PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Kisiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Susi Hukkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kisiel
vs
Hukkanen

210 cm
22
264 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Kisiel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Susi Hukkanen!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kisiel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kisiel looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A combination from Kisiel does no damage.
Kisiel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hukkanen gets a clinch.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hukkanen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kisiel misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hukkanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kisiel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hukkanen tries to close the distance and clinch but Kisiel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daniel Kisiel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hukkanen moves into the clinch.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hukkanen misses with a knee strike.
Hukkanen pushes off an throws an elbow but Kisiel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hukkanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kisiel takes an elbow to the temple.
Kisiel takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Hukkanen.
Kisiel takes an elbow to the temple.
Hukkanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hukkanen connects with a knee to the head.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it misses.
Hukkanen landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hukkanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside.
Hukkanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hukkanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hukkanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hukkanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Hukkanen.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Kisiel avoids the elbow strike from Hukkanen, against the cage.
Hukkanen 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.
Hukkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kisiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hukkanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hukkanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kisiel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hukkanen lands an elbow just above Kisiel 's eye.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kisiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hukkanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kisiel's brow.
Hukkanen lands an elbow that stopped Kisiel in his tracks for a moment.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Hukkanen lands a nice elbow.
Hukkanen trying to land knees to the body.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hukkanen looking to throw knees to the head but Kisiel is blocking nicely.
Hukkanen misses with a knee to the head.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Hukkanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hukkanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hukkanen throws an elbow but misses.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Come on Hukkanen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen looking to throw knees to the head but Kisiel is blocking nicely.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.
Kisiel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen lands an elbow that stopped Kisiel in his tracks for a moment.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hukkanen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.

Hukkanen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hukkanen misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hukkanen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kisiel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hukkanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hukkanen.
A head punch on the inside from Hukkanen fails to land.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen lands a damaging elbow.
Hukkanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hukkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kisiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hukkanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen trying to control the position but instead, Kisiel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hukkanen into the cage.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen stalling.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.

Hukkanen manages to break the clinch.
Kisiel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hukkanen tries to clinch but Kisiel moves out of range.
Hukkanen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kisiel throws a right and a left that both miss.

Hukkanen forces Kisiel back against the cage and clinches.
Hukkanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kisiel takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hukkanen throws an elbow but misses.
Hukkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kisiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it misses.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Kisiel avoids a wild elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
Kisiel managing to block the knees to the body from Hukkanen.
Kisiel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hukkanen wants to stall.
Hukkanen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
Hukkanen trying to land knees to the body.
Hukkanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kisiel's face.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.
Hukkanen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Susi Hukkanen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kisiel misses with a combination

and Hukkanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hukkanen breaks the clinch.
Hukkanen is looking to clinch.
Kisiel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hukkanen misses with a double jab.

Hukkanen moves into the clinch.
Hukkanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kisiel's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen lands with a light punch inside.
Hukkanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside that Kisiel shrugs off.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Kisiel blocks the elbow strike.
Hukkanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.

Hukkanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hukkanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kisiel misses with a double jab

and Hukkanen moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hukkanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kisiel falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hukkanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen missing with knees to the body.
Kisiel prevents a body shot from Hukkanen.
Kisiel avoiding damage as Hukkanen throws knees to the body.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hukkanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kisiel blocks an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Hukkanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen pushes off an throws an elbow but Kisiel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hukkanen tries a knee to the head but Kisiel blocks it.
Kisiel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kisiel avoids a wild elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.

Hukkanen breaks from the clinch.
Kisiel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hukkanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hukkanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kisiel's brow.
Hukkanen throws an elbow that misses.

Hukkanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

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.

Hukkanen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hukkanen is looking to control Kisiel's arms but Kisiel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hukkanen has his back to the cage.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kisiel as Hukkanen tries to tie him up.
Kisiel is looking to break free of the clinch but Hukkanen has double underhooks.
Hukkanen lands a shoulder strike.
Hukkanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen looking to slow down the pace here.
Kisiel dodges an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Hukkanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hukkanen.
Kisiel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hukkanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it misses.
Kisiel avoiding damage as Hukkanen throws knees to the body.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hukkanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kisiel's defenses.
Kisiel is trying to break the clinch but Hukkanen has him pressed against the cage.
Kisiel blocks the elbow strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hukkanen.
Hukkanen misses with a knee strike.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.

Hukkanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kisiel falls off balance throwing a combination

and Hukkanen counters by moving into the clinch.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hukkanen lands an elbow inside that Kisiel shrugs off.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kisiel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kisiel wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kisiel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hukkanen doesn't manage to clinch there - Kisiel circles away.
Hukkanen tries to clinch up.

Hukkanen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kisiel, pushing him back against the cage.
Hukkanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kisiel.
Hukkanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kisiel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hukkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kisiel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Hukkanen lands a shot to the body.
Kisiel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hukkanen has him pressed against the cage.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Hukkanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hukkanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kisiel's elbow.
Kisiel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kisiel tries to break the clinch but Hukkanen is controlling the position.
Hukkanen taking a breather.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
Kisiel dodges an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Hukkanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow strike.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hukkanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hukkanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kisiel's defenses.
Kisiel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hukkanen has him pressed against the cage.
Kisiel blocks an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Kisiel blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kisiel as Hukkanen tries to tie him up.
Hukkanen is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Susi Hukkanen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A combination from Kisiel does no damage.
Hukkanen is looking to clinch but Kisiel is avoiding it.
Hukkanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kisiel paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hukkanen forces Kisiel back against the cage and clinches.
Hukkanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kisiel takes an elbow to the temple.
Hukkanen stalls.
Hukkanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hukkanen misses with a knee to the head.
Kisiel is trying to break free.

Hukkanen breaks from the clinch.
Kisiel throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hukkanen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kisiel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kisiel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hukkanen has him pressed against the cage.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kisiel dodges an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Hukkanen lands a damaging elbow.
Kisiel managing to block the knees to the body from Hukkanen.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kisiel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kisiel can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Hukkanen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kisiel blocking some punches.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.
Hukkanen misses with a knee to the head.
Hukkanen connects with a knee to the head.
Kisiel avoiding damage as Hukkanen throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kisiel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kisiel is trying to break the clinch but Hukkanen has him pressed against the cage.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Kisiel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kisiel avoids the elbow strike from Hukkanen, against the cage.
Hukkanen is working Kisiel over against the cage.
Kisiel is trying to break free.
Kisiel dodges an elbow strike from Hukkanen.

Kisiel manages to break the clinch.
Kisiel misses with the combination.
Kisiel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hukkanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kisiel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hukkanen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kisiel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Daniel Kisiel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kisiel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kisiel misses with a combination

and Hukkanen counters by clinching up.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Hukkanen pushes off an throws an elbow but Kisiel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hukkanen lands an elbow that stopped Kisiel in his tracks for a moment.
Hukkanen taking a breather.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Hukkanen trying to control the position but instead, Kisiel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hukkanen into the cage.
Hukkanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kisiel blocks the elbow strike.
Hukkanen lands a nice elbow.
Hukkanen missing with knees to the body.

Hukkanen manages to break the clinch.
Kisiel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kisiel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hukkanen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hukkanen.
Kisiel blocks an elbow strike.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kisiel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hukkanen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.
Hukkanen slows down the pace here.
Kisiel avoids the elbow strike from Hukkanen, against the cage.
Hukkanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Hukkanen tries a knee to the head but Kisiel blocks it.
Kisiel avoiding damage as Hukkanen throws knees to the body.

Hukkanen breaks from the clinch.
Kisiel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hukkanen counters by clinching up.
Hukkanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kisiel wants to get back to striking at distance but Hukkanen won't allow it.

Hukkanen manages to break the clinch.
Kisiel misses with a two punch combination.
Kisiel throws a nice looking combination but Hukkanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kisiel misses with a few strikes there.
Kisiel throws a left and a right that both miss

and Hukkanen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hukkanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kisiel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hukkanen prevents Kisiel from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hukkanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kisiel blocks an elbow strike from Hukkanen.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Kisiel blocks the elbow strike.
Kisiel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Kisiel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hukkanen trying to stall but Kisiel improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hukkanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kisiel's brow.
Hukkanen keeps control of Kisiel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hukkanen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Susi Hukkanen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hukkanen lands an elbow that stopped Kisiel in his tracks for a moment.
Hukkanen lands a knee to the head.
Kisiel blocks the elbow strike.
Hukkanen looking to throw knees to the head but Kisiel is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hukkanen misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kisiel wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hukkanen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kisiel's brow.
Kisiel wants to break free but Hukkanen has control.
Kisiel has had enough of the clinch but Hukkanen keeps him there for the moment.
Daniel Kisiel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hukkanen.
Hukkanen throws an elbow but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Susi Hukkanen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hukkanen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Susi Hukkanen!