PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuksa Pihamies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuksa Pihamies has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Daley
vs
Pihamies

190 cm
27
182 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

180 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuksa Pihamies!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pihamies fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Daley closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Pihamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daley has Pihamies pressed against the cage.
Daley crunches a lovely knee into Pihamies's ribcage.
Daley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Kuksa Pihamies has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daley landing knees to the body.
Pihamies looks gassed!
Daley stalls.
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The referee calls for Daley to work.
Daley stops a takedown attempt from Pihamies.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Daley.
Daley taking a breather.
Daley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pihamies's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley with a knee to the head.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Daley is controlling him.
Daley landing knees to the head.
Pihamies is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daley is defending well for now.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daley lands a good knee to the midsection. Pihamies won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daley scores a nice knee to the body.
Pihamies is working Daley over against the cage.
Daley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pihamies trying to control the position but instead, Daley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pihamies into the cage.
A knee to the head by Daley.
Pihamies has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Daley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Daley's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pihamies tries to break the clinch but Daley is controlling the position.
Daley controlling the action here for a moment.
Pihamies tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daley avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Daley obliges.
Pihamies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pihamies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pihamies in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pihamies tries to break free but Daley pushes him back against the cage.
Daley stalling.
Daley tries a knee to the head but Pihamies blocks it.
Daley trying to control the position but instead, Pihamies has worked for underhooks and has pushed Daley into the cage.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pihamies's efforts to push away.
Daley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Daley is pressed up against the cage. Pihamies has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daley down to the mat. Daley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuksa Pihamies.

Daley has closed the distance and engaged Pihamies in a clinch.
Pihamies is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daley is defending well for now.
Daley has Pihamies pressed against the cage.
Daley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pihamies lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daley is looking to control Pihamies's arms but Pihamies gets an underhook and turns him. Now Daley has his back to the cage.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Daley is controlling him.
Daley lands a nice elbow.
Daley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pihamies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pihamies tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daley smiles and moves away.

Daley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pihamies, pushing him back against the cage.
Pihamies wants to break the clinch but can't.
Daley keeps control of Pihamies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daley gets underhooks to prevent Pihamies's takedown attempt.
Daley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Pihamies tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pihamies blocks it with crossed arms.
Daley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pihamies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pihamies has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Daley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pihamies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pihamies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Daley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daley with a knee to the head.
Daley looking to throw knees to the head but Pihamies is blocking nicely.
Daley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pihamies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pihamies trying to control the position but instead, Daley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pihamies into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pihamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Pihamies wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daley misses with a knee to the head.
Pihamies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Daley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pihamies has had enough of the clinch but Daley keeps him there for the moment.
Pihamies goes for a takedown attempt but Daley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Daley gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pihamies just misses with a elbow thrown towards Daley's brow.
Pihamies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Daley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pihamies tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Daley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kuksa Pihamies's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pihamies tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Daley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pihamies looking to stall.
Daley controlling the action here for a moment.
Daley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Pihamies working hard to break the clinch.
Daley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pihamies's efforts to push away.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Pihamies is trying to break free.
Daley misses with a knee strike.
Pihamies tries to break free but Daley pushes him back against the cage.
Daley taking a breather.
Daley has Pihamies pressed against the cage, preventing Pihamies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paul Daley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Daley keeps control of Pihamies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Pihamies managing to block the knees to the body from Daley.
Pihamies misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daley.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A frustrated look appears on Pihamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daley tries a knee to the head but Pihamies blocks it.
Pihamies drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Daley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Daley is pressed up against the cage. Pihamies has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daley down to the mat. Daley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pihamies fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daley manages to avoid it.
Pihamies throws a head kick that misses

and Daley moves into the clinch.
Daley stalling the fight.
Daley tries a knee to the head but Pihamies blocks it.
Daley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Daley prevents Pihamies from breaking the clinch.
Pihamies is looking to control Daley's arms but Daley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pihamies has his back to the cage.
Daley keeps control of Pihamies as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daley lands a good knee to the midsection. Pihamies won't want to take too many of those.
Daley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pihamies's face.
Daley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Daley tries a knee to the head but Pihamies blocks it.
Daley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pihamies lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Daley.
Daley misses with a knee to the head.
Pihamies tries to circle away but Daley has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Daley.
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pihamies tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daley avoids it.
Pihamies is trying to break free.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daley lands a knee to the body.
Daley managing to block the knees to the body from Pihamies.
Pihamies tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daley avoids it.
Daley lands a knee to the body.
Daley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pihamies's face.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pihamies's efforts to push away.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pihamies can't break the clinch.
Daley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pihamies wants to break free but Daley has control.
Daley lands a good knee to the midsection. Pihamies won't want to take too many of those.
Pihamies is working for takedown but Daley is calmly controlling the position for now.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuksa Pihamies.
Daley landing knees to the body.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Pihamies tries to circle away but Daley has him pinned against the cage.
Daley unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pihamies lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daley avoiding damage as Pihamies throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Daley is controlling him.
Daley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Pihamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daley has Pihamies pushed against the cage.
Daley prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pihamies lands a good knee to the midsection. Daley won't want to take too many of those.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pihamies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Daley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pihamies working hard to break the clinch.
Pihamies wants to break free but Daley has control.
Pihamies is trying to break free.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but Pihamies blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daley.
Daley scores a nice knee to the body.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pihamies avoiding damage as Daley throws knees to the body.
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Daley has double underhooks.
Pihamies misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley taking a breather.
Pihamies misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pihamies tries to break the clinch but Daley is controlling the position.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley lands a damaging elbow.
Pihamies is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daley pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Daley with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pihamies tries to pull guard but Daley won't allow it.
Pihamies tries to work over Daley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daley looking to throw knees to the head but Pihamies is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pihamies fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pihamies tries to circle away but Daley has him pinned against the cage.
Pihamies tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Daley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pihamies takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Daley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kuksa Pihamies's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Pihamies tries a head kick but it misses.

Daley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Daley with a knee to the head.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Daley is stalling here.
Daley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pihamies fails to pull guard.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pihamies is looking to break free of the clinch but Daley has double underhooks.
Pihamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Daley won't allow it.
The referee calls for Daley to work.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pihamies drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Daley gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pihamies goes for a takedown attempt but Daley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Paul Daley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kuksa Pihamies.
Pihamies wants to clinch

and Daley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pihamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Daley won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Daley landing knees to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pihamies misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daley.
Daley with a knee to the head.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pihamies can't break the clinch.
Pihamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Daley won't allow it.
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley with a knee to the head.
Daley looking to throw knees to the head but Pihamies is blocking nicely.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Pihamies has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Daley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pihamies.
Pihamies is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daley prevents a takedown attempt there.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Daley lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Daley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pihamies tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Daley avoids it.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pihamies goes for a takedown in the clinch but Daley prevents it.
Pihamies is trying to break free.
Daley stalling.
Daley scores a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Pihamies's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pihamies has had enough of the clinch but Daley keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Daley.
Pihamies letting Daley take a breather here.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Pihamies tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Pihamies misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daley.
Daley just leaning against Pihamies, taking a breather.
Daley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Daley.
Pihamies tries to land knees in the clinch but Daley avoids the damage to the body.
Pihamies is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Daley pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daley working Pihamies over with knees to the body.
Pihamies working hard to break the clinch.
Paul Daley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pihamies struggles to land a body shot inside as Daley controls his hands.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pihamies wants to get back to striking at distance but Daley won't allow it.
Daley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Daley to work.
Pihamies tries to score a body lock takedown but Daley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pihamies wants to stall.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Daley prevents Pihamies from breaking the clinch.
Daley prevents Pihamies from breaking the clinch.
Daley connects with a knee to the head.
Daley stalling in the clinch.
Pihamies is trying to break the clinch but Daley has him pressed against the cage.
Daley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pihamies can do to turn this around?
Daley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daley is pressed up against the cage. Pihamies has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Daley down to the mat. Daley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Pihamies tries to keep at a distance but Daley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pihamies tries to break the clinch but Daley is controlling the position.
Pihamies is trying to push Daley away but Daley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pihamies tries to break free but Daley pushes him back against the cage.
Pihamies takes a knee right on the jaw!
Daley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Daley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daley misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Daley as Pihamies tries to tie him up.
Daley is pushing Pihamies up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pihamies misses with a body punch.
Daley prevents Pihamies from breaking the clinch.
Kuksa Pihamies has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees in the clinch landing for Daley.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Daley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Daley!