PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Snake Bite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Maki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maki has chosen Harvester of Sorrow as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kai Maki enters the cage!

Bite
vs
Maki

190 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
275 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Snake Bite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kai Maki!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bite throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bite punishes Maki's body with a nice straight punch.

Maki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maki stalling in the clinch.
Bite has Maki pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Maki manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maki.
Bite is trying to push Maki away but Maki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bite is defending well for now.

Maki has picked Bite up - he's going for a ride! Maki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bite avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maki.
Maki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bite trying to control from the bottom.

Maki stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Maki.
Maki is looking to clinch but Bite is avoiding it.
Bite throws a lazy right hand but Maki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maki is looking to clinch but Bite is avoiding it.
Bite stalks Maki and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maki's face. Maki staggers backwards, shaken.
Bite keeps the fight on the outside.

Maki pushes Bite up against the cage in a clinch.
Maki scores with a knee to the head.

Maki breaks the clinch.
Maki moves in looking to clinch but Bite pushes him off.
Bite shoots in looking for a takedown. Maki tries to sprawl out of it but Bite keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Maki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bite misses with a takedown attempt - Maki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Snake Bite. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Bite tries to keep at a distance but Maki has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Maki has Bite pressed against the cage, preventing Bite from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maki misses with a knee strike.

Maki has Bite pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Maki pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Bite tumbling to the mat - Maki dives into Bite's guard.

Maki stands up and waves to Bite to follow him.
Bite fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Maki avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bite will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Bite gets tackled into the cage by Maki. Maki maintains the clinch.
Bite is trying to pull guard but Maki has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maki.
Bite is breathing heavily.
Maki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Maki drags the fight down to the ground.
Maki striking off his back but it's not causing Bite any problems.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Maki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bite is looking to advance position but Maki has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Maki punching from mount but Bite doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Maki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Maki misses with a head shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bite is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Maki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Maki misses with a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maki controlling from the full mount.
Maki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Maki 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.

Maki rushes Bite and presses him up against the cage.

Maki pulls Bite into guard.
Bite preventing the sweep.
Bite is looking to advance position but Maki has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Maki has hold of Bite's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bite manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Poor strikes thrown by Maki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Maki punching from mount but Bite doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Maki looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Maki with the ground and pound from mount.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maki looking to ground and pound but Bite is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bite avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maki.
Bite takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Maki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Maki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Maki throws some wild stikes that Bite manages to avoid easily.
Maki trying to control but Bite is having none of it.
Maki throws some wild stikes that Bite manages to avoid easily.
Maki wants to control the pace but Bite is squirming around nicely.
Maki thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Poor strikes thrown by Maki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bite is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Maki throwing strikes here but Bite is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Maki is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bite is surviving well by controlling Maki's body position as best he can.
Bite wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Maki.
Maki is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bite blocking the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maki punching from mount but Bite doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Maki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Bite tries to hold on but Maki pushes him away.
Bite is bucking up trying to escape but Maki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Maki thowing shots but they're missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Maki thowing shots but they're missing.
Maki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Maki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Maki cracks Bite with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Maki looking to finish with strikes here!
Maki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bite because Maki loaded up on that one.
Maki thowing shots but they're missing.

Maki is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Bite has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maki misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maki looking to control but Bite is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Maki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bite because Maki loaded up on that one.
Bite avoids a series of strikes thrown by Maki.
Maki punching from mount but Bite doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Bite taking shots to the head.
Maki controlling from the full mount.
Bite blocking the ground and pound.
Maki looking to ground and pound but Bite is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maki looking to ground and pound but Bite is blocking nicely.
Maki looking to finish with strikes here!
Maki punching from mount but Bite doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Maki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Maki rushes Bite and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Maki landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Maki has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Bite uses from the top position.
Bite throws a strike but Maki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Maki stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Maki wants to clinch up but Bite keeps it at a distance.
Maki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bite paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bite misses with a takedown

and Maki counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bite's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Maki stands up and waves to Bite to follow him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bite takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Snake Bite has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Maki scores with a takedown into Bite's guard.

Maki gets to his feet - Bite follows without any prompting.

Maki closes the distance and clinches.

Maki manages to pull guard.
Bite wants to stand and escape but instead Maki has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Bite can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Maki controls the pace.

Maki stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bite tries to keep at a distance but Maki has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kai Maki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maki scores with a knee to the head.
Bite takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees to the body from Maki.

Maki decides to pull guard.

Maki pushes Bite off and scrambles back to his feet.
Maki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Maki pushes Bite up against the cage in a clinch.

Maki turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Maki decides to stand up, so the ref orders Bite to his feet.
Bite with a poor takedown
and Maki counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maki lands a right hook to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maki lands a knee to the body.
Maki connects with a knee to the head.
Maki effectively controlling the action here.

Maki drags the fight down to the ground.
Snake Bite has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bite throws an elbow that misses. Maki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bite's guard. Nice move by Maki!

Maki stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Maki takes the fight into the clinch.

Maki manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kai Maki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Maki working for a triangle but Bite defends it easily.
Maki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bite manages to get himself to full guard.
Kai Maki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Maki stands up and waves to Bite to follow him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kai Maki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Maki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Kai Maki!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Kai Maki!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Kai Maki!

Kai Maki wins by unanimous decision!