PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derka Derka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Thorhalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorhalla has chosen Disturbed / Down With The Sickness as his entrance music. Derka Derka has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Derka
vs
Thorhalla

225 cm
28
270 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

200 cm
27
241 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

DJs Locker

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Derka Derka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hjalmar Thorhalla!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Derka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Derka looks to score with a jab to the body but Thorhalla is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Thorhalla.
Derka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Derka Derka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Derka scores with a nice strike.
Good leg kick by Thorhalla there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thorhalla avoids the body shot from Derka.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thorhalla.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Derka.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Thorhalla stops Derka from passing to mount.
The strikes coming from Derka are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Derka goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Thorhalla has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Derka but great work by Thorhalla.
Derka is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorhalla prevents Derka from improving his position.
Thorhalla seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Derka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Thorhalla pulls his head out easily.
Thorhalla is thwarting Derka's attempts to control the position.
Thorhalla not doing much here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Derka tries to roll over but Thorhalla keeps him under control.
Thorhalla stalling.
Derka is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thorhalla's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thorhalla's back!

Derka looking for the choke from the back.
Derka scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Derka softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Derka is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Derka struggling to land strikes to the head as Thorhalla covers up.
Derka scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Derka is throwing strikes by Thorhalla counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Thorhalla regains half guard.
Derka is nestled in close to Thorhalla, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Derka not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Derka passes to full mount!
Derka landing strikes from the mount and Thorhalla is in trouble!
Thorhalla in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla wants to control but Derka is having none of it.
Thorhalla avoids a series of strikes thrown by Derka.
Thorhalla avoids a series of strikes thrown by Derka.
Thorhalla is looking to get to half guard.
Derka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Derka scoring with strikes but Thorhalla is staying in there.
Derka throwing strikes here but Thorhalla is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Derka unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Thorhalla wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Derka celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derka Derka!
Derka Derka seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.