PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eetu Hyypia (ranked 6066 p4p, 5646 weight class) and Khabib Chiamev (ranked 653 p4p, 630 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hyypia
vs
Chiamev

181 cm
25
175
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eetu Hyypia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Khabib Chiamev!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyypia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Hyypia.
Hyypia looks for the body kick but Chiamev saw that one coming.
Hyypia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chiamev.
A bone on bone clash there as Chiamev blocks the leg kick.
Chiamev feints the counter takedown.
Hyypia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chiamev's head.
Hyypia shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Hyypia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Hyypia pushes Chiamev off and scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chiamev keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hyypia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hyypia slaps away a takedown attempt from Chiamev, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Eetu Hyypia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyypia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hyypia throws a series of punches but Chiamev avoids them all with ease.
Hyypia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Chiamev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hyypia can pounce on him.
Hyypia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chiamev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hyypia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chiamev.
Nice shot by Hyypia.
Hyypia stalks Chiamev and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chiamev's face. Chiamev staggers backwards, shaken.
Hyypia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chiamev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyypia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And Chiamev tries to counter it with a takedown but Hyypia pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hyypia thows a leg kick but Chiamev checks it

and Chiamev counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chiamev misses with the ground and pound.
Chiamev throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Chiamev working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Chiamev lands a decent elbow from side control.
Chiamev grinds an elbow into Hyypia's temple.
Chiamev tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Hyypia is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Chiamev is controlling him well.
Chiamev is chipping away with strikes.

Hyypia bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chiamev drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chiamev cracks Hyypia with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Hyypia is trying to buck Chiamev off.
Chiamev working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Chiamev working the body and head with strikes.
Chiamev lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Hyypia is rocked!
A big shot lands for Chiamev! That's hurt Hyypia! Will he recover? Chiamev fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Chiamev!
Khabib Chiamev spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.