PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juyt Calhan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuku Xumusu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juyt Calhan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Calhan
vs
Xumusu

176 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

191 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juyt Calhan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuku Xumusu!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calhan tries to clinch there but Xumusu circles away.
Calhan doesn't manage to clinch there - Xumusu circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Xumusu tries to pull guard but Calhan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Calhan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xumusu blocks it with crossed arms.
Xumusu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Calhan smiles and moves away.
Calhan wants to clinch.
Xumusu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calhan tries to close the distance and clinch but Xumusu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Calhan tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Xumusu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calhan wants to stall.
Calhan wants a takedown but no success here.
Calhan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Xumusu's defenses.

Calhan breaks the clinch.
Calhan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Calhan tries to clinch but Xumusu is having none of it.
Juyt Calhan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Xumusu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Calhan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Xumusu shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Calhan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Xumusu controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xumusu thows a huge punch but Calhan dodges it nicely.
Xumusu is taking a breather. Calhan 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kuku Xumusu was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Calhan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhan moves in looking to clinch but Xumusu pushes him off.
Calhan wants to clinch.
Xumusu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Calhan's waist but Calhan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Xumusu off to one side.
Juyt Calhan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuku Xumusu.
Xumusu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Calhan sprawls well. Calhan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Xumusu gets slowly back to his feet.
Xumusu is looking to clinch.
Calhan fails in his attempt to clinch.

Xumusu darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xumusu is controlling the pace.
The fighters are battling for position here. Calhan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Xumusu gets to his feet - Calhan follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuku Xumusu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Xumusu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Juyt Calhan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Calhan tries to clinch there but Xumusu circles away.
Xumusu tries for a takedown but Calhan circles away easily

and Calhan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Xumusu won't be happy with that.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Calhan working the head with strikes.
Calhan scoring with punches from side control.
Calhan lands a nice forearm strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xumusu can't do much from the bottom here.
Calhan cracks Xumusu with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Calhan wants to stand but Xumusu has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Xumusu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Calhan manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xumusu controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Xumusu postures up.
Xumusu postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xumusu is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Xumusu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xumusu passes into half guard.
Calhan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Xumusu on the ground.
Xumusu controlling the pace.

Xumusu stands up and beckons Calhan to join him on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhan tries to clinch up.
Xumusu misses with a takedown attempt - Calhan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Calhan swinging wildly here.
No luck for Xumusu with that takedown attempt.
Juyt Calhan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuku Xumusu.
Calhan fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calhan doesn't manage to clinch there - Xumusu circles away.
Calhan tries to clinch there but Xumusu circles away.
Calhan tries to clinch up but Xumusu circles away and keeps his distance.
Xumusu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Calhan circles away.
Kuku Xumusu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calhan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Calhan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xumusu shoots in for a takedown but Calhan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calhan tries to clinch up but Xumusu circles away and keeps his distance.
Calhan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Xumusu shoots in and bounces Calhan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
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 Juyt Calhan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Good work by Xumusu as he checks the leg kick.
Calhan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Xumusu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Calhan wants to clinch
and Xumusu counters with a good, hard body kick but Calhan shrugs it off.
Xumusu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Calhan avoids it really well and circles away.
Calhan is looking to clinch.
Xumusu is looking to clinch.
Xumusu fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xumusu shoots for a takedown but Calhan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Juyt Calhan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuku Xumusu.
Calhan lands a head shot.
Calhan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Xumusu swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Xumusu gets tackled into the cage by Calhan. Calhan maintains the clinch.
Xumusu trying to stall but Calhan improves his position.
Calhan tries to circle away but Xumusu has him pinned against the cage.
Xumusu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Calhan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Xumusu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Xumusu managing to block the knees to the body from Calhan.
Calhan stops a takedown attempt from Xumusu.
Calhan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Xumusu up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calhan crunches a lovely knee into Xumusu's ribcage.
Xumusu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calhan tries a knee to the head but Xumusu blocks it.
Xumusu is trying to drag Calhan to the mat but Calhan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Calhan tries to land a knee to the head but Xumusu blocks with his arms.
Calhan is trying to break the clinch but Xumusu is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Calhan obliges.
Calhan wants to stall.
Calhan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Calhan lands an elbow inside that Xumusu shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calhan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Xumusu tries to stall but Calhan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Xumusu takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Calhan throws an elbow but misses.
Xumusu jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Calhan walks away with a smile on his face. Xumusu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Xumusu shoots in but Calhan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Calhan is looking to clinch.
Calhan tries to clinch but Xumusu moves out of range.
Calhan is looking to clinch but Xumusu is avoiding it.
Calhan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Xumusu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Calhan is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xumusu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Calhan tries to clinch but Xumusu moves out of range.
Calhan tries to close the distance and clinch but Xumusu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Calhan doesn't manage to clinch there - Xumusu circles away.
Calhan wants to clinch

and Xumusu decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Calhan's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xumusu content to stall in guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xumusu stands up over Calhan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juyt Calhan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Calhan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juyt Calhan!
Juyt Calhan opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.