PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 1475 p4p, 157 weight class) and Jesse Karhu (ranked 1054 p4p, 120 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Boyka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Norman - Fury. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boyka
vs
Karhu

202 cm
33
240 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

213 cm
24
265 lbs
8 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuri Boyka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse Karhu!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Karhu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karhu.
Boyka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyka misses with a straight right.
Karhu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karhu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boyka seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Karhu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boyka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karhu manages to avoid it.
Karhu swings for the body but Boyka moves out of range.
Karhu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boyka's head backwards.
Karhu sizes up Boyka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good exchange - Karhu coming out on top.
Karhu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boyka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Karhu has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boyka misses with an uppercut.
Boyka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Karhu moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Karhu with a jab.
Boyka misses with a head kick.
Karhu throws out a loose jab but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karhu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boyka.
A head kick misses from Boyka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu ducks right into an uppercut from Boyka.
Karhu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boyka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boyka looks to land a right hand but Karhu moved out of range.
Karhu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jesse Karhu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karhu defending well as Boyka loads up on a big left hand.
Boyka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karhu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karhu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Boyka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Karhu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boyka.
The fighters circling - Boyka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karhu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karhu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Boyka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karhu.
Karhu moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boyka tries to bum rush Karhu with a series of wild strikes but Karhu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karhu throws out a counter right but Boyka avoids it with no problem.
Karhu scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karhu looks to land a left hand but Boyka moved out of range nicely.
Karhu lands a two punch combo.
Karhu slips under a jab.
Boyka throws a series of punches but Karhu avoids them all with ease.
Boyka is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Karhu's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka looks to throw the jab but Karhu is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Karhu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Boyka.
Karhu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boyka.
Karhu throws out a loose jab but Boyka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karhu blocks a jab.
Boyka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karhu moves away.
Karhu throws a right and a left that Boyka avoids nicely.
As Karhu looks to move away, Boyka throws a big counter combo but Karhu just gets out of the way.
Boyka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boyka looks to throw the jab but Karhu is out of range.
Boyka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Karhu is out of range and Boyka settles back down.
Boyka misses with a hook. Karhu ducked under it nicely.
Boyka takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Karhu is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boyka throws a body shot but no joy.
Karhu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karhu. Boyka does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Karhu misses.
Karhu lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu jabs at Boyka's body.
Karhu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karhu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boyka.
Boyka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Karhu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boyka connects with a solid leg kick.
Boyka throws a hook but Karhu avoids it easily.
Boyka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Boyka is rocked!
Boyka is looking to land body kicks.
Karhu misses with a looping left.
Karhu looks to land a right hand but Boyka moved out of range.
Boyka is looking for a counter combo.
Karhu misses with a hook
and Karhu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That has opened up Jesse Karhu's cut even more.
Boyka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karhu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boyka lands a nice hook to Karhu's body. Karhu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boyka misses with a straight left.
Karhu lands with an uppercut that bounces Boyka off the cage and back into range.
Boyka throws a combination that misses
and Karhu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boyka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Karhu.
Karhu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karhu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Boyka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice jab there from Karhu.
Oh Boyka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyka.
Boyka seems to have got his legs back now.
Karhu slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karhu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyka.
Boyka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Karhu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyka.
Karhu misses with a right hand
and Boyka counters with a three punch combo that has Karhu backing up. Karhu nods at Boyka to acknowledge the strikes.
Karhu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boyka throws a shot from downtown. Karhu moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Boyka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boyka.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karhu walks into a jab.
Karhu misses with a few strikes there.
Karhu thuds his right hand into Boyka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karhu misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Karhu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Karhu's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Boyka works over Karhu's head and body with a nice combination.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Boyka might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Karhu works Boyka's body with a nice hook.
Boyka throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Boyka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karhu.
Boyka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karhu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Boyka with a body shot.
Karhu looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyka is just out of range.
Karhu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boyka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boyka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Boyka has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Karhu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyka.
Boyka swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Boyka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Karhu misses with a hook to the body
and Boyka counters with a straight right hand.
Boyka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karhu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karhu lands with a straight right. Boyka didn't see that one coming.
Boyka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karhu moves away.
A combination from Boyka does no damage.
Karhu looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyka is just out of range.
Karhu looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyka is just out of range.
Boyka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Donk. Karhu catches Boyka right on the button with a cross.
A head kick misses from Boyka.
Karhu throws a body punch but Boyka moves out of range.
Karhu jabs at Boyka's body.
Boyka walks into a jab.
Boyka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karhu.
Boyka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Karhu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boyka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karhu.
Karhu connects with a looping right hand.
Boyka takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karhu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karhu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Boyka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyka avoids the body shot from Karhu.
Karhu takes a swing at Boyka's ribcage but misses.
Karhu throws the left hand but Boyka avoids the punch easily.
Boyka throws a jab but it's blocked by Karhu.
Karhu throws out a powerful jab.
Karhu lands a nice hook to Boyka's body. Boyka takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boyka misses with a lunging right hand
and Karhu counters with a left to the body.
Boyka misses with a series of wild punches.
Karhu slips a straight right by Boyka.
Sloppy strikes from Boyka. Those never looked like landing.
Karhu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Boyka swings widly with a right hand
and Karhu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karhu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karhu throws a looping overhand right but Boyka ducks down to avoid it.
Karhu misses with a series of wild punches.
Boyka throws a hook to the side of Karhu's head but Karhu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyka dodges the punch combination from Karhu.
Karhu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boyka.
Boyka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karhu.
Karhu lands with a good body shot.
Karhu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Karhu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Karhu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karhu throws a jab when Boyka was well out of range.
Boyka slips a jab and a cross from Karhu.
Karhu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boyka moves away.
Karhu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boyka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab by Karhu.
Boyka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Karhu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boyka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karhu.
Karhu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Karhu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karhu.
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!
Karhu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Karhu looks to move away, Boyka throws a big counter combo but Karhu just gets out of the way.
Karhu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Boyka.
Boyka throws a nice looking combination but Karhu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boyka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Boyka misses with a body kick.
Boyka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karhu.
Karhu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karhu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karhu circles away quickly and effectively.
Karhu scores with a one two! Boyka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boyka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Karhu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boyka lands a jab-cross combination.
Karhu's corner calls for a 1-2. Karhu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The fighters circling - Boyka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Karhu drops Boyka with a big left hand! Boyka is injured, injured bad! Karhu jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Karhu!
Jesse Karhu thanked the fans post fight for their support.