PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miika Hanninen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Bad
vs
Hanninen

190 cm
19
183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
23
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Bad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miika Hanninen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanninen fails to land with a series of punches.
Hanninen throws a body punch but Bad moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hanninen scores with a shot to the side of Bad's head.
Hanninen tries to break the clinch but Bad is controlling the position.

Bad tightens his grip and picks Hanninen up, before dumping him to the ground. Hanninen manages to land in guard.
Hanninen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bad is one step ahead there.
Bad pushes down on Hanninen's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bad prevents Hanninen from improving his position.
Hanninen trying to control but Bad postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bad missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bad has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bad missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bad shoots in but no luck this time.
Hanninen throws a big shot that misses.
Bad tries to clinch up.
Hanninen takes a swing at Bad's ribcage but misses.

Bad forces Hanninen back against the cage and clinches.
Hanninen scores with a hook to the body.
Bad is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hanninen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hanninen is trying to maintain a safe position but Bad gets an underhook and turns Hanninen into the cage.
Hanninen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hanninen lands with a left to the head.
Hanninen prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Bad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Hanninen.
Bad works on Hanninen's body with a couple of short punches.
Bad tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bad goes for a takedown attempt but Hanninen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A jab from Hanninen misses.
Hanninen scores with a hook.
Hanninen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bad is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanninen cracks Bad with an open hand slap.
Bad tries to clinch there but Hanninen circles away.
Hanninen misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Hanninen does no damage.
Hanninen shoots in for a takedown but Bad shows good takedown defense.
Hanninen misses with a few strikes there.
Bad avoids a punch combination nicely.

Bad closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hanninen to the mat! Hanninen manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanninen has momentary wrist control but Bad slips an elbow through the middle.
Hanninen trying to strike off his back.
Bad trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanninen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bad stands up over Hanninen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hanninen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bad is looking to work some ground and pound but Hanninen has wrist control.
Hanninen keeping moving, preventing Bad from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bad slips a jab and a cross from Hanninen.

Bad gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hanninen gets underhooks to prevent Bad's takedown attempt.

Hanninen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hanninen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hanninen misses with a double jab.

Bad closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Bad working the head and body with strikes.
Bad working the head and body with strikes.
Bad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bad sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bad is keen to just control but Hanninen is a slippery customer.
Bad blocks the strikes from Hanninen.
Bad has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bad lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hanninen hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanninen is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bad dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bad doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hanninen counters with a straight right hand.
Bad avoids the body shot from Hanninen.

Bad clinches.
A short body shot lands from Bad as the two fighters clinch.
Bad tries for a takedown but Hanninen manages to get underhooks.
Hanninen is trying to break the clinch but Bad has him pressed against the cage.
Hanninen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Bad lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hanninen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hanninen.
Bad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bad controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hanninen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanninen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bad trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanninen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bad shoots in for a takedown but Hanninen shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Bad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bad fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bad on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bad fails to land the takedown.
Hanninen throws a right hand that Bad ducks under and follows up with a left that Bad also avoids with ease.

That's two 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.
Bad avoids the body shot from Hanninen.
Hanninen takes a swing at Bad's ribcage but misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hanninen.
A right-left combo lands from Hanninen.
Hanninen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hanninen tests Bad's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanninen swings for the body but Bad moves out of range.
Hanninen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Bad rather than just go for the knockout.

Bad gets a takedown into half guard.
Bad tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hanninen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hanninen is doing well to control the position and prevent Bad from advancing to side control.
Bad lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanninen trying to control from the bottom.
Bad wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hanninen keeps working.
Hanninen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hanninen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hanninen looking for a sweep. Not yet Hanninen, not yet.
Bad postures up and lands a big shot to Hanninen's brow.
Hanninen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hanninen can't keep his opponent in guard - Bad advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bad working Hanninen over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Bad.

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.
Hanninen wants to control but Bad is keeping busy.
Hanninen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bad's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bad's back!
Hanninen thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Bad breaks Hanninen's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Bad works over Hanninen with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bad's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bad working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bad landing some decent shots from guard.
Bad lands a couple of digs.
Hanninen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bad!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Miika Hanninen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bad shoots in but Hanninen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hanninen dips to his left and cracks Bad with an uppercut!
A big right from Hanninen misses.
Bad is looking to clinch.
Bad is looking to clinch.

Bad darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bad takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bad sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hanninen defending well though.
Bad thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hanninen's head.
Bad not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Johnny Bad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanninen wants to get back to full guard.
Bad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bad tries to pass to full mount but Hanninen defends it.
Bad thows a huge punch but Hanninen dodges it nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hanninen throws a nice looking combination but Bad bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hanninen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hanninen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bad misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Miika Hanninen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hanninen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hanninen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hanninen waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bad.
Hanninen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bad tries for a takedown but Hanninen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Bad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanninen throws a right hand that Bad ducks under and follows up with a left that Bad also avoids with ease.
Bad fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hanninen stuffs the takedown attempt from Bad. Bad gets slowly back to his feet.
Hanninen misses with a looping left.
Bad closes the distance and clinches up with Hanninen, looking for a takedown. Bad pushes Hanninen against the cage but Hanninen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hanninen scores with a three punch combo!
Hanninen throws a series of punches but Bad moves out of range.
Bad tries to clinch there but Hanninen circles away.
Bad fails with the takedown
and Hanninen counters with a stiff right hand.
Bad walks into a jab.
Hanninen tries for a takedown but Bad sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bad changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hanninen tries to avoid it but Bad manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hanninen to the ground. Hanninen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hanninen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanninen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Bad decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bad blocks the strikes from Hanninen.
Bad slows the pace down in half guard.
Hanninen gets full guard.
Hanninen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Bad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hanninen's head.
Bad seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Hanninen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanninen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad is controlling him.
Bad sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hanninen's head.
Hanninen tries to strike from the bottom.
Hanninen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hanninen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bad is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bad.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Bad.
I think Bad has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Bad!