PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ian MacAiken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacAiken's entrance music is Dropkick Myrphy's / Rose Tattoo. A fine choice. Hovi has chosen Die for Metal as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

MacAiken
vs
Hovi

183 cm
22
178 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
22
260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ian MacAiken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tarmo Hovi!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hovi cracks MacAiken with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hovi checks a low kick from MacAiken.
Hovi misses with an uppercut.
Tarmo Hovi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hovi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
MacAiken misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hovi tries to score with a low kick but MacAiken moves his leg out of the way.
Hovi throws a chopping leg kick but MacAiken manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hovi scores with a leg kick.
MacAiken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
MacAiken fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hovi throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hovi moves forwards but MacAiken connects with a nice, crisp jab.
MacAiken misses with a hook. Hovi ducked under it nicely.
MacAiken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
MacAiken throws a body punch but Hovi moves out of range.
Hovi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
MacAiken tests Hovi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
MacAiken avoids the body shot from Hovi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacAiken takes a swing at Hovi's ribcage but misses.
Hovi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hovi cracks MacAiken with an open hand slap.
MacAiken scores with a hook.
MacAiken fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
MacAiken takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hovi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacAiken lands the left hand.
Hovi swings for the body but MacAiken moves out of range.
MacAiken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hovi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and MacAiken is able to avoid easily.
Hovi is looking to clinch but MacAiken is avoiding it.
Hovi takes a swing at MacAiken's ribcage but misses.
MacAiken lands a slapping body shot.
Good leg kick by Hovi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hovi looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacAiken fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hovi thows a body shot but no joy.
MacAiken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hovi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hovi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and MacAiken counters with a three punch combo that has Hovi backing up. Hovi nods at MacAiken to acknowledge the strikes.
MacAiken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hovi doesn't seem bothered though.

Hovi forces MacAiken back against the cage and clinches.

MacAiken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
MacAiken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hovi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

MacAiken shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hovi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from MacAiken.
MacAiken throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
MacAiken throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
MacAiken trying to control from half guard but Hovi is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacAiken is really struggling to control Hovi but he's trying to hold on to the position.
MacAiken throwing shots but Hovi is blocking nicely.
Hovi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
MacAiken trying to control the action but Hovi is working from the bottom.
Hovi is trying to control but can't.
Hovi moves into full guard.
MacAiken wants to control from the top but Hovi keeps moving.
Hovi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
MacAiken 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.
MacAiken tries to free his leg and advance position but Hovi is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacAiken landing some decent shots from guard.
Hovi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
MacAiken trying to control but Hovi is working from the bottom.
Hovi is pulling down on MacAiken's head to control his posture.
Hovi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from MacAiken.
MacAiken stopping the sweep attempt from Hovi.
MacAiken postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tarmo Hovi.
Hovi throws a sloppy head kick and MacAiken moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacAiken walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hovi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hovi throws a leg kick
and MacAiken connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian MacAiken dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hovi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hovi tries to clinch there but MacAiken circles away.
MacAiken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hovi.
Hovi misses with a looping left.
MacAiken throws a series of punches but Hovi avoids them all with ease.
A shot to the liver by MacAiken. Beautiful body shot.
Hovi misses with a looping left.
Hovi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hovi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hovi doesn't manage to clinch there - MacAiken circles away.
MacAiken throws a jab when Hovi was well out of range.
MacAiken uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
MacAiken lands a right hook to the body.
MacAiken connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hovi is breathing heavily.
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!
MacAiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hovi moves away.
MacAiken shoots for a takedown but Hovi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hovi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for MacAiken.
Donk. MacAiken catches Hovi right on the button with a cross.
A low kick from Hovi misses
and MacAiken cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hovi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as MacAiken throws out the jab.
MacAiken throws a body punch but Hovi moves out of range.
MacAiken lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hovi throws a head kick but MacAiken moves out of range.
MacAiken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hovi.
MacAiken misses with an uppercut.
Hovi scores with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Hovi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
MacAiken lands a nice hook to Hovi's body. Hovi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
MacAiken checks a low kick from Hovi.
A slapping leg kick lands for MacAiken.
Hovi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
MacAiken lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi avoids a kick to the body.
Hovi blocks a head kick by MacAiken.
Hovi walks into a left hand.
MacAiken lands with a good body shot.
MacAiken feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hovis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
MacAiken fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hovi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hovi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by MacAiken.
MacAiken cracks Hovi with an open hand slap.
Hovi fails to land with a series of punches.
Hovi misses with an uppercut
and MacAiken counters with a right hand to the body.

MacAiken decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
MacAiken takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
MacAiken is trying to control. Hovi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hovi taking some punishment here, with MacAiken in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacAiken is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
MacAiken working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
MacAiken looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
MacAiken drops an elbow to the side of Hovi's head.
Hovi is refusing to be controlled, as MacAiken sits in half guard.
MacAiken is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
MacAiken scores with a couple of good head shots there.
MacAiken pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ian MacAiken overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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!
MacAiken scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Hovi is rocked!
MacAiken lands a big shot to the head and Hovi winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ian MacAiken!
A victorious Ian MacAiken thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.