PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grover Dowiyogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mertsi Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dowiyogo comes to the cage accompanied by another life - kano. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dowiyogo
vs
Peltola

178 cm
23
212 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
212 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grover Dowiyogo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mertsi Peltola!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dowiyogo avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Dowiyogo thows a body shot but no joy.
Dowiyogo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Dowiyogo moves in looking to clinch but Peltola pushes him off.
Peltola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A jab from Dowiyogo finds it's way through Peltola's defenses.
Dowiyogo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peltola manages to avoid it.
Peltola shoots in for a takedown but Dowiyogo shows good takedown defense.
A good leg kick by Dowiyogo.
A head kick from Dowiyogo lands but Peltola takes it in his stride.

It looks like Mertsi Peltola has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peltola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dowiyogo ducks under a wild hook from Peltola.
Peltola throws a lazy right hand but Dowiyogo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Peltola misses.
Peltola jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dowiyogo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peltola connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dowiyogo momentarily.
Dowiyogo connects with a leg kick. Peltola looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dowiyogo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Peltola takes a step back to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dowiyogo takes the fight into the clinch.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Dowiyogo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peltola.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Peltola avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Peltola looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Peltola takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dowiyogo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Dowiyogo to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peltola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peltola is defending well for now.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peltola avoids it.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peltola is defending well for now.
Peltola managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Peltola managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Peltola managing to block the knees to the body from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo scores a nice knee to the body.
Peltola tries for a takedown but Dowiyogo manages to get underhooks.
Dowiyogo landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dowiyogo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peltola avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dowiyogo obliges.
Dowiyogo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land knees in the clinch but Peltola avoids the damage to the body.
Dowiyogo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peltola avoids it.
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peltola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo missing with knees to the body.
Peltola avoiding damage as Dowiyogo throws knees to the body.
Dowiyogo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peltola's elbow.
Dowiyogo trying to land knees to the body.

Peltola's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peltola misses with a straight left.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Peltola moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Dowiyogo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dowiyogo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Peltola will feel that in the morning.
Dowiyogo avoids the body shot from Peltola.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peltola swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Peltola.
Grover Dowiyogo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mertsi Peltola.
Peltola misses with a body shot.
Dowiyogo cracks the inside of Peltola's front leg.
Peltola throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grover Dowiyogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mertsi Peltola's cut.
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.

Dowiyogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dowiyogo shoots in looking for a takedown. Peltola tries to sprawl out of it but Dowiyogo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peltola manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Peltola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grover Dowiyogo is winning the standup battle so far.
Crunch! Dowiyogo slams his shin into Peltola's torso.
Peltola throws a hook to the side of Dowiyogo's head but Dowiyogo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dowiyogo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dowiyogo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dowiyogo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.
Dowiyogo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Dowiyogo clinches.

Peltola breaks from the clinch.
Peltola lands with an uppercut that bounces Dowiyogo off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peltola thuds his right hand into Dowiyogo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dowiyogo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dowiyogo misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltola blocks a head kick by Dowiyogo.
Peltola has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dowiyogo.
Dowiyogo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Peltola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dowiyogo moves away.
Peltola chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dowiyogo can pounce on him.
Dowiyogo lands a nice shot to the body.
Dowiyogo misses with a head kick.
Dowiyogo scores with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Dowiyogo.
A head kick misses from Dowiyogo.
Peltola tries to bum rush Dowiyogo with a series of wild strikes but Dowiyogo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dowiyogo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Peltola.
Dowiyogo throws a head kick but Peltola moves out of range.
Peltola scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peltola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Peltola just misses with a punch to the body.
Peltola showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dowiyogo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dowiyogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Peltola paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dowiyogo looks to land a right hand but Peltola moved out of range.
Dowiyogo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Peltola can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Peltola misses the target.
Crunch! Dowiyogo slams his shin into Peltola's torso.
Peltola misses with a body shot.
Dowiyogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peltola avoids the head kick by Dowiyogo.
Peltola lands with a right hand.
Dowiyogo misses with a low kick as Peltola jumps back.
Peltola takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Peltola misses with a body punch
and Dowiyogo counters with a thumping low kick.

Dowiyogo clinches with his opponent.
Peltola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Peltola jumps guard but Dowiyogo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dowiyogo tries a knee to the head but Peltola blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peltola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dowiyogo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dowiyogo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peltola blocks it with crossed arms.
Peltola is trying to force a seperation but Dowiyogo has the dominant position.
Dowiyogo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Peltola is defending well for now.

Peltola breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Good standup being displayed there by Peltola as he connects with a hook.
Peltola jabs at Dowiyogo's body.
Peltola clobbers Dowiyogo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Peltola takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Peltola drives through with a takedown into Dowiyogo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Peltola trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dowiyogo is adopting a defensive guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltola wants to control from the top but Dowiyogo keeps moving.
Dowiyogo wants to get back to his feet but Peltola is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Peltola wants to control from the top but Dowiyogo keeps moving.
Peltola not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mertsi Peltola.
Peltola on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dowiyogo wants to land a leg kick but Peltola is out of range.
Peltola misses the shot to the body.
Dowiyogo throws a leg kick but Peltola checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Grover Dowiyogo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mertsi Peltola's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Peltola takes a swing at Dowiyogo's ribcage but misses.
Dowiyogo slips a straight right by Peltola.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dowiyogo. Peltola does a little dance to reset his feet.

Peltola shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Peltola was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Peltola misses with the ground and pound.
Peltola in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Peltola works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dowiyogo wants to get back to his feet but Peltola drags him back down.
Dowiyogo struggling a bit here.
Peltola throws an elbow but Dowiyogo slips to the side and avoids it well.
Peltola is working Dowiyogo over with some ground and pound from side control.

Peltola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Peltola's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Peltola tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Peltola has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Peltola tries to advance to mount but Dowiyogo denies him.
Dowiyogo can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Dowiyogo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dowiyogo tries to get out of the position.

Peltola working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dowiyogo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Peltola is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dowiyogo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dowiyogo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Peltola throws an elbow but Dowiyogo slips to the side and avoids it well.
Check out the look on Peltola's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dowiyogo is trying to control Peltola's posture but Peltola avoids it.
Peltola working the ground and pound but Dowiyogo is defending the strikes.
Dowiyogo is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Peltola is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mertsi Peltola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peltola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dowiyogo defending well though.
Dowiyogo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Peltola on the ground.
Dowiyogo is trying to stand back up but Peltola is controlling him
Peltola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peltola slows the pace down in half guard.

Peltola is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Peltola has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Peltola is taking a breather. Dowiyogo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Peltola is trying for a kimura here. Dowiyogo looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Peltola wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mertsi Peltola!
Mertsi Peltola took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans for their support in the buildup to the fight.