PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Kuikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leif Jaatinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuikka kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is kotiteollisuus valtakunta. Leif Jaatinen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Kuikka
vs
Jaatinen

205 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

201 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kalle Kuikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leif Jaatinen!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuikka tries to clinch up.
Kuikka shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Jaatinen tries to keep at a distance but Kuikka has taken the fight into the clinch.

Kuikka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuikka is looking to clinch.
Jaatinen misses with the combination.
Kuikka swings for the body but Jaatinen moves out of range.
Jaatinen stalks Kuikka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kuikka's face. Kuikka staggers backwards, shaken.
Jaatinen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice takedown defense from Jaatinen. No joy for Kuikka on that attempt.
Kuikka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Jaatinen. No joy for Kuikka on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalle Kuikka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuikka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kuikka misses with a takedown attempt - Jaatinen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kuikka is breathing heavily.
Kuikka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jaatinen to score with a decent uppercut.
Jaatinen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jaatinen duly obliges.

Kuikka is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Jaatinen takes the fight into the clinch.
Kuikka tries to pull guard but Jaatinen holds him up against the cage and eventually Kuikka drops back down to his feet.
Kuikka wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jaatinen breaks from the clinch.
Kuikka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jaatinen.
Jaatinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jaatinen is trying to break the clinch but Kuikka has him pressed against the cage.
Kuikka tries to score a body lock takedown but Jaatinen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jaatinen is trying to break the clinch but Kuikka has him pressed against the cage.
Jaatinen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kuikka.
Jaatinen is trying to break the clinch but Kuikka has him pressed against the cage.
Jaatinen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kuikka has him pressed against the cage.
Jaatinen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kuikka changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jaatinen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No joy there for Jaatinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two 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.
Kuikka fails with the takedown.
Jaatinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jaatinen fails to land with a series of punches.
Kuikka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jaatinen misses with a double jab
and Kuikka counters with a leg kick.
Kuikka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jaatinen's waist but Jaatinen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kuikka off to one side.

Kuikka instigates a clinch.
Kuikka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jaatinen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kuikka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jaatinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kuikka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kuikka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kuikka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jaatinen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kuikka misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuikka can't get the takedown.
Kuikka wants to get back to striking at distance but Jaatinen won't allow it.
Kuikka prevents Jaatinen from breaking the clinch.
Kuikka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuikka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kuikka fails to pull guard.
Kuikka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jaatinen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kuikka is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kuikka goes for a takedown attempt but Jaatinen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jaatinen motions for Kuikka to come forward. Jaatinen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuikka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jaatinen tries to bum rush Kuikka with a series of wild strikes but Kuikka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kuikka fails to land the takedown.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jaatinen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kuikka - the referee stops the clock and Jaatinen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kuikka. Jaatinen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kuikka lands with a nice body punch.
Kuikka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jaatinen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuikka throws a combination that misses
and Jaatinen counters with a left to the body.
Jaatinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jaatinen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jaatinen duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jaatinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuikka.
Kuikka tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaatinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaatinen drops his shoulder and cracks Kuikka with a huge uppercut! Kuikka goes down! Can Jaatinen finish him?
Oh Kuikka is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jaatinen controlling from the top position.
Kuikka seems to have got his legs back now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leif Jaatinen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kuikka tries to close the distance and clinch but Jaatinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaatinen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kuikka wants to clinch.
Kuikka misses with a head kick.
Kuikka is looking to clinch.
Kuikka misses with a low kick.
Jaatinen throws a right and a left that both miss.

Kuikka fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jaatinen sprawls well initially but Kuikka persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kuikka is keen to just control but Jaatinen is a slippery customer.
Jaatinen is trying to stand.
Jaatinen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kuikka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaatinen is holding on to half guard well.
Jaatinen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaatinen wants to get back to his feet.
Jaatinen keeping control of the position.
It looks like Kuikka is going to stand back up.
Jaatinen wants to improve his position but Kuikka is controlling well.

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.
Kuikka trying to pass the guard but Jaatinen defending well.
Kuikka is working hard here to advance position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jaatinen can do anything to dispel that myth.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kuikka changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jaatinen tries to avoid it but Kuikka manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jaatinen to the ground. Jaatinen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jaatinen misses with a double jab

and Kuikka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kuikka is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jaatinen pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jaatinen tries to break the clinch but Kuikka is controlling the position.
Kuikka looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalle Kuikka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuikka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jaatinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kuikka fails to pull guard.
Kuikka tries to score a body lock takedown but Jaatinen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jaatinen controlling the action here for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuikka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kuikka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaatinen's elbow.
Kuikka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jaatinen gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Jaatinen manages to break the clinch.
Kuikka is looking to clinch.
Kuikka tries to clinch up.
Kuikka misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kuikka lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jaatinen takes a step back to recover.

Kuikka moves into range and clinches up with Jaatinen.
Kuikka goes for a takedown attempt but Jaatinen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Leif Jaatinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kuikka has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuikka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jaatinen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Kuikka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuikka tries for a takedown but Jaatinen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kuikka fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jaatinen fails to land the takedown.
Jaatinen wants to clinch.
Jaatinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Kuikka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jaatinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kalle Kuikka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jaatinen punishes Kuikka's body with a nice straight punch.
Jaatinen throws a series of punches but Kuikka moves out of range.
Jaatinen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kuikka counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuikka trying to control but Jaatinen is working from the bottom.
Kuikka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kuikka wanted to stand there but Jaatinen had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Kuikka dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Kuikka shoots for a double leg takedown but Jaatinen sprawls well. He's pushed Kuikka's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jaatinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kuikka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jaatinen closes the distance but Kuikka moves to the side
and Kuikka counters with a two punch combo.
Kuikka fails with a takedown attempt.
Kuikka doesn't manage to clinch there - Jaatinen circles away.
Jaatinen misses with the combination.

Jaatinen drives through and clinches with Kuikka against the cage.
Jaatinen lands with a short shot to the head.
Kuikka misses with the head strike.
Jaatinen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kuikka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jaatinen blocks a head kick by Kuikka.
Jaatinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jaatinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jaatinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaatinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kuikka. Kuikka circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuikka closes the distance and clinches up with Jaatinen, looking for a takedown. Kuikka pushes Jaatinen against the cage but Jaatinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalle Kuikka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kuikka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kuikka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuikka closes the distance and clinches up with Jaatinen, looking for a takedown. Kuikka pushes Jaatinen against the cage but Jaatinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kuikka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kuikka throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kuikka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kuikka fails with a takedown attempt.
Jaatinen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kuikka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jaatinen is fending him off so far but Kuikka persists. Nope, Jaatinen circles away and we're back to standing.
Jaatinen lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Kuikka can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Jaatinen and Kuikka drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Jaatinen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leif Jaatinen!