PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Muuli Potku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aj Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Potku
vs
Teixeira

174 cm
23
155 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

175 cm
26
160 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Muuli Potku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aj Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teixeira missing with a left hand there. Potku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Potku throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Teixeira misses the shot to the body.
Potku tries to clinch up but Teixeira circles away and keeps his distance.
Potku throws a body kick that misses.
Potku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Teixeira can't find room to land a body shot as Potku controls the action.
Potku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teixeira misses with a punch on the inside.
Teixeira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potku swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potku scores with a knee to the head.
Potku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Teixeira tries to throw a body punch but Potku avoids it by throwing Teixeira back against the cage.
Teixeira misses with the head strike.
Teixeira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Teixeira fails to land.
Potku presses Teixeira against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Potku blocks an uppercut.
Teixeira swings wildly with an uppercut but Potku uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Potku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Teixeira lands with a left to the head.
Teixeira struggles to land a body shot inside as Potku controls his hands.
Potku is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Teixeira is defending well for now.
Teixeira swings wildly with an uppercut but Potku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potku misses with a knee strike.
Potku scores with a shoulder strike.
Teixeira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teixeira misses with some punches.
Teixeira lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Potku.
Potku tries to land a knee to the head but Teixeira blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Potku gets through Teixeira's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Potku tries a knee to the head but Teixeira blocks it.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potku misses with some punches.
Potku throws a head punch that misses.
Teixeira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Teixeira tries a body shot but Potku blocks it.
Potku goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potku lands a knee to the head.
Potku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Teixeira.
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Potku's elbow.
Potku pushes Teixeira back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Teixeira pushes Potku back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Teixeira fails to land.
Teixeira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Teixeira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potku blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Teixeira.
Potku with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Potku.
Teixeira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Potku's elbow.
Teixeira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potku blocks a body shot from Teixeira.
Teixeira cracks Potku with a nice body shot.
Potku taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Potku lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Potku missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Teixeira.
Teixeira blocks an uppercut.
Teixeira lands a body punch.
Teixeira lands with a short shot to the head.
Potku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teixeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teixeira has a couple of punches blocked by Potku.
Potku displaying some good clinch control by pressing Teixeira up against the cage.
Potku pushes Teixeira back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potku blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Potku.
Potku lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Aj Teixeira has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Teixeira.
Potku prevents a body shot from Teixeira.
Teixeira swings wildly with an uppercut but Potku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potku working aggressively here.
Potku misses with a knee to the head.
Potku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Teixeira.
Potku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teixeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potku with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Potku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Teixeira struggles to land a body shot inside as Potku controls his hands.
Teixeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teixeira cracks Potku with a nice body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potku looking to stall.
Teixeira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Teixeira pushes Potku back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aj Teixeira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aj Teixeira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Teixeira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Teixeira scores with a jab to the body.
Teixeira slips under a jab from Potku.
Potku connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Teixeira momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Teixeira. Those never looked like landing.
Potku is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Potku pivots, looking for a leg kick but Teixeira is out of range and Potku settles back down.
Potku throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Teixeira on the side of the head.
Teixeira misses with a low kick.
Potku tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Teixeira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Potku does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Teixeira.
Teixeira misses with a hook. Potku ducked under it nicely.
Teixeira lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Muuli Potku has been cut.
Teixeira lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Potku.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira connects with an inside leg kick.
Potku looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Teixeira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Teixeira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Teixeira on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Teixeira misses with a double jab.
Teixeira throws a body punch but Potku moves out of range.
Teixeira lands with an overhand left.
Teixeira misses with a double jab.
Potku moves out of range as Teixeira strikes.
Potku avoids the body shot from Teixeira.
Potku misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Potku closes the distance and clinches.
Potku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Teixeira.
Potku has Teixeira pressed against the cage.
Potku tries a knee to the head but Teixeira blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Teixeira.
Teixeira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Teixeira blocks it with crossed arms.
Teixeira tries to throw a body punch but Potku avoids it by throwing Teixeira back against the cage.
Aj Teixeira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Teixeira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Teixeira lands a left hand.
A short right from Potku on the inside.
Potku trying to land knees to the body.
Potku is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Potku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potku goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teixeira lands with a short shot to the head.
Teixeira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Potku connects with a nasty looking knee right to Teixeira's face.
Potku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Teixeira has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Teixeira tries to work over Potku's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potku's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Potku.
Teixeira throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Potku tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Teixeira avoids it.
Teixeira scores with a shoulder strike.
Potku working aggressively here.
Teixeira misses with some punches.
Potku tries a body shot but Teixeira blocks it.
Potku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potku is trying to stall.
Potku tries to throw a body punch but Teixeira avoids it by throwing Potku back against the cage.
Teixeira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Potku stalls.
Teixeira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Teixeira.
Potku lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Potku scores with a shoulder strike.
Potku misses with some punches.
Teixeira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Teixeira digs a right hand underneath Potku's ribcage. Potku let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Teixeira has a couple of punches blocked by Potku.
Teixeira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Teixeira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potku.
Potku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Teixeira.

Potku is rocked!
Teixeira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh Potku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Potku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Teixeira lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Potku backwards.
Teixeira works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teixeira dips a shoulder and cracks Potku with a mighty uppercut! Potku falls back against the cage and Teixeira unloads with a barrage of strikes! Potku is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Teixeira screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aj Teixeira!
A very excited looking Aj Teixeira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.