PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Slurms Mckenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Poutsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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?

Mckenzie
vs
Poutsi

189 cm
27
196 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

183 cm
23
202 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Slurms Mckenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tim Poutsi!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mckenzie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Poutsi.
Poutsi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mckenzie can pounce on him.
Poutsi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Poutsi scores with a shot to the body.
Mckenzie lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Poutsi's corner calls for a 1-2. Poutsi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Poutsi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mckenzie is fending him off so far but Poutsi persists. Nope, Mckenzie circles away and we're back to standing.
A good leg kick by Mckenzie.
Poutsi darts in looking for a takedown but Mckenzie gets double underhooks and turns Poutsi into the cage.
Slurms Mckenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Poutsi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mckenzie tries to break free but Poutsi pushes him back against the cage.
Poutsi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poutsi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mckenzie lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poutsi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poutsi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Poutsi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poutsi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mckenzie trying to control the position but instead, Poutsi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mckenzie into the cage.
Poutsi has a couple of punches blocked by Mckenzie.
Poutsi has Mckenzie pressed against the cage, preventing Mckenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mckenzie wants to get back to striking at distance but Poutsi won't allow it.
Poutsi cracks Mckenzie with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poutsi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poutsi.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Poutsi.

Mckenzie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poutsi misses with a lunging right hand
and Mckenzie counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Poutsi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poutsi shoots in but no luck this time.
Poutsi misses with a looping left.
Poutsi throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie misses with a head kick.
Mckenzie misses with an uppercut
and Poutsi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poutsi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mckenzie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mckenzie tries to land a front kick but Poutsi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Poutsi checks a leg kick nicely.
Mckenzie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Poutsi avoids a kick to the body.
Poutsi misses with a hook. Mckenzie ducked under it nicely.

Poutsi fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mckenzie sprawls well initially but Poutsi persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mckenzie works his way to full guard. Good work.
Poutsi won't allow Mckenzie to sweep him here.
Poutsi is looking to work some ground and pound but Mckenzie has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mckenzie keeping moving, preventing Poutsi from controlling successfully.
Poutsi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poutsi preventing the sweep.
Poutsi wants to control from the top but Mckenzie keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Tim Poutsi was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Mckenzie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Poutsi to score with a decent uppercut.
Poutsi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Mckenzie misses.
Mckenzie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poutsi. Mckenzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poutsi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mckenzie can pounce on him.
Mckenzie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mckenzie throws a head kick that misses.
Mckenzie throws a front kick that sends Poutsi stumbling back into the cage.
Poutsi is looking to clinch but Mckenzie is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poutsi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mckenzie has time to react.
Poutsi cracks a nice hook into Mckenzie's ribs.
Slurms Mckenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mckenzie lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mckenzie.
Mckenzie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Poutsi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Poutsi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Poutsi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tim Poutsi will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Mckenzie throws a low kick, looking for Poutsi's leg but Poutsi calmly moves out of range.
Mckenzie scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mckenzie.
Poutsi lands with a good body shot.
Slurms Mckenzie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poutsi loads up on a big right hand but Mckenzie slips the punch.
Poutsi tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mckenzie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poutsi looks to throw the jab but Mckenzie is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mckenzie.
Mckenzie scores with a crisp jab that stopped Poutsi in his tracks.
Poutsi lands an overhand right.
Mckenzie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mckenzie pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Poutsi throws out a loose jab but Mckenzie uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mckenzie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mckenzie looking to stall.
Mckenzie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Poutsi backwards.
Poutsi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Poutsi lands an uppercut.
Poutsi blocks the elbow strike.
Poutsi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poutsi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mckenzie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poutsi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mckenzie pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Poutsi lands a nice shot to the body.
Poutsi lands a right hand.
Poutsi can't find room to land a body shot as Mckenzie controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi avoids a wild elbow strike from Mckenzie.
A right hand to the body from Poutsi.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Poutsi as Mckenzie tries to tie him up.
Mckenzie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mckenzie prevents a body shot from Poutsi.
Poutsi taking a breather.
Poutsi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mckenzies head.
Poutsi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Mckenzie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mckenzie fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Poutsi.
An inside leg kick lands from Mckenzie.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mckenzie, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi tries to close the distance and clinch but Mckenzie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Poutsi digs a good body shot into Mckenzie's ribs.
Poutsi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Mckenzie backs up against the cage.

It looks like Slurms Mckenzie has been cut.
Mckenzie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Poutsi throws a right and a left that Mckenzie avoids nicely.
Mckenzie throws a head kick but Poutsi moves out of range.
Poutsi connects with a nice looking jab.

Poutsi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poutsi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mckenzie's head.
Mckenzie is trying to get back to full guard.
Mckenzie is looking to get back to is feet but Poutsi passes into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poutsi working the ground and pound.
Mckenzie is trying to get back to half guard.
Poutsi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Mckenzie!
Mckenzie is looking to improve his position but Poutsi isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Mckenzie that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mckenzie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poutsi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poutsi lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Mckenzie is rocked!
Poutsi raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Mckenzie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poutsi cracks Mckenzie with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Poutsi!
A less than humble Tim Poutsi misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.