a right hand
and Mountain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mountain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mountain misses with a few strikes there.
Hartola shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mountain tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hartola lands with a nice body kick.
Mountain takes a swing at Hartola's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Mountain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hartola scores with a leg kick.
Hartola lands a jab to Mountain's midsection.
Mountain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mountain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mountain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hartola can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mountain ducks right into an uppercut from Hartola.
Hartola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mountain manages to avoid it.
Hartola lands a leg kick that knocks Mountain off balance momentarily.
Mountain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hartola. Hartola obviously looking to wear him down.
Mountain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hartola lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mountain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hartola.
Hartola checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hartola lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain throws out a leg kick but Hartola moves out of range and Mountain only half commits.
Hartola lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mountain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mountain on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mountain sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A combination from Mountain does no damage.
Hartola jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartola thows a body kick. Mountain tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mountain blocks a leg kick.
Hartola throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hartola buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Hartola moved away.
Hartola lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mountain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hartola.
Hartola scores with a nice body kick.
Hartola misses the shot to the body.
Hartola connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good shot there by Hartola.
Hartola looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mountain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hartola chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hartola looks to land a body kick but Mountain moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hartola.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hartola will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mountain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hartola throws a leg kick but Mountain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mountain loads up on a big right hand but Hartola slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Hartola.
Mountain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hartola swings for the body but Mountain moves out of range.
Hartola avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mountain's corner calls for a 1-2. Mountain obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hartola takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mountain checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartola dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mountain. That did some damage!
Hartola takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mountain misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartola manages to avoid it.
Mountain avoids the head kick by Hartola.
Mountain lands a body shot.
A big right from Mountain misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Mountain blocks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartola finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Hartola lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mountain has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hartola.
Hartola lands a leg kick that knocks Mountain off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Hartola clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mountain throws a leg kick
and Hartola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hartola fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mountain.
Mountain moves out of range as Hartola throws a body kick.
Mountain tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mountain throws a solid leg kick but Hartola takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mountain.
Mountain on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hartola chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mountain can pounce on him.
Mountain tries to land a leg kick but Hartola saw it coming and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Hartola blocks the low kick.
Mountain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mountain moves out of range of the body kick.
Mountain throws a series of punches but Hartola avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartola comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mountain walks into a stiff left hand from Hartola.
Hartola throws a body kick that misses
and Mountain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mountain scores with the left hand. Hartola knows he should have avoided that one.
A big right from Mountain misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hartola. Mountain shrugs it off though.
Hartola throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mountain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hartola walks into a straight right hand from Mountain.
Hartola pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mountain is out of range and Hartola settles back down.
Hartola swings for the body but Mountain moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hartola checks a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Hartola.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartola checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hartola takes one on the button.
Hartola lands a nice shot to the body.
Mountain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mountain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hartola connects with a solid leg kick.
Mountain lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mountain moves out of range as Hartola throws a body kick.
Mountain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartola takes a swing at Mountain's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hartola walks into a stiff left hand from Mountain.
Hartola throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mountain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hartola moves away.
Mountain tries to score with a low kick but Hartola moves his leg out of the way.
Nice shot by Mountain.
Hartola lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mountain misses with a hook.
Hartola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mountain.
Mountain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mountain throws a chopping leg kick but Hartola manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hartola scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mountain is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mountain misses with an uppercut. Hartola saw that one coming.
Hartola lands a glancing blow to the side of Mountain's head.
Hartola misses with a low kick.
Mountain blocks a leg kick.
Mountain throws a shot from downtown. Hartola moves away and avoids it.
Mountain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hartola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mountain.
Hartola misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mountain lands a right hook to the body.
Hartola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mountain misses with a hook. Hartola ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Hartola had his way with Jari Mountain in that round.
That's time! Hartola's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mountain wants to slow Hartola down by chopping away at his legs.
Hartola misses with a low kick.
Mountain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mountain tries to land a leg kick but Hartola saw it coming and moves away.
Hartola moves out of range of the leg kick from Mountain.
Hartola swings for the body but Mountain moves out of range.
Mountain throws a chopping leg kick but Hartola manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mountain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Hartola sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mountain throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hartola connects with a solid leg kick.
Hartola looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain dodges the punch combination from Hartola.
Mountain throws a leg kick which misses Hartola's front leg but catches the back leg as Hartola tries to avoid it.
Hartola throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mountain counters with a good low kick that Hartola was not able to check.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mountain.
Mountain misses with an uppercut.
Mountain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hartola manages to avoid it.
Mountain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hartola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hartola looks to throw a body kick
and Mountain counters with a nice leg kick.
Hartola throws a leg kick
and Mountain counters with a straight right hand.
Hartola moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartola tries to score with a low kick but Mountain moves his leg out of the way.
Mountain checks a leg kick.
Mountain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mountain scores with a body shot.
Hartola checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Mountain there.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Hartola sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mountain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hartola walks into a stiff left hand from Mountain.
Mountain lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain works the jab nicely.
Hartola takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Mountain misses its intended target.
Mountain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A low kick from Mountain misses
and Mountain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mountain lands a glancing blow to the side of Hartola's head.

Hartola is rocked!
Mountain clobbers Hartola with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oh Hartola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mountain throws a nice looking combination but Hartola bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hartola misses with a kick to the body.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Mountain! Hartola is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Mountain!
Jari Mountain is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jari Mountain seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.