PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adryan Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz Carvalho has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Carvalho
vs
Preuss

182 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

171 cm
21
186 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adryan Preuss!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Preuss forces Carvalho back against the cage and clinches.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Preuss.
Carvalho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Preuss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Preuss throws a head kick but Carvalho moves out of range.
Carvalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Preuss forces Carvalho back against the cage and clinches.

Preuss breaks the clinch.
Adryan Preuss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carvalho throws a right and a left that both miss.
Preuss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carvalho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from Preuss lands but Carvalho takes it in his stride.
We've been told by Carvalho's head coaches at Nordic Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Preuss takes the fight into the clinch.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Preuss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Preuss clinches.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Carvalho fails to land with a series of punches.
Carvalho connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Preuss has managed to clinch.

Preuss breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Preuss pushes Carvalho up against the cage in a clinch.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss drives through and clinches with Carvalho against the cage.
Carvalho scores with a nice hook to the head.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Preuss takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Adryan Preuss has been cut.

Preuss closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Preuss misses with a straight right.
A little feinted left hand from Carvalho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Carvalho blocks a head kick by Preuss.
Carvalho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carvalho pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Preuss back to the cage. Carvalho follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Preuss is looking to clinch.
Carvalho tries to clinch there but Preuss circles away.
Preuss is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Preuss misses with a jab, cross combination.
Preuss throws a head kick that misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Preuss.
Carvalho lands a jab-cross combination.

Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Preuss throws out a loose jab but Carvalho uses good head movement to avoid it.

Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Preuss lands a nice elbow.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Preuss swinging wildly here.
It looked like Carvalho was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Carvalho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carvalho throws a series of punches but Preuss moves out of range.
Carvalho connects with a single shot there.
Carvalho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Preuss circles away quickly and effectively.
Carvalho lands a jab-cross combination.
Carvalho is breathing heavily.

Carvalho gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Carvalho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Preuss lands an elbow just above Carvalho 's eye.
Carvalho working aggressively here.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carvalho throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Preuss. Beautiful body shot.

Preuss closes the distance and clinches.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preuss dodges the punch combination from Carvalho.

Preuss lands a left and a right that send Carvalho crashing to the mat, dazed. Preuss thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Carvalho is rocked!

Preuss moves into the clinch.
Oh Carvalho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Preuss breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Preuss.

Preuss clinches up against the cage.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Preuss closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Carvalho seems to have got his legs back now.
Preuss lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Luiz Carvalho has been cut.

Preuss breaks the clinch.

Carvalho gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Preuss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Preuss doesn't manage to clinch there - Carvalho circles away.

Preuss forces Carvalho back against the cage and clinches.
Carvalho misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Carvalho fails to land.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Preuss tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carvalho swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Preuss closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Carvalho throws a nice looking combination but Preuss bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Preuss misses with a few strikes there.

Preuss closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carvalho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A slow jab from Carvalho misses its intended target.

Preuss closes the distance and pushes Carvalho back into the cage.
Carvalho misses with a punch on the inside.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whack! Preuss lands a heavy head kick that drops Carvalho. The ref tackles Preuss to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Carvalho was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Adryan Preuss!