PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Make Makkonen (ranked 541 p4p, 1548 weight class) and Fred Young (ranked 30 p4p, 79 weight class). Makkonen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Epic Sax Guy - time to SMESH!. Young has chosen Real Ganja Man as his entrance music. Make Makkonen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Makkonen
vs
Young

225 cm
24
300
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
300
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads
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Conquer
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Make Makkonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fred Young!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makkonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Makkonen is looking to counter punch.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
Makkonen tries to counter with a takedown but Young is quick to defend against it.
Young misses with a straight left.
A head kick misses from Young.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Makkonen scores with a hook.

It looks like Fred Young has been cut.
Young misses with a left hand

and Makkonen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Makkonen.
Young is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Makkonen dives into side control.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makkonen just content to control the position.
Makkonen looks up at the clock and then as Young takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Makkonen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkonen cracks Young with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Makkonen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Makkonen taking a breather here.
Young is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Makkonen working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen staying calm.
Makkonen is chipping away with strikes.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Makkonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Makkonen is staying tight to Young's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Makkonen grinds an elbow into Young's temple.
Makkonen prevents Young from escaping the position.
Young taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Young on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Makkonen controlling from side mount.
Makkonen working the head and body with strikes.
Young is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Makkonen working the ground and pound.
Young is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Makkonen is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Young's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to escape but Makkonen is in control.
Makkonen controlling the position from side mount.
Young is pushing Makkonen's head away, looking to escape. Makkonen manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Makkonen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Young is pushing Makkonen's head away, looking to escape. Makkonen manages to hold on to the position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Make Makkonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Young's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Young misses with a looping right.
Makkonen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Young misses the shot to the body.
Makkonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Young. That snapped Makkonen's head back.

It looks like Make Makkonen has been cut.
Makkonen lands a really nice looking cross but Young seems unphased.
Young misses with an uppercut. Makkonen saw that one coming.
Fred Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Makkonen pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Makkonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Makkonen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Makkonen.
Young throws a body punch but Makkonen moves out of range.
Young lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makkonen circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Makkonen slips the punch.
Makkonen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Makkonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Young is looking to clinch.
Young throws a left and a right that both miss

and Makkonen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Makkonen slows the pace down in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is trying to stand.
Makkonen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Make Makkonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Makkonen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Makkonen working over Young with some ground and pound. Young looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Makkonen lands a nice short elbow.
Makkonen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Makkonen drops an elbow to the side of Young's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to stand back up but Makkonen is controlling him
Makkonen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Young is rocked!
Young tries to kick Makkonen off in order to stand up. Makkonen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Young is still in real trouble! Can Makkonen finish him?
Makkonen scoring with punches from side control.
Makkonen in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Young looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Makkonen turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Make Makkonen!
Make Makkonen retains his super heavyweight title!
Post fight, Make Makkonen stared into the camera and said 'My god this guy hits hard! I was sure, that my all around game was better and that seemed to be just like that. Thanks guys, again!'.