PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keimo Tikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Maynard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tikka
vs
Maynard

174 cm
22
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
43
218 lbs
23 - 30 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keimo Tikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tikka fails in his attempt to clinch.

Tikka closes the distance and clinches.
Maynard lands an elbow inside that Tikka shrugs off.

It looks like Keimo Tikka has been cut.
Maynard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tikka throws an elbow that misses.
Maynard lands an elbow inside that Tikka shrugs off.
Tikka pushes off an throws an elbow but Maynard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Maynard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tikka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tikka tries to land knees in the clinch but Maynard avoids the damage to the body.
Tikka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tikka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maynard.
Tikka tries to land a knee to the head but Maynard blocks with his arms.
Tikka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maynard comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maynard lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maynard.
Tikka is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Maynard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tikka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maynard manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard taking a breather.
Maynard continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Maynard utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maynard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maynard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tikka's face.
Maynard is stalling here.
Tikka takes an elbow to the forehead.

Keimo Tikka's cut is getting worse.
Maynard lands an elbow inside that Tikka shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Maynard.
Maynard scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Maynard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maynard scores with a knee to the head.
Maynard is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Maynard.

Keimo Tikka's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard lands a nice elbow.
Maynard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tikka's defenses.
Maynard lands an elbow inside.
Maynard scores a nice knee to the body.
Maynard landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maynard lands an elbow inside that Tikka shrugs off.
Maynard with a knee to the head.
Maynard lands an elbow just above Tikka 's eye.
Maynard stalling.
Maynard avoiding damage.
Maynard with a knee to the head.
Maynard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tikka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tikka could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Tikka has a couple of punches blocked by Maynard.

Maynard drops Tikka with a big knee straight up the middle! Tikka is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Tikka is rocked!

Jeez, Keimo Tikka's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maynard.
Oh Tikka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maynard connects with a body shot.
Tikka seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tikka's sensitive parts.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maynard.

Maynard lands a big head kick that sends Tikka tumbling to the mat! Maynard takes a step backwards and waves Tikka back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Maynard throws a leg kick which misses Tikka's front leg but catches the back leg as Tikka tries to avoid it.
Tikka is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Maynard Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Tikka is out cold, face down on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Peter Maynard!
Keimo Tikka spoke after the fight, saying 'I gave my best for now. Everytime I learn from defeat and be a better fighter next time.'.