PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Mctwist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arto Byyri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Mctwist has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mctwist
vs
Byyri

180 cm
33
283 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

195 cm
39
255 lbs
17 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Oliver Mctwist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Arto Byyri!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mctwist tries to clinch up but Byyri circles away and keeps his distance.
Byyri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Arto Byyri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Byyri throws a series of punches but Mctwist avoids them all with ease.
Mctwist tries to clinch up but Byyri circles away and keeps his distance.
Byyri looks to throw the jab but Mctwist is out of range.
Byyri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mctwist tries to close the distance and clinch but Byyri swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Byyri stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Byyri looks to land a left hand but Mctwist moved out of range nicely.
Mctwist fails in his attempt to clinch.
Byyri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mctwist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mctwist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mctwist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Byyri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Byyri throws a shot from downtown. Mctwist moves away and avoids it.
Byyri looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Byyri throws out a loose jab but Mctwist uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mctwist scoring well with a low kick there.
Mctwist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice jab there from Byyri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byyri walks into a left hand.

It looks like Arto Byyri has been cut.
Mctwist moves in looking to clinch but Byyri pushes him off.
Mctwist tries to clinch up but Byyri circles away and keeps his distance.
Byyri swats away the attempt to clinch by Mctwist.
Byyri keeps the fight on the outside.
Byyri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mctwist.
Mctwist wants to clinch up but Byyri keeps it at a distance.
Mctwist tries to clinch up but Byyri circles away and keeps his distance.
Mctwist throws a right and a left that Byyri avoids nicely.
Byyri swats away the attempt to clinch by Mctwist.
Good standup being displayed there by Mctwist as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Byyri misses with a lunging right hand
and Mctwist makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jab by Byyri.
Byyri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mctwist is looking to clinch.
Mctwist moves in looking to clinch but Byyri pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mctwist moves to clinch but Byyri breaks away
and Byyri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Byyri might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mctwist tries to clinch up.
Byyri throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mctwist counters with a leg kick.
Byyri misses the shot to the body.
Mctwist moves in looking to clinch but Byyri pushes him off.
Mctwist ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Byyri looks winded!

Mctwist darts in and clinches Byyri up against the cage.
Byyri wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mctwist has him pressed against the cage.

Mctwist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Byyri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mctwist looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Byyri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Byyri goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Mctwist rushes Byyri and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Mctwist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Byyri misses its intended target.
Mctwist darts in trying to clinch
and Byyri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mctwist cracks the inside of Byyri's front leg.
Mctwist tries to clinch there but Byyri circles away.
Byyri bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mctwist's head backwards.
Mctwist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mctwist tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Byyri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mctwist is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mctwist tries to close the distance and clinch up but Byyri swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mctwist is looking to clinch but Byyri is avoiding it.

Mctwist lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Byyri sprawling to the canvas. Mctwist follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Byyri hang on?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byyri wants to get back to full guard but Mctwist has mounted him!
The referee warns Byyri that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Byyri is rocked!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Byyri can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mctwist connects with a bit shot that sees Byyri covering up! More strikes from Mctwist and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Mctwist is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Mctwist!