PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Kicker (ranked 6375 p4p, 5106 weight class) and Zoo Six (ranked 93 p4p, 73 weight class). Zoo Six is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Kicker
vs
Six

188 cm
26
205
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
23
198
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maurice Kicker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Zoo Six!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kicker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Six manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Six throws a one two combo.

It looks like Maurice Kicker has been cut.
Kicker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kicker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Six fails to land with a series of punches.
Kicker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Six.
Six throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Six avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Six tries to bum rush Kicker with a series of wild strikes but Kicker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kicker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Six paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A nice leg kick from Six, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

A jab-cross combination lands for Six and sends Kicker crashing to the mat! Six follows him down to the mat - Kicker regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Kicker is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Six stalling.
Oh Kicker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kicker seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker is trying to stand up here but Six is controlling him well.
My spies in SISU Fight gym inform me that Six has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Six passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kicker!
Six looking to control and managing it successfully.
Six's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kicker is desperately trying to improve his position but Six has a good base and remains in mount.
Six controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
More stalling from Six.
Let's hope that Six has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker is desperately trying to improve his position but Six has a good base and remains in mount.
Six sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four 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.
Six with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
Six prevents Kicker from getting the reversal.
Six controlling the position easily from mount.
Kicker wants to try and get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Zoo Six dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maurice Kicker's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Six moves out of range of the strikes.
Kicker wants to slow Six down by chopping away at his legs.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Six! But no joy.
Kicker tries to clinch but Six moves out of range.
Kicker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Six.
Kicker fails to land with a series of punches.
Kicker moves in looking to clinch but Six pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Six.
Six avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As Kicker backs off Six throws a huge counter combo but Kicker manages to avoid it all.
Six throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kicker.
Jab by Six.
Six looks to land a combination. Kicker sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
We've been told by Kicker's head coaches at SISU Fight gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kicker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Six blocks a head kick by Kicker.
Six has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Six circles away from the clinch attempt.
Six scores with a nice right hand.

Maurice Kicker's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick from Six, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kicker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Six manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Six! But no joy.
Kicker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kicker tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Six plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Kicker to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Kicker just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zoo Six!
During a confident post fight interview, Zoo Six thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.