PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Janne Puikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Ricketts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Puikko
vs
Ricketts

198 cm
19
196 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janne Puikko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Austin Ricketts!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puikko with a hook.
Ricketts with a poor takedown
and Puikko counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Puikko closes the distance and pushes Ricketts back into the cage.
Ricketts can't get the takedown.
Puikko scores with a shoulder strike.
Ricketts tries for a takedown but Puikko manages to get underhooks.
Janne Puikko has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Austin Ricketts.
Puikko cracks Ricketts with a nice body shot.
Ricketts looks gassed!
Puikko lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puikko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Puikko lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Puikko.
Puikko lands a shot to the body.
Puikko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puikko lands with a left to the head.
Puikko lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Ricketts is rocked!
Ricketts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricketts is still on wobbly legs! Can Puikko finish him?
Puikko misses with the head strike.
Puikko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puikko misses with the head strike.
Puikko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricketts blocking some punches.
Puikko throws a punch but it's blocked by Ricketts.
Puikko working aggressively here.
Puikko working aggressively here.
Puikko misses with the head strike.
Puikko misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricketts blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ricketts.
A head punch on the inside from Puikko fails to land.
Ricketts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Puikko has Ricketts pressed against the cage. He pushes Ricketts back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Puikko throws a beautiful elbow that sends Ricketts crashing to the floor! Puikko piles on the pressure with more strikes! Ricketts is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Janne Puikko!