PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Palikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Blye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Palikka
vs
Blye

181 cm
29
161 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

173 cm
28
155 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Sin City Allstars

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kalle Palikka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucas Blye!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palikka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blye doesn't seem bothered though.
Palikka throws a shot from downtown. Blye moves away and avoids it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Blye has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Palikka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blye.
Palikka thumps Blye with a low kick.
Palikka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palikka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Palikka loads up on a big right hand but Blye slips the punch.
Blye swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Palikka throws an overhand right that lands on Blye's shoulder, as Blye tries to avoid the shot.
Palikka darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Palikka misses with an uppercut
and Blye counters with a straight right hand.
Palikka blocks a jab.
Palikka swings for the body but Blye moves out of range.
Palikka throws a leg kick but Blye moved away.
Palikka delivers a nice body kick.
Blye fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palikka manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blye misses with an uppercut
and Palikka counters with a good low kick that Blye was not able to check.
Palikka just misses with a punch to the body.
Blye waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palikka.
Palikka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palikka throws a jab when Blye was well out of range.
Blye tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palikka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Blye now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Palikka works over Blye's head and body with a nice combination.
Blye takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palikka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Blye counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Palikka tries to land a body kick
and Blye counters with a slapping leg kick.
Blye on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Blye has managed to clinch.
Blye cracks Palikka with a nice body shot.
Palikka lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palikka misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Palikka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palikka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blye's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Palikka.
I was talking to Palikka's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A body shot lands from Palikka.
Blye holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Palikka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palikka misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palikka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palikka misses with a body punch.
Blye wants to break free but Palikka has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blye.
Palikka stops a takedown attempt from Blye.
Palikka pushes Blye back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blye stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blye blocks an uppercut.
Palikka swings wildly with an uppercut but Blye uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palikka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blye creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palikka.
Blye lands a nice uppercut.
Palikka has a couple of punches blocked by Blye.
Palikka lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Palikka has a couple of punches blocked by Blye.
Palikka is defending well against a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blye blocks a body shot from Palikka.
Blye lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Palikka misses with a punch to the body.
Palikka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Palikka.
A nice left hand lands by Blye.
A left hand lands to the body for Blye.
Palikka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Palikka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palikka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palikka makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blye tries to throw a body punch but Palikka avoids it by throwing Blye back against the cage.
Blye working aggressively here.
Blye struggles to land a body shot inside as Palikka controls his hands.
Palikka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blye's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Palikka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blye lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Palikka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palikka stops a takedown attempt from Blye.
Kalle Palikka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Blye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palikka can't find room to land a body shot as Blye controls the action.
Palikka misses with a body punch.
Blye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Palikka gets through Blye's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blye tries to work over Palikka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palikka lands with a short shot to the head.

Blye is rocked!
Blye blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blye is still on wobbly legs! Can Palikka finish him?
Palikka cracks Blye with a nice body shot.
Palikka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Palikka throws a big uppercut that drops Blye! More strikes from Palikka and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Blye lies dazed against the cage as Palikka celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Palikka!
Kalle Palikka was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.