PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pekko Wannanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ebeneezer Darkk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Wannanen
vs
Darkk

172 cm
25
161 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

182 cm
26
160 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Aspire Nutrition
Urban Fighter

Aspire Nutrition

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pekko Wannanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ebeneezer Darkk!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkk scores with a nice body kick.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wannanen takes a swing at Darkk's ribcage but misses.
Wannanen swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Wannanen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darkk scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wannanen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wannanen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Wannanen ducks under a wild hook from Darkk.
Wannanen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Darkk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wannanen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wannanen misses with a right hand
and Darkk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Wannanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands a right hook to the body.
Wannanen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Performance Center in the buildup to the fight.
Wannanen is looking to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wannanen moves out of range as Darkk throws a body kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darkk.
As Darkk backs away, Wannanen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice defenses there by Darkk.
Darkk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wannanen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannanen is looking to chop away at Darkk's legs.
Darkk checks a leg kick.
Wannanen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Darkk lands with a nice body punch.
Wannanen throws a poor cross that misses
and Darkk counters with a three punch combo that has Wannanen backing up. Wannanen nods at Darkk to acknowledge the strikes.
Wannanen scores with a jab. Darkk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Darkk blocks a jab.
Wannanen tried to score with a low kick but Darkk checks it.
Darkk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Darkk scores with a jab. Wannanen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wannanen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wannanen throws a leg kick
and Darkk counters with a nice uppercut.
Wannanen tries to clinch but Darkk moves out of range.
Wannanen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Darkk. That one must have hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darkk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wannanen avoids a kick to the body.
Darkk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wannanen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Darkk throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wannanen, as that shot connected.
Darkk misses with an attempted mid kick.
Darkk misses with a hook.
Wannanen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Darkk is able to avoid easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wannanen.
Darkk slips a straight right by Wannanen.
Wannanen misses with a wild combination.
Wannanen throws out a loose jab but Darkk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wannanen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Darkk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A swing and a miss from Darkk.
Wannanen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wannanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wannanen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Darkk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wannanen.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wannanen.
Darkk moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkk swats away the attempt to clinch by Wannanen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wannanen pushes Darkk up against the cage in a clinch.
Wannanen has a couple of punches blocked by Darkk.
Darkk lands with a left to the head.
Darkk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkk blocks an elbow strike.
Darkk blocks an elbow strike from Wannanen.
A shot in the inside from Darkk.
Darkk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wannanen tries a body shot but Darkk blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wannanen.
Darkk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darkk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darkk blocking some punches.
Darkk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darkk blocking some punches.
Darkk struggles to land a body shot inside as Wannanen controls his hands.
Darkk misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Darkk.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darkk digs a right hand into Wannanen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Wannanen's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkk avoids a wild elbow strike from Wannanen.
Wannanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darkk's elbow.
Wannanen can't find room to land a body shot as Darkk controls the action.
Darkk misses with a punch to the body.
Darkk struggles to land a body shot inside as Wannanen controls his hands.
The referee calls for Wannanen to work.
A short left from Wannanen.

Wannanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wannanen blocks a jab.
Nice body kick from Darkk.
Wannanen wants to clinch.
Darkk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk moves away from the strike by Wannanen.
Wannanen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wannanen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Darkk's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Darkk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darkk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wannanen moves away.
Wannanen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wannanen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Darkk follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Darkk finds it's target.

Wannanen clinches.
Wannanen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Darkk's defenses.
Wannanen throws a head punch that misses.
Wannanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wannanen is leaning against Darkk and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Darkk has a couple of punches blocked by Wannanen.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wannanen.
Darkk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darkk blocks the elbow strike.
Wannanen prevents a body shot from Darkk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkk misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Darkk.
Darkk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkk just leaning against Wannanen, taking a breather.
Wannanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Darkk controls his hands.
Wannanen tries to throw a body punch but Darkk avoids it by throwing Wannanen back against the cage.
Wannanen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk misses with a punch to the body.
Darkk blocks the elbow strike.
Wannanen lands a nice elbow.
Darkk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wannanen backwards.
Wannanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Darkk controls his hands.
Darkk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wannanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wannanen backwards.
Darkk tries to work over Wannanen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darkk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk can't find room to land a body shot as Wannanen controls the action.
Wannanen lands an elbow that stopped Darkk in his tracks for a moment.
Wannanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Darkk.
Wannanen taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wannanen.
Darkk misses with the head strike.
Wannanen lands a nice elbow.
A short uppercut from Darkk.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darkk lands with a light punch inside.
Wannanen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Darkk's elbow.
Darkk lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Darkk avoids a wild elbow strike from Wannanen.
Darkk wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darkk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wannanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darkk blocks a body shot from Wannanen.
A shot in the inside from Darkk.
Darkk works on Wannanen's body with a couple of short punches.
Darkk has a couple of punches blocked by Wannanen.
Darkk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wannanen blocks an uppercut.
Darkk blocks a body shot from Wannanen.
Wannanen lands an elbow just above Darkk 's eye.
Good body shot from Wannanen.
Darkk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Darkk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wannanen throws an elbow but it misses.
Wannanen throws an elbow that misses.
Wannanen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Darkk fails to land.
Wannanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darkk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wannanen backwards.
A shot in the inside from Wannanen.
Darkk working aggressively here.
Wannanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darkk struggles to land a body shot inside as Wannanen controls his hands.
Darkk lands with a light punch inside.
Wannanen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darkk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darkk blocks an elbow strike.
Wannanen lands with a left to the head.
Darkk stalling in the clinch but Wannanen improves position.
Wannanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right handed body shot lands from Wannanen.
Wannanen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Darkk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wannanen blocks a body shot from Darkk.
A head punch on the inside from Darkk fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen lands a damaging elbow.
Wannanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkk has a couple of punches blocked by Wannanen.
Darkk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wannanen backwards.
Nice elbow from Wannanen.
Wannanen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wannanen.
Wannanen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wannanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darkk blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice body punch from Darkk - that landed with a thud.
A left hand lands to the body for Darkk.
Darkk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Darkk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Darkk misses with a body punch.
Darkk looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk swings wildly with an uppercut but Wannanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Darkk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ebeneezer Darkk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Wannanen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Darkk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wannanen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wannanen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Darkk. Darkk obviously looking to wear him down.
Darkk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wannanen throws a lazy head kick
and Darkk counters with a leg kick.
Darkk tries a low kick but Wannanen avoids it.
Wannanen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Darkk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wannanen.
Darkk moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wannanen loads up on a big right hand but Darkk slips the punch.
A bone on bone clash there as Wannanen blocks the leg kick.
Wannanen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Darkk is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Darkk is looking to land body kicks.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch lands to the side of Wannanen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Darkk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wannanen tries to clinch up.
Wannanen wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkk misses with a leg kick.
Darkk keeps the fight on the outside.
Darkk throws a push kick but Wannanen slaps the foot to one side.
A little feinted left hand from Wannanen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Darkk takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Darkk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wannanen. Darkk does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Wannanen does it's job there.
Darkk throws a head kick but Wannanen moves out of range.
Darkk lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wannanen will feel that in the morning.
Wannanen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Darkk throws a head kick that misses
and Wannanen counters with a straight right hand.
Wannanen walks into a left hand.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Wannanen moved away.
Darkk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crunch! Darkk slams his shin into Wannanen's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wannanen moves away.
Darkk scores with a nice head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkk can pounce on him.
Darkk scores with a jab.
Darkk thows a body kick. Wannanen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Darkk defending well as Wannanen loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wannanen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Darkk counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Wannanen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Darkk.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Wannanen.
Wannanen misses with an uppercut.
Wannanen misses with a hook.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Darkk.
Wannanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Darkk.
Darkk throws a fast counter high kick but Wannanen manages to duck under it in time.
Darkk blocks a jab.
Wannanen is looking to clinch but Darkk is avoiding it.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Darkk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Darkk misses with a straight right.
Wannanen is looking to clinch but Darkk is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannanen moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkk throws a push kick but Wannanen slaps the foot to one side.
Wannanen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Darkk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darkk takes a jab right on the kisser.
Darkk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wannanen throws out the jab.
Darkk lands a nice looking body kick.
Darkk scores with a nice body kick.
Darkk throws a body kick that misses
and Wannanen counters with an inside leg kick.
Darkk blocks a jab.
Darkk drops his hands momentarily and Wannanen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wannanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Wannanen clinches up against the cage.
Darkk has a couple of punches blocked by Wannanen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.

Darkk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darkk throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Wannanen misses its intended target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkk throws a body kick that misses.
Wannanen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
Darkk with a nice cross.

Wannanen moves into the clinch successfully.
Darkk avoids a wild elbow strike from Wannanen.

Darkk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Wannanen closes the distance and pushes Darkk back into the cage.
Darkk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wannanen throws an elbow but it misses.
Darkk misses with a punch to the body.
Ebeneezer Darkk is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Darkk is trying to stall.
Pekko Wannanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Darkk fails to land.
Wannanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wannanen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Darkk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Darkk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wannanen misses with a wild combination.
Darkk was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ebeneezer Darkk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darkk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ebeneezer Darkk!
The defeated Pekko Wannanen had this to say: 'That motherfucker got lucky man! I will crush him in a rematch!!'.