PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paco Nykanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Torsti Turjake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nykanen's entrance music is Jeff Mills - The Bells. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!

Nykanen
vs
Turjake

170 cm
31
166 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

170 cm
30
161 lbs
24 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paco Nykanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Torsti Turjake!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turjake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nykanen.
Nykanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nykanen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Nykanen.
Turjake lands a nice looking body kick.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Turjake lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice defenses there by Nykanen.
Nykanen staying out of range there.
Nykanen checks a leg kick.
Nykanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Turjake moves out of range of the leg kick from Nykanen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nykanen throws the left hand but Turjake avoids the punch easily.
Turjake throws out a loose jab but Nykanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turjake cracks Nykanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Turjake displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Turjake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turjake lands a lovely overhand right.
Turjake fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nykanen misses with a body shot.
Turjake scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nykanen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Turjake moves into the clinch.
Turjake is leaning against Nykanen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nykanen tries to work over Turjake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nykanen works on Turjake's body with a couple of short punches.
Nykanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Turjake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turjake lands a shoulder strike.
Turjake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Turjake lands a knee to the body.
Nykanen is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turjake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nykanen misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turjake.

Turjake pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nykanen 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 Turjake has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Turjake and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Turjake fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Turjake lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Turjake throws a leg kick but Nykanen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Turjake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nykanen on the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Turjake.
Turjake works Nykanen's body with a nice hook.
Nykanen lands a slapping body shot.
A left lands for Turjake.
Jab from Turjake.
Turjake throws a jab but it's blocked by Nykanen.
Torsti Turjake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nykanen avoids the body shot from Turjake.
Nykanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Turjake is just out of range.
Torsti Turjake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turjake misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turjake.
Turjake lands a glancing blow to the side of Nykanen's head.
Turjake throws a solid leg kick but Nykanen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Turjake.
Nykanen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Turjake checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake connects with the punch.
Turjake throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nykanen tries to move into range but Turjake moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nykanen throws a body punch but Turjake moves out of range.
Turjake jabs Nykanen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nykanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Turjake.
The fighters circling - Nykanen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Turjake lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nykanen checks the leg kick.
Turjake clobbers Nykanen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Nykanen moves out of range.
Nykanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turjake lands a jab to Nykanen's midsection.
Turjake misses with a left hand
and Nykanen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turjake. Nykanen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turjake is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nykanen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nykanen checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nykanen ducks under a wild hook from Turjake.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Nykanen avoids them all with ease.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Turjake tries to clinch up.
Turjake with a jab.
Turjake looks to score with a jab to the body but Nykanen is just out of range.
Turjake lands the left hand.
Turjake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Nykanen moves out of range.
Turjake fails to land with a series of punches.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nykanen tests Turjake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nykanen misses the jab.
Turjake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Torsti Turjake dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Turjake misses the target.
Turjake throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Turjake looks to score with a jab to the body but Nykanen is just out of range.
Turjake scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nykanen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turjake slips a jab and a cross from Nykanen.
Nykanen thumps Turjake with a low kick.
Nykanen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turjake.
Turjake turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Turjake cracks Nykanen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Turjake has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turjake misses with an uppercut
and Turjake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Turjake throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nykanen counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nykanen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nykanen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Turjake lands a nice looking body shot.
Turjake lands the left hand.
Nykanen misses with the combination.
Turjake misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Turjake.
A punch combination from Turjake misses.
Turjake cracks Nykanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nykanen is looking to chop away at Turjake's legs.
Turjake pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nykanen back to the cage. Turjake follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nykanen throws a right and a left that Turjake avoids nicely.
Turjake connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nykanen's hands.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Nykanen.
Turjake throws a nice outside leg kick.
Turjake throws a series of punches but Nykanen moves out of range.
Turjake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nykanen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turjake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Turjake scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake scores with a nice head shot.
Nykanen throws a hook to the side of Turjake's head but Turjake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turjake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turjake dodges the punch combination from Nykanen.
Nykanen shoots in looking for a takedown. Turjake tries to sprawl out of it but Nykanen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Turjake manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Turjake swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Nykanen to counter with a crisp jab.
Nykanen throws a leg kick
and Turjake cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turjake scores with a shot to the body.
Turjake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turjake throws a leg kick which misses Nykanen's front leg but catches the back leg as Nykanen tries to avoid it.
Nykanen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Turjake fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nykanen.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turjake looks to throw the jab but Nykanen is out of range.
Nykanen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Turjake lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turjake pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nykanen back to the cage. Turjake follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Turjake connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turjake walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nykanen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Turjake throws a nice looking combination but Nykanen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Turjake connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nykanen ducks under a wild hook from Turjake.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turjake, right into the meat.
Turjake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nykanen finds it's way round the side to connect with Turjake's head.
Nykanen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Turjake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Turjake misses with a series of wild punches.
Turjake misses with a leg kick
and Nykanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nykanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turjake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nykanen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake misses with an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good work by Turjake as he checks the leg kick.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Nykanen.
Turjake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Turjake throws a hook to the side of Nykanen's head but Nykanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turjake cracks Nykanen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nykanen moves away from the strike by Turjake.
Turjake looks to throw the jab but Nykanen is out of range.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nykanen throws an overhand right that lands on Turjake's shoulder, as Turjake tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Turjake.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turjake scores with a leg kick.
Turjake looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Turjake looks to land a combination. Nykanen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Turjake scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Torsti Turjake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nykanen defending well as Turjake loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Turjake finds it's way through Nykanen's defenses.
Nykanen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nykanen shoots in for a double leg but Turjake sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nykanen lands a head shot.
Torsti Turjake seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nykanen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nykanen connects with a body shot.
Jab by Turjake.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Turjake.
Nykanen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Turjake misses with a body shot.
Turjake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nykanen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nykanen dodges the punch combination from Turjake.
Turjake throws a right hand that Nykanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nykanen also avoids with ease.
Turjake scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turjake throws a hook to the side of Nykanen's head but Nykanen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Turjake with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nykanen to score with a decent uppercut.
A slow jab from Turjake misses its intended target.
Turjake darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turjake lands a jab.
Nykanen misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nykanen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nykanen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turjake wants to slow Nykanen down by chopping away at his legs.
Turjake throws a right and a left that Nykanen avoids nicely.
Nykanen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Turjake lands a jab to the nose.
Nykanen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Turjake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turjake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nykanen moves away.
Nykanen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Nykanen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Turjake scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nykanen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nykanen misses with a body kick.
Turjake ducks under a wild hook from Nykanen.
Paco Nykanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nykanen slips under a jab from Turjake.
Nykanen connects with a jab.
Nykanen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Turjake.
Turjake lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Turjake rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nykanen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Turjake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nykanen.
Nykanen throws a hook to the side of Turjake's head but Turjake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Turjake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Turjake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turjake throws a hook but Nykanen avoids it easily.
Turjake tries to bum rush Nykanen with a series of wild strikes but Nykanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turjake misses with a hook.
Turjake bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nykanen's head.
Nykanen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Turjake throws a combination. Nykanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Good leg kick by Turjake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Torsti Turjake is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nykanen looks to throw the jab but Turjake is out of range.
Nykanen misses with a body punch
and Turjake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Nykanen.
Turjake checks a leg kick.
Turjake throws a good cross that connects.
Turjake jabs at Nykanen's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turjake checks a leg kick.
Turjake lands with an overhand left.
Turjake lands a glancing blow to the side of Nykanen's head.
Turjake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nykanen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turjake scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turjake lands with a straight right. Nykanen didn't see that one coming.
Turjake lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Turjake moves away from the strike by Nykanen.
Turjake scores with a jab to the body.
Turjake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turjake looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turjake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Turjake stalks Nykanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nykanen's face. Nykanen staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheers as Turjake lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nykanen doesn't seem phased though.
Turjake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nykanen.

And that's the end of the fight!
Torsti Turjake comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Turjake 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Torsti Turjake!
Torsti Turjake seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.