PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tauno Karvaranne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tauno Karvaranne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nyrkki
vs
Karvaranne

188 cm
20
217 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tauno Karvaranne!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Nyrkki.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Nyrkki!
Karvaranne doesn't manage to clinch there - Nyrkki circles away.
Karvaranne shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nyrkki as he avoids it easily.
Karvaranne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nyrkki throws out the jab.
Karvaranne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nyrkki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karvaranne circles away quickly and effectively.
Karvaranne throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nyrkki's waist but Nyrkki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karvaranne off to one side.
Mauri Nyrkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tauno Karvaranne.
Nyrkki tests Karvaranne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karvaranne tries to bum rush Nyrkki with a series of wild strikes but Nyrkki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nyrkki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Karvaranne shoots for a double leg takedown but Nyrkki sprawls well. He's pushed Karvaranne's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Karvaranne looks gassed!
Nyrkki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nyrkki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karvaranne circles away quickly and effectively.
Nyrkki scores with a shot to the body.
Nyrkki works over Karvaranne's head and body with a nice combination.
Nyrkki moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands a nice hook to Karvaranne's body. Karvaranne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Nyrkki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Karvaranne counters with a single leg into guard. Nyrkki didn't expect that.
Nyrkki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Karvaranne is controlling him.

Nyrkki manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nyrkki scores with a jab. Karvaranne acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Karvaranne takes one to the side of the head.
Karvaranne has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Karvaranne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands a jab to Karvaranne's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands a two punch combo.
Karvaranne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nyrkki slaps away a takedown attempt from Karvaranne, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Karvaranne showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nyrkki.
Karvaranne has a takedown stuffed.
Karvaranne fails with a takedown attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Nyrkki as he connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Nyrkki as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Karvaranne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nyrkki tries to avoid it but Karvaranne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nyrkki to the ground. Nyrkki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nyrkki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nyrkki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nyrkki throws a one two combo.
Nyrkki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nyrkki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karvaranne.
Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvaranne.
Karvaranne is looking to clinch.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karvaranne moves away.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Nyrkki is looking to wear down Karvaranne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Karvaranne shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
No luck for Karvaranne with that takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Karvaranne is defended easily by Nyrkki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nyrkki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karvaranne backs up against the cage.
Nyrkki is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the side of Karvaranne's head but Karvaranne sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt - Nyrkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Karvaranne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Karvaranne misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nyrkki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nyrkki stuffs the takedown attempt from Karvaranne. Karvaranne gets slowly back to his feet.
Karvaranne is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nyrkki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauri Nyrkki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nyrkki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karvaranne.
Karvaranne shoots for a takedown but Nyrkki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nyrkki digs a good body shot into Karvaranne's ribs.
A punch combination from Nyrkki misses.
A combination from Nyrkki does no damage.
Nyrkki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nyrkki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Karvaranne is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nyrkki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nyrkki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nyrkki's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Nyrkki duly obliges.
Karvaranne shoots for a takedown but Nyrkki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mauri Nyrkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tauno Karvaranne.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nyrkki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nyrkki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nyrkki misses with a double jab.

Karvaranne closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karvaranne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nyrkki has escaped the position, nice work there.

Karvaranne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Nyrkki, who protects the arm well.

Karvaranne is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nyrkki has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nyrkki is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Karvaranne is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karvaranne in side control lands a decent elbow.

Karvaranne tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Karvaranne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nyrkki knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Karvaranne prevents Nyrkki from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Karvaranne is working to tighten is grip on Nyrkki's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Nyrkki has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Karvaranne is really squeezing tight and eventually Nyrkki passes out! Karvaranne breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tauno Karvaranne!