PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jyrki Katainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Brugnolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brugnolo has chosen Poison - Alice Cooper as his entrance music. Kevin Brugnolo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Katainen
vs
Brugnolo

187 cm
22
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jyrki Katainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kevin Brugnolo!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brugnolo jabs Katainen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brugnolo moves out of range as Katainen strikes.
Brugnolo dodges the punch combination from Katainen.
Brugnolo slips a straight right by Katainen.
Katainen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brugnolo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Kevin Brugnolo has been cut.
Brugnolo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brugnolo throws a leg kick but Katainen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Katainen misses with a body shot
and Brugnolo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jyrki Katainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katainen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katainen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Katainen. Those never looked like landing.
Brugnolo misses with a double jab
and Katainen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brugnolo walks into a stiff left hand from Katainen.
Brugnolo staying out of range there.
Katainen misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brugnolo misses with a few strikes there.
Brugnolo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brugnolo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Brugnolo drives through and clinches with Katainen against the cage.
Brugnolo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Katainen is leaning against Brugnolo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brugnolo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Katainen is working Brugnolo over against the cage.
Brugnolo stalling.

Katainen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brugnolo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Katainen is out of range and Brugnolo settles back down.
Katainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Katainen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brugnolo.
Katainen throws a body punch but Brugnolo moves out of range.
Brugnolo lands a jab-cross combination.

Brugnolo has closed the distance and engaged Katainen in a clinch.
Katainen tries to circle away but Brugnolo has him pinned against the cage.
Brugnolo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Katainen stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo misses with a body punch.
Katainen lands a hook that snaps the head of Brugnolo backwards.
Brugnolo tries to land knees in the clinch but Katainen avoids the damage to the body.
Katainen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brugnolo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Katainen.
Katainen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Katainen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Katainen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brugnolo.
Brugnolo looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katainen avoiding damage.
Katainen lands a shot to the body.
Katainen lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Katainen.

Katainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Katainen does no damage.
Katainen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brugnolo moves in looking to clinch but Katainen pushes him off.
Katainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brugnolo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Katainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Brugnolo lands but Katainen takes it in his stride.
Brugnolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Katainen.
Katainen misses with a double jab
and Brugnolo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brugnolo tries to land a leg kick but Katainen saw it coming and moves away.
Brugnolo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Katainen is out of range.
Brugnolo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Katainen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brugnolo can pounce on him.
Katainen stalks Brugnolo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Brugnolo's face. Brugnolo staggers backwards, shaken.
Katainen throws a series of punches but Brugnolo avoids them all with ease.
A nice combination there by Katainen.
Brugnolo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Katainen to score with a decent uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brugnolo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brugnolo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Katainen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katainen throws a shot from downtown. Brugnolo moves away and avoids it.

Brugnolo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brugnolo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Katainen's head.
Katainen wants to get back to his feet.
Katainen is controlling Brugnolo's trapped leg to prevent Brugnolo from advancing to side control.
Katainen tries to get to full guard but Brugnolo has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Brugnolo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Brugnolo working Katainen over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jyrki Katainen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Brugnolo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Katainen tries to bum rush Brugnolo with a series of wild strikes but Brugnolo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Katainen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brugnolo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Katainen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Katainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brugnolo moves away.
Katainen scores with a nice head shot.
Katainen lands a really nice looking cross but Brugnolo seems unphased.
Katainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brugnolo was well out of range. Poor timing from Katainen.
Brugnolo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Katainen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Brugnolo.
Brugnolo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Katainen throws out the jab.
Katainen tests Brugnolo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Katainen misses with a double jab.
Katainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brugnolo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Katainen throws a series of punches but Brugnolo avoids them all with ease.
Brugnolo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Jyrki Katainen has been cut.
Katainen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brugnolo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A combination from Katainen does no damage.
Brugnolo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jyrki Katainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Katainen throws a combination that misses
letting Brugnolo counter with a right hand.
Katainen misses with a looping right.
Brugnolo scoring well with a low kick there.
Brugnolo moves out of range of the strikes.
Brugnolo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Katainen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brugnolo slips under a jab from Katainen.

Brugnolo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo is trying to control the action in half guard but Katainen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Brugnolo is working for a kimura but Katainen is defending it quite comfortably.
Katainen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brugnolo is working away from the top position though.
Katainen is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo thows a huge punch but Katainen dodges it nicely.
Katainen gets full guard.
Katainen is adopting a defensive guard.
Brugnolo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katainen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brugnolo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brugnolo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Katainen is keeping the position for now.
Brugnolo looking to sit in guard and control but Katainen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brugnolo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Katainen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Brugnolo keeping moving, preventing Katainen from controlling successfully.

Brugnolo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Katainen has picked Brugnolo up and slammed him! Brugnolo can't keep hold of the triangle and Katainen manages to pass to side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jyrki Katainen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Brugnolo looks to score with a jab to the body but Katainen is just out of range.
Brugnolo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Katainen.
Katainen scores with a jab.
Katainen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jyrki Katainen is winning the standup battle so far.
Katainen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Katainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Katainen swings for the body but Brugnolo moves out of range.
Brugnolo throws a jab but it's blocked by Katainen.
No joy there for Katainen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katainen looks to land a right hand but Brugnolo moved out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Katainen blocks the leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Katainen blocks the leg kick.
Brugnolo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Katainen as he jumps to the side.
Katainen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Katainen.
Katainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Katainen throws a hook but Brugnolo avoids it easily.
Katainen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Katainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Brugnolo is just out of range.
Brugnolo throws a chopping leg kick but Katainen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A big right from Brugnolo misses.
Brugnolo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Katainen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brugnolo counters with an inside leg kick.
Katainen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Brugnolo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Brugnolo showed some decent athleticism there.
Brugnolo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katainen gets full guard.
Katainen pulls Brugnolo in to control the position.
Brugnolo throws a strike but Katainen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Brugnolo has an active guard here but Katainen has managed to pass into half guard.
Kevin Brugnolo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katainen trying to mount his opponent but Brugnolo defends it.

Brugnolo looking for submissions off his back.

Brugnolo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Brugnolo pushes Katainen off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Katainen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brugnolo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Katainen works Brugnolo's body with a nice hook.
Katainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brugnolo at a distance.
Katainen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Katainen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Katainen duly obliges.
Jyrki Katainen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Katainen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brugnolo counters with an outside leg kick.
Katainen lands a right hook to the body.
Katainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brugnolo circles away quickly and effectively.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Katainen catches Brugnolo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Katainen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That has opened up Kevin Brugnolo's cut even more.
Brugnolo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jyrki Katainen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Katainen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jyrki Katainen!