PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taco Belle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akseli Suokuokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suokuokka is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Bags - Cavemen Rejoice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Belle
vs
Suokuokka

188 cm
23
275 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

189 cm
30
255 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Taco Belle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akseli Suokuokka!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suokuokka misses with a wild combination.
Suokuokka wants to clinch but Belle slips to the side

and Belle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Suokuokka looking to stall.
Belle prevents Suokuokka from breaking the clinch.
Suokuokka jumps guard but Belle stands there with Suokuokka around his waist. Suokuokka gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Suokuokka.
Suokuokka lands with a right to the head.
Belle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Suokuokka is trying to force a seperation but Belle has the dominant position.
Suokuokka throws an elbow that misses.
Suokuokka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Suokuokka misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belle.
Suokuokka misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belle manages to break the clinch.
Suokuokka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suokuokka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Belle counters with a one-two to the body.
Belle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Suokuokka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Taco Belle has been cut.
Suokuokka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Suokuokka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Suokuokka moves in looking to clinch but Belle pushes him off.
Suokuokka is looking to clinch but Belle is avoiding it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Suokuokka wants to clinch up but Belle keeps it at a distance.
Suokuokka tries a head kick but it misses.
Belle ducks under a wild hook from Suokuokka.
Suokuokka moves to clinch but Belle breaks away
and Belle counters with a good low kick that Suokuokka was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Belle connects with a leg kick. Suokuokka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Belle throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Belle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suokuokka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Suokuokka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Belle.
Belle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Belle trying to land knees to the body.

Belle breaks the clinch.
Suokuokka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belle.
Suokuokka avoids the head kick by Belle.
Belle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Suokuokka takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Suokuokka misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka tries to clinch but Belle is having none of it.
Belle dodges the punch combination from Suokuokka.
Decent striking displayed by Belle there.
Belle slips under a jab from Suokuokka.
Belle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Suokuokka.
Suokuokka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suokuokka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Belle loads up on a big right hand but Suokuokka slips the punch.
Suokuokka slips a straight right by Belle.
Belle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Suokuokka.
Belle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Suokuokka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belle slips a straight right by Suokuokka.
Suokuokka tries to clinch but Belle moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suokuokka fails to land with a series of punches.
Suokuokka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Belle. That did some damage!
Suokuokka avoids the head kick by Belle.
Belle lands with a right hand.
Suokuokka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Suokuokka. That did some damage!
Belle slips a jab and a cross from Suokuokka.
Suokuokka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Belle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Suokuokka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Belle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Suokuokka at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belle scores with a sloppy right hand. Suokuokka should have avoided that one.
Taco Belle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Suokuokka.
Akseli Suokuokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Belle cracks the inside of Suokuokka's front leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Akseli Suokuokka will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taco Belle's cut.
That's time! Belle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Suokuokka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
An inside leg kick from Belle misses.
Belle throws a looping overhand right but Suokuokka ducks down to avoid it.

Suokuokka takes the fight into the clinch.
Belle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suokuokka tries to land knees in the clinch but Belle avoids the damage to the body.
Suokuokka has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Suokuokka throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Belle.
Suokuokka is trying to break free.
Belle lands with a short shot to the head.
Suokuokka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Suokuokka misses with a body punch.

Belle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suokuokka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Belle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belle scores with a hook to the body. Suokuokka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Taco Belle is winning the standup battle so far.
Belle looks to land a combination but Suokuokka avoids it well.
Suokuokka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Belle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Belle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Belle cracks Suokuokka with a good jab.
Suokuokka tries to close the distance and clinch but Belle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Belle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Suokuokka drops his hands momentarily and Belle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Suokuokka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Belle.
Belle moves out of range of the strikes.
Suokuokka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Suokuokka misses with an attempted mid kick.
Belle moves out of range as Suokuokka throws a body kick.
Belle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Suokuokka fails with an attempt to clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Suokuokka. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Belle swats away the attempt to clinch by Suokuokka.
Suokuokka tries to clinch but Belle moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Belle.
Suokuokka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suokuokka looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Suokuokka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Belle.
Akseli Suokuokka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Belle slips a jab and a cross from Suokuokka.
Belle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Suokuokka misses with an uppercut. Belle saw that one coming.
Suokuokka doesn't manage to clinch there - Belle circles away.
Suokuokka throws a hook but Belle blocks it.
Belle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Suokuokka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Suokuokka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Belle to score with a decent uppercut.
Suokuokka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Suokuokka closes the distance and pushes Belle back into the cage.
Belle is leaning against Suokuokka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Suokuokka working aggressively here.
Suokuokka can't break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Belle digs a right hand underneath Suokuokka's ribcage. Suokuokka let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Belle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Belle throws a right and a left that Suokuokka avoids nicely.
Suokuokka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Belle avoids a kick to the body.
Suokuokka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Belle avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Belle jabs Suokuokka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belle lands a nice looking body shot.
Suokuokka looks to throw the jab but Belle is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suokuokka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Belle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Horrible takedown by Suokuokka or perhaps it was just good defense by Belle which made him look bad.
That kick from Belle tenderised Suokuokka's leg. Suokuokka is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Suokuokka crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Belle - the referee stops the clock and Suokuokka gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Belle. Suokuokka manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Belle takes a swing at Suokuokka's ribcage but misses.
Belle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belle.
Suokuokka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Belle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Belle connects with the punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Suokuokka.
Belle listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belle.
A head kick by Belle misses

and Suokuokka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taco Belle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Taco Belle's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Belle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Belle scores with a push kick.
Suokuokka tries to clinch but Belle is having none of it.
Nice uppercut there from Suokuokka.

Belle is rocked!

Suokuokka shoots in for a takedown. He's got it... He's hoisted his opponent over his head and is carrying him over to the other end of the mat. The crowd roars in approval and Suokuokka slams his opponent to the mat. OH, that is naaaaaasty! He's out! Suokuokka lands a punch to his unconscious victim for good measure before the ref has time to call the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Akseli Suokuokka!