PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Do Ho Joy (ranked 45 p4p, 68 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 6 p4p, 9 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying The Human's choice of entrance music: Adventure Time. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ho Joy
vs
The Human

175 cm
35
148
30 - 13 - 0

175 cm
34
145
28 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Do Ho Joy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho Joy throws a nice inside leg kick.
The Human's corner calls for a 1-2. The Human obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Human connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ho Joy momentarily.
The Human tries to clinch up
and Ho Joy counters with a nice uppercut.
The Human tries to clinch but Ho Joy moves out of range.
The Human throws the left hand but Ho Joy avoids the punch easily.
Ho Joy slips under a jab.
Ho Joy connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Ho Joy lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Human doesn't seem phased though.
Ho Joy misses with an uppercut.
A jab from The Human misses.
The Human cracks Ho Joy with a good jab.
Ho Joy needs to keep his hands up - The Human had a free shot at his head there.
Ho Joy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Human misses with an uppercut. Ho Joy saw that one coming.
Ho Joy tries to land a leg kick but The Human saw it coming and moves away.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Human drops his hands momentarily and Ho Joy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Human cracks Ho Joy with an open hand slap.
Ho Joy slips a jab from The Human.
Ho Joy is looking to counter punch.
The Human keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ho Joy.
The Human is looking to clinch.
The Human walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy needs to keep his hands up - The Human had a free shot at his head there.
The Human slips a jab from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy tries to work over The Human's front leg with a kick but The Human checks it.
The Human lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ho Joy scores with a jab to the head.
Nice jab there from The Human.
The Human misses the shot to the body.
The Human 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.
Ho Joy throws a big shot that misses.
The Human misses the shot to the body.
The Human fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ho Joy checks it well.
Ho Joy fires out a quick counter leg kick but The Human just manages to avoid it.
Ho Joy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Human is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ho Joy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
The Human lands an overhand right.
The Human connects with an inside leg kick.
The Human lands with a right hand.
Ho Joy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho Joy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
Ho Joy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Human cracks Ho Joy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ho Joy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice shot by The Human.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy digs a good body shot into The Human's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy looks to land a right hand but The Human moved out of range.
The Human appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The Human misses with a straight left.
The Human blocks a jab.
Ho Joy misses with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by The Human - just one landing.
The Human misses the jab.
A nice leg kick from The Human, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Human misses with a hook. Ho Joy ducked under it nicely.
The Human throws an overhand right that lands on Ho Joy's shoulder, as Ho Joy tries to avoid the shot.
Ho Joy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Human blocks a jab.
Ho Joy misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.

The Human gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ho Joy lands a left hand.
Ho Joy lands with a light punch inside.
The Human blocking some punches.
The Human tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ho Joy's elbow.
Ho Joy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Human.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Human doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from The Human.
The Human misses with a body punch.
The Human blocks an uppercut.

Ho Joy breaks the clinch.
Ho Joy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ho Joy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Human.
Ho Joy misses with a looping right.
Ho Joy misses with an uppercut.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Human.
The Human lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by The Human.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Joy was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
The Human lands with a shot to the body.
A low kick lands for Ho Joy.
The Human lands a glancing blow to the side of Ho Joy's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Human moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The Human tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy misses with the head strike.
Ho Joy blocks a body shot from The Human.
The Human misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The Human can't find room to land a body shot as Ho Joy controls the action.
Ho Joy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Human.
The Human throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy trying to control the position but instead, The Human has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ho Joy into the cage.
The Human misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ho Joy throws a head punch that misses.
The Human lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Human misses with a punch on the inside.
The Human lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Human scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ho Joy swings wildly with an uppercut but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Finn The Human will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ho Joy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ho Joy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Human on the side of the head.
The Human misses the shot to the body.
Ho Joy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ho Joy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Human can pounce on him.
The Human on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ho Joy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Human with the inside leg kick.
A big right from The Human misses.
Ho Joy takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Human lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ho Joy misses with a looping left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Human lands a leg kick that knocks Ho Joy off balance momentarily.
Ho Joy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Human misses with a looping left.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but The Human moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by The Human.
The Human connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ho Joy 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy misses with a low kick.
Ho Joy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Ho Joy controls his hands.
The Human gets through Ho Joy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ho Joy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ho Joy misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ho Joy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from The Human fails to land.
The Human throws a head punch that misses.
Ho Joy blocks a body shot from The Human.
Ho Joy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Human has him pressed against the cage.
The Human blocks an uppercut.
The Human softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ho Joy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Human is keeping busy.
The Human lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ho Joy breaks the clinch.
Ho Joy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Human.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy throws a shot from downtown. The Human moves away and avoids it.
The Human misses with an uppercut
and Ho Joy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Joy.
A telegraphed right hand from The Human misses the target.
Ho Joy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The Human moves away from the strike by Ho Joy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by The Human.
The Human avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Human appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ho Joy missing with a left hand there. The Human was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho Joy misses with a looping right.
Ho Joy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Human tries to clinch but Ho Joy moves out of range.
Ho Joy connects with a solid leg kick.
The Human dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ho Joy. That did some damage!
Ho Joy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ho Joy was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
The Human thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ho Joy if he has to take too many more of those.
Ho Joy avoids a kick to the body.
Ho Joy cracks The Human with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ho Joy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ho Joy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ho Joy. The Human does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ho Joy throws the left hand but The Human avoids the punch easily.
Ho Joy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Human takes a swing at Ho Joy's ribcage but misses.
Ho Joy misses with a looping right.
Ho Joy ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
Nice uppercut there from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Human! But no joy.
Ho Joy checks a low kick from The Human.
The Human takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Human pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Human misses with a hook
and Ho Joy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ho Joy lands a jab to the nose.
Ho Joy lands with a nice body punch.
Do Ho Joy is winning the standup battle so far.
The Human scores with a leg kick.
Ho Joy motions for The Human to come forward. Ho Joy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from The Human misses
and Ho Joy counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Human's knee momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ho Joy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ho Joy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Human sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Human.
Ho Joy misses with a looping left.
The Human moves out of range as Ho Joy strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Human.
The Human wants to land a leg kick but Ho Joy is out of range.
Ho Joy takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Human will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Human looks to land a body kick but Ho Joy moved away.
The Human takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Good work by Ho Joy as he checks the leg kick.
That kick from Ho Joy tenderised The Human's leg. The Human is trying to keep his angry face on.

The Human clinches.
The Human lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ho Joy lands a hook that snaps the head of The Human backwards.
Ho Joy lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Human backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from The Human.
Ho Joy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho Joy swings wildly with an uppercut but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho Joy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Do Ho Joy will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ho Joy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Human loads up on a big right hand but Ho Joy slips the punch.
The Human with the inside leg kick.
The Human cracks Ho Joy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Human ducks under a wild hook from Ho Joy.
Ho Joy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ho Joy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The Human fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Human scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ho Joy checks a leg kick.
The Human misses with a body shot.
Ho Joy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ho Joy swinging wildly here.
A slow jab from Ho Joy misses its intended target.
The Human lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Human steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho Joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho Joy slips under a jab from The Human.
The Human connects with a leg kick.
The Human misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ho Joy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A leg kick checked by The Human.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho Joy scores with a jab to the body.
Ho Joy looks to score with a jab to the body but The Human is just out of range.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Human motions for Ho Joy to come forward. The Human throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Human tries to bum rush Ho Joy with a series of wild strikes but Ho Joy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ho Joy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by The Human.
The Human pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Human lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ho Joy misses with a straight right.
An inside leg kick lands from The Human.
The Human shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Ho Joy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ho Joy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Human connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Human uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho Joy.
The Human misses with a hook.
Ho Joy throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ho Joy misses with a looping right.
Ho Joy misses with a straight left.
Ho Joy throws a looping overhand right but The Human ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho Joy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Human tries to land a leg kick but Ho Joy saw it coming and moves away.
It looked like Ho Joy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Human throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho Joy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Human looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ho Joy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Ho Joy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ho Joy misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.
The Human throws a low kick but Ho Joy avoids it.
Ho Joy pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Human is out of range and Ho Joy settles back down.
A little jabbing left from The Human on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Human connects with a right hand. Ho Joy shakes it off.
The Human takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ho Joy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Human is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ho Joy.
The Human is looking to clinch but Ho Joy is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Ho Joy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ho Joy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ho Joy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits The Humans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ho Joy drives through and clinches with The Human against the cage.
Finn The Human seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Human throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho Joy.
Ho Joy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Human tries to work over Ho Joy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Ho Joy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Human fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ho Joy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Human misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Ho Joy misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Human. Ho Joy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Ho Joy misses.
Ho Joy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy left from The Human finds it's target.
The fighters circling - The Human throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Human throws a hook to the side of Ho Joy's head but Ho Joy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Human connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Human lands a glancing blow to the side of Ho Joy's head.
Ho Joy scores with the left hand. The Human knows he should have avoided that one.
The Human misses the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Human lands a jab to the nose.
Ho Joy throws a hook but The Human blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The Human throws a sloppy body shot
and Ho Joy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Human misses with a hook. Ho Joy ducked under it nicely.
Ho Joy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Human is out of range.
It seemed like The Human was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Human misses with a low kick.
The Human misses with a body shot
and Ho Joy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ho Joy moves out of range of the strikes.
Ho Joy throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
Ho Joy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ho Joy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Human sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho Joy takes one to the chin there.
The Human steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ho Joy.
The Human misses with an uppercut. Ho Joy saw that one coming.
The Human uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho Joy.
The Human slips a straight right by Ho Joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ho Joy. That's going to slow The Human down.
Ho Joy throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Human tried to score with a low kick but Ho Joy checks it.
Ho Joy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ho Joy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Human.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Finn The Human.
Well The Human has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Do Ho Joy!
In his post fight interview, Do Ho Joy started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.