PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Urpo Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justyn Sayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nyrkki
vs
Sayne

192 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 Amsterdam, Urpo Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justyn Sayne!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sayne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nyrkki misses with a body punch.
Nyrkki is trying to break free.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks with his arms.
Sayne looking to throw knees to the head but Nyrkki is blocking nicely.
Sayne misses with some punches.
Sayne has a couple of punches blocked by Nyrkki.
Sayne prevents Nyrkki from breaking the clinch.
Sayne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sayne misses with some punches.
Nyrkki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sayne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayne.
Sayne misses with a punch on the inside.
Sayne should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nyrkki blocks an elbow strike.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sayne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nyrkki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sayne looking to throw knees to the head but Nyrkki is blocking nicely.
Sayne misses with an elbow strike.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks with his arms.
Nyrkki blocks an elbow strike.
Sayne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks it.
Nyrkki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyrkki taking a breather.
Sayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyrkki blocks it with crossed arms.
Sayne misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Sayne.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sayne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nyrkki's brow.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Sayne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sayne looks gassed!
Sayne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nyrkki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Sayne.
Nyrkki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nyrkki blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sayne just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nyrkki's brow.
Sayne keeps control of Nyrkki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks it.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks it.
Sayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyrkki blocks it with crossed arms.
Sayne prevents Nyrkki from breaking the clinch.
Nyrkki blocks an elbow strike.
Nyrkki tries to stall but Sayne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nyrkki is trying to break the clinch but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Nyrkki is trying to break the clinch but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks with his arms.
Nyrkki blocks an elbow strike from Sayne.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Nyrkki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Nyrkki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but Nyrkki blocks with his arms.
Nyrkki has had enough of the clinch but Sayne keeps him there for the moment.
Nyrkki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sayne is keeping busy.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.
Sayne blocks a punch to the side of the head.

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.
Nyrkki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyrkki blocks it with crossed arms.
Sayne blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Sayne keeps control of Nyrkki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sayne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sayne misses with a knee strike.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sayne misses with an elbow over the top.
Nyrkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Sayne.
Nyrkki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Sayne keeps control of Nyrkki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyrkki blocks it with crossed arms.

Nyrkki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nyrkki lands a lovely overhand right.
Nyrkki scores with the left hand. Sayne knows he should have avoided that one.
Nyrkki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Justyn Sayne has been cut.
Sayne on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nyrkki connects with a right hand. Sayne shakes it off.
Nyrkki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nyrkki swats away the attempt to clinch by Sayne.
Nyrkki throws a leg kick but Sayne sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sayne throws a head kick but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Sayne is looking to clinch but Nyrkki is avoiding it.
Sayne tries to clinch up but Nyrkki circles away and keeps his distance.
Nyrkki lands with a right hand.
Sayne lands a high kick!
Nyrkki clobbers Sayne with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sayne is looking to clinch but Nyrkki is avoiding it.
Sayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Nyrkki avoids the head kick by Sayne.
Sayne staying out of range there.
Nyrkki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sayne's head.
Nyrkki is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sayne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Nyrkki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sayne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki blocks a head kick by Sayne.
Sayne slips a jab from Nyrkki.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nyrkki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sayne on the side of the head.
Sayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nyrkki.
Sayne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sayne throws a head kick that Nyrkki semi-blocks.
Sayne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sayne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Nyrkki misses its intended target.
Nyrkki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sayne has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sayne there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nyrkki lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sayne defending well as Nyrkki loads up on a big left hand.
Sayne tries to clinch there but Nyrkki circles away.
Sayne scores with a head kick.
Nyrkki takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urpo Nyrkki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justyn Sayne's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sayne tries to clinch but Nyrkki is having none of it.
Sayne is looking to clinch but Nyrkki is avoiding it.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nyrkki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sayne tries to clinch up but Nyrkki circles away and keeps his distance.
Urpo Nyrkki is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Nyrkki misses.
Sayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Sayne scores with a head kick.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses.
Sayne takes one on the button.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki throws a hook but Sayne avoids it easily.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Nyrkki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Nyrkki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sayne wants to clinch.
Sayne tries to clinch but Nyrkki moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sayne clinches up against the cage.
Sayne misses with a knee to the head.
Nyrkki has had enough of the clinch but Sayne keeps him there for the moment.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Sayne fails to land.
Sayne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nyrkki blocks it with crossed arms.
Nyrkki is looking to control Sayne's arms but Sayne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nyrkki has his back to the cage.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nyrkki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Nyrkki tries to break the clinch but Sayne is controlling the position.
Sayne misses with a knee strike.
Sayne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Sayne throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayne misses with a hook from the clinch.

Nyrkki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sayne misses with a head kick.
Sayne misses with a head kick.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Sayne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nyrkki avoids the head kick by Sayne.
Sayne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki misses with a looping right.
Justyn Sayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sayne closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nyrkki wants to break free but Sayne has control.
Nyrkki just leaning against Sayne, taking a breather.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nyrkki has had enough of the clinch but Sayne keeps him there for the moment.
Sayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sayne prevents Nyrkki from breaking the clinch.
Sayne throws an elbow that misses.
Nyrkki avoids the elbow strike from Sayne, against the cage.
Nyrkki blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nyrkki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nyrkki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sayne's elbow.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayne lands a damaging elbow.
Sayne looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nyrkki. Sayne does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nyrkki misses with a double jab.
Sayne throws a head kick but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nyrkki swats away the attempt to clinch by Sayne.
Sayne tries to clinch up.
Sayne takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sayne throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki tries to bum rush Sayne with a series of wild strikes but Sayne uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Nyrkki misses with a looping right.
Sayne throws a head kick but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki cracks Sayne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sayne scores with a head kick.
Sayne wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki avoids the head kick by Sayne.
Sayne is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nyrkki blocks a head kick by Sayne.
Sayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Sayne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sayne throws a head kick that misses.
Sayne wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Urpo Nyrkki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sayne walks into a stiff left hand from Nyrkki.
Sayne fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sayne wants to clinch.
Sayne misses with a head kick.
Sayne tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urpo Nyrkki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Justyn Sayne's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sayne slips a straight right by Nyrkki.
Sayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Sayne throws a sloppy head kick and Nyrkki moves out of range easily.
Sayne is looking to clinch but Nyrkki is avoiding it.
Sayne ducks under a wild hook from Nyrkki.
Sayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Sayne is looking to clinch but Nyrkki is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
Sayne wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Sayne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nyrkki circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyrkki avoids the head kick by Sayne.
Sayne takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nyrkki catches Sayne with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sayne takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nyrkki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nyrkki!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nyrkki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sayne can do to turn this around?
Sayne misses with a head kick.
Sayne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sayne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nyrkki.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch but Nyrkki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sayne closes the distance and clinches.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Nyrkki blocks an elbow strike.
Nyrkki is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayne has double underhooks.
Sayne prevents Nyrkki from breaking the clinch.
Sayne with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nyrkki blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Sayne.
Nyrkki has had enough of the clinch but Sayne keeps him there for the moment.
Sayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sayne throws an elbow but it misses.
Nyrkki trying to control the position but instead, Sayne has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nyrkki into the cage.
Sayne misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nyrkki is trying to break the clinch but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Nyrkki takes an elbow to the temple.
Sayne throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
Sayne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nyrkki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sayne throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nyrkki misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Sayne fails to land.
Sayne keeps control of Nyrkki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sayne throws an elbow but misses.
Sayne throws an elbow that misses.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sayne misses with a knee strike.
Sayne blocks a body shot from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki wants to break free but Sayne has control.
Sayne misses with an elbow over the top.
Sayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sayne throws an elbow but misses.
Nyrkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Sayne.
Nyrkki can't break the clinch.
Sayne misses with a knee strike.
Nyrkki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sayne has him pressed against the cage.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.

Nyrkki breaks from the clinch.
Sayne throws a head kick that Nyrkki semi-blocks.
Sayne wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nyrkki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sayne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Nyrkki scores with a jab.
Sayne throws a sloppy head kick and Nyrkki moves out of range easily.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sayne wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Sayne has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nyrkki blocks a head kick by Sayne.
Sayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nyrkki.
Sayne wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Sayne tries to clinch up but Nyrkki circles away and keeps his distance.
Nyrkki connects with a jab.
Nyrkki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sayne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab from Nyrkki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki throws a right hand that Sayne ducks under and follows up with a left that Sayne also avoids with ease.
Nyrkki takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Sayne.
Sayne moves in looking to clinch but Nyrkki pushes him off.
Nyrkki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sayne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sayne moves in looking to clinch but Nyrkki pushes him off.
Sayne tries to clinch there but Nyrkki circles away.
Nyrkki misses with a looping right.
Nyrkki looks to land a combination but Sayne avoids it well.
Sayne walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sayne tries to clinch up.

Sayne moves into the clinch.
Nyrkki taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nyrkki.
Justyn Sayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayne.
Sayne lands an elbow inside.
Sayne has a couple of punches blocked by Nyrkki.

And that's the end of the fight!
Urpo Nyrkki showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nyrkki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Urpo Nyrkki!