PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timu Puruunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tron McFly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McFly's choice of entrance music: I Disappear by Metalica. Timu Puruunen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Puruunen
vs
McFly

180 cm
28
185 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

178 cm
26
180 lbs
13 - 12 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 4 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Timu Puruunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tron McFly!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Puruunen pushes McFly up against the cage in a clinch.
McFly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Puruunen is keeping busy.
Knees in the clinch landing for McFly.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Puruunen is blocking nicely.
McFly is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from McFly.

McFly breaks from the clinch.
Tron McFly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFly tries to clinch but Puruunen is having none of it.
McFly wants to clinch.
Puruunen blocks a head kick by McFly.
McFly throws a leg kick which misses Puruunen's front leg but catches the back leg as Puruunen tries to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McFly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Puruunen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McFly is looking to clinch but Puruunen is avoiding it.
McFly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McFly tries to clinch there but Puruunen circles away.
McFly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Puruunen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Puruunen moves into the clinch.
Puruunen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Puruunen is trying to stall.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it misses.
McFly misses with a knee to the head.
Puruunen can't break the clinch.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Timu Puruunen has been cut.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Puruunen is breathing heavily.
McFly taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it misses.
McFly stalling in the clinch.
Puruunen lands an elbow just above McFly 's eye.

It looks like Tron McFly has been cut.
McFly has Puruunen pressed against the cage, preventing Puruunen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McFly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puruunen misses with an elbow strike.
McFly lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Puruunen is blocking nicely.
McFly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Puruunen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Puruunen wants to break free but McFly has control.
Puruunen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
McFly stalling in the clinch.
McFly lands a good knee to the midsection. Puruunen won't want to take too many of those.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Puruunen is blocking nicely.
Puruunen with a knee to the head.
Puruunen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McFly connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McFly working Puruunen over with knees to the body.
Puruunen jumps guard but McFly stands there with Puruunen around his waist. Puruunen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
McFly lands a knee to the body.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McFly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Puruunen up against the cage.
McFly landing knees to the body.
Puruunen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McFly takes an elbow to the temple.
McFly scores with a shot to the side of Puruunen's head.
McFly scores with a knee to the head.
Puruunen managing to block the knees to the body from McFly.
Puruunen working hard to break the clinch.
McFly stalling the fight.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puruunen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puruunen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McFly pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puruunen misses with an elbow strike.
Puruunen looking to throw knees to the head but McFly is blocking nicely.

Puruunen pulls McFly into guard.
McFly prevents Puruunen from getting back to his feet.
McFly tries to free his leg and advance position but Puruunen is retaining full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McFly slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tron McFly dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Puruunen has closed the distance and engaged McFly in a clinch.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McFly controlling the action here for a moment.
Puruunen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
McFly blocks an elbow strike.

McFly breaks from the clinch.

McFly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puruunen, pushing him back against the cage.
Puruunen throws an elbow that misses.
McFly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puruunen tries to pull guard but McFly won't allow it.
Puruunen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Puruunen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Puruunen is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by McFly.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McFly stalling in the clinch but Puruunen improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from McFly.
McFly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Puruunen taking a breather.
Puruunen throws an elbow that misses.
McFly scores with a knee to the head.
McFly landing knees to the head.
McFly is stalling here.
McFly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Puruunen wants to stall.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Puruunen is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for McFly.
McFly managing to block the knees to the body from Puruunen.
Tron McFly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it misses.
Puruunen misses with an elbow over the top.
McFly with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puruunen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Puruunen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McFly.
McFly putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Puruunen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McFly landing knees to the head.
McFly lands a good knee to the midsection. Puruunen won't want to take too many of those.
McFly lands an elbow just above Puruunen 's eye.
McFly unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McFly is pushing Puruunen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Puruunen is trying to break the clinch but McFly is controlling him.
McFly avoids a wild elbow strike from Puruunen.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Puruunen swings wildly with an uppercut but McFly uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFly with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McFly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McFly wants to clinch up but Puruunen keeps it at a distance.
McFly tries to clinch but Puruunen is having none of it.
McFly tries to clinch but Puruunen moves out of range.

Puruunen moves into the clinch successfully.
Puruunen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Puruunen stalling in the clinch but McFly improves position.
McFly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Puruunen's face.
Puruunen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Puruunen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McFly backwards.

McFly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Puruunen clinches up with McFly and pushes him back against the cage.
McFly looking to throw knees to the head but Puruunen is blocking nicely.
McFly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Puruunen blocks it with crossed arms.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McFly blocks an elbow strike.
McFly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McFly avoiding damage as Puruunen throws knees to the body.
Puruunen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McFly managing to block the knees to the body from Puruunen.
Puruunen working aggressively here.
McFly lands a knee to the body.
McFly blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McFly trying to stall but Puruunen improves his position.
Puruunen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Puruunen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

McFly darts in and clinches Puruunen up against the cage.
Puruunen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McFly is defending well for now.
McFly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puruunen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McFly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Puruunen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McFly displaying some good clinch control by pressing Puruunen up against the cage.
McFly lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tron McFly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Puruunen misses with a wild combination.
McFly is looking to clinch.

Puruunen tries to keep at a distance but McFly has taken the fight into the clinch.
McFly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Puruunen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McFly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McFly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McFly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McFly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McFly misses with a knee to the head.
McFly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Puruunen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Puruunen can't get the takedown.
McFly landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McFly throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puruunen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
McFly drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McFly obliges.

Puruunen jumps guard and drags McFly to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
McFly is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Puruunen controlling the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Timu Puruunen just wasn't active enough.
Puruunen keeps the fight on the outside.

Puruunen moves into the clinch successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Puruunen's face.
McFly putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Puruunen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Puruunen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
McFly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Puruunen breaks the clinch.

Puruunen closes the distance and clinches.
Puruunen trying to control the position but instead, McFly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Puruunen into the cage.
McFly trying to stall but Puruunen improves his position.
McFly using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Puruunen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Puruunen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Puruunen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
McFly misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on McFly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McFly managing to block the knees to the body from Puruunen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puruunen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Puruunen manages to break the clinch.

Puruunen pushes McFly up against the cage in a clinch.
Puruunen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Puruunen.
Puruunen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Puruunen pushes off an throws an elbow but McFly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McFly avoids the elbow strike from Puruunen, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Puruunen just misses with a elbow thrown towards McFly's brow.
McFly looking to stall.
McFly blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puruunen.
McFly is pushing Puruunen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McFly misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFly pressing his opponent against the cage.
Timu Puruunen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puruunen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McFly's defenses.
McFly blocks an elbow strike.
Puruunen jumps guard but McFly stands there with Puruunen around his waist. Puruunen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Puruunen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McFly with a knee to the head.
Puruunen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tron McFly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puruunen misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McFly dodges an elbow strike from Puruunen.
McFly blocks the elbow strike.
Puruunen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McFly up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tron McFly.
I've got McFly winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tron McFly!