PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rorst Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the ring accompanied by Buttons. Nykanen has chosen Elama on laiffii as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Gracie
vs
Nykanen

173 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
18
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rorst Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Nykanen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with the combination.
Gracie shoots in for a double leg but Nykanen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie shoots in and drives through. Nykanen sprawls well.
Gracie shoots in but Nykanen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rorst Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nykanen's waist but Nykanen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gracie off to one side.
Gracie keeps the fight on the outside.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nykanen avoids it really well and circles away.

Nykanen closes the distance and clinches.
Nykanen leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Nykanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Rorst Gracie has been cut.
Nykanen lands an elbow that stopped Gracie in his tracks for a moment.
Nykanen slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Nykanen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nykanen is pressed up against the ropes. Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nykanen down to the mat. Nykanen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gracie.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nykanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nykanen slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nykanen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Nykanen which made him look bad.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Nice sprawl there from Nykanen as Gracie shoots in.

Nykanen rushes Gracie and presses him up against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nykanen.
Nykanen lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Nykanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Nykanen trying to land knees to the body.
Nykanen lands an elbow inside.
Nykanen trying to land knees to the body.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nykanen controlling the action here for a moment.
Nykanen lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nykanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gracie.
Nykanen stalling.
Nykanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nykanen is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nykanen lands a nice elbow.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nykanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Nykanen lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Gracie is working for takedown but Nykanen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gracie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nykanen prevents it.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Nykanen gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Nykanen.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nykanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Gracie goes for a takedown attempt but Nykanen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Nykanen is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Nykanen circles away and we're back to standing.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown but Nykanen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nykanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nykanen is looking to clinch.
Nykanen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Gracie fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Nykanen moves into the clinch.
Nykanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gracie letting Nykanen take a breather here.
Nykanen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nykanen has Gracie pushed against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nykanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nykanen trying to land knees to the body.
Nykanen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gracie avoiding damage as Nykanen throws knees to the body.
Nykanen lands an elbow inside.
Nykanen is pushing Gracie up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gracie avoiding damage as Nykanen throws knees to the body.
Nykanen trying to control the position but instead, Gracie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nykanen into the ropes.
Nykanen leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matti Nykanen.
Gracie fails to land the takedown.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matti Nykanen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rorst Gracie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nykanen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gracie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nykanen is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Nykanen is looking to clinch.

Nykanen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gracie, pushing him back against the ropes.
Nykanen lands a nice elbow.
Nykanen trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie avoiding damage as Nykanen throws knees to the body.
Nykanen stalling in the clinch but Gracie improves position.
Nykanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nykanen.
Nykanen controlling the action here for a moment.
Nykanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gracie is defending well for now.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gracie letting Nykanen take a breather here.
Nykanen is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nykanen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gracie avoids it.
Nykanen misses with an elbow over the top.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nykanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Nykanen misses with an elbow over the top.

Gracie turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Gracie manages to end up in side control.

Gracie is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Nykanen looks calm but he's in trouble here. Gracie gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Nykanen is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Gracie lets go of the hold and Nykanen can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rorst Gracie!