PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Poppins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Isotalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poppins's entrance music is Mama Said Knock You Out. A fine choice. Isotalo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Battle Metal by Turisas. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Poppins
vs
Isotalo

193 cm
24
218 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

200 cm
21
205 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Poppins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Antti Isotalo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppins slips under a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Poppins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Poppins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Poppins closes the distance and clinches.
Poppins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Isotalo blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Isotalo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Isotalo pushes off an throws an elbow but Poppins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Isotalo lands an uppercut.
Poppins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Isotalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Isotalo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Isotalo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Poppins has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Poppins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poppins avoids the elbow strike from Isotalo, against the cage.
Isotalo wants to break free but Poppins has control.
Poppins blocks the elbow strike.
Poppins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poppins blocks an uppercut.
Poppins avoiding damage as Isotalo throws knees to the body.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poppins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Isotalo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poppins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Antti Isotalo has been cut.
Poppins avoids the elbow strike from Isotalo, against the cage.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Poppins blocking some punches.
Poppins presses Isotalo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isotalo has a couple of punches blocked by Poppins.
Isotalo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poppins is defending well for now.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Isotalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poppins's brow.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
A left hand lands to the body for Poppins.
Isotalo looks gassed!
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Poppins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Poppins.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Poppins.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.
Isotalo takes an elbow to the temple.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Poppins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Isotalo's defenses.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
Isotalo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poppins cracks Isotalo with a nice body shot.
A short body shot lands from Poppins as the two fighters clinch.
Knees to the body from Poppins.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.
Poppins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Isotalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poppins connects with a knee to the head.
Isotalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Isotalo working aggressively here.
Poppins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Isotalo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poppins lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poppins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Poppins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Poppins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Isotalo's defenses.
Poppins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Poppins tries to land knees in the clinch but Isotalo avoids the damage to the body.
Isotalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poppins avoids a wild elbow strike from Isotalo.
Poppins scores a nice knee to the body.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poppins dodges an elbow strike from Isotalo.
Poppins tries to land knees in the clinch but Isotalo avoids the damage to the body.
Poppins lands a shot to the body.
Poppins avoids the elbow strike from Isotalo, against the cage.
Poppins blocks an uppercut.
Poppins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Isotalo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Poppins is working Isotalo over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
Isotalo tries to land a knee to the head but Poppins blocks with his arms.
A body shot lands from Poppins.
Poppins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Poppins prevents Isotalo from breaking the clinch.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
Isotalo takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poppins.
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Isotalo misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Poppins.
Isotalo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Isotalo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Isotalo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Poppins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Isotalo misses with an elbow over the top.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poppins.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Isotalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Isotalo working hard to break the clinch.
Isotalo looking to slow down the pace here.
Poppins works on Isotalo's body with a couple of short punches.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
Isotalo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Isotalo lands with a light punch inside.
Isotalo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Poppins.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.

Isotalo breaks from the clinch.

Isotalo clinches up with Poppins and pushes him back against the cage.
Isotalo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Isotalo trying to land knees to the body.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Poppins blocks an elbow strike.
Isotalo lands a hook to the side of the head.

Isotalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poppins tries to clinch up.
Isotalo fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Poppins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antti Isotalo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Isotalo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Isotalo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Poppins on the side of the head.
Isotalo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Poppins on the side of the head.
Isotalo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Isotalo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Poppins wants to clinch but Isotalo slips to the side
and Isotalo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Antti Isotalo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Poppins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Isotalo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Poppins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Isotalo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Isotalo has Poppins up against the cage in a clinch.
Isotalo is struggling to control the position.
Poppins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Isotalo is defending well for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Isotalo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Poppins's brow.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.
Isotalo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Isotalo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Isotalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poppins tries to clinch up
and Isotalo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Poppins thinking.
Poppins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Isotalo counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isotalo connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Harry Poppins has been cut.
Poppins takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fighters circle momentarily. Isotalo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Poppins takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Isotalo scores with a jab to the head.
Nice body punch from Isotalo.

Isotalo drives through and clinches with Poppins against the cage.
Harry Poppins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Isotalo misses with a punch on the inside.
Isotalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Poppins.
Poppins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.

Isotalo manages to break the clinch.
A shot to de liver by Isotalo. Beautiful body shot.
Isotalo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Isotalo connects with a jab.
A jab from Isotalo finds it's way through Poppins's defenses.
Isotalo lands with a right hand.
Isotalo misses with a wild body shot.
Isotalo misses with a series of wild punches.
Isotalo throws a series of punches but Poppins avoids them all with ease.
Poppins is looking to clinch but Isotalo is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Isotalo swats away the attempt to clinch by Poppins.
Poppins blocks a jab.
Isotalo fails to land with a series of punches.

Isotalo gets a clinch.
Isotalo lands an elbow inside.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poppins pushes Isotalo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Isotalo.
Isotalo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Poppins's defenses.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.
Isotalo lands a nice uppercut.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Isotalo gets through Poppins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Poppins tries to land knees in the clinch but Isotalo avoids the damage to the body.
Isotalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Isotalo misses with an elbow strike.
Isotalo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Poppins's face.
Isotalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poppins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Isotalo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Isotalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Isotalo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poppins, pushing him back against the cage.
Isotalo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Poppins being controlled against the cage.
Poppins trying to land knees to the body.
Isotalo is looking to break free of the clinch but Poppins has double underhooks.
Isotalo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poppins blocks it with crossed arms.
Isotalo tries to land knees in the clinch but Poppins avoids the damage to the body.
Isotalo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Isotalo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poppins misses with a body punch.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Isotalo avoids it.
Isotalo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Isotalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Isotalo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poppins avoids it.
Isotalo throws a punch but it's blocked by Poppins.
Isotalo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Isotalo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Isotalo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Isotalo stalling in the clinch but Poppins improves position.
Isotalo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Poppinss head.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
Isotalo blocks the elbow strike.
Poppins tries to land knees in the clinch but Isotalo avoids the damage to the body.
Isotalo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Isotalo working Poppins over with knees to the body.
Isotalo throws a head punch that misses.
Isotalo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Isotalo.
Poppins pushes off an throws an elbow but Isotalo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Isotalo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poppins is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Isotalo lands with a light punch inside.

Isotalo breaks the clinch.
Isotalo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Poppins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Isotalo lands with a slapping head kick.
Isotalo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Isotalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Isotalo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Isotalo tries to clinch there but Poppins circles away.
Poppins clinches but Isotalo breaks the clinch
and Isotalo counters with a big head kick but Poppins shrugs it off.
Poppins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch but Isotalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Isotalo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch but Isotalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Isotalo tries to land a front kick but Poppins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Poppins tries to clinch
and Isotalo counters with a left to the body.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Isotalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poppins wants to clinch.
Isotalo lands a nice looking body shot.
Isotalo throws a right and a left that Poppins avoids nicely.
Isotalo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Isotalo throws a series of strikes that have Poppins backpedaling.
Poppins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Isotalo as he connects with a hook.
Nice uppercut there from Isotalo.
Isotalo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Isotalo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Poppins tries to clinch there but Isotalo circles away.
Isotalo tries to clinch up.
Isotalo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poppins.
Isotalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poppins is looking to clinch.
Poppins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Isotalo.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Isotalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Poppins tries to clinch up.
Isotalo throws a jab but it's blocked by Poppins.
Poppins tries to close the distance and clinch but Isotalo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Isotalo loads up on a big right hand but Poppins slips the punch.
Isotalo throws the kick towards the body but Poppins avoids it.
Poppins tries to clinch up.
Poppins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Isotalo lands a nice shot to the body.

Poppins rushes Isotalo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
Isotalo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Isotalo misses with a knee to the head.

Isotalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poppins tries to clinch there but Isotalo circles away.
Isotalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppins circles away quickly and effectively.
Poppins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Isotalo.

Poppins clinches with his opponent.
Isotalo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Poppins blocks it with crossed arms.
Poppins works on Isotalo's body with a couple of short punches.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Poppins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Isotalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Isotalo lands a knee to the body.
Isotalo tries to land knees in the clinch but Poppins avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poppins.
Isotalo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
Isotalo connects with a knee to the head.
Poppins blocks an elbow strike.
Isotalo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poppins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Isotalo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Isotalo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Isotalo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poppins.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.
Isotalo misses with the head strike.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Poppins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Isotalo throws an elbow that misses.
Isotalo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Isotalo prevents a body shot from Poppins.
Isotalo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Poppins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Isotalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Isotalo manages to break the clinch.
Isotalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Poppins circles away quickly and effectively.
Poppins blocks a jab.
Isotalo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Isotalo takes a swing at Poppins's ribcage but misses.
Poppins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Isotalo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Poppins darts in and clinches Isotalo up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poppins tries to land knees in the clinch but Isotalo avoids the damage to the body.
Isotalo is trying to break the clinch but Poppins is controlling him.
Poppins missing with knees to the body.
Poppins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Isotalo throws an elbow but it misses.
Poppins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Isotalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Isotalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Isotalo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Isotalo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Poppins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Isotalo's efforts to push away.
Isotalo misses with a knee to the head.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.
Isotalo throws an elbow that misses.
Isotalo managing to block the knees to the body from Poppins.
Isotalo avoiding damage as Poppins throws knees to the body.
Isotalo throws an elbow but it misses.
Poppins blocks the elbow strike.
Isotalo misses with a punch on the inside.
Poppins blocks an uppercut.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Isotalo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Isotalo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Isotalo!