PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miska Wuopio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wuopio
vs
Snow

188 cm
26
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
189 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miska Wuopio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Snow!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wuopio throws a right hand that Snow ducks under and follows up with a left that Snow also avoids with ease.
Wuopio looks to land a combination but Snow avoids it well.
Wuopio scores with a one two! Snow had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wuopio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wuopio with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Snow decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Snow controlling the pace.
Wuopio is trying to get back to full guard.

Wuopio actively working from the bottom here.
Wuopio wants to improve his position but Snow is controlling well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snow performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Snow is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wuopio looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Snow trying to control from half guard but Wuopio is working away.

Snow is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wuopio sees it coming and defends easily.

Wuopio actively working from the bottom here.

Snow moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Wuopio.
Wuopio seems a little lost for a moment, as Snow dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wuopio is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuopio seems a little lost for a moment, as Snow dominates the positioning.
Wuopio tries to buck Snow off but Snow is having none of it.
The referee asks Snow politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Snow prefers to stall for the moment though.
Snow trying to control the position but Wuopio is working away.
Wuopio is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Snow trying to control the action but Wuopio is working from the bottom.
Snow staying calm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jon Snow hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Snow shoots in and gets a takedown into Wuopio's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wuopio looking for a guillotine here but Snow defends easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wuopio is on top in guard.
Snow bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wuopio's guard.
Snow wants to control from the top but Wuopio keeps moving.
Snow slips nicely into half guard.
Wuopio tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Snow has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Snow wants to control the pace but Wuopio is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuopio working to try and regain half guard.
Wuopio is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wuopio avoids a series of strikes thrown by Snow.
Snow tries to control but Wuopio wriggling away.
Snow takes Wuopio's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Wuopio is in trouble.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Snow somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wuopio rolls, trying to escape but Snow keeps control of the position.
Snow throws a series of strikes and Wuopio wriggles onto his back, so he's now mounted. He's in real trouble here.
Snow works his way to his opponent's back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Snow dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wuopio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snow moves away.
Wuopio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snow.
Snow changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wuopio tries to avoid it but Snow manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wuopio to the ground. Wuopio escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wuopio scores with a jab.
Snow shoots in but Wuopio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wuopio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wuopio throws a right and a left that Snow avoids nicely.
Snow shoots in but no luck this time.
Miska Wuopio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Snow.
Wuopio works over Snow's head and body with a nice combination.
Wuopio lands a jab to Snow's midsection.
Snow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Wuopio does no damage.
No joy there for Wuopio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jon Snow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snow shoots in but no luck this time.
Wuopio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Snow is breathing heavily.
Wuopio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wuopio throws a one two combo.
Wuopio jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Snow is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Snow got wobbled bad by a big combination! Wuopio presses forward with punches and knees until Snow stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Snow closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miska Wuopio!