Darkness 2: The Butterfly Eff PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hurhiaane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Haye (ranked 0 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.

Hurhiaane
vs
Haye

170 cm
18
138 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Determined

Darkness

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Hurhiaane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jensen Haye!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurhiaane connects with a nice looking jab.
Haye moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hurhiaane lands with a nice body punch.
Hurhiaane swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Haye.
Hurhiaane fails to land with a series of punches.
Haye with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haye throws a nice outside leg kick.

Haye scores with a takedown into Hurhiaane's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Hurhiaane is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Haye is aware though and is defending well.
Haye really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hurhiaane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Haye wants to control from the top but Hurhiaane keeps moving.

Hurhiaane is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Haye makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Haye is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hurhiaane is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Haye frees his head nicely. Oh but Hurhiaane has switched to an armbar! Haye is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Tony Hurhiaane!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
75%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Lincoln (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hardy
vs
Lincoln

195 cm
18
187 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Lincoln!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Lincoln throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hardy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lincoln.
Lincoln looks to throw the jab but Hardy is out of range.
Lincoln takes one to the side of the head.
Hardy connects with a jab.
A jab from Hardy finds it's way through Lincoln's defenses.
A punch lands to the side of Lincoln 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hardy.
Lincoln misses with an uppercut
and Hardy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy scores with the left hand. Lincoln knows he should have avoided that one.
Lincoln misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Lincoln missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lincoln.
Lincoln tries to move into range but Hardy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hardy thuds a left hand into Lincoln's body.
The crowd cheers as Hardy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lincoln doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Hardy. That snapped Lincoln's head back.
Lincoln throws a shot from downtown. Hardy moves away and avoids it.
Hardy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hardy tests Lincoln's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Lincoln is rocked!
Lincoln gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Hardy gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Hardy!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
81%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yo Bo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paddy McCall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yo Bo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bo
vs
McCall

175 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Darkness

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yo Bo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paddy McCall!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bo tries to clinch up
and Bo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCall lands a slapping body shot.
A head kick misses from Bo.
Bo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McCall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bo takes one to the side of the head.

McCall gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCall pushes Bo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McCall lands a shoulder strike.
Bo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McCall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

McCall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCall scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Bo is rocked!
Bo drops his hands for a split second and McCall immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Bo face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. McCall follows up with a right hand that knocks Bo into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Paddy McCall!