PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jaakko Lahomaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and van halen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Jaakko Lahomaki has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jaakko Lahomaki seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Lahomaki
vs
halen

177 cm
23
186 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jaakko Lahomaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, van halen!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
halen tries to clinch up.
Lahomaki keeps the fight on the outside.

Lahomaki clinches up with halen and pushes him back against the cage.

Lahomaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
halen tries to clinch up

and Lahomaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lahomaki.
halen is trying to break free.
Lahomaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
halen trying to stall but Lahomaki improves his position.

halen breaks the clinch.

Lahomaki moves into range and clinches up with halen.
halen wants to break free but Lahomaki has control.
Lahomaki is looking to break free of the clinch but halen has double underhooks.
halen tries to stall but Lahomaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

halen breaks from the clinch.
Lahomaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
halen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
halen tries to clinch

and Lahomaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lahomaki.
Lahomaki can't break the clinch.

Lahomaki manages to break the clinch.
halen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lahomaki circles away from the clinch attempt

and Lahomaki counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
halen tries to break the clinch but Lahomaki is controlling the position.
Lahomaki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but halen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lahomaki wants to break free but halen has control.
halen wants to get back to striking at distance but Lahomaki won't allow it.
halen jumps guard but Lahomaki stands there with halen around his waist. halen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lahomaki can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
halen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Lahomaki has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed halen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
halen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Lahomaki struggling to keep hold of the position.

halen manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
halen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lahomaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lahomaki.
Lahomaki wants to get back to striking at distance but halen won't allow it.

Lahomaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
halen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Lahomaki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. halen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lahomaki wants to control but halen is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

halen sneaks out the side door and pushes Lahomaki away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Lahomaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from halen.
halen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

halen moves into the clinch.
Lahomaki can't break the clinch.

Lahomaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
halen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Lahomaki counters with a single leg into guard. halen didn't expect that.
halen looks gassed!
Lahomaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as halen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lahomaki works over halen with some ground and pound from guard.
halen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lahomaki trying to stand up but can't free himself from halen's guard.

Lahomaki drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lahomaki jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lahomaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if halen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lahomaki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Lahomaki prevents halen from getting back to his feet.
halen is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
halen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Lahomaki counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
halen wants to get back to his feet.
Lahomaki is trying to control. halen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Lahomaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Lahomaki has managed to clinch.
halen is pressed up against the cage. Lahomaki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag halen down to the mat. halen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
halen misses with a double jab

and Lahomaki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lahomaki postures up in halen's guard and throws a big left but halen blocks it.
Lahomaki throwing strikes but missing.
halen wants to stand up but Lahomaki is controlling him.
Lahomaki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lahomaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lahomaki 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.
Lahomaki thows a big elbow that misses.
halen is breathing heavily.
Lahomaki throws a big right hand that misses.
halen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lahomaki.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lahomaki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
halen wants to get back to his feet but Lahomaki is dominant here and he's now got halen's back!
halen prevents Lahomaki from getting a body triangle.
halen is covering up but some of the strikes from Lahomaki are getting through and doing damage.
Lahomaki connects with a big shot to the side of halen's head.
halen looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Lahomaki is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but halen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
halen is trying to get back to his feet but Lahomaki has full control of the position and if anything, halen has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Lahomaki softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Lahomaki tries to keep control of the position but halen is staying busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
halen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lahomaki throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting halen!
Lahomaki lands shots from the back.
Lahomaki has halen flattened out and is raining down punches.
halen is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Lahomaki connects with a big shot to the side of halen's head.
halen has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lahomaki is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
A lull in the action here.
Lahomaki lands a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
halen is covering up but some of the strikes from Lahomaki are getting through and doing damage.
halen is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Lahomaki is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Lahomaki gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Lahomaki gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Lahomaki apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Lahomaki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in halen's guard.
Lahomaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
halen being controlled here, momentarily.
Lahomaki working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lahomaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lahomaki trying to control but halen is working from the bottom.
halen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lahomaki postures up and lands a big shot to halen's brow.
halen wants to stand but Lahomaki is controlling the position.

Lahomaki gets to his feet. halen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
van halen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
halen prevents the takedown attempt.
halen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Lahomaki dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Lahomaki has a takedown stuffed.
halen throws a leg kick

and Lahomaki counters by moving into the clinch.

halen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
halen tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Lahomaki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
halen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lahomaki trying to control the position from guard on top but halen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lahomaki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lahomaki is looking to work some ground and pound but halen has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lahomaki stands and steps away. halen gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
halen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

halen drives through and clinches with Lahomaki against the cage.

Lahomaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
halen wants to clinch but Lahomaki slips to the side
and Lahomaki counters with a good low kick that halen was not able to check.
halen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lahomaki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lahomaki.
Lahomaki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lahomaki lands a couple of elbows.
Lahomaki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lahomaki throwing strikes but missing.
Lahomaki wants to control from the top but halen keeps moving.
Lahomaki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of halen's head.
Jaakko Lahomaki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lahomaki looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
halen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lahomaki is controlling him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
halen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Lahomaki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
halen keeping moving, preventing Lahomaki from controlling successfully.
Lahomaki scoring with some ground and pound.
Lahomaki trying to control but halen is working from the bottom.

halen pushes Lahomaki off and gets back to his feet.
halen misses with a combination

and Lahomaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lahomaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
halen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Lahomaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Lahomaki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
halen wants to stand and escape but Lahomaki is having none of it.
Lahomaki sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lahomaki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lahomaki prevents halen from getting back to his feet.
Lahomaki trying to control the position from guard on top but halen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lahomaki gets to his feet - halen follows without any prompting.
Lahomaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that halen can do to turn this around?
halen throws a combination that misses

and Lahomaki moves into the clinch.

Lahomaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
halen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Lahomaki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
van halen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

halen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaakko Lahomaki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lahomaki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Jaakko Lahomaki!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Jaakko Lahomaki!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Jaakko Lahomaki!

Jaakko Lahomaki wins by unanimous decision!