PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joran van der Sloot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santeri Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sikaniska comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 2 Brothers on the 4th floor - Fairytales kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Santeri Sikaniska is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

van der Sloot
vs
Sikaniska

210 cm
26
285 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

205 cm
31
300 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Knockout power

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joran van der Sloot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Sikaniska!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for van der Sloot.
van der Sloot misses with a wild body shot.
van der Sloot swats away the attempt to clinch by Sikaniska.
Sikaniska jabs van der Sloot to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sikaniska lands the left hand.
Sikaniska defending well as van der Sloot loads up on a big left hand.
Sikaniska misses with a wild body shot.
Sikaniska dodges the punch combination from van der Sloot.
Danga de danga de dang - Sikaniska scores with a four punch combination!
van der Sloot scores with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left and a right from van der Sloot both land. Nice combination.
Sikaniska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sikaniska is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sikaniska goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikaniska misses with a series of wild punches.
Sikaniska misses with an uppercut
and van der Sloot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
van der Sloot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sikaniska was well out of range. Poor timing from van der Sloot.
van der Sloot misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sikaniska clinches up against the cage.
van der Sloot can't get the takedown.
van der Sloot goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sikaniska prevents it.
Sikaniska prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joran van der Sloot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
van der Sloot can't get the takedown.
Sikaniska throws a head punch that misses.
Sikaniska has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
van der Sloot tries for a takedown but Sikaniska manages to get underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sikaniska scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Sikaniska's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sikaniska scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van der Sloot looks to score with a jab to the body but Sikaniska is just out of range.
van der Sloot tries a head kick but it misses.
Sikaniska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from van der Sloot. Sikaniska does a little dance to reset his feet.
van der Sloot throws a body punch but Sikaniska moves out of range.
van der Sloot takes a swing at Sikaniska's ribcage but misses.
Sikaniska avoids the body shot from van der Sloot.
Sikaniska fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
van der Sloot misses with a hook
and Sikaniska counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from van der Sloot misses.
Sikaniska throws a combination but it was largely blocked by van der Sloot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sikaniska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
van der Sloot keeps the fight on the outside.
Sikaniska 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.
van der Sloot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sikaniska ducks down and throws a hook to the body but van der Sloot moves away.
van der Sloot avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Sikaniska misses.
van der Sloot throws a low kick but Sikaniska avoids it.
van der Sloot takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska misses with a two punch combination.
van der Sloot shoots in and drives through. Sikaniska sprawls well.
van der Sloot lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sikaniska thows a left - swing and a miss!
van der Sloot circles away from the clinch attempt
and van der Sloot counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sikaniska ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sikaniska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sikaniska tries to bum rush van der Sloot with a series of wild strikes but van der Sloot uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Sloot slips a jab and a cross from Sikaniska.
A head kick misses from van der Sloot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Santeri Sikaniska will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sikaniska tries to close the distance and clinch up but van der Sloot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sikaniska uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van der Sloot.
Sikaniska misses with the combination.
Sikaniska is looking to clinch but van der Sloot is avoiding it.
Sikaniska tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but van der Sloot paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sikaniska shoots in for a takedown but van der Sloot shows good takedown defense.
van der Sloot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
van der Sloot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. van der Sloot manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from van der Sloot does no damage.
van der Sloot swings for the body but Sikaniska moves out of range.
van der Sloot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sikaniska.
Sikaniska falls off balance throwing a combination

and van der Sloot counters with a single leg into guard. Sikaniska didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
van der Sloot keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sikaniska's head.
van der Sloot is looking to work some ground and pound but Sikaniska has wrist control.
Sikaniska wants to stand and escape but van der Sloot is having none of it.
van der Sloot has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
van der Sloot is pushing down on Sikaniska's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sikaniska is fighting to maintain full guard but van der Sloot has managed to sneak the leg through.
van der Sloot prevents Sikaniska from standing back up.
van der Sloot missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
van der Sloot is nestled in close to Sikaniska, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sikaniska is staying active underneath van der Sloot, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

van der Sloot decides to stand up.
Sikaniska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joran van der Sloot is winning the standup battle so far.

Sikaniska scores with a takedown into van der Sloot's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
van der Sloot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sikaniska has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of van der Sloot is proving hard to escape from.
van der Sloot is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sikaniska wants to stand and escape but instead van der Sloot has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
van der Sloot lands a couple of decent looking shots.
van der Sloot sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sikaniska's guard.
Sikaniska has hold of van der Sloot's hands but van der Sloot slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. van der Sloot lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from van der Sloot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikaniska is trying to stand back up but van der Sloot is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

van der Sloot is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sikaniska defends it well.
van der Sloot sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sikaniska defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from van der Sloot there.
van der Sloot throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sikaniska to regain full guard.
van der Sloot cracks Sikaniska with a solid left hand.

Sikaniska uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Sikaniska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
van der Sloot scores with a jab to the head.
van der Sloot connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sikaniska momentarily.
Sikaniska tries to clinch up
and van der Sloot counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Sloot shoots for a double leg takedown but Sikaniska sprawls well. He's pushed van der Sloot's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joran van der Sloot dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

van der Sloot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sikaniska.
Sikaniska wants to clinch up but van der Sloot keeps it at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Sikaniska 's head but he takes it in his stride.
van der Sloot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sikaniska counters with a series of strikes. van der Sloot will be more careful next time no doubt.
van der Sloot misses with a few strikes there.
van der Sloot changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sikaniska tries to avoid it but van der Sloot manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sikaniska to the ground. Sikaniska escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
van der Sloot throws the left hand but Sikaniska avoids the punch easily.
van der Sloot swinging wildly here.
van der Sloot takes one to the chin there.
van der Sloot misses with a hook. Sikaniska ducked under it nicely.
van der Sloot throws a big shot that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from van der Sloot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Sloot circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sikaniska gets caught napping as van der Sloot dives in and scores a takedown. Sikaniska manages to retain guard.
Sikaniska is looking to stand up but van der Sloot isn't so interested in that idea.

Sikaniska wriggles free and stands up.
van der Sloot tries to bum rush Sikaniska with a series of wild strikes but Sikaniska uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by van der Sloot.
Sikaniska darts in trying to clinch
and van der Sloot counters with a left to the body.
Sikaniska with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Sloot throws a good cross that connects.
Sikaniska throws a series of punches but van der Sloot moves out of range.
Sikaniska fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sikaniska misses the shot to the body.
van der Sloot connects with a high kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
van der Sloot throws a head kick that half lands.
Sikaniska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Sloot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sikaniska looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sikaniska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sikaniska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crunch! van der Sloot slams his shin into Sikaniska's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska tries to clinch there but van der Sloot circles away.
van der Sloot scores with a body shot.
van der Sloot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sikaniska is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down van der Sloot rather than just go for the knockout.
Sikaniska takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
van der Sloot throws a hook to the side of Sikaniska's head but Sikaniska sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sikaniska defending well as van der Sloot loads up on a big left hand.
Joran van der Sloot is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sikaniska is looking to clinch.
van der Sloot lands a head shot.
van der Sloot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sikaniska sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van der Sloot's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sikaniska connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! van der Sloot scrambles back to his feet.
van der Sloot misses with a hook
and Sikaniska counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
van der Sloot bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska darts in trying to clinch

and van der Sloot counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sikaniska won't be happy with that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sikaniska is not content to let van der Sloot control the position.
van der Sloot controls the position.
Sikaniska regains half guard, as van der Sloot was trying to land strikes.
van der Sloot thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sikaniska's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Sloot stops Sikaniska from getting back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joran van der Sloot showed his dominance in that final round.
I think van der Sloot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joran van der Sloot!