PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Einar Kyrvänsyylä (ranked 2872 p4p, 1514 weight class) and Ghengis Khan (ranked 363 p4p, 228 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kyrvänsyylä
vs
Khan

195 cm
23
267
9 - 7 - 0

201 cm
23
273
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Einar Kyrvänsyylä!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Ghengis Khan!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kyrvänsyylä manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kyrvänsyylä is looking to counter punch.
Kyrvänsyylä tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kyrvänsyylä takes one to the side of the head.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sloppy strikes from Kyrvänsyylä. Those never looked like landing.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Kyrvänsyylä ducks down to avoid it.
Kyrvänsyylä slips under a jab.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with the combination.
Khan tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Kyrvänsyylä manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kyrvänsyylä is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Khan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Khan has Kyrvänsyylä up against the ropes in a clinch.
Khan stalling against the ropes.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a hook to the ribs.
Khan lands a nice shot to the body.
Khan blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kyrvänsyylä scores with a nice short uppercut.

Kyrvänsyylä's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ghengis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Khan throws a poor cross that misses
and Kyrvänsyylä counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kyrvänsyylä keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Khan.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've been informed that Khan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Khan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Kyrvänsyylä gets tackled into the ropes by Khan. Khan maintains the clinch.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kyrvänsyylä is working Khan over against the ropes.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Kyrvänsyylä uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan misses with the head strike.

Kyrvänsyylä manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Khan rushes Kyrvänsyylä and presses him up against the ropes.
Kyrvänsyylä blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kyrvänsyylä is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
Khan lands a right hand.
Khan scores with a shot to the side of Kyrvänsyylä's head.
Khan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.

Kyrvänsyylä breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kyrvänsyylä needs to keep his hands up - Khan had a free shot at his head there.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kyrvänsyylä was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
Kyrvänsyylä tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä works over Khan's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Ghengis Khan has been cut.
Khan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kyrvänsyylä in his tracks.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kyrvänsyylä tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kyrvänsyylä scores with a body shot.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kyrvänsyylä.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyrvänsyylä scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Kyrvänsyylä.
Khan scores with a shot to the body.
Kyrvänsyylä takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kyrvänsyylä tries to move into range but Khan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A combination from Kyrvänsyylä does no damage.
Kyrvänsyylä swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kyrvänsyylä avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kyrvänsyylä defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan tries to clinch up.
Khan avoids the body shot from Kyrvänsyylä.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
As Khan looks to move away, Kyrvänsyylä throws a big counter combo but Khan just gets out of the way.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyrvänsyylä takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Kyrvänsyylä avoids the body shot from Khan.
Sloppy strikes from Kyrvänsyylä. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Khan.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
Khan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That has opened up Ghengis Khan's cut even more.
Khan dips to his left and cracks Kyrvänsyylä with an uppercut!
Khan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kyrvänsyylä had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a double jab.
Kyrvänsyylä misses with a wild combination.
Kyrvänsyylä lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Khan sizes up Kyrvänsyylä with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Kyrvänsyylä.
Kyrvänsyylä tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
Khan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kyrvänsyyläs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sloppy strikes from Kyrvänsyylä. Those never looked like landing.
Khan wants to counter with a clinch but Kyrvänsyylä pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Einar Kyrvänsyylä will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ghengis Khan's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Khan misses with a straight left.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kyrvänsyylä sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kyrvänsyylä is looking to wear down Khan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kyrvänsyylä throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Einar Kyrvänsyylä is winning the standup battle so far.
Khan's corner calls for a 1-2. Khan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Kyrvänsyylä.
Khan throws a jab when Kyrvänsyylä was well out of range.
As Khan backs away, Kyrvänsyylä returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice defenses there by Kyrvänsyylä.
Jab from Khan.
Kyrvänsyylä has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kyrvänsyylä there as he acknowledges the shot.

Kyrvänsyylä is rocked!
Khan shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Kyrvänsyylä takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Khan sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Kyrvänsyylä bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ghengis Khan!