PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juice Pigg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto Kaikkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaikkonen has chosen Duran Duran - WIld Boys as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pigg
vs
Kaikkonen

188 cm
26
213 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

187 cm
28
205 lbs
9 - 19 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juice Pigg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Otto Kaikkonen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kaikkonen has managed to clinch.
Pigg drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Pigg lands a big knee to the head and Kaikkonen goes down! Pigg is looking to finish!

It looks like Otto Kaikkonen has been cut.
Pigg misses with the ground and pound.
Pigg throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kaikkonen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pigg.
Pigg cracks Kaikkonen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaikkonen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pigg.
Pigg throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pigg looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kaikkonen is avoiding damage well.
Pigg sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kaikkonen is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pigg working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pigg wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kaikkonen keeps working.
An elbow from Pigg crashes against the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigg 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.
Pigg working the ground and pound but Kaikkonen is defending the strikes.
Pigg throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The strikes coming from Pigg are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sloppy strikes there by Pigg.
Kaikkonen looks gassed!
Pigg tries to score with some ground and pound. Kaikkonen controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pigg fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Kaikkonen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pigg creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kaikkonen sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pigg cracks Kaikkonen with a big elbow.
Pigg working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaikkonen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pigg lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kaikkonen down.
Kaikkonen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Pigg landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pigg throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pigg 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.
Kaikkonen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The strikes coming from Pigg are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kaikkonen taking a bit of punishment here - Pigg scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pigg cracks Kaikkonen with a big right hand but Kaikkonen just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pigg looks up at the clock and then as Kaikkonen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Pigg smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Pigg lands some shots froms side control.
Pigg throws an elbow but Kaikkonen slips to the side and avoids it well.

Pigg is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kaikkonen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pigg landing a few strikes.
Pigg is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pigg is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kaikkonen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pigg landing strikes.
Pigg working the body and head with strikes.
Kaikkonen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Kaikkonen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pigg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pigg scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kaikkonen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pigg creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Pigg working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juice Pigg dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Otto Kaikkonen'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.

Pigg rushes Kaikkonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Pigg has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kaikkonen clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Pigg throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Pigg throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Pigg scores with strikes from the back.
Pigg punches the canvas rather than the man.
Pigg punishes Kaikkonen with strikes from the back mount.
Pigg looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

Pigg working for the choke.
Kaikkonen is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pigg has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kaikkonen.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pigg is working for a rear naked choke. Kaikkonen is not defending it well and Pigg has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Kaikkonen refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Kaikkonen's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Juice Pigg!