PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fredrik Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Haapasalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nietzsche kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is "Haunted" by Disturbed. Haapasalo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Thin Lizzy - The Rocker . Seppo Haapasalo will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nietzsche
vs
Haapasalo

195 cm
25
275 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

191 cm
21
243 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fredrik Nietzsche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Haapasalo!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nietzsche walks into a jab.
Haapasalo scores with a one two! Nietzsche had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Fredrik Nietzsche has been cut.
Haapasalo takes a swing at Nietzsche's ribcage but misses.
Seppo Haapasalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haapasalo misses with an uppercut.
Haapasalo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A jab from Haapasalo misses.
Nietzsche blocks a head kick by Haapasalo.
Haapasalo scores with the left hand. Nietzsche knows he should have avoided that one.
Haapasalo lands with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nietzsche avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nietzsche uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haapasalo.
Haapasalo throws a big shot that misses.
Nietzsche throws a jab but it's blocked by Haapasalo.
Haapasalo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Haapasalo. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche checks a leg kick nicely.
Haapasalo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nietzsche is out of range.
Haapasalo wants to clinch.
Haapasalo throws a looping overhand right but Nietzsche ducks down to avoid it.
Haapasalo clobbers Nietzsche with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Haapasalo doesn't manage to clinch there - Nietzsche circles away.
Haapasalo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nietzsche swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nietzsche circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seppo Haapasalo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Haapasalo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo misses the shot to the body.
Haapasalo tries to clinch there but Nietzsche circles away.
Haapasalo scores with a shot to the body.
Haapasalo misses with a hook. Nietzsche ducked under it nicely.
Haapasalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Haapasalo.
Haapasalo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nietzsche.
Haapasalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haapasalo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nietzsche throws the kick towards the body but Haapasalo avoids it.
Haapasalo lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haapasalo throws a big shot that misses.
Haapasalo misses with a series of wild punches.
Nietzsche tries to move into range but Haapasalo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Haapasalo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nietzsche at a distance.
Haapasalo is looking to chop away at Nietzsche's legs.
Haapasalo tries to bum rush Nietzsche with a series of wild strikes but Nietzsche uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Haapasalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haapasalo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nietzsche is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed right hand from Nietzsche misses the target.
Haapasalo is looking to clinch but Nietzsche is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo tries to clinch up.
Haapasalo misses with a body kick.
Haapasalo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Haapasalo finds it's way through Nietzsche's defenses.

Fredrik Nietzsche's cut is getting worse.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haapasalo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nietzsche swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch lands to the side of Nietzsche 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nietzsche uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Haapasalo.
Nietzsche keeps the fight on the outside.
Haapasalo misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haapasalo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haapasalo throws a series of punches but Nietzsche moves out of range.
Haapasalo throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Haapasalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fredrik Nietzsche's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Haapasalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nietzsche circles away quickly and effectively.
Haapasalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nietzsche.
Haapasalo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Haapasalo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nietzsche.
Nietzsche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haapasalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Haapasalo throws a sloppy head kick and Nietzsche moves out of range easily.
Haapasalo looks to land a left hand but Nietzsche moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Nietzsche.
A leg kick checked by Nietzsche.
Nietzsche tries to land a front kick but Haapasalo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Some bone on bone action there as Haapasalo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Seppo Haapasalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche keeps the fight on the outside.
Haapasalo wants to clinch.
Haapasalo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nietzsche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Nietzsche bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Haapasalo wants to get back to his feet but Nietzsche drags him back down.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Haapasalo. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Nietzsche creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Haapasalo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Haapasalo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nietzsche grinds an elbow into Haapasalo's temple.
Haapasalo can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche lands some shots froms side control.
Nietzsche landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
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!
Nietzsche creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Haapasalo sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Nietzsche works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nietzsche lands a few punches from side control.
Haapasalo tries to buck Nietzsche off but Nietzsche is having none of it.
Nietzsche throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Haapasalo taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haapasalo is being controlled here.
Haapasalo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nietzsche connects with a decent elbow.

Haapasalo is rocked!
Nietzsche controlling from side mount.
Haapasalo is still in real trouble! Can Nietzsche finish him?
Nietzsche scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Haapasalo seems to have recovered his senses.
Haapasalo can't do much from the bottom here.
Nietzsche throwing strikes but Haapasalo manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Nietzsche gets back to half guard.

Haapasalo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Haapasalo is trying to control. Nietzsche wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nietzsche 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Haapasalo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nietzsche sees it coming and defends easily.
Nietzsche is positioning himself well to prevent Haapasalo advancing to mount.

Haapasalo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nietzsche defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haapasalo is breathing heavily.
Haapasalo wants to stand but Nietzsche has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Nietzsche is holding on to half guard well.
Haapasalo trying to control the action but Nietzsche is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Haapasalo lands a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haapasalo is looking to clinch but Nietzsche is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrik Nietzsche dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fredrik Nietzsche's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nietzsche avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haapasalo tries to clinch up.
Nietzsche uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haapasalo.
Haapasalo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Haapasalo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nietzsche with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Haapasalo misses the jab.
Nietzsche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Nietzsche blocks the low kick.
Haapasalo throws a nice looking combination but Nietzsche bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haapasalo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A telegraphed right hand from Haapasalo misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nietzsche drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nietzsche working away.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Haapasalo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nietzsche working the head with strikes.
Haapasalo is trying to improve his position.
Nietzsche trying to control the position but Haapasalo is working away.
Nietzsche tries to score with some ground and pound. Haapasalo controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nietzsche cracks Haapasalo with a big elbow.
Nietzsche wants to control but Haapasalo is keeping him busy.
Nietzsche misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nietzsche grinds an elbow into Haapasalo's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo being controlled for a moment.
Nietzsche advances to mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nietzsche cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nietzsche lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haapasalo is squirming around, avoiding Nietzsche's attempts to control the action.
Nietzsche with good strikes from the mount here!
Nietzsche lands a nice shot to the head.
Haapasalo is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nietzsche lands a big elbow.
Nietzsche throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haapasalo is in a horrible position here. Nietzsche smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nietzsche looking to finish with strikes here!
Nietzsche cracks Haapasalo with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fredrik Nietzsche!