PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pikku Kakkipylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Piltz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piltz has chosen Don't Stop Me Now as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kakkipylly
vs
Piltz

190 cm
30
194 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

180 cm
31
192 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pikku Kakkipylly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Piltz!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakkipylly avoids the body shot from Piltz.
Piltz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kakkipylly backs up against the cage.
Kakkipylly throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Piltz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kakkipylly.
Left hook, right uppercut from Piltz.
Piltz throws a combination. Kakkipylly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Piltz is looking to land body kicks.
Some wild striking there from Piltz.
Piltz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Piltz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kakkipylly is looking to clinch.
Good leg kick by Kakkipylly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Piltz blocks a head kick by Kakkipylly.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kakkipylly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakkipylly with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Piltz to score with a decent uppercut.
Crunch! Kakkipylly slams his shin into Piltz's torso.
Piltz throws a hook but Kakkipylly avoids it easily.
Kakkipylly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Piltz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kakkipylly throws a head kick but Piltz moves out of range.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch up but Piltz circles away and keeps his distance.
Kakkipylly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piltz.
Piltz swats away the attempt to clinch by Kakkipylly.

Kakkipylly forces Piltz back against the cage and clinches.

Piltz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly scores with a leg kick.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch but Piltz is having none of it.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch there but Piltz circles away.
Piltz misses with a head kick.
Kakkipylly slips a jab and a cross from Piltz.
Kakkipylly blocks a head kick by Piltz.
Piltz throws a nice looking combination but Kakkipylly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Piltz throws a leg kick but Kakkipylly moved away.
Kakkipylly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kakkipylly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Piltz misses with a wild combination.
Piltz fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Piltz.
Kakkipylly lands a head kick. Piltz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Mark Piltz has been cut.

Kakkipylly moves into range and clinches up with Piltz.
Piltz swings wildly with an uppercut but Kakkipylly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow that stopped Piltz in his tracks for a moment.
Kakkipylly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Piltz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kakkipylly's brow.
Piltz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Piltz.
Piltz tries a body shot but Kakkipylly blocks it.
Piltz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kakkipylly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Piltz tries to work over Kakkipylly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kakkipylly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piltz trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kakkipylly throws an elbow that misses.
Piltz has a couple of punches blocked by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly wants to stall.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside that Piltz shrugs off.
Piltz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Piltz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Piltz tries a body shot but Kakkipylly blocks it.
Piltz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kakkipylly backwards.
Kakkipylly trying to land knees to the body.
Kakkipylly wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside.
Kakkipylly throws an elbow but it misses.
Kakkipylly avoiding damage as Piltz throws knees to the body.
Piltz leaning against his opponent.
Piltz takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Piltz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Piltz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Piltz throws a nice looking combination but Kakkipylly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Piltz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Piltz pushes Kakkipylly away with a front kick.
Kakkipylly moves out of range of the body kick.
Kakkipylly doesn't manage to clinch there - Piltz circles away.
Piltz misses with a double jab.
Piltz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Piltz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Piltz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Kakkipylly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakkipylly throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Piltz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mark Piltz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Piltz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Piltz fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakkipylly is looking to clinch.
Piltz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid body kick from Kakkipylly.
A head kick misses from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly throws a head kick that misses.
Piltz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kakkipylly. Piltz shrugs it off though.
Mark Piltz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Piltz misses with a series of wild punches.
Kakkipylly throws a front kick that sends Piltz stumbling back into the cage.
Piltz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kakkipylly fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kakkipylly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kakkipylly throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Piltz's head.
Piltz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kakkipylly.
Some wild striking there from Piltz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kakkipylly is looking to clinch.
Piltz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kakkipylly thows a body kick. Piltz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Piltz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kakkipylly.
Piltz throws the kick towards the body but Kakkipylly avoids it.
Piltz blocks a head kick by Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly cracks the inside of Piltz's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kakkipylly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kakkipylly lands a leg kick that knocks Piltz off balance momentarily.
Piltz throws a front kick that sends Kakkipylly stumbling back into the cage.
Kakkipylly is looking to clinch.
Piltz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kakkipylly moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kakkipylly misses with a body kick.
Kakkipylly misses with a kick to the body.
Piltz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Piltz blocks a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kakkipylly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piltz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kakkipylly.
Piltz throws a nice looking combination but Kakkipylly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch but Piltz moves out of range.
Kakkipylly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Piltz drives through and clinches with Kakkipylly against the cage.
Kakkipylly has Piltz pressed against the cage, preventing Piltz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Piltz.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kakkipylly lands an elbow that stopped Piltz in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Piltz throws an elbow but misses.
Kakkipylly throws an elbow that misses.
Kakkipylly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Piltz working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pikku Kakkipylly will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mark Piltz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kakkipylly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Kakkipylly gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow just above Piltz 's eye.
Kakkipylly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Piltz.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow.
Kakkipylly misses with an elbow over the top.
Piltz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Piltz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Piltz trying to stall but Kakkipylly improves his position.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Piltz misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside.
Kakkipylly lands an elbow inside that Piltz shrugs off.
Kakkipylly throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Piltz is pushing Kakkipylly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Piltz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kakkipylly is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakkipylly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Piltz working aggressively here.
Piltz can't find room to land a body shot as Kakkipylly controls the action.
Kakkipylly blocks a body shot from Piltz.
Piltz is trying to maintain a safe position but Kakkipylly gets an underhook and turns Piltz into the cage.
Kakkipylly has Piltz pressed against the cage.
Piltz trying to land knees to the body.
Piltz misses with a body punch.
Kakkipylly prevents Piltz from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Kakkipylly breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Piltz misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kakkipylly!
Kakkipylly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Piltz's calf.
Piltz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kakkipylly doesn't manage to clinch there - Piltz circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piltz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Piltz throws a head kick that misses.
Kakkipylly tries to close the distance and clinch but Piltz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Piltz throws a body punch but Kakkipylly moves out of range.
Kakkipylly tries a head kick but it misses.
Kakkipylly throws a wild body kick that Piltz sees coming a mile off.
Kakkipylly avoids the body shot from Piltz.
Kakkipylly feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Piltz's calf.
Kakkipylly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Piltz throws a push kick but Kakkipylly slaps the foot to one side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kakkipylly cracks the inside of Piltz's front leg.

Kakkipylly closes the distance and pushes Piltz back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakkipylly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kakkipylly is trying to stall.
Kakkipylly dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Piltz takes an elbow to the temple.

Kakkipylly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Piltz misses with the combination.
Kakkipylly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Piltz. That did some damage!
Kakkipylly scores with a nice body kick.
Piltz moves out of range of the body kick from Kakkipylly.

Kakkipylly closes the distance and clinches.
Piltz misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piltz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kakkipylly is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kakkipylly.
Piltz managing to block the knees to the body from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Piltz misses with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Piltz throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Piltz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kakkipylly throws a nice inside leg kick.
Piltz checks a low kick from Kakkipylly.
Kakkipylly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kakkipylly on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kakkipylly lands with a kick to the temple. Piltz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That has opened up Mark Piltz's cut even more.

Piltz gets tackled into the cage by Kakkipylly. Kakkipylly maintains the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pikku Kakkipylly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kakkipylly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Pikku Kakkipylly!
The defeated Mark Piltz had this to say: 'It's a hard lot of fighters out here in Steel Penn. I'll be back in a ring soon enough.'.