PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hollis Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juunas Sikio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roberts
vs
Sikio

182 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
192 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hollis Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juunas Sikio!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sikio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roberts in his tracks.
Roberts throws a series of strikes that have Sikio backpedaling.
Juunas Sikio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts stuns Sikio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roberts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sikio.
Sikio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sikio misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Sikio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Roberts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sikio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roberts scores with a nice right hand.
Roberts throws a jab when Sikio was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Roberts.
Sikio lands with a cross.
Sikio misses with an uppercut
and Roberts counters with a stiff right hand.
Sikio scores with a nice right hand.
A big right from Roberts misses.
Sikio scores with the left hand. Roberts knows he should have avoided that one.
We've been informed that Sikio has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sikio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikio looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts slips a jab from Sikio.
Roberts scores with a sloppy right hand. Sikio should have avoided that one.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Roberts misses with an uppercut. Sikio saw that one coming.
Sikio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roberts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts is looking to chop away at Sikio's legs.
Sikio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Sikio misses with an uppercut. Roberts saw that one coming.
Sikio looks to land a right hand but Roberts moved out of range.
Nice body punch from Roberts.
Roberts moves out of range as Sikio strikes.
Sikio misses with a two punch combination.
Roberts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sikio throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikio misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Sikio looks to land a left hand but Roberts moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from Sikio.
Sikio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sikio 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.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and Sikio moves out of range easily.
Sikio throws a jab when Roberts was well out of range.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Sikio.
Roberts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sikio defending well as Roberts loads up on a big left hand.
Roberts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sikio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts moves out of range as Sikio strikes.
Sikio is looking to clinch but Roberts is avoiding it.
Sikio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sikio.
Jab by Roberts.
Sikio takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Sikio is rocked!
Roberts fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Sikio to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Sikio looks to clinch but Roberts throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Sikio taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hollis Roberts!
A very excited looking Hollis Roberts made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.