PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walter Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyyrikki Takaraivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sullivan comes to the cage accompanied by Akira Yamaoka - Room of Angel. Walter Sullivan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sullivan
vs
Takaraivo

188 cm
21
211 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

179 cm
21
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*
Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Key Clothing LLC

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Walter Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyyrikki Takaraivo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takaraivo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sullivan throws a leg kick but Takaraivo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takaraivo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Takaraivo moves out of range of the strikes.
Takaraivo throws a head kick but Sullivan moves out of range.
Takaraivo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Takaraivo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takaraivo slips under a jab from Sullivan.
Takaraivo slips under a jab from Sullivan.
Walter Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takaraivo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Takaraivo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takaraivo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A punch combination from Sullivan misses.
Sullivan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sullivan misses with a leg kick.
Sullivan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Takaraivo on the side of the head.
Sullivan throws a body kick that misses.
Takaraivo thows a body shot but no joy.
Sullivan avoids the body shot from Takaraivo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sullivan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Takaraivo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sullivan lands a jab to the nose.
Sullivan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Takaraivo is out of range and Sullivan settles back down.
Sullivan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sullivan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takaraivo circles away quickly and effectively.
Takaraivo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan.
Sullivan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Takaraivo's head.
Takaraivo throws a head kick but Sullivan moves out of range.
Sullivan misses with a low kick.
Sullivan lands a head shot.
Sullivan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sullivan lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sullivan throws a right hand that Takaraivo ducks under and follows up with a left that Takaraivo also avoids with ease.
Sullivan connects with a leg kick. Takaraivo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Takaraivo slips under a jab from Sullivan.
Takaraivo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaraivo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Takaraivo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takaraivo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takaraivo tries a head kick but it misses.
A lazy left from Sullivan finds it's target.
Sullivan misses the shot to the body.
Takaraivo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takaraivo wants to land a leg kick but Sullivan is out of range.
Takaraivo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sullivan.
Sullivan looks to score with a jab to the body but Takaraivo is just out of range.
Sullivan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takaraivo moves away.
Takaraivo tries a head kick but it misses.
Takaraivo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sullivan.
A telegraphed right hand from Sullivan misses the target.
Sullivan throws a lazy body kick
and Takaraivo counters with a big head kick but Sullivan shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaraivo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sullivan lunges at Takaraivo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Takaraivo's hand.
Sullivan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Takaraivo is rocked!
Sullivan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Takaraivo is still on wobbly legs! Can Sullivan finish him?
Sullivan lands a slapping body shot.
Sullivan connects with a body shot that sends Takaraivo's belly button to the back.
Sullivan drops Takaraivo with a straight right hand, right on the button! Sullivan follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Sullivan!
Walter Sullivan really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's Laundry 93% logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.