PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Metaxa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Metaxa has chosen •99• The Haunted🔫 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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.

Patterson
vs
Metaxa

193 cm
33
216 lbs
17 - 12 - 0

185 cm
26
218 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donald Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Metaxa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Metaxa drives through and clinches with Patterson against the cage.
Metaxa tries a body shot but Patterson blocks it.
Patterson trying to land knees to the body.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Metaxa.
Metaxa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Patterson connects with a knee to the head.
Metaxa works on Patterson's body with a couple of short punches.
Patterson tries to land a knee to the head but Metaxa blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Metaxa - that landed with a thud.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patterson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Metaxa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Metaxa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Metaxa digs a right hand into Patterson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Patterson's gas tank.
Metaxa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patterson.
Metaxa gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Metaxa.
Patterson avoiding damage as Metaxa throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Metaxa.

It looks like Donald Patterson has been cut.
Patterson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Metaxa blocks it with crossed arms.
Metaxa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Metaxa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Metaxa.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Metaxa is working Patterson over against the cage.
Nice elbow from Metaxa.
Metaxa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Metaxa lands an elbow that stopped Patterson in his tracks for a moment.
Metaxa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The referee calls for Metaxa to work.
Metaxa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Metaxa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pattersons head.
Metaxa lands a damaging elbow.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Metaxa.
Metaxa blocks an elbow strike from Patterson.
Metaxa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Metaxa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Patterson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Metaxa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Metaxa cracks Patterson with a nice body shot.
Patterson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Metaxa is leaning against Patterson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Metaxa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Metaxa lands an uppercut.
Metaxa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Metaxa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Metaxa as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Metaxa.

Patterson is rocked!
Metaxa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patterson avoids it.
Patterson being controlled against the cage.
Metaxa gets through Patterson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Patterson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patterson being controlled against the cage.
Patterson seems to have got his legs back now.
Metaxa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Metaxa.

Metaxa drops Patterson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Patterson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Patterson is pressed against the cage. Metaxa pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Patterson! Two more big strikes from Metaxa and Patterson crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Martin Metaxa!
Martin Metaxa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.