PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yakhya Diene (ranked 5211 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juhani Jukola (ranked 5823 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Diene
vs
Jukola

182 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Yakhya Diene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Juhani Jukola!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diene fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diene gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Diene takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diene fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yakhya Diene. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jukola lands with a nice combination. Diene backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Yakhya Diene has been cut.
Jukola lands a nice shot to the body.
Jukola lands a jab to Diene's midsection.
Diene moves forwards but Jukola connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jukola connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diene. Diene circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jukola steps in with a hook that catches Diene right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Jukola follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Diene looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juhani Jukola!