PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Marko (ranked 2936 p4p, 7316 weight class) and Juha Sipila (ranked 307 p4p, 564 weight class). Cain Marko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marko
vs
Sipila

208 cm
27
269
5 - 4 - 0

224 cm
24
265
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cain Marko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juha Sipila!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sipila forces Marko back against the cage and clinches.
Sipila lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sipila lands a damaging elbow.
Sipila pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sipila is working Marko over against the cage.
Sipila scores with a shot to the side of Marko's head.
Sipila lands a left hand.
Sipila is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sipila lands an elbow inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sipila.
Sipila lands with a left to the head.
Marko is breathing heavily.
Sipila lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Cain Marko has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sipila lands an elbow that stopped Marko in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Sipila.
Sipila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sipila lands a shoulder strike.
Sipila crunches a lovely knee into Marko's ribcage.
A short right from Sipila on the inside.
Nice body punch from Sipila.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sipila lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sipila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sipila lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Sipila.
Sipila scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Sipila.
Sipila told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Sipila lands with a right to the head.
Sipila lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Marko is rocked!
Sipila lands a body shot.
Sipila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marko backwards.
Good body shot from Sipila.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sipila lands an elbow inside that Marko shrugs off.
Oh Marko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Sipila scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Sipila.
Sipila pushes Marko back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sipila lands with a left to the head.
Sipila comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sipila.
Sipila unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Marko! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sipila is unloading with more strikes now! Marko drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juha Sipila!