PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Bylund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herra Hiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Bylund
vs
Hiiri

177 cm
27
174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

177 cm
27
168 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Island's Forbidden Fruits

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Bylund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herra Hiiri!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiiri ducks right into an uppercut from Bylund.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bylund. Hiiri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hiiri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bylund paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bylund scores with a jab to the body.
Bylund throws a shot to the body.

Hiiri rushes Bylund and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hiiri stalling the fight.
Bylund scores with a shoulder strike.
Bylund lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hiiri or not.
Hiiri tries a body shot but Bylund blocks it.
Bylund works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Bylund breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Bylund gets tackled into the cage by Hiiri. Hiiri maintains the clinch.
Bylund lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hiiri lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bylund or not.
Hiiri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hiiri looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hiiri swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bylund breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hiiri wants to clinch but Bylund slips to the side
and Bylund counters with a stiff right hand.
Hiiri tries to close the distance and clinch but Bylund swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hiiri walks into a stiff left hand from Bylund.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bylund throws a looping overhand right but Hiiri ducks down to avoid it.
Bylund uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hiiri.
Hiiri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hiiri fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hiiri misses with a hook.
Bylund rushes Hiiri with punches - Hiiri moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Hiiri goes down! Bylund follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Bylund!