PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Sillanpaa (ranked 5083 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Winfield (ranked 7699 p4p, 0 weight class). Winfield comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pulp Fiction Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sillanpaa
vs
Winfield

195 cm
20
208 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
32
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Sillanpaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jules Winfield!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sillanpaa tries to keep at a distance but Winfield has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sillanpaa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Winfield has had enough of the clinch but Sillanpaa keeps him there for the moment.
Winfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sillanpaa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Winfield is trying to break the clinch but Sillanpaa has him pressed against the cage.
Sillanpaa throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Sillanpaa - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Sillanpaa.
Sillanpaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sillanpaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winfield blocking some punches.
Sillanpaa misses with some punches.
Winfield is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sillanpaa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sillanpaa scores with a shoulder strike.
Sillanpaa tries a body shot but Winfield blocks it.
Sillanpaa is trying to stall.
Sillanpaa working aggressively here.
Sillanpaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Winfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winfield takes a shot to the head.
Sillanpaa taking a breather.
Winfield blocks an uppercut.
Sillanpaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winfield looking for a takedown.

Sillanpaa manages to break the clinch.

Winfield clinches up with Sillanpaa and pushes him back against the cage.
Sillanpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Winfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sillanpaa misses with some punches.
Sillanpaa misses with a body punch.
Winfield is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jari Sillanpaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jules Winfield.
Sillanpaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winfield backwards.
Sillanpaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sillanpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Winfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winfield blocks a body shot from Sillanpaa.
Winfield looking for a takedown.
Winfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winfield goes for a takedown attempt but Sillanpaa pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jari Sillanpaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Winfield closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sillanpaa circles away.
Sillanpaa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Winfield with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sillanpaa to score with a decent uppercut.
Sillanpaa is looking to clinch but Winfield is avoiding it.
Winfield takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That kick from Sillanpaa tenderised Winfield's leg. Winfield is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sillanpaa throws an off balance right hand

and Winfield counters with a shoot takedown. Sillanpaa fights it but they end up in guard.
Sillanpaa has Winfield pulled in close to control his posture.
Winfield missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Winfield postures up in Sillanpaa's guard and throws a big left but Sillanpaa blocks it.
Sillanpaa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Winfield cracks Sillanpaa with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winfield tries to free his leg and advance position but Sillanpaa is retaining full guard.
Sillanpaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Winfield must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sillanpaa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winfield.
Sillanpaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Winfield loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winfield throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winfield throwing strikes but missing.
Sillanpaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sillanpaa has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sillanpaa loads up on a big right hand but Winfield slips the punch.
Sillanpaa scores with a hook.
Winfield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jari Sillanpaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sillanpaa connects with the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Winfield closes the distance and clinches.
Sillanpaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winfield can't get the takedown.
Winfield wants to get back to striking at distance but Sillanpaa won't allow it.
Winfield takes a shot to the head.
Sillanpaa is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Winfield's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Winfield.

Winfield has clasped his hands together around Sillanpaa's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sillanpaa can't do much from the bottom here.
Sillanpaa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Winfield has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Winfield in side control, throwing shots but Sillanpaa defends.
Winfield connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sillanpaa some visible discomfort.
Winfield trying to control the position but Sillanpaa is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jari Sillanpaa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Winfield closes the distance and clinches.
Sillanpaa has a couple of punches blocked by Winfield.
A short uppercut from Sillanpaa.
Winfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sillanpaa has a couple of punches blocked by Winfield.
Sillanpaa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Winfield is looking for a takedown.
Sillanpaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Winfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sillanpaa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sillanpaa throws a head punch that misses.
Sillanpaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sillanpaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Winfield or not.
Winfield wants a takedown but no success here.
A shot in the inside from Sillanpaa.
Winfield misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sillanpaa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Winfield.
Jari Sillanpaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jules Winfield.
Sillanpaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Winfield backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sillanpaa trying to control the position but instead, Winfield has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sillanpaa into the cage.
Winfield is struggling to control the position.
Winfield prevents a body shot from Sillanpaa.
Winfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sillanpaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Winfield.
Sillanpaa being controlled against the cage.
Winfield tries to work over Sillanpaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Winfield takes a shot to the head.
Sillanpaa lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Sillanpaa on the inside.
Winfield blocks an uppercut.

Winfield is trying to trip Sillanpaa. He has hold of a leg but Sillanpaa is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Winfield persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winfield in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Winfield working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Winfield throws a big right hand that misses.
Winfield forces his way into half guard.
Sillanpaa preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Winfield seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sillanpaa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nice strikes from Winfield there.
Sillanpaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winfield can do to turn this around?
Winfield sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sillanpaa defending well though.
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!
Winfield not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sillanpaa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winfield not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winfield not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Winfield throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Winfield slips a nice elbow through Sillanpaa's hands, connecting with Sillanpaa's forehead.
Winfield working the head and body with strikes.

Sillanpaa is rocked!
Winfield working the head and body with strikes.
Oh Sillanpaa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Winfield lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Sillanpaa quite badly. Sillanpaa pulls Winfield in close trying to recover. Winfield postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Sillanpaa on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Sillanpaa doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jules Winfield!
Jules Winfield tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.