PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eino Hilavitkutin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syntha Six (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Syntha Six enters the cage!

Hilavitkutin
vs
Six

186 cm
27
211 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

184 cm
34
215 lbs
20 - 23 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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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 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eino Hilavitkutin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Syntha Six!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Six slips a jab from Hilavitkutin.
Six looks to land a combination but Hilavitkutin avoids it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hilavitkutin.
Six misses with the combination.
Six throws a body punch but Hilavitkutin moves out of range.
Six takes a jab right on the kisser.
Six looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Six stuffs the takedown attempt from Hilavitkutin. Hilavitkutin gets slowly back to his feet.
Hilavitkutin lands an overhand right.
Six slips a jab and a cross from Hilavitkutin.
Six slips a jab and a cross from Hilavitkutin.
Six throws a head kick but Hilavitkutin moves out of range.
Hilavitkutin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Six circles away quickly and effectively.
Six wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice takedown defense from Six. No joy for Hilavitkutin on that attempt.
Six walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Six throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Six 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hilavitkutin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Six misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Six defending well as Hilavitkutin loads up on a big left hand.
Hilavitkutin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hilavitkutin there as he acknowledges the shot.

It looks like Eino Hilavitkutin has been cut.
Hilavitkutin scores with a jab. Six acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Eino Hilavitkutin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Six, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Six misses with an attempted mid kick.
A combination from Six does no damage.
Six ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hilavitkutin moves away.
Six looks to land a right hand but Hilavitkutin moved out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hilavitkutin is defended easily by Six.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eino Hilavitkutin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hilavitkutin looks for a takedown but Six sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilavitkutin has a takedown stuffed.
Hilavitkutin throws a right hand that Six ducks under and follows up with a left that Six also avoids with ease.
Six throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hilavitkutin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Six counters with a series of strikes. Hilavitkutin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hilavitkutin swinging wildly here.
Hilavitkutin misses with a double jab.
Six throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Syntha Six is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hilavitkutin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hilavitkutin scores with a hook.
Six misses with the combination.
Hilavitkutin misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilavitkutin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A low kick from Six is predictable there
and Hilavitkutin counters with a straight right hand.
Hilavitkutin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hilavitkutin misses with a body shot.
Hilavitkutin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hilavitkutin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Six.
Hilavitkutin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Six misses.
Six takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hilavitkutin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hilavitkutin.
Hilavitkutin scores with a nice right hand.
Hilavitkutin tries to bum rush Six with a series of wild strikes but Six uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Six slaps away a takedown attempt from Hilavitkutin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hilavitkutin misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilavitkutin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Six throws a shot to the body.
Six avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hilavitkutin misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Six misses.
Six tries to work over Hilavitkutin's front leg with a kick but Hilavitkutin checks it.
Hilavitkutin throws a nice looking combination but Six bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hilavitkutin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Six.
Hilavitkutin misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Hilavitkutin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good shot there by Hilavitkutin.
Six rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hilavitkutin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eino Hilavitkutin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eino Hilavitkutin's cut.
That's time! Hilavitkutin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Six avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hilavitkutin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Six's hands.
Hilavitkutin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Six.
Six walks into a straight right hand from Hilavitkutin.
Hilavitkutin checks a low kick from Six.
Hilavitkutin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Six to counter with a crisp jab.
Six misses with a double jab.
Hilavitkutin moves away from the strike by Six.
Hilavitkutin feints a jab promting Six to slip. Hilavitkutin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Six slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Six pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hilavitkutin is out of range and Six settles back down.
Six cracks Hilavitkutin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Six takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hilavitkutin fails with the takedown.
Six takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Six throws an off balance right hand
and Hilavitkutin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Hilavitkutin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Six wants to get back to full guard.
Hilavitkutin tries to stand but can't do so whilst Six controls his leg.
Six looks like he's trying to stand up.
Six works his way to full guard. Good work.
Six is trying to keep Hilavitkutin in close.
Hilavitkutin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Six is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Six in particular looking to stall.
Hilavitkutin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Six.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hilavitkutin is looking for a sweep. Six is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Six throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hilavitkutin is looking to improve his position.

Six is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hilavitkutin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hilavitkutin manages to get to full guard.
Six passes Hilavitkutin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilavitkutin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hilavitkutin wants to sweep but no luck.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Six accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hilavitkutin is looking to stand back up but Six counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hilavitkutin.

Six is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Six stops Hilavitkutin from getting back to his feet.
Hilavitkutin is refusing to be controlled, as Six sits in half guard.
Hilavitkutin is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six wants to take a breather but Hilavitkutin is having none of it.
Six throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Hilavitkutin is defending against the submission attempts here by Six.
Hilavitkutin trying to hold on to Six's head to control him but Six postures up.
Six missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Six not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hilavitkutin is pressing down on Six's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Six has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Six decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hilavitkutin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Syntha Six will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Eino Hilavitkutin's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Six throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hilavitkutin fails to land with a series of punches.
A low kick from Six misses
and Hilavitkutin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Hilavitkutin. Those never looked like landing.
Hilavitkutin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Six stuffs the takedown.
Hilavitkutin throws a big shot that misses.
Six 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.
Hilavitkutin swings for the body but Six moves out of range.
Six uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hilavitkutin.
Hilavitkutin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hilavitkutin is defended easily by Six.
Six avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hilavitkutin throws the left hand but Six avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Six.
Six scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hilavitkutin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Six.
Six misses with a kick to the body.
Hilavitkutin misses with an uppercut.
Six avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hilavitkutin lands with a nice body punch.
Six throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hilavitkutin's corner calls for a 1-2. Hilavitkutin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A punch combination from Six misses.
Hilavitkutin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Six in his tracks.
Hilavitkutin misses with a wild body shot.
Hilavitkutin staying out of range there.
Six looks to land a combination but Hilavitkutin avoids it well.
Hilavitkutin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Six.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Hilavitkutin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hilavitkutin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eino Hilavitkutin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hilavitkutin lands an overhand right.
Six swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hilavitkutin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Six has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hilavitkutin.
Six misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hilavitkutin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Six throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hilavitkutin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hilavitkutin checks a leg kick.
Hilavitkutin feints a jab promting Six to slip. Hilavitkutin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Six slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Six motions for Hilavitkutin to come forward. Six throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Six shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hilavitkutin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hilavitkutin dips to his left and cracks Six with an uppercut!
Hilavitkutin shoots in for a takedown but Six shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Six pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hilavitkutin back to the cage. Six follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Six ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Six doesn't manage to clinch there - Hilavitkutin circles away.
Hilavitkutin thows a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Six misses
enabling Hilavitkutin to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Hilavitkutin does it's job there.
Hilavitkutin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hilavitkutin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Six stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Six wants it to stay on the feet.
Six's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Six duly obliges.

Eino Hilavitkutin's cut is getting worse.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Six throws a low kick but Hilavitkutin moves out of range easily.
Hilavitkutin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Six is fending him off so far but Hilavitkutin persists. Nope, Six circles away and we're back to standing.
Hilavitkutin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Six.
A head kick misses from Six.
Hilavitkutin scores with a shot to the body.
Six misses with a series of wild punches.
Hilavitkutin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Hilavitkutin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hilavitkutin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Six.

Hilavitkutin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Six sprawls well initially but Hilavitkutin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Six moves into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hilavitkutin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eino Hilavitkutin.
I think Hilavitkutin 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Syntha Six!