PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arto Jarvinen (ranked 302 p4p, 193 weight class) and Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. (ranked 46 p4p, 33 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thibodeaux Jr.'s choice of entrance music: Rags2Riches. Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Arto Jarvinen's chin.

Jarvinen
vs
Thibodeaux Jr.

185 cm
32
215
18 - 6 - 0

191 cm
25
214
19 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Conviction
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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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarvinen lands a really nice looking cross but Thibodeaux Jr. seems unphased.
Jarvinen misses with a right hand
enabling Thibodeaux Jr. to counter with a crisp jab.
Jarvinen jabs at Thibodeaux Jr.'s body.
Jarvinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thibodeaux Jr. swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circling - Jarvinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thibodeaux Jr. swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jarvinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Thibodeaux Jr. should have avoided that one.

It looks like Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has been cut.
Jarvinen cracks a nice hook into Thibodeaux Jr.'s ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux Jr. is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jarvinen cracks Thibodeaux Jr. with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jarvinen misses with a wild body shot.
Jarvinen misses with a body shot
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a stiff right hand.
Jarvinen lunges at Thibodeaux Jr. with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Thibodeaux Jr.'s hand.
Jarvinen misses with a hook to the body
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a straight right hand.
Arto Jarvinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jarvinen doesn't seem bothered though.

Jarvinen closes the distance and pushes Thibodeaux Jr. back into the cage.

Thibodeaux Jr.'s corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Jarvinen.
Jarvinen with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen misses with an uppercut

and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a nice right hand that sends Jarvinen toppling to the canvas! Jarvinen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thibodeaux Jr. finish him?!

Jarvinen is rocked!

It looks like Arto Jarvinen has been cut.
Jarvinen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thibodeaux Jr. now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oh Jarvinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jarvinen is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Thibodeaux Jr. ducks right into an uppercut from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen seems to have got his legs back now.
Jarvinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Thibodeaux Jr. on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jarvinen jabs at Thibodeaux Jr.'s body.
Thibodeaux Jr. avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a looping left.
It seemed like Thibodeaux Jr. was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jarvinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thibodeaux Jr. looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jarvinen misses with an uppercut
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a huge left! Jarvinen is in big trouble! He's backing up but Thibodeaux Jr. isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jarvinen from any more damage. A dominating finish by Thibodeaux Jr.!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.