PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeramiah Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Makkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rose
vs
Makkonen

200 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

massive COCK

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeramiah Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kari Makkonen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose connects with a leg kick. Makkonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Makkonen tries to clinch but Rose moves away
enabling Rose to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Kari Makkonen has been cut.
Rose displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A low kick from Makkonen is predictable there
and Rose counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Makkonen shows good takedown defense.
Makkonen tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rose counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rose.
Rose fails to pull guard.
Makkonen looking for a takedown.
Rose fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeramiah Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makkonen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Makkonen looks gassed!
Makkonen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Rose drags the fight down to the ground.
Makkonen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rose 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.

Rose has his foot on Makkonen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Makkonen works his way back into a safe position though.
Rose utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rose wants to sweep but no luck.
Makkonen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rose is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Makkonen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose wants to sweep here but Makkonen controlling him for the moment.
Makkonen postures up.

Rose has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Makkonen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rose is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Makkonen is controlling him.
Makkonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Rose looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Makkonen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Rose escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Makkonen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rose wants to sweep here but Makkonen controlling him for the moment.

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.

Rose had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Makkonen defends it easily.
Makkonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rose wants to stand up but Makkonen is controlling him.
Makkonen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rose will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rose manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Makkonen manages to get himself to full guard.
Makkonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Makkonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose looking to pass the guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Makkonen is on top in guard.
Rose is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Makkonen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Makkonen throwing strikes but missing.
Makkonen wants to stand but Rose is controlling his posture from full guard.

Rose has his foot on Makkonen's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Makkonen works his way back into a safe position though.
Rose controls Makkonen momentarily but Makkonen frees himself.

That's four 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.
Rose is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Makkonen is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Rose is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Makkonen postures up.
Makkonen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Makkonen tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Makkonen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose wants to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Makkonen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeramiah Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kari Makkonen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rose rushes Makkonen and presses him up against the ropes.

Rose pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Makkonen pushes Rose away with a front kick.
A head kick by Makkonen misses

and Rose counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Makkonen!
Rose thowing shots but they're missing.
Makkonen can't escape the position.
Rose misses with a head shot.
Rose throws some wild stikes that Makkonen manages to avoid easily.
Rose looking to control and managing it successfully.
Makkonen is trying to escape the mount.
Rose working the ground and pound effectively.
Makkonen is breathing heavily.
Rose scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Makkonen?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkonen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rose.
Rose looking to control but Makkonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Rose is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Makkonen to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Makkonen shrugs it off.
Rose really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rose wants to take Makkonen's back but he can't do it this time.
Rose can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Makkonen is looking to escape.
Makkonen is trying desperately to improve position.
Makkonen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rose.
Makkonen wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Rose looking for a guillotine from mount but Makkonen is having none of it.
Makkonen is working to get back to half guard.
Rose unloads with some shots from mount but Makkonen bucks and avoids them well.
Makkonen is squirming around, avoiding Rose's attempts to control the action.
You get the feeling that Makkonen really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Rose trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Makkonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose looking to control but Makkonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rose controlling from mount.
Makkonen can't escape the position.
Rose looking to control but Makkonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Rose is working for a guillotine from mount but Makkonen frees his head quite easily.
Rose trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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.

Rose is working for a guillotine from mount but Makkonen frees his head quite easily.
Makkonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rose tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rose seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Makkonen for as long as he can get away with.
Makkonen is squirming around, avoiding Rose's attempts to control the action.
Rose punching from mount but Makkonen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeramiah Rose dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kari Makkonen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rose throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jeramiah Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Makkonen wants to clinch

and Rose moves into the clinch.

Rose manages to break the clinch.
Rose will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Makkonen throws a sloppy head kick
and Rose counters with a two punch combo.
Nice sprawl there from Makkonen as Rose shoots in.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rose.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeramiah Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Makkonen swivels and escapes.
Makkonen tries to clinch but Rose moves away

and Rose counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jeramiah Rose is winning the standup battle so far.
No luck for Rose with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Rose or perhaps it was just good defense by Makkonen which made him look bad.
Makkonen darts in trying to clinch
and Rose counters with a good, hard body kick but Makkonen shrugs it off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice takedown defense from Makkonen. No joy for Rose on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is trying hard to land a takedown here. Makkonen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Makkonen tries to clinch up
and Rose counters with a low kick, right behind Makkonen 's knee.
Rose's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rose duly obliges.
Rose shoots in but no luck this time.

Rose closes the distance and clinches.
Rose is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Makkonen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Makkonen throws an elbow but misses.

Rose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose is looking to clinch.
A head kick by Makkonen misses
and Makkonen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rose.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Makkonen.
Rose fails with a takedown attempt.
Kari Makkonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Makkonen gets tackled into the ropes by Rose. Rose maintains the clinch.
Makkonen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rose is trying to stall.
Makkonen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Rose's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Makkonen shows good takedown defense.
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rose counters with a right hand to the body.
Rose fails with the takedown.
Makkonen misses the body punch

and Rose counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Makkonen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Makkonen wants to stand but Rose is controlling the position.
Rose knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Makkonen on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose controls from within his opponent's guard.
Makkonen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rose has passed into side control.
Makkonen is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Rose wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Makkonen, who protects the arm well.
Makkonen seems a little lost for a moment, as Rose dominates the positioning.
Makkonen tries to improve position but can't.

Rose is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Makkonen has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rose tries to stand but Makkonen is controlling his head.
Rose has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Makkonen!
Rose sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Makkonen is working to get back to half guard.
Rose controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose wants to control the pace but Makkonen is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeramiah Rose showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rose 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeramiah Rose!