PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Ahokangas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eino Juutilainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokangas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sentenced - Cross my heart and hope to die. Mikael Ahokangas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ahokangas
vs
Juutilainen

185 cm
21
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Ahokangas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eino Juutilainen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokangas tries to clinch but Juutilainen moves out of range.

Juutilainen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ahokangas!
Ahokangas is trying to escape the mount.
Juutilainen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ahokangas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Juutilainen moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ahokangas has worked his arm free - good work by Ahokangas!
Juutilainen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ahokangas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Juutilainen prevents Ahokangas from escaping the position.
Ahokangas taking punishment in the form of punches.
Juutilainen working the ground and pound.
Juutilainen remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Ahokangas is breathing heavily.
Juutilainen working the ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokangas defending against the ground and pound.
Ahokangas is not content to let Juutilainen control the position.

Juutilainen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ahokangas is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Juutilainen landing strikes.
Juutilainen trying to control the action but Ahokangas is working from the bottom.
Juutilainen grinds an elbow into Ahokangas's temple.
Juutilainen looks up at the clock and then as Ahokangas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Juutilainen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ahokangas takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Juutilainen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ahokangas is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Juutilainen working the strikes but Ahokangas uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Ahokangas has hold of Juutilainen's hands but Juutilainen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ahokangas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Juutilainen stalling.
Ahokangas is trying to stand back up but Juutilainen is controlling him
Juutilainen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Juutilainen slips a nice elbow through Ahokangas's hands, connecting with Ahokangas's forehead.
Juutilainen winds up and cracks Ahokangas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Juutilainen is tying to control. Ahokangas wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ahokangas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Juutilainen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Juutilainen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ahokangas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Juutilainen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Juutilainen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ahokangas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Juutilainen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokangas manages to get to full guard.
Ahokangas is trying to keep Juutilainen in close.
Ahokangas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ahokangas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Juutilainen manages to get himself to full guard.
Ahokangas wants to control from the top but Juutilainen keeps moving.
Ahokangas tries to stand but Juutilainen is controlling from the bottom.
Juutilainen keeping full guard, as Ahokangas tries to pass.
Juutilainen tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Juutilainen wants to hit a switch here but Ahokangas passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Juutilainen there!
Juutilainen can't escape the position.
Juutilainen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ahokangas lands a big shot there that rocks Juutilainen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Juutilainen regains half guard.
Juutilainen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ahokangas is working away from the top position though.
Ahokangas is keen to just control but Juutilainen is a slippery customer.
Juutilainen slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ahokangas stopping the sweep attempt from Juutilainen.
Ahokangas trying to control but Juutilainen is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eino Juutilainen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ahokangas misses with a takedown

and Juutilainen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ahokangas's guard.
Juutilainen wants to control from the top but Ahokangas keeps moving.
Juutilainen postures up.
Juutilainen trying to control but Ahokangas is working from the bottom.
Juutilainen tries to free his leg and advance position but Ahokangas is retaining full guard.
Juutilainen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Juutilainen throwing strikes but missing.
Ahokangas keeping moving, preventing Juutilainen from controlling successfully.
Ahokangas wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ahokangas tries to clinch up but Juutilainen circles away and keeps his distance.
Ahokangas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ahokangas looks to clinch

and Juutilainen counters with a single leg into guard. Ahokangas didn't expect that.
Ahokangas trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juutilainen stands up over Ahokangas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Juutilainen lands a couple of digs.
Juutilainen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Juutilainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Ahokangas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Juutilainen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Juutilainen stops Ahokangas from standing up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Juutilainen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ahokangas pinned against the cage. Ahokangas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ahokangas fails with an attempt to clinch.

Juutilainen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Juutilainen chips away with some ground and pound.
Ahokangas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ahokangas tries to stand and escape but Juutilainen is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ahokangas gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Ahokangas moves in looking to clinch but Juutilainen pushes him off.
Ahokangas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Juutilainen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Juutilainen.
Juutilainen trying to move into half guard but instead Ahokangas has managed to sweep!
Ahokangas is pushing down on Juutilainen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Juutilainen is fighting to maintain full guard but Ahokangas has managed to sneak the leg through.

Ahokangas stands up from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokangas tries to clinch there but Juutilainen circles away.
Ahokangas cracks Juutilainen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mikael Ahokangas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Juutilainen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ahokangas's guard.
Juutilainen works over Ahokangas with some ground and pound from guard.
Eino Juutilainen has got the better of the ground game so far.

Ahokangas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Juutilainen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Juutilainen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokangas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Juutilainen controls the pace.
Ahokangas keeping moving, preventing Juutilainen from controlling successfully.
Ahokangas wants to stand but Juutilainen is controlling the position.
Juutilainen advances position into side control!
Juutilainen looks up at the clock and then as Ahokangas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Juutilainen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Juutilainen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ahokangas down.
Ahokangas taking a bit of punishment here - Juutilainen scoring with strikes.
Juutilainen lands some shots froms side control.
Ahokangas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Juutilainen connects with a decent elbow.
Ahokangas is looking to regain half guard here but Juutilainen keeps moving and retains side control.
Juutilainen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Ahokangas's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokangas is trying to buck Juutilainen off.
Ahokangas regains half guard.
Juutilainen trying to control the action but Ahokangas is working from the bottom.
Juutilainen working over Ahokangas with some ground and pound. Ahokangas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ahokangas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Juutilainen throwing shots but Ahokangas is blocking nicely.
Ahokangas trying to hold on to Juutilainen's head to control him but Juutilainen postures up.
Ahokangas scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Juutilainen manages to mount him!
BOOM! Juutilainen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahokangas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Juutilainen. What's that going to do exactly?
Juutilainen avoids the attempt from Ahokangas to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eino Juutilainen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Juutilainen swats away the attempt to clinch by Ahokangas.

Juutilainen scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee warns Ahokangas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ahokangas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Juutilainen controlling from the full mount.
Juutilainen tries to control but Ahokangas wriggling away.
Juutilainen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Juutilainen lands a big elbow.
Ahokangas tries to hold on but Juutilainen postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokangas can't escape the position.
Juutilainen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ahokangas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ahokangas manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Juutilainen trying to pass the guard but Ahokangas defending well.
Ahokangas is trying to stand.
Ahokangas gets full guard.
Juutilainen is in close to Ahokangas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ahokangas keeping moving, preventing Juutilainen from controlling successfully.
Juutilainen won't allow Ahokangas to get back to his feet.
Juutilainen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Juutilainen tries to free his leg and advance position but Ahokangas is retaining full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Juutilainen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ahokangas wants to clinch

and Juutilainen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Juutilainen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Juutilainen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Juutilainen stops Ahokangas from standing up.
Ahokangas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Juutilainen controls the pace.
Juutilainen wants to get up but he can't break Ahokangas's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Juutilainen lands a couple of digs.
Juutilainen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Juutilainenis looking to pass into half guard but Ahokangas pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Ahokangas is in guard.
Juutilainen throws a couple of heel strikes.
Ahokangas won't allow Juutilainen to sweep him here.
Juutilainen keeping moving, preventing Ahokangas from controlling successfully.
Ahokangas wants to stand but Juutilainen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Juutilainen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ahokangas has passed into side control.
Juutilainen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ahokangas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ahokangas decides to stand back up.
Ahokangas gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Juutilainen counters with a single leg into guard. Ahokangas didn't expect that.
Juutilainen looking to pass the guard.
Juutilainen stopping the sweep attempt from Ahokangas.
Juutilainen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ahokangas wants to stand up but Juutilainen is controlling him.
Juutilainen postures up in Ahokangas's guard and throws a big left but Ahokangas blocks it.

Ahokangas had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Juutilainen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Ahokangas Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Juutilainen's back instead.
Ahokangas avoiding Juutilainen 's attempts to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juutilainen controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
Juutilainen is in bad spot here.
Juutilainen manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ahokangas's guard. Nice work there by Juutilainen.
Juutilainen working some strikes from top position.
Juutilainen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Juutilainen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ahokangas working a defensive guard here.
Ahokangas wants to get back to his feet but Juutilainen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ahokangas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mikael Ahokangas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ahokangas tries to clinch up but Juutilainen circles away and keeps his distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eino Juutilainen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Juutilainen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eino Juutilainen!