PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douche Canoe (ranked 1463 p4p, 1935 weight class) and Yka Sonni (ranked 198 p4p, 260 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Canoe
vs
Sonni

197 cm
37
215
21 - 18 - 2

175 cm
24
220
4 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 21 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Douche Canoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yka Sonni!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sonni tries to keep at a distance but Canoe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Canoe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sonni backwards.
Canoe lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Sonni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sonni scores with a nice hook to the head.
Canoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Sonni tries to stall but Canoe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sonni manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sonni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonni tries to throw a body punch but Canoe avoids it by throwing Sonni back against the cage.
Canoe misses with some punches.
Sonni lands with a short punch from the clinch.

It looks like Douche Canoe has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonni.
Canoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sonni.
Sonni scores with a shot to the side of Canoe's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sonni is trying to stall.
Canoe misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Canoe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Sonni.
Sonni avoiding damage.
Sonni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Canoe lands a nice uppercut.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Canoe fails to land.
A bit of stalling here from Sonni.
Canoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonni.
Canoe misses with some punches.
Canoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Canoe misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sonni fails to land.
Sonni dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Canoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sonni.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonni blocking some punches.
Sonni wants to stall.
Sonni lands a shoulder strike.
Sonni is pushing Canoe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sonni scores with a nice hook to the head.
Canoe misses with some punches.
Canoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni misses with a short punch on the inside.
Canoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Sonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonni scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sonni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Sonni.
Sonni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canoe backwards.
Canoe has a couple of punches blocked by Sonni.
Canoe working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Canoe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sonni.
Canoe working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sonni.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Canoe.
Sonni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Sonni - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Canoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sonni displaying some good clinch control by pressing Canoe up against the cage.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Canoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Canoe misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Sonni.
Canoe is breathing heavily.
Sonni lands a body shot.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sonni - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sonni.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sonni.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sonni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Canoe backwards.

Douche Canoe's cut is getting worse.
Canoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Sonni.
Canoe lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Sonni as the two fighters clinch.
Sonni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Canoe has a couple of punches blocked by Sonni.
Sonni misses with a hook to the ribs.
Canoe throws a head punch that misses.
Sonni lands a left hand.
Sonni doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sonni has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Canoe seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sonni can turn it around.
Sonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Canoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni stalling in the clinch but Canoe improves position.
Sonni works on Canoe's body with a couple of short punches.
Sonni misses with a body punch.
Sonni avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yka Sonni dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Douche Canoe's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Canoe blocks a head kick by Sonni.
Sonni misses with a straight left.

Sonni tries to keep at a distance but Canoe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sonni has a couple of punches blocked by Canoe.

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

Canoe closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sonni.
Canoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni throws a head punch that misses.
Sonni tries to throw a body punch but Canoe avoids it by throwing Sonni back against the cage.
Sonni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sonni is trying to stall.
Sonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yka Sonni seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canoe swings wildly with an uppercut but Sonni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonni swings wildly with an uppercut but Canoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sonni misses with a punch on the inside.
Canoe has a couple of punches blocked by Sonni.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sonni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Sonni can't find room to land a body shot as Canoe controls the action.
Canoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Sonni leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sonni pushes Canoe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sonni working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Canoe.
Sonni scores with a shoulder strike.
Sonni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sonni lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Canoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sonni blocks an uppercut.
Canoe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sonni.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sonni.
A right hand to the body from Sonni.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Canoe as Sonni tries to tie him up.
A short right from Sonni on the inside.
Sonni lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canoe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sonni cracks Canoe with a nice body shot.
Sonni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sonni misses with some punches.
Sonni just leaning against Canoe, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Canoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Sonni.
Canoe working aggressively here.
Sonni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sonni pushes Canoe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sonni is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canoe is keeping busy.
Sonni scores with a shoulder strike.
Sonni lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sonni scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sonni lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sonni lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sonni lands with a left to the head.

Canoe is rocked!

Sonni drops Canoe onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Canoe is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Canoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Douche Canoe's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sonni mutters something to Canoe before pushing him back against the cage. As Canoe comes back towards him, Sonni unloads a hook from the very depths of hell that knocks Canoe clean out! Oh. My. God. That is some seriously brutal stuff right there! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yka Sonni!
An out of breath Yka Sonni thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.