PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damien Dark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yrjo Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puska is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: GWB -rap. Yrjo Puska is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Dark
vs
Puska

195 cm
20
193 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Cobra Kai Nutrition (St. Pete's Best)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Damien Dark!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yrjo Puska!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dark misses with a body kick.
Puska fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Dark.

Puska feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Puska thows a big elbow that misses.
Dark managing to control the position.
Dark is trying to keep Puska in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Puska looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Puska trying to control the position from guard on top but Dark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puska cracks Dark with a solid left hand.
Puska trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Puska throws a big right hand that misses.
Puska cracks Dark with a solid left hand.
Dark preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dark pulls Puska in close to prevent any damage.
Puska is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dark is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dark wants to get back to his feet.
Dark wants to control but Puska is keeping him busy.
Puska is positioning himself well to prevent Dark advancing to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Puska manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Puska has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dark wanted to stand there but Puska had control of the position.
Puska is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

Puska had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dark defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dark trying to stand up but can't free himself from Puska's guard.
Puska tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dark has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Puska keeping full guard, as Dark tries to pass.
Puska controls Dark momentarily but Dark frees himself.
Dark stopping the sweep attempt from Puska.

Puska working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dark doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dark manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dark won't allow Puska to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Dark decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Puska, up you get!
Puska shoots in looking for a takedown. Dark tries to sprawl out of it but Puska keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dark manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Puska moves into the clinch successfully.
Dark is trying to maintain a safe position but Puska gets an underhook and turns Dark into the cage.
Dark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Puska has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dark takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Dark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Puska's face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dark tries a knee to the head but Puska blocks it.
Dark misses with a knee to the head.
Puska lands a nice shot to the body.
Puska works on Dark's body with a couple of short punches.
Dark leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yrjo Puska dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Puska throws a right hand that Dark ducks under and follows up with a left that Dark also avoids with ease.
Nice body punch from Puska.
Puska loads up on a big right hand but Dark slips the punch.
Dark uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puska.
Puska connects with a single shot there.
Dark tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Puska is able to avoid easily.
Dark tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Puska counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dark!
Dark in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Puska lands a big elbow.
Dark on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dark tries to get out of the position.
Puska thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Puska controlling his opponent.
Puska looking to finish with strikes here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska landing punches.
Puska is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Puska.
Puska throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dark wants to control but Puska is having none of it.
Puska scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dark?
Puska sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Puska postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dark looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puska throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Puska thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Puska punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puska sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dark tries to hold on but Puska postures up.
Puska thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Puska looking to ground and pound but Dark is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dark manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Dark manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Puska wants to control from the top but Dark keeps moving.
Puska with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dark is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Puska drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Puska seems to have locked his on tight now - Dark screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Puska, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Yrjo Puska!
Yrjo Puska is the new middleweight champion!