PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Jutila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jutila has chosen The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Karlsson
vs
Jutila

192 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Jutila!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Karlsson.
Jutila uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Karlsson has time to react.

Jutila darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Karlsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Karlsson taking some punishment here, with Jutila in his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jutila scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Karlsson won't allow Jutila to pass to mount.
Karlsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jutila in particular looking to stall.
Nice strikes from Jutila there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jutila throwing shots but Karlsson is blocking nicely.
Jutila 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.
Jutila lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jutila trying to control from half guard but Karlsson is working away.
Karlsson is looking to escape.
Karlsson wants to improve his position but Jutila is controlling well.
Karlsson wants to get back to full guard but Jutila has mounted him!
Jutila sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jutila is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jutila controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Jutila.
Jutila controlling the position easily from mount.
Karlsson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jutila controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson regains half guard.

Karlsson manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Jutila feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Karlsson is trying to control the position but Jutila postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karlsson is looking to stand back up but Jutila counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Karlsson.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.

Jutila escapes and gets back to his feet.

Jutila changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Karlsson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Karlsson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jutila wants to control but Karlsson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jutila is trying is best to control the position here.
Karlsson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jutila wants to get back to full guard.
Jutila preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Jutila is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Karlsson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jutila manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Karlsson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jutila pulls Karlsson in close to his closed guard and prevents Karlsson from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Jutila dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Karlsson shoots in and drives through. Jutila sprawls well.
Jutila is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karlsson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jutila tries to avoid it but Karlsson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jutila to the ground. Jutila escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jutila catches Karlsson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Karlsson clinches but Jutila breaks the clinch

and Jutila counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Karlsson is trying to get back to full guard.
Jutila controlling the action here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jutila has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Karlsson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jutila lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jutila takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jutila raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jutila controlling from mount.
Jutila scoring with strikes but Karlsson is staying in there.
Jutila tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jari Jutila just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jutila looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karlsson stuffs the takedown.
Mike Karlsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jutila tries for a takedown but Karlsson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mike Karlsson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jari Jutila.
Karlsson tries to clinch but Jutila is having none of it.
Jutila misses with a takedown attempt

and Karlsson counters with a single leg into guard. Jutila didn't expect that.
Karlsson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Karlsson gets to his feet - Jutila follows without any prompting.

Karlsson takes the fight into the clinch.
Jutila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karlsson backwards.
Jutila is trying to drag Karlsson to the mat but Karlsson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jutila has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Karlsson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jutila working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jutila displaying some good clinch control by pressing Karlsson up against the cage.

Karlsson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jutila closes this distance looking for a takedown but Karlsson circles away.
Jutila with a lazy takedown attempt
and Karlsson counters with a left and a right that stings Jutila.
Karlsson digs a good body shot into Jutila's ribs.
Jutila has his takedown stuffed
and Karlsson counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Jutila showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Karlsson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jutila looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jutila connects with the punch.
Karlsson lands a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Karlsson misses.
Jutila throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Karlsson counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jutila doesn't manage to clinch there - Karlsson circles away.
Karlsson wants to clinch up but Jutila keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Karlsson.

Jutila drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jari Jutila has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jutila looking to pass the guard.
Jutila is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jutila throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karlsson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Karlsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jutila is looking to escape.
Karlsson avoids the attempt from Jutila to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jutila manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Jutila makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Horrible takedown by Jutila or perhaps it was just good defense by Karlsson which made him look bad.
Jutila throws a hook to the side of Karlsson's head but Karlsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jutila misses with a hook.
Jutila avoids a punch combination nicely.

Jutila scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mike Karlsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jutila prevents Karlsson from improving his position.
Karlsson wants to sweep but Jutila has passed to side control!
Jutila is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Karlsson will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Jutila cracks Karlsson with a big elbow.
Karlsson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jutila lands some shots froms side control.
Jutila wants to lay and pray for a moment but Karlsson keeps working.
Karlsson regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jutila wants to pass the guard but Karlsson is defending well.
Jutila has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Karlsson is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Jutila jumps into side control!
Karlsson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jari Jutila is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karlsson tries to escape but Jutila is in control.
Jutila just content to control the position.
Jutila landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jutila taking a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Jutila comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jutila 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Jutila!