PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard The Fancy Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olki Nukke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Fancy Dan comes to the cage accompanied by It's raining men. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

The Fancy Dan
vs
Nukke

182 cm
23
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Richard The Fancy Dan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Olki Nukke!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Fancy Dan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Fancy Dan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nukke finds it's way round the side to connect with The Fancy Dan's head.
The Fancy Dan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Nukke misses the target.
Nukke misses with a looping left.
The Fancy Dan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Nukke clinches.
The Fancy Dan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard The Fancy Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nukke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nukke has The Fancy Dan pushed against the cage.
The Fancy Dan prevents Nukke from breaking the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nukke.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nukke.

Nukke breaks the clinch.
Nukke misses with a two punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Nukke. No joy for The Fancy Dan on that attempt.
The Fancy Dan is breathing heavily.
Nukke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nukke throws a series of punches but The Fancy Dan avoids them all with ease.
Nukke lands a left and a right that sends The Fancy Dan crashing to the canvas! Nukke dives into mount looking to finish!
Nukke takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Fancy Dan is looking to escape.
Nukke might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control The Fancy Dan kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Nukke controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Olki Nukke just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nukke tests The Fancy Dan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Nukke and The Fancy Dan goes tumbling to the canvas! Nukke follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.

The Fancy Dan is rocked!
Nukke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The Fancy Dan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Nukke decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Nukke lands a big uppercut and The Fancy Dan crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but The Fancy Dan looks OK. Nukke waves The Fancy Dan back to his feet!
Oh The Fancy Dan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nukke throws a monster overhand right that drops The Fancy Dan! Nukke follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olki Nukke!