PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Hovi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matka Mies (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!

Hovi
vs
Mies

185 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
33
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition

Hardcore Nutrition
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Hovi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matka Mies!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hovi with a nice cross.
Matka Mies seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Mies.
Hovi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hovi lands a nice looking body shot.
Hovi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Hovi closes the distance and clinches.
Hovi tries to throw a body punch but Mies avoids it by throwing Hovi back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mies tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hovi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hovi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mies is trying to break the clinch but Hovi has him pressed against the cage.
Hovi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mies being controlled against the cage.
Mies wants to get back to striking at distance but Hovi won't allow it.
Mies wants to break free but Hovi has control.
Hovi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hovi tries to work over Mies's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mies working hard to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hovi.
Nice body punch from Hovi.
Hovi tries to work over Mies's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hovi scores with a shoulder strike.
Hovi pushes Mies back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hovi gets through Mies's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hovi is struggling to control the position.
Hovi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hovi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mies backwards.
A short right from Hovi.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hovi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hovi has Mies pressed against the cage, preventing Mies from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hovi stalling against the cage.
Hovi lands with a right to the head.
Hovi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hovi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hovi stalling the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Hovi.
Hovi lands with a right to the head.
Hovi prevents a body shot from Mies.
Mies is trying to force a seperation but Hovi has the dominant position.
Hovi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hovi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mies wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hovi has him pressed against the cage.
Mies's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hovi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hovi lands with a light punch inside.
Mies has had enough of the clinch but Hovi keeps him there for the moment.
Hovi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hovi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hovi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hovi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hovi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hovi presses Mies against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hovi digs a right hand underneath Mies's ribcage. Mies let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mies looks winded!
Hovi just leaning against Mies, taking a breather.
Mies working hard to break the clinch.
Hovi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mies backwards.
Nice body punch from Hovi.
Hovi scores with a shot to the side of Mies's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mies has had enough of the clinch but Hovi keeps him there for the moment.
Hovi leaning his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hovi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hovi.
Hovi stalling against the cage.
Mies wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hovi.
Hovi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mies's efforts to push away.
A right hand to the body from Hovi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hovi.
Mies tries to break the clinch but Hovi is controlling the position.
A hook to the body from Hovi.
Hovi scores with a shot to the side of Mies's head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hovi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hovi.
A short body shot lands from Hovi as the two fighters clinch.
Hovi lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hovi is stalling here.
Hovi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Hovi on the inside.
Mies wants to break free but Hovi has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Hovi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hovi lands with an overhand left.
Hovi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Hovi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mies.
A big right from Mies misses.
Hovi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hovi scores with a jab.

Hovi closes the distance and clinches.
Hovi is working Mies over against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mies looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hovi digs a right hand into Mies's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mies's gas tank.
Hovi tries a body shot but Mies blocks it.
Hovi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mies backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Hovi.
Hovi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hovi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Good body shot from Hovi.
A short left from Hovi.
A shot in the inside from Hovi.
Hovi digs a right hand into Mies's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mies's gas tank.
Seppo Hovi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hovi pushes Mies back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mies is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hovi.
Hovi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mies can do to turn this around?
Mies tries to work over Hovi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mies working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Hovi.

Mies is rocked!
Nice body punch from Hovi - that landed with a thud.
Hovi lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Hovi.
Hovi lands a nice uppercut.
Mies is still on wobbly legs! Can Hovi finish him?
Still in the clinch, Hovi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hovi scores with a shot to the side of Mies's head.
Hovi lands a big right hand that drops Mies! The killer instinct kicks in and Hovi finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hovi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seppo Hovi!