PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Turo Trukkikuski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turo Trukkikuski is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Nogueira
vs
Trukkikuski

170 cm
20
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chuck Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Turo Trukkikuski!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nogueira has managed to clinch.
Nogueira lands a hook that snaps the head of Trukkikuski backwards.
Trukkikuski is trying to break the clinch but Nogueira has him pressed against the cage.
Trukkikuski is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nogueira misses with a knee strike.
Trukkikuski takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nogueira lands an uppercut.
Nogueira with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trukkikuski working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Trukkikuski is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is struggling to control the position.
Trukkikuski is trying to force a seperation but Nogueira has the dominant position.
Nogueira taking a breather.
Trukkikuski can't break the clinch.
Trukkikuski can't find room to land a body shot as Nogueira controls the action.
Nogueira is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Trukkikuski can't break the clinch.
Nogueira is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Nogueira.
Trukkikuski misses with a body shot

and Nogueira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nogueira.
Nogueira lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nogueira misses with a knee to the head.
Trukkikuski is trying to break the clinch but Nogueira is controlling him.
Nogueira is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Trukkikuski wants to break free but Nogueira has control.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nogueira missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Trukkikuski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nogueira landing knees to the head.
Trukkikuski tries to break the clinch but Nogueira is controlling the position.
Trukkikuski working hard to break the clinch.
Nogueira connects with a knee to the head.
Nogueira has Trukkikuski pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Trukkikuski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Nogueira dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Trukkikuski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nogueira throws a head kick but Trukkikuski moves out of range.
Trukkikuski throws out a loose jab but Nogueira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trukkikuski misses with a series of wild punches.
Nogueira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trukkikuski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trukkikuski scores with a hook.

Nogueira has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trukkikuski being controlled against the cage.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Nogueira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nogueira.
Trukkikuski is trying to break the clinch but Nogueira is controlling him.
Nogueira slows down the pace here.
Nogueira gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Nogueira for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Nogueira.
Nogueira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Trukkikuski scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nogueira. Trukkikuski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Trukkikuski moves out of range easily.

Nogueira moves into the clinch successfully.
Trukkikuski stalling the fight.
Nogueira is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira controlling the action here for a moment.
Trukkikuski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nogueira holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nogueira.
Nogueira leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Nogueira.
A right-left combo lands from Trukkikuski.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trukkikuski avoids the body shot from Nogueira.
Trukkikuski throws a right and a left that Nogueira avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trukkikuski. Nogueira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Turo Trukkikuski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trukkikuski fails to land with a series of punches.
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 Chuck Nogueira will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Trukkikuski misses with a combination
and Nogueira counters with a nice leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Trukkikuski. Those never looked like landing.
Trukkikuski throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Nogueira lands a big head kick that sends Trukkikuski tumbling to the mat! Nogueira takes a step backwards and waves Trukkikuski back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Trukkikuski is rocked!

It looks like Turo Trukkikuski has been cut.
Nogueira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Trukkikuski is still on wobbly legs! Can Nogueira finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nogueira lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Trukkikuski crumples to the floor! Nogueira milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Chuck Nogueira!