PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amon Amarth - The Pursuit of Vikings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Tyler
vs
Hammer

174 cm
18
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Craig Tyler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thor Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hammer. That's going to slow Tyler down.
Hammer misses with a series of wild punches.
Hammer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tyler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hammer misses with a low kick.
Hammer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tyler is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Hammer clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Hammer on the inside.

Hammer breaks from the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hammer. That's going to slow Tyler down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hammer, right into the meat.
Good work by Tyler as he checks the leg kick.

Hammer takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tyler drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hammer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hammer misses with a double jab.

Hammer pushes Tyler up against the cage in a clinch.
Tyler really is a fat lump.
Tyler is trying to drag Hammer to the mat but Hammer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hammer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tyler backwards.
Hammer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tyler backwards.
Hammer is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hammer breaks from the clinch.
Thor Hammer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tyler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hammer.

Hammer clinches with his opponent.
Hammer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hammer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hammer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hammer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Hammer's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Hammer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tyler.
Hammer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hammer cracks Tyler with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a damaging elbow.
Hammer taking a breather.
Hammer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tyler's defenses.
Hammer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Hammer scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hammer.
Hammer lands an elbow just above Tyler 's eye.

Hammer manages to break the clinch.
Tyler stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hammer.
Hammer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hammer gets a clinch.
Hammer working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hammer cracks Tyler with a nice body shot.
Hammer scores with a hook to the body.
Hammer lands an elbow inside that Tyler shrugs off.
Tyler prevents a body shot from Hammer.
A right hook to the body lands for Hammer.
Hammer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hammer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tyler tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Tyler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammer missing with knees to the body.

Hammer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hammer connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Hammer dominated that round.
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.

Tyler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hammer.
Hammer tries to clinch there but Tyler circles away.
Hammer misses with a low kick.
Tyler with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hammer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hammer lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!

Hammer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hammer.
Hammer cracks Tyler with a nice body shot.
Hammer scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hammer.

Tyler is rocked!
Tyler takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Tyler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Craig Tyler has been cut.
Hammer lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tyler to his knees! Hammer keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Hammer!
Thor Hammer took some time post fight to say the following; 'The age of the Vikings is back! Thor, son of Odin, will once again rise!'.