PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Niilo Tykyraato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Tykyraato
vs
Morrison

167 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Lava

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niilo Tykyraato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morrison stalks Tykyraato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tykyraato's face. Tykyraato staggers backwards, shaken.
Tykyraato dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
Morrison misses with the combination.
Tykyraato changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morrison tries to avoid it but Tykyraato manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morrison to the ground. Morrison escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Tykyraato. Tykyraato gets slowly back to his feet.
Tykyraato shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morrison as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Niilo Tykyraato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morrison stalks Tykyraato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tykyraato's face. Tykyraato staggers backwards, shaken.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morrison!
Morrison scores with a body shot.
Morrison lands with a cross.
Morrison tries to bum rush Tykyraato with a series of wild strikes but Tykyraato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morrison throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tykyraato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Morrison throws a right hand that Tykyraato ducks under and follows up with a left that Tykyraato also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tykyraato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morrison.
Morrison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tykyraato shoots for a double leg takedown but Morrison sprawls well. He's pushed Tykyraato's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Tykyraato is breathing heavily.
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Morrison works over Tykyraato's head and body with a nice combination.
Tykyraato takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Morrison is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tykyraato shoots for a takedown but Morrison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Morrison lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morrison tries to bum rush Tykyraato with a series of wild strikes but Tykyraato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tykyraato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrison misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrison moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No luck for Tykyraato with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison misses with a few strikes there.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steve Morrison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrison lands a jab-cross combination.
Morrison misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrison throws a series of strikes that have Tykyraato backpedaling.
Morrison moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Morrison looks to land a combination but Tykyraato avoids it well.
Morrison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morrison.
Tykyraato has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tykyraato there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tykyraato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrison throws a right hand that Tykyraato ducks under and follows up with a left that Tykyraato also avoids with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Morrison.
Tykyraato misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tykyraato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrison lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tykyraato backs up against the cage.
Morrison looks to land a combination. Tykyraato sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Morrison throws a series of punches but Tykyraato moves out of range.
Tykyraato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Morrison.
Morrison stalks Tykyraato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tykyraato's face. Tykyraato staggers backwards, shaken.
Morrison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morrison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tykyraato.
Morrison scores with a decent looking hook.
Morrison cracks Tykyraato with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tykyraato.
Morrison misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Morrison does no damage.
Tykyraato looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Morrison swinging wilding here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Morrison duly obliges.

Tykyraato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Morrison is in a horrible position here. Tykyraato smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Tykyraato has hold of Morrison's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morrison manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Tykyraato has hold of Morrison's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Morrison manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Tykyraato tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Tykyraato is working for a guillotine from mount but Morrison frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Niilo Tykyraato will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Morrison throws a series of punches but Tykyraato avoids them all with ease.
Morrison swinging wilding here.
Tykyraato is looking to clinch.
A punch combination from Morrison misses.
Tykyraato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Steve Morrison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morrison throws a one two combo.
Morrison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tykyraato shoots in for a double leg but Morrison sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tykyraato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morrison lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Morrison.
Morrison is working the combinations to good effect here.
Morrison misses with a few strikes there.
Morrison scores with a three punch combo!
Tykyraato shoots in and drives through. Morrison sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Niilo Tykyraato. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tykyraato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Morrison misses with a wild combination.
Tykyraato shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Morrison as he avoids it easily.
A left and a right from Morrison both land. Nice combination.

Tykyraato closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tykyraato advances to mount.
Tykyraato moves to take his opponent's back.

Tykyraato is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Morrison defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Tykyraato's arms.

Morrison is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Tykyraato gets his way!
Morrison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tykyraato. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to get back to his feet but Tykyraato has full control of the position and if anything, Morrison has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Morrison is trying to defend against the choke here but Tykyraato has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Tykyraato Tightens the hold and Morrison taps out furiously! Tykyraato displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Niilo Tykyraato!