PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KeijO Lyonti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). KeijO Lyonti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Filipovic
vs
Lyonti

195 cm
20
206 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
26
215 lbs
2 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mirko Filipovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, KeijO Lyonti!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filipovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Filipovic slips under a jab.
Filipovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Filipovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lyonti cracks Filipovic with a right hand to the side of the head.

Filipovic is rocked!
Filipovic dodges the punch combination from Lyonti.
Oh Filipovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filipovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Filipovic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lyonti checks the leg kick.
A punch combination from Filipovic misses.
Filipovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Filipovic dives in and grabs Lyonti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lyonti pushes down on Filipovic's head and hops out.
Filipovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Filipovic throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Filipovic misses with a double jab
and Lyonti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Filipovic thinking.
Filipovic feints a jab promting Lyonti to slip. Filipovic then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lyonti slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Lyonti moves into range and throws a big uppercut. OH! Filipovic goes down! Can Lyonti finish him!?
Filipovic is breathing heavily.
Lyonti 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.
Filipovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lyonti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyonti looking to sit in guard and control but Filipovic gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lyonti pulls Filipovic in to control the position.
Lyonti is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Filipovic is controlling him.
Filipovic is fighting to break Lyonti's control of his arms but Lyonti is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Filipovic controlling from the top position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. KeijO Lyonti wasn't active enough on the ground.
Filipovic walks into a stiff left hand from Lyonti.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Filipovic. Those never looked like landing.
Filipovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lyonti has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Filipovic.
Filipovic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lyonti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lyonti fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Filipovic to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Filipovic looks to clinch but Lyonti throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Filipovic taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). KeijO Lyonti!
KeijO Lyonti made sure to mention his sponsor, BioLuvoil in his post fight interview.