PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Myoto Lachida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rauta Nilkka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Myoto Lachida has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lachida
vs
Nilkka

183 cm
22
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Myoto Lachida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rauta Nilkka!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nilkka darts in and clinches Lachida up against the cage.
Nilkka slowing the pace effectively.
Nilkka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nilkka scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Myoto Lachida has been cut.
Nilkka scores a nice knee to the body.
Lachida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lachida has had enough of the clinch but Nilkka keeps him there for the moment.
Nilkka lands a knee to the body.
Lachida is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nilkka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lachida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nilkka has Lachida pushed against the cage.
Nilkka landing knees to the body.
Nilkka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nilkka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Nilkka breaks from the clinch.
Nilkka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lachida has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nilkka lands a jab to Lachida's midsection.
Lachida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nilkka.
Lachida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nilkka can pounce on him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nilkka.
Lachida will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lachida sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nilkka, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nilkka lands a big head kick that sends Lachida tumbling to the mat! Nilkka takes a step backwards and waves Lachida back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Lachida is rocked!
Lachida stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nilkka.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Nilkka.
Good leg kick by Nilkka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nilkka!
Nilkka throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Lachida crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rauta Nilkka!