PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Pikkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maarten Van Der Moot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pikkarainen comes into the arena with Apocalyptica - Path blaring out of the sound system. Maarten Van Der Moot has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pikkarainen
vs
Van Der Moot

160 cm
23
149 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

180 cm
29
155 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Pikkarainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maarten Van Der Moot!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Van Der Moot, as that shot connected.
Pikkarainen misses with a hook.
Pikkarainen dodges the punch combination from Van Der Moot.
Pekka Pikkarainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Der Moot stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Van Der Moot wants it to stay on the feet.
Van Der Moot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pikkarainen just misses with a punch to the body.

Pikkarainen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pikkarainen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pikkarainen throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Van Der Moot because Pikkarainen loaded up on that one.
Pikkarainen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Van Der Moot blocking the ground and pound.
Pikkarainen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Van Der Moot is looking to escape.
Pikkarainen landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pikkarainen thowing shots but they're missing.
Pikkarainen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Pikkarainen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pikkarainen looking to finish with strikes here!
Van Der Moot avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pikkarainen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Moot blocking the ground and pound.
Pikkarainen throwing strikes here but Van Der Moot is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pikkarainen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Van Der Moot tries to reverse the position but Pikkarainen maintains control.
Pikkarainen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pikkarainen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Van Der Moot wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pikkarainen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pikkarainen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pikkarainen misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Van Der Moot avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pikkarainen.
Pikkarainen punching from mount but Van Der Moot doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pikkarainen lands a big shot there that rocks Van Der Moot but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Pikkarainen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pikkarainen thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pikkarainen throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Pikkarainen there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Van Der Moot sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Pikkarainen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Van Der Moot defending well though.
Pikkarainen is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Van Der Moot reverses the position - he's now on top in Pikkarainen's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pikkarainen trying to keep a closed guard but Van Der Moot is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pekka Pikkarainen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Van Der Moot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pikkarainen.
Pekka Pikkarainen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danga de danga de dang - Van Der Moot scores with a four punch combination!
Pikkarainen misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Pikkarainen. Those never looked like landing.
Pikkarainen looks to throw the jab but Van Der Moot is out of range.
Pikkarainen fails to land the takedown.
Nice defenses there by Van Der Moot.
Pikkarainen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Van Der Moot circles away quickly and effectively.
Pikkarainen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pikkarainen swings widly with a right hand
and Van Der Moot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Pikkarainen is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Moot sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Pikkarainen's defenses. It connects perfectly with Pikkarainen's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maarten Van Der Moot!
A very excited looking Maarten Van Der Moot 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.