PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Wilson (ranked 3988 p4p, 485 weight class) and Juha Niska (ranked 8018 p4p, 636 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Wilson
vs
Niska

199 cm
20
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juha Niska!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Niska loads up on a big right hand but Wilson slips the punch.
Wilson thinks about countering with a head kick.
Niska looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Juha Niska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niska connects with the punch.
Niska scores with a jab. Wilson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab, jab by Niska - just one landing.
Wilson tries to clinch up
and Niska counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Niska keeps the fight on the outside.
Niska lands with a good body shot.
Niska pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wilson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Niska jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Niska lands with an overhand left.
Wilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niska moves away.
Wilson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Niska is fending him off so far but Wilson persists. Nope, Niska circles away and we're back to standing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson slips under a jab from Niska.
Niska's corner calls for a 1-2. Niska obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Niska jabs Wilson to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Niska lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Niska throws a shot from downtown. Wilson moves away and avoids it.
Wilson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Niska lands a head shot.
Wilson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Niska.
Wilson throwing a counter right hand but Niska manages to avoid it.
Wilson on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Wilson is rocked!
Niska fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left and a right from Niska both land. Nice combination.
Niska misses with a few strikes there.
Niska has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Wilson throws an overhand right that lands on Niska's shoulder, as Niska tries to avoid the shot.
Niska looks like he wants to counter punch here.
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!
Niska throws a jab when Wilson was well out of range.
Wilson seems to have got his legs back now.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Niska circles away.
Niska throws a body punch but Wilson moves out of range.
Niska misses with the combination.
Wilson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Niska's waist but Niska gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wilson off to one side.
Wilson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Niska counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Niska looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wilson throws a hook but Niska avoids it easily.
Niska scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Niska lands with a right hand.
Wilson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Niska dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Niska lands a slapping body shot.
Wilson moves away from the strike by Niska.
As Niska looks to move away, Wilson throws a big counter combo but Niska just gets out of the way.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Wilson was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Niska throws an off balance right hand
and Wilson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Niska looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Niska getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wilson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niska looks to throw the jab but Wilson is out of range.
Niska throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Niska misses with an uppercut. Wilson saw that one coming.
Niska misses the shot to the body.
Niska thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Juha Niska is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Wilson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Niska lands with a right hand.
Niska lands a really nice looking cross but Wilson seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson staying out of range there.
Niska bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wilson's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niska stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Niska wants it to stay on the feet.
Wilson defending well as Niska loads up on a big left hand.
Niska scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wilson moves out of range as Niska strikes.
Niska throws the left hand but Wilson avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Niska finds it's target.
Niska slaps away a takedown attempt from Wilson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wilson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Niska changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wilson tries to clinch there but Niska circles away.
Wilson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Niska.
Niska jabs at Wilson's body.
Nice takedown defense from Niska. No joy for Wilson on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juha Niska dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Nice jab there from Wilson.
Niska has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Niska throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wilson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Wilson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wilson shoots in and drives through. Niska sprawls well.
Dennis Wilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Niska sizes up Wilson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wilson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Niska lunges at Wilson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wilson's hand.
Niska throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Wilson misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niska connects with a looping right hand.
Niska throws a lazy right hand but Wilson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Niska misses the jab.
Niska scores with a hook.
Niska misses with a shot to the body
and Wilson counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Wilson.
Wilson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Niska looks to score with a jab to the body but Wilson is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Wilson.
Wilson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Niska throws out a loose jab but Wilson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Wilson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Niska scores with a jab to the body.
Niska stuffs the takedown attempt from Wilson. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown attempt by Wilson or perhaps it was just good defense by Niska, which made it look bad.
Wilson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Niska dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson dives in for a single leg takedown but Niska sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Niska tests Wilson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Niska swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Juha Niska!
A relieved looking Juha Niska thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.