PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rike McMylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lauri Louhikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louhikko is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McMylly
vs
Louhikko

199 cm
19
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
286 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rike McMylly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lauri Louhikko!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louhikko thows a body shot but no joy.
McMylly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louhikko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, jab by Louhikko - just one landing.
McMylly dodges the punch combination from Louhikko.
McMylly connects with a high kick.
McMylly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Louhikko.
McMylly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Louhikko bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McMylly's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick lands from McMylly.
Good leg kick by McMylly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Louhikko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMylly.
McMylly cracks Louhikko with a right hand to the side of the head.

McMylly moves into the clinch successfully.
Louhikko looking to slow down the pace here.
McMylly misses with a knee strike.
McMylly is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McMylly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Louhikko blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louhikko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McMylly avoids it.
McMylly stalling.
Louhikko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Louhikko.
McMylly leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McMylly.
McMylly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Lauri Louhikko has been cut.
Louhikko misses with a body punch.

Louhikko breaks the clinch.
Louhikko's corner calls for a 1-2. Louhikko obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McMylly lands a nice looking body kick.
Louhikko looks gassed!

McMylly throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Louhikko stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. McMylly follows into mount!

Louhikko is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McMylly punching from mount but Louhikko doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Louhikko is still in real trouble! Can McMylly finish him?
McMylly tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Louhikko seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMylly has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
McMylly throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McMylly controlling from the full mount.
McMylly misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMylly unloads with some shots from mount but Louhikko bucks and avoids them well.
McMylly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Louhikko is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
McMylly throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
McMylly punching from mount but Louhikko doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McMylly thowing shots but they're missing.
McMylly unloads with some shots from mount but Louhikko bucks and avoids them well.
McMylly looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMylly can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Louhikko is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Louhikko can do anything to dispel that myth.
McMylly controlling from mount.
McMylly postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Louhikko looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McMylly throwing strikes here but Louhikko is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rike McMylly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lauri Louhikko's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Louhikko throws out a leg kick but McMylly moves out of range and Louhikko only half commits.
McMylly connects with a high kick.
Louhikko swings for the body but McMylly moves out of range.
McMylly lunges at Louhikko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Louhikko's hand.
McMylly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McMylly tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Louhikko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Louhikko lands a nice shot that snaps McMylly's head back.
Louhikko sizes up McMylly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Louhikko throws a shot from downtown. McMylly moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louhikko. McMylly does a little dance to reset his feet.
McMylly tries to clinch up.
McMylly misses with a head kick.
Louhikko throws a lazy head kick
and McMylly counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

McMylly connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Louhikko to the floor! McMylly dives in looking for the finish!
Louhikko is breathing heavily.
McMylly wants to take a breather but Louhikko is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

McMylly decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMylly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

McMylly connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Louhikko to the floor! McMylly dives in looking for the finish!
McMylly wants to control but Louhikko is keeping him busy.

McMylly seems to be looking for submissions.
Louhikko is in trouble now - McMylly has advanced to mount!
Louhikko wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McMylly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMylly throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Louhikko because McMylly loaded up on that one.
McMylly punching from mount but Louhikko doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McMylly punching from mount but Louhikko doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McMylly has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Louhikko wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by McMylly.
McMylly throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McMylly connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMylly wants to control the pace but Louhikko is squirming around nicely.
McMylly throws some wild stikes that Louhikko manages to avoid easily.
McMylly thowing shots but they're missing.
McMylly thowing shots but they're missing.
Louhikko can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Louhikko blocking the ground and pound.
Louhikko holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as McMylly tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
McMylly looking to control but Louhikko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McMylly thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rike McMylly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lauri Louhikko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

McMylly checks a low kick from Louhikko.
McMylly is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louhikko can do to turn this around?
McMylly lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Louhikko misses the body punch
and McMylly counters with a thumping low kick.
Good leg kick by McMylly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McMylly throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McMylly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Louhikko tries to keep at a distance but McMylly has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for McMylly.
McMylly tries to land knees in the clinch but Louhikko avoids the damage to the body.
McMylly leaning his opponent against the cage.
McMylly lands an elbow that stopped Louhikko in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McMylly obliges.

McMylly connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Louhikko goes down! McMylly jumps into full mount looking to finish!
Louhikko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McMylly sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMylly postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Louhikko in real trouble here! The ref calls for Louhikko to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rike McMylly!