PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wallid Wallenda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorma Joukahainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wallid Wallenda could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jorma Joukahainen's chin.

Wallenda
vs
Joukahainen

191 cm
19
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wallid Wallenda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorma Joukahainen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallenda ducks under a wild hook from Joukahainen.
Wallenda misses with a body shot.
A jab from Joukahainen misses.
Wallenda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joukahainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wallenda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Joukahainen to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Wallid Wallenda has been cut.
Wallenda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joukahainen throws out the jab.
Wallenda wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Joukahainen throws a hook but Wallenda blocks it.
Wallenda connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joukahainen. Joukahainen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Joukahainen ducks under a wild hook from Wallenda.
Joukahainen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A lazy left from Joukahainen finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joukahainen throws a looping overhand right but Wallenda ducks down to avoid it.
Joukahainen defending well as Wallenda loads up on a big left hand.
Wallenda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joukahainen.
Joukahainen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

Wallenda clinches up against the cage.
Joukahainen is trying to break the clinch but Wallenda has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallenda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wallenda has Joukahainen pressed against the cage, preventing Joukahainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short body shot lands from Wallenda as the two fighters clinch.
Wallenda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wallenda misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallenda misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallenda struggles to land a body shot inside as Joukahainen controls his hands.
Wallenda swings wildly with an uppercut but Joukahainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallenda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wallenda misses with some punches.
Joukahainen blocks a body shot from Wallenda.
Wallenda working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Wallenda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wallenda has Joukahainen pressed against the cage, preventing Joukahainen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Joukahainen has Wallenda pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wallenda manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallenda presses Joukahainen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wallenda has a couple of punches blocked by Joukahainen.
Wallenda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joukahainen.
Wallenda throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joukahainens head.
Wallenda could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Joukahainen prevents a body shot from Wallenda.
Joukahainen blocking some punches.
Joukahainen tries for a takedown but Wallenda manages to get underhooks.
Joukahainen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Joukahainen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wallenda misses with a right hand
and Joukahainen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joukahainen has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Joukahainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joukahainen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallenda misses with a body shot.
Joukahainen avoids the body shot from Wallenda.

Joukahainen tries to keep at a distance but Wallenda has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallenda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wallenda prevents Joukahainen from breaking the clinch.
Joukahainen looking for a takedown.
Wallid Wallenda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorma Joukahainen.
Joukahainen blocking some punches.
Wallenda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Wallenda fails to land.
Wallenda has a couple of punches blocked by Joukahainen.
Joukahainen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wallenda has him pressed against the cage.
Wallenda has a couple of punches blocked by Joukahainen.
Wallenda lands with a right to the head.
Joukahainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Wallenda has double underhooks.
Wallenda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Wallenda's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Joukahainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Joukahainen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallenda manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallenda loads up on a big right hand but Joukahainen slips the punch.
Wallenda moves away from the strike by Joukahainen.
Wallenda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joukahainen.
Joukahainen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wallenda. Wallenda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wallenda throws a lazy uppercut
and Joukahainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wallenda is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Joukahainen's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A jab from Joukahainen misses.
Joukahainen cracks Wallenda with an open hand slap.
The fighters circling - Joukahainen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joukahainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wallenda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Joukahainen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Wallenda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wallenda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallenda.
Wallenda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wallid Wallenda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wallid Wallenda's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wallenda tries to clinch up.
Joukahainen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Wallenda throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Joukahainen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Joukahainen loads up on a big right hand but Wallenda slips the punch.
Wallenda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Joukahainen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wallenda doesn't manage to clinch there - Joukahainen circles away.
Joukahainen swings for the body but Wallenda moves out of range.
Wallenda throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Joukahainen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wallenda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Joukahainen manages to get himself to full guard.

Wallenda trying to control but Joukahainen is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wallenda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wallenda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Joukahainen on the ground.
Wallenda trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joukahainen keeping moving, preventing Wallenda from controlling successfully.
Wallenda works over Joukahainen with some ground and pound from guard.
Wallenda trying to control but Joukahainen is working from the bottom.
Joukahainen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wallenda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joukahainen can do to turn this around?
Wallenda trying to control but Joukahainen is working from the bottom.
Wallenda has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Wallenda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Wallenda got a little sloppy there for a moment and Joukahainen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wallenda has managed to get both his arms back between Joukahainen's legs - danger averted.
Wallenda showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

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.
Joukahainen tries to strike from the bottom.
Wallenda advances position into side control!
Joukahainen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wallenda tries to advance to mount but Joukahainen denies him.
Wallenda lands some shots froms side control.
Wallenda scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Joukahainen to see if he's OK.
Wallenda cracks Joukahainen with a big elbow.
Joukahainen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallenda wants to control but Joukahainen is keeping him busy.
Wallenda landing a few strikes.
Wallenda working the head and body with strikes.
Joukahainen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wallenda creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wallenda working away.
Joukahainen is trying to improve his position.
Joukahainen is trying to control Wallenda's posture but Wallenda avoids it.
Joukahainen taking a bit of punishment here - Wallenda scoring with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joukahainen struggling a bit here.
Wallenda throwing strikes but Joukahainen manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Wallenda tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Joukahainen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Joukahainen scoring with punches from side control.
Joukahainen gets to mount! Wallenda was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Joukahainen wants to control the pace but Wallenda is squirming around nicely.
Wallenda is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wallid Wallenda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wallid Wallenda's cut.
That's time! Wallenda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Joukahainen keeps the fight on the outside.
Wallenda wants to clinch
and Joukahainen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Joukahainen lands the left hand.
Wallenda misses with a body shot.
Joukahainen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joukahainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallenda is just out of range.
Wallid Wallenda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joukahainen cracks Wallenda with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Wallenda clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joukahainen tries to break free but Wallenda pushes him back against the cage.
Joukahainen is trying to push Wallenda away but Wallenda has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wallenda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallenda misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Wallenda - that landed with a thud.
Wallid Wallenda has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joukahainen is looking to break free of the clinch but Wallenda has double underhooks.
Joukahainen tries to break the clinch but Wallenda is controlling the position.
Wallenda lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wallenda misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallenda swings wildly with an uppercut but Joukahainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallenda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Joukahainen drags the fight down to the ground.
Wallenda throws a big right hand that misses.
Wallenda's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wallenda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joukahainen is keeping the position for now.

Joukahainen looking for a triangle here. Wallenda is fighting it but it looks tight! Joukahainen pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Wallenda is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jorma Joukahainen!