PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Urpo Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urpo Nyrkki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nyrkki
vs
Crescent

192 cm
30
195 lbs
24 - 8 - 1

180 cm
28
193 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urpo Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mornington Crescent!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Crescent clinches up against the cage.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Crescent.
Nyrkki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nyrkki struggles to land a body shot inside as Crescent controls his hands.
Crescent lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Crescent cracks Nyrkki with a nice body shot.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crescent digs a right hand into Nyrkki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nyrkki's gas tank.
Nyrkki blocks an uppercut.
Crescent lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nyrkki.
Nyrkki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crescent misses with some punches.
Crescent throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
A short right from Crescent.
Crescent working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyrkki tries a body shot but Crescent blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Crescent.
A nice left hand lands by Crescent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Crescent.
A short right from Crescent on the inside.
Nyrkki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crescent avoids it.
Nyrkki misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crescent.
Crescent can't find room to land a body shot as Nyrkki controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crescent working aggressively here.
Crescent misses with some punches.
Nyrkki crunches a lovely knee into Crescent's ribcage.
Crescent throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.
Nyrkki taking a breather.
Crescent lands with a short shot to the head.
Crescent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nyrkki's elbow.
Nyrkki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crescent lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyrkki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crescent is looking to take this one to the mat.
Crescent throws a head punch that misses.
A right hand to the body from Crescent.
Crescent lands with a light punch inside.
Nyrkki misses with a body punch.
Crescent lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crescent has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Nyrkki avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crescent swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyrkki tries to work over Crescent's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crescent tries to throw a body punch but Nyrkki avoids it by throwing Crescent back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nyrkki obliges.
Crescent tries to work over Nyrkki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crescent swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crescent gets through Nyrkki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent working aggressively here.
Nyrkki struggles to land a body shot inside as Crescent controls his hands.
Crescent prevents a body shot from Nyrkki.
Crescent lands a shoulder strike.
Crescent lands a right hand.
Nyrkki blocks a body shot from Crescent.
Crescent on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crescent lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crescent lands a nice shot to the body.
Crescent working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crescent scores with a shot to the side of Nyrkki's head.
Crescent blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nyrkki takes a shot to the head.
Crescent scores with a shoulder strike.
Crescent lands an uppercut.
Crescent has a couple of punches blocked by Nyrkki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Crescent throws a head punch that misses.
Crescent tries for a takedown. No joy.
Urpo Nyrkki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mornington Crescent.
Nyrkki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nyrkki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crescent tries to work over Nyrkki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crescent lands a nice shot to the body.
Nyrkki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crescent's elbow.
Nyrkki tries to work over Crescent's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crescent doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crescent lands with a left to the head.
Nyrkki tries a body shot but Crescent blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crescent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nyrkki missing with knees to the body.
Crescent lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crescent lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nyrkki backwards.
Crescent pushes Nyrkki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent 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.

Nyrkki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crescent lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nyrkki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nyrkki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crescent on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nyrkki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crescent misses with a wild body shot.
Crescent shoots in for a double leg but Nyrkki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Crescent shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Crescent throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nyrkki has hold of Crescent's hands but Crescent slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Crescent takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Crescent thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nyrkki's head.
Nyrkki is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki taking some punishment here, with Crescent in his half guard.
Crescent missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nyrkki wants to improve his position but Crescent is controlling well.
Crescent moves nicely into side control.
Crescent tries to move to mount but Nyrkki blocks the move with his legs.
Nyrkki is looking for a sweep.
Crescent tries to score with some ground and pound. Nyrkki controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki is not content to let Crescent control the position.
Crescent is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Crescent landing a few strikes.
Crescent misses with the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nyrkki is looking to regain half guard here but Crescent keeps moving and retains side control.
Crescent happy to just control the position for now.
Crescent has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Crescent decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent checks a low kick from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki looks to land a right hand but Crescent moved out of range.
Crescent cracks the inside of Nyrkki's front leg.
Nyrkki misses with an uppercut.
Crescent walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nyrkki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice defenses there by Nyrkki.
Crescent throws a body punch but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Crescent connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Crescent lands with a good body shot.
Nyrkki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crescent.
Crescent takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crescent scores with the left hand. Nyrkki knows he should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crescent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nyrkki loads up on a big right hand but Crescent slips the punch.
Crescent tries to land a leg kick but Nyrkki saw it coming and moves away.
A head kick misses from Nyrkki.
Some wild striking there from Crescent.
Nyrkki connects with a solid leg kick.
Mornington Crescent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nyrkki connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crescent throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Crescent misses with a takedown attempt - Nyrkki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nyrkki connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Crescent lands with a good body shot.
Nyrkki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Crescent clinches up with Nyrkki and pushes him back against the cage.
Crescent misses with a punch to the body.
Crescent tries a body shot but Nyrkki blocks it.
Crescent misses with the head strike.
Crescent throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crescent backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Crescent avoiding damage as Nyrkki throws knees to the body.
Crescent lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mornington Crescent seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nyrkki misses with a punch on the inside.
Nyrkki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crescent struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.
Crescent scores with a shoulder strike.
Crescent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nyrkki's elbow.
Nyrkki struggles to land a body shot inside as Crescent controls his hands.
Nyrkki misses with a punch to the body.
Crescent struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nyrkki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crescent lands with a right to the head.
Crescent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nyrkki's elbow.
Crescent throws a head punch that misses.
Crescent pushes Nyrkki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crescent throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crescent is working Nyrkki over against the cage.
Nyrkki wants to stall.
Nyrkki blocks a body shot from Crescent.
Nyrkki tries a body shot but Crescent blocks it.
Crescent swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyrkki misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Crescent.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Crescent.
Crescent misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crescent has a couple of punches blocked by Nyrkki.
Crescent lands a left hand.
Crescent lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nyrkki backwards.
Crescent lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nyrkki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crescent has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A frustrated look appears on Nyrkki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crescent can't find room to land a body shot as Nyrkki controls the action.

Crescent works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Crescent postures up in Nyrkki's guard and throws a big left but Nyrkki blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nyrkki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nyrkki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nyrkki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nyrkki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crescent is in close to Nyrkki's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Crescent sitting in guard here, content to control.
Crescent throws an elbow that misses. Nyrkki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crescent's guard. Nice move by Nyrkki!
Crescent lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Nyrkki!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crescent with shots to the head and body - Nyrkki looks very uncomfortable down there.
Crescent thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Crescent punching from mount but Nyrkki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Crescent lands a big elbow.

It looks like Urpo Nyrkki has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyrkki is desperately trying to improve his position but Crescent has a good base and remains in mount.
Crescent in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Crescent is working for a guillotine from mount but Nyrkki frees his head quite easily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Crescent cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Urpo Nyrkki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Crescent dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nyrkki. That did some damage!
Crescent throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crescent wants to clinch up but Nyrkki keeps it at a distance.
Crescent lands a jab to the head.
Nyrkki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nyrkki.
Nice jab there from Nyrkki.

Crescent closes the distance and clinches.
Nyrkki has a couple of punches blocked by Crescent.
Nyrkki tries a body shot but Crescent blocks it.
Crescent struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.
Nyrkki swings wildly with an uppercut but Crescent uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crescent struggles to land a body shot inside as Nyrkki controls his hands.
Crescent blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crescent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nyrkki.
Nice elbow from Nyrkki.
A right handed body shot lands from Crescent.
Nyrkki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crescent is defending well for now.
Nyrkki misses with a punch to the body.
Crescent misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crescent blocks a body shot from Nyrkki.
Crescent misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crescent.
Nyrkki can't find room to land a body shot as Crescent controls the action.
Crescent working aggressively here.
Crescent misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crescent swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crescent misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nyrkki works on Crescent's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyrkki slows down the pace here.
Crescent lands with a left to the head.
Crescent makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Crescent gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Nyrkki preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Crescent wants to pass the guard but Nyrkki is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Crescent.
Crescent not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nyrkki controlling the position well.
Crescent missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crescent wants to pass the guard but Nyrkki is defending well.
Crescent landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Crescent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nyrkki.
Nyrkki controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crescent throws a big right hand that misses.
Crescent lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crescent wants to control from the top but Nyrkki keeps moving.
Crescent throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crescent stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nyrkki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nyrkki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mornington Crescent dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Urpo Nyrkki's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Crescent wants to slow Nyrkki down by chopping away at his legs.
Nyrkki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crescent throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nyrkki counters with a low kick, right behind Crescent 's knee.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nyrkki, as that shot connected.
Crescent connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Crescent shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Crescent lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Crescent fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nyrkki is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crescent landing strikes, looking to finish!

Nyrkki is rocked!
Crescent loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Nyrkki scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Crescent land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Crescent stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mornington Crescent!
Mornington Crescent decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.