PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dr Alban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alban has chosen Soviet Connection as his entrance music. Mauri Nyrkki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nyrkki
vs
Alban

188 cm
28
217 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

170 cm
28
205 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dr Alban!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nyrkki works the jab nicely.
Nyrkki just misses with a punch to the body.
Nyrkki jabs at Alban's body.

Nyrkki moves into range and clinches up with Alban.
Nyrkki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alban is defending well for now.
Nyrkki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Dr Alban has been cut.
Nyrkki holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Nyrkki breaks the clinch.
Nyrkki throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nyrkki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nyrkki working aggressively here.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Nyrkki breaks the clinch.
Nyrkki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Alban counters with a single leg into guard. Nyrkki didn't expect that.
Nyrkki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Alban loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alban has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nyrkki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alban missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alban wants to control from the top but Nyrkki keeps moving.
Nyrkki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nyrkki looking to control.
Alban missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alban stands up over Nyrkki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nyrkki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nyrkki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alban is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Alban throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alban accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alban working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nyrkki on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nyrkki tries to get out of the position.
Nyrkki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alban is one step ahead there.
Alban scoring with some ground and pound.
Nyrkki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Alban is working Nyrkki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alban accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alban scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nyrkki wants to sweep but no luck.
Alban with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alban stands up over Nyrkki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nyrkki looking to control.
Alban throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alban stops Nyrkki from standing up.
Alban landing with the ground and pound.
Alban stopping the sweep attempt from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki is breathing heavily.
Alban makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alban working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nyrkki's head.
Alban is pushing down on Nyrkki's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nyrkki is fighting to maintain full guard but Alban has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alban missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nyrkki is looking to control Alban's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nyrkki avoid being mounted?
Alban scores with a big shot! Nyrkki's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Nyrkki! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dr Alban!
Our winner, Dr Alban, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.