PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santeri Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Massa Make (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sikaniska comes to the cage accompanied by 2 Brothers on the 4th floor - Fairytales. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sikaniska
vs
Make

205 cm
25
300 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

225 cm
27
307 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Sikaniska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Massa Make!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Make doesn't manage to clinch there - Sikaniska circles away.
Make tries to clinch but Sikaniska is having none of it.
Santeri Sikaniska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Make clinches up with Sikaniska and pushes him back against the cage.
Sikaniska is trying to force a seperation but Make has the dominant position.
Make is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Make tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sikaniska avoids it.
Make with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Make misses with a knee strike.
Sikaniska blocks an elbow strike from Make.
Make connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sikaniska's face.

It looks like Santeri Sikaniska has been cut.
Sikaniska wants to break free but Make has control.
Make lands a good knee to the midsection. Sikaniska won't want to take too many of those.
Make looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.

Sikaniska breaks from the clinch.

Make gets a clinch.
Make lands a nice knee to the body.
Sikaniska is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Make connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Make obliges.
The referee calls for Make to work.
Make tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Make throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sikaniska blocks it with crossed arms.
Make with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Make stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikaniska wants to get back to striking at distance but Make won't allow it.
Sikaniska tries to circle away but Make has him pinned against the cage.
Make connects with a knee to the head.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.

Make drops Sikaniska with a big knee straight up the middle! Sikaniska is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sikaniska is rocked!

Sikaniska tries to keep at a distance but Make has taken the fight into the clinch.
Make tries a knee to the head but Sikaniska blocks it.
Make scores with a knee to the head.
Make creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sikaniska's defenses.
Sikaniska wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Make lands a knee to the body.
Make connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sikaniska's face.
Sikaniska tries to break free but Make pushes him back against the cage.
Make looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.
Make slowing the pace effectively.
Make lands a knee to the head.
Make looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.
Make connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sikaniska's face.
Make will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sikaniska up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Make.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Make obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Make just leaning against Sikaniska, taking a breather.
Sikaniska can't break the clinch.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sikaniska is trying to break the clinch but Make is controlling him.
Make keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sikaniska's efforts to push away.
Make prevents Sikaniska from breaking the clinch.
Make keeps control of Sikaniska as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Make keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sikaniska's efforts to push away.
Make lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Make has Sikaniska pressed against the cage, preventing Sikaniska from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Make.
Make lands a good knee to the midsection. Sikaniska won't want to take too many of those.
Make content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Make lands an elbow that stopped Sikaniska in his tracks for a moment.
Make just leaning against Sikaniska, taking a breather.
Make gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sikaniska is trying to break the clinch but Make is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Make obliges.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska takes an elbow to the temple.
Make misses with a knee to the head.
Sikaniska wants to get back to striking at distance but Make won't allow it.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Sikaniska's ribcage.
Make is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.
Make lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Make.
Make lands an elbow inside that Sikaniska shrugs off.
Make crunches a lovely knee into Sikaniska's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Make.
Make dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Make throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sikaniska blocks it with crossed arms.
Make is struggling to control the position.
Make lands a nice elbow.
Make avoiding damage.
Make receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Make tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska is trying to force a seperation but Make has the dominant position.

Sikaniska escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A combination from Sikaniska does no damage.
Make wants to clinch.
Sikaniska misses with a looping left.
Sikaniska throws a looping overhand right but Make ducks down to avoid it.
Make doesn't manage to clinch there - Sikaniska circles away.
Sikaniska throws a body punch but Make moves out of range.
Make tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by Make.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sikaniska paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Massa Make dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santeri Sikaniska's cut.
That's time! Sikaniska's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sikaniska misses with a few strikes there.
Sikaniska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Make was well out of range. Poor timing from Sikaniska.
Make moves in looking to clinch but Sikaniska pushes him off.
Sikaniska throws a jab when Make was well out of range.
Make takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab, jab by Sikaniska - just one landing.
Sikaniska connects with a single shot there.
Make slips under a jab from Sikaniska.
Make is looking to clinch.
Sikaniska just misses with a punch to the body.
Sikaniska throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Make is looking to clinch but Sikaniska is avoiding it.
Make fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska missing with a left hand there. Make was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Make is looking to clinch but Sikaniska is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikaniska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Make tries to clinch up.
A bone on bone clash there as Sikaniska blocks the leg kick.
Make has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sikaniska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Make wants to clinch up but Sikaniska keeps it at a distance.
Sikaniska moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Make tries to clinch but Sikaniska is having none of it.
Make tries to clinch up.
Make is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sikaniska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Make tries to clinch there but Sikaniska circles away.
Sikaniska jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Sikaniska misses.
Sikaniska takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska throws a hook but Make avoids it easily.
Sikaniska changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Make ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Make looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sikaniska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sikaniska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sikaniska throws a right and a left that Make avoids nicely.
Sikaniska throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Make.
Make tries to clinch there but Sikaniska circles away.
Sikaniska misses with a looping left.
Make uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sikaniska.
Make fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska throws the left hand but Make avoids the punch easily.
Sikaniska throws a hook but Make avoids it easily.
Make lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Make is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Make clinches up with Sikaniska and pushes him back against the cage.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.
A knee to the head by Make.
Make has Sikaniska pressed against the cage, preventing Sikaniska from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Make stalling.
Make tries to land a knee to the head but Sikaniska blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Sikaniska's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Sikaniska breaks from the clinch.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Make fails with an attempt to clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sikaniska checks a leg kick.
Sikaniska thows a body shot but no joy.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sikaniska scores with a one two! Make had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Make blocks a jab.
Sikaniska is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Make's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sikaniska throws an overhand right that lands on Make's shoulder, as Make tries to avoid the shot.
Make tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Make is looking to clinch but Sikaniska is avoiding it.
Sikaniska thows a left - swing and a miss!
Make keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Make wants to clinch.
Make is looking to chop away at Sikaniska's legs.
Sikaniska misses with a wild combination.
Make feints and then cracks Sikaniska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sikaniska down.
Make tries to clinch but Sikaniska moves out of range.
Make fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Massa Make will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Santeri Sikaniska'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. This is the final round!

Make closes the distance and clinches.
Sikaniska wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sikaniska tries to circle away but Make has him pinned against the cage.
Sikaniska wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Make has him pressed against the cage.
Sikaniska wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Make misses with a knee to the head.
Sikaniska has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sikaniska is trying to break the clinch but Make has him pressed against the cage.
Make with a knee to the head.
Sikaniska can't break the clinch.
Make looking to throw knees to the head but Sikaniska is blocking nicely.
Sikaniska wants to get back to striking at distance but Make won't allow it.
Make unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sikaniska lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Make with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sikaniska takes a knee right on the jaw!
Make lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Massa Make seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Make comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Make controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are getting on Make's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Make scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Make drops Sikaniska with a big knee straight up the middle! Sikaniska is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oh Sikaniska is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Make.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Make tries to clinch there but Sikaniska circles away.
Sikaniska seems to have got his legs back now.
Make connects with a solid leg kick.
Make throws a quick inside leg kick.
Make is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Make looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Make is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Make wants to clinch.
Make tries to clinch up but Sikaniska circles away and keeps his distance.
Massa Make is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska fails to land with a series of punches.
Make avoids a punch combination nicely.
Make keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sikaniska.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A punch combination from Sikaniska misses.
Sikaniska throws a hook but Make blocks it.

Make fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sikaniska, pushing him back against the cage.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.
Sikaniska looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sikaniska tries to break the clinch but Make is controlling the position.
Sikaniska is trying to break the clinch but Make is controlling him.
Sikaniska wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sikaniska wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Make - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Make lands a nice knee to the body.
Make keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sikaniska's efforts to push away.
Sikaniska wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Make keeps control of Sikaniska as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Make misses with a knee to the head.
Make with a knee to the head.

Santeri Sikaniska's cut is getting worse.
Make controlling the action here for a moment.
Sikaniska can't break the clinch.

Make drops Sikaniska with a big knee straight up the middle! Sikaniska is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Make wants to clinch.
Sikaniska throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four 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.
Sikaniska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sikaniska lands a right hook to the body.
Make tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Make avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Make looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slapping leg kick lands for Make.
Make slips under a jab.
Make ducks under a wild hook from Sikaniska.
The fight stays on the outside here - Make looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Make fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sikaniska.
Santeri Sikaniska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Make drives through and clinches with Sikaniska against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Massa Make comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Make 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Massa Make!