PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Carneiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Markkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Carneiro
vs
Markkanen

186 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
21
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Carneiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arto Markkanen!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Markkanen clinches.
Carneiro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Markkanen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Markkanen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Markkanen connects with a knee to the head.
Markkanen lands a knee to the body.
Carneiro is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Markkanen lands a good knee to the midsection. Carneiro won't want to take too many of those.
Markkanen prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Carneiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Markkanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Markkanen breaks from the clinch.
Markkanen tries a head kick but it misses.
Markkanen throws a sloppy head kick and Carneiro moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carneiro sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Markkanen rushes Carneiro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Markkanen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carneiro is breathing heavily.
Markkanen landing knees to the body.
Markkanen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Markkanen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Markkanen.
Knees to the body from Markkanen.
Markkanen with a knee to the head.
Markkanen controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Markkanen.
Markkanen connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Markkanen.
Markkanen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Markkanen landing knees to the body.
Markkanen leaning against his opponent.
Markkanen with a knee to the head.
Markkanen lands a nice knee to the body.
Markkanen connects with a knee to the head.
Markkanen landing knees to the body.

Markkanen manages to break the clinch.
A head kick misses from Markkanen.

Markkanen moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Markkanen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markkanen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Markkanen landing knees to the head.
Carneiro tries to pull guard but Markkanen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Markkanen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Markkanen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Markkanen breaks from the clinch.

Markkanen clinches with his opponent.
Markkanen working Carneiro over with knees to the body.

Markkanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Markkanen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Carneiro is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Markkanen connects with a combination that backs up Carneiro into the cage. Markkanen lands a flurry of punches that gets past Carneiro's guard. Carneiro is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Markkanen bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arto Markkanen!
Arto Markkanen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.