PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry HooHar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yrjo Pieru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

HooHar
vs
Pieru

184 cm
24
175 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

180 cm
29
182 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Harry HooHar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yrjo Pieru!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
HooHar missing with a left hand there. Pieru was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
HooHar avoids a kick to the body.
HooHar throws a combination that misses

and Pieru decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in HooHar's guard.
Pieru with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pieru accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
HooHar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
HooHar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
HooHar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
HooHar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pieru manages to get himself to full guard.
Pieru avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pieru lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for HooHar!
HooHar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
HooHar blocking the ground and pound.
HooHar is looking to improve his position but Pieru isn't that keen on the idea.
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.
Pieru with shots to the head and body - HooHar looks very uncomfortable down there.
HooHar tries to hold on but Pieru pushes him away.
Pieru tries to control but HooHar wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
HooHar tries to reverse the position but Pieru maintains control.
HooHar wants to control but Pieru is having none of it.
Pieru lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pieru throws a sloppy strike and HooHar uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and HooHar has ended up in Pieru's guard.
Pieru looking to hit a scissor sweep but HooHar is one step ahead there.
HooHar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
HooHar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pieru looking to hit a scissor sweep but HooHar is one step ahead there.
Pieru lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for HooHar!
Pieru misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pieru landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Pieru there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
HooHar tries to hold on but Pieru pushes him away.
Pieru unloads with some shots from mount but HooHar bucks and avoids them well.
HooHar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
HooHar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pieru throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
HooHar tries to reverse the position but Pieru maintains control.
Pieru looking to finish with strikes here!
Pieru with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pieru landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pieru dominating with strikes here.
HooHar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yrjo Pieru 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.

HooHar misses with a hook.

Pieru throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. HooHar was covering up waiting for the punch and Pieru finishes the takedown easily into guard.
HooHar keeping moving, preventing Pieru from controlling successfully.
Pieru is looking to work some ground and pound but HooHar has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pieru's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
HooHar wants to stand up but Pieru is controlling him.
Pieru stopping the sweep attempt from HooHar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pieru wants to control from the top but HooHar keeps moving.
Pieru throws a strike but HooHar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pieru tries to land a sweep but no joy.
HooHar wants to pass the guard but Pieru is keeping the position.
Pieru 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.
HooHar lands a couple of digs.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pieru is on top in guard.
HooHar working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pieru.
Pieru wants to control from the top but HooHar keeps moving.
Yrjo Pieru has got the better of the ground game so far.
HooHar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pieru's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pieru lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for HooHar!
Pieru landing strikes from the mount and HooHar is in trouble!
Pieru landing shots from mount.
Pieru trying to control but HooHar is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Pieru there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pieru thowing shots but they're missing.
Pieru throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The referee warns HooHar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pieru misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pieru connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pieru throws some wild stikes that HooHar manages to avoid easily.
Pieru thowing shots but they're missing.
HooHar tries to hold on but Pieru postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yrjo Pieru showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

HooHar fails with the takedown

and Pieru counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pieru passes easily into side control. Nice work.
HooHar manages to get back to half guard.
Pieru missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pieru not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
HooHar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pieru.
HooHar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pieru with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
HooHar tries to roll over but Pieru keeps him under control.
Pieru wants to control but HooHar is keeping him busy.
Pieru scoring with strikes to the body and head.
HooHar tries to get to full guard but Pieru has control of the leg.
HooHar gets full guard.
HooHar is pulling down on Pieru's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pieru stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. HooHar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
HooHar working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pieru accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
HooHar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Harry HooHar.
HooHar tries for a takedown but Pieru circles away easily

and Pieru counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
HooHar is trying to stand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pieru thows a huge punch but HooHar dodges it nicely.
Pieru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pieru moves into full mount! HooHar won't be happy about that!
Pieru misses with a head shot.
Pieru fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pieru throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pieru lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pieru throws some wild stikes that HooHar manages to avoid easily.
Pieru pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns HooHar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
HooHar avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pieru.
Pieru raining down hammerfists from mount.
Harry HooHar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pieru has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of HooHar's face.
Pieru misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Yrjo Pieru is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
HooHar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yrjo Pieru comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pieru has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yrjo Pieru!