PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raging Bitch (ranked 3430 p4p, 435 weight class) and Miro Tynkkynen (ranked 5974 p4p, 587 weight class). Bitch comes to the cage accompanied by Who is He?. Tynkkynen has chosen Cow herd - Fields as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bitch
vs
Tynkkynen

200 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Raging Bitch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Miro Tynkkynen!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitch swats away the attempt to clinch by Tynkkynen.

Tynkkynen has managed to clinch.
Tynkkynen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tynkkynen lands an elbow that stopped Bitch in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Raging Bitch has been cut.
Tynkkynen lands an elbow inside that Bitch shrugs off.
Tynkkynen crunches a lovely knee into Bitch's ribcage.
Bitch jumps guard but Tynkkynen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bitch jumps guard but Tynkkynen stands there with Bitch around his waist. Bitch gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tynkkynen lands a nice knee to the body.
Tynkkynen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tynkkynen lands with a right to the head.
Tynkkynen with a knee to the head.
Bitch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bitch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bitch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tynkkynen.

Tynkkynen has closed the distance and engaged Bitch in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bitch throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Bitch.
Tynkkynen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bitch avoids it.
Tynkkynen tries to work over Bitch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tynkkynen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Miro Tynkkynen has been cut.
Tynkkynen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bitch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've been informed that Tynkkynen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tynkkynen misses with a knee strike.
Bitch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tynkkynen trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Bitch.
Tynkkynen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bitch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tynkkynen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bitch.
Tynkkynen lands an elbow inside.
Tynkkynen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bitch avoids the damage to the body.
Bitch lands an elbow inside that Tynkkynen shrugs off.
Tynkkynen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bitch.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tynkkynen moves into the clinch.
Bitch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bitch tries to pull guard but Tynkkynen holds him up against the cage and eventually Bitch drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raging Bitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tynkkynen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tynkkynen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bitch tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tynkkynen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bitch blocks it with crossed arms.
Tynkkynen blocks an elbow strike.
Tynkkynen misses with an elbow strike.
Bitch tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Tynkkynen just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tynkkynen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bitch tries to pull guard but Tynkkynen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Bitch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tynkkynen clinches up with Bitch and pushes him back against the cage.

Bitch manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Bitch keeping moving, preventing Tynkkynen from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bitch seems keen to control Tynkkynen's posture.
Tynkkynen wants to control from the top but Bitch keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tynkkynen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tynkkynen stopping the sweep attempt from Bitch.
Tynkkynen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bitch is keeping the position for now.
Bitch is adopting a defensive guard.
Tynkkynen trying to control the position from guard on top but Bitch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bitch wants to sweep but no luck.
Bitch has control of Tynkkynen's left arm, preventing Tynkkynen from doing any damage.
Bitch is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miro Tynkkynen dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Tynkkynen closes the distance and pushes Bitch back into the cage.
Bitch tries to pull guard but Tynkkynen holds him up against the cage and eventually Bitch drops back down to his feet.
Tynkkynen throws an elbow that misses.
Tynkkynen misses with a knee strike.
Tynkkynen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bitch tries to break the clinch but Tynkkynen is controlling the position.
Bitch managing to block the knees to the body from Tynkkynen.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tynkkynen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Tynkkynen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tynkkynen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bitch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tynkkynen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitch tries to pull guard but Tynkkynen forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen misses with a knee to the head.
Tynkkynen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bitch avoids it.

Bitch breaks the clinch.
Bitch throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tynkkynen tries to counter with a clinch but Bitch shakes him off and moves away.
Tynkkynen moves in looking to clinch but Bitch pushes him off.
Bitch throws a counter high kick but Tynkkynen was just alert enough to avoid it.

Tynkkynen moves into the clinch.
Bitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tynkkynen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tynkkynen takes an elbow to the temple.
Bitch fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raging Bitch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bitch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bitch tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tynkkynen has Bitch pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitch is trying to force a seperation but Tynkkynen has the dominant position.
Tynkkynen misses with a knee strike.
Bitch throws an elbow that misses.

Bitch manages to break the clinch.
Tynkkynen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bitch throwing a counter right hand but Tynkkynen manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Bitch's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tynkkynen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tynkkynen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bitch's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tynkkynen throws an elbow but it misses.
Miro Tynkkynen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tynkkynen pushes off an throws an elbow but Bitch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tynkkynen trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bitch pulls Tynkkynen into guard.
Bitch has control of Tynkkynen's left arm, preventing Tynkkynen from doing any damage.
Bitch lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Bitch slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tynkkynen is trying to keep Bitch in close.
Bitch passes Tynkkynen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bitch works his way into full mount!
Tynkkynen tries to lock up and control but Bitch gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bitch lands a nice shot to the head.
Tynkkynen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bitch wants to control the pace but Tynkkynen is squirming around nicely.
Tynkkynen wants to hold on but Bitch pushes him away.
Tynkkynen is squirming around, avoiding Bitch's attempts to control the action.
Bitch works his way to his opponent's back.
Bitch gets his hands free as Tynkkynen looks to control.
Tynkkynen is really stuck 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!

Tynkkynen fending off the submission attempt from Bitch.
Will Bitch go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Tynkkynen trying to control but not successfully.
Bitch is looking to control Tynkkynen but Tynkkynen is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Raging Bitch will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Tynkkynen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tynkkynen misses with an uppercut.

Tynkkynen rushes Bitch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tynkkynen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tynkkynen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bitch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bitch blocks an elbow strike.
Tynkkynen misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tynkkynen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tynkkynen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tynkkynen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bitch backwards.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bitch fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tynkkynen.
Miro Tynkkynen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bitch gets tackled into the cage by Tynkkynen. Tynkkynen maintains the clinch.
Bitch is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tynkkynen to keep the fight standing.
Bitch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tynkkynen's defenses.
Bitch misses with an elbow strike.
Tynkkynen avoids the elbow strike from Bitch, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tynkkynen throws an elbow but misses.
Bitch throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bitch is trying to break the clinch but Tynkkynen is controlling him.
A knee to the head by Tynkkynen.
Bitch lands an elbow inside that Tynkkynen shrugs off.
Tynkkynen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bitch tries to circle away but Tynkkynen has him pinned against the cage.
Bitch prevents a body shot from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen pushes off an throws an elbow but Bitch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bitch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bitch tries to pull guard but Tynkkynen holds him up against the cage and eventually Bitch drops back down to his feet.
Tynkkynen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tynkkynen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bitch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bitch throws an elbow but it misses.
Tynkkynen throws an elbow but it misses.
Bitch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bitch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tynkkynen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bitch's elbow.
Tynkkynen tries to land knees in the clinch but Bitch avoids the damage to the body.
Tynkkynen throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bitch wants to break the clinch but can't.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tynkkynen has closed the distance and engaged Bitch in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bitch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bitch throws a body kick that misses.
Tynkkynen wants to clinch but Bitch slips to the side
and Bitch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Tynkkynen moves into the clinch.

Bitch successfully pulls guard.
Raging Bitch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bitch bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tynkkynen's guard.

Bitch trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tynkkynen keeping moving, preventing Bitch from controlling successfully.
Bitch stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tynkkynen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tynkkynen is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tynkkynen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bitch trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bitch wants to control from the top but Tynkkynen keeps moving.
Bitch stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tynkkynen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bitch trying to control but Tynkkynen is working from the bottom.
Tynkkynen pulls Bitch in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Tynkkynen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Bitch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Miro Tynkkynen.
I think Tynkkynen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miro Tynkkynen!
Miro Tynkkynen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.