PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Don Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kake Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson comes to the cage accompanied by The Last Dragon. Kake Nyrkki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wilson
vs
Nyrkki

189 cm
35
180 lbs
23 - 13 - 1

186 cm
37
185 lbs
24 - 22 - 2

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Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Don Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kake Nyrkki!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nyrkki lands a big head kick that sends Wilson tumbling to the mat! Nyrkki takes a step backwards and waves Wilson back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Don Wilson has been cut.
Nyrkki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wilson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nyrkki only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nyrkki walks into a stiff left hand from Wilson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nyrkki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wilson throws the left hand but Nyrkki avoids the punch easily.
Wilson tries to clinch but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki throws a counter combo.
Wilson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nyrkki has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wilson moves out of range of the leg kick from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nyrkki thumps Wilson with a low kick.
Nyrkki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Wilson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nyrkki misses with some punches.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nyrkki cracks the inside of Wilson's front leg.
Nyrkki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wilson defends it nicely.
Wilson checks a low kick from Nyrkki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nyrkki misses with a body kick.
As Nyrkki looks to move away, Wilson throws a big counter combo bu Nyrkki just gets out of the way.
Wilson throws a hook but Nyrkki blocks it.
Wilson slips a jab from Nyrkki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nyrkki.

Wilson moves into the clinch.

Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Nyrkki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Nyrkki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nyrkki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

It looks like Kake Nyrkki has been cut.
Wilson throws a right and a left that Nyrkki avoids nicely.
Nyrkki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Nyrkki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Wilson does no damage.
Don Wilson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Wilson does no damage.
Nyrkki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nyrkki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nyrkki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nyrkki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch but Nyrkki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nyrkki scores with a decent looking hook.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch but Nyrkki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wilson throws a shot to the body.
Nyrkki scores with a punch to the head.
Wilson misses with a two punch combination.
Nice jab there from Wilson.
Nyrkki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nyrkki keeps the fight on the outside.
Nyrkki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wilson was well out of range. Poor timing from Nyrkki.
Wilson throws a nice looking combination but Nyrkki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nyrkki catches Wilson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Nyrkki moves away and avoids it.
Wilson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nyrkki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson cracks a nice hook into Nyrkki's ribs.
Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wilson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws a looping overhand right but Nyrkki ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Nyrkki.
Wilson misses with a straight right.

Wilson has closed the distance and engaged Nyrkki in a clinch.
Nyrkki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wilson pushes off an throws an elbow but Nyrkki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nyrkki blocking some punches.
Wilson tries to work over Nyrkki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nyrkki prevents a body shot from Wilson.
Wilson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wilson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wilson lands an elbow inside that Nyrkki shrugs off.
Nyrkki struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilson controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wilson.
Nyrkki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nyrkki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilson working aggressively here.

Wilson breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wilson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nyrkki circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nyrkki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Nyrkki is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Nyrkki gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That has opened up Kake Nyrkki's cut even more.
Wilson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
As Nyrkki looks to move away, Wilson throws a big counter combo bu Nyrkki just gets out of the way.
Nyrkki misses with a series of wild punches.
Nyrkki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nyrkki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wilson is out of range and Nyrkki settles back down.
Nyrkki misses with a low kick.
Wilson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Wilson cracks Nyrkki with an uppercut from hell and Nyrkki crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Wilson's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Nyrkki is rocked!
Nyrkki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nyrkki is still in real trouble! Can Wilson finish him?
Wilson controlling from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nyrkki wants to sweep here but Wilson controlling him for the moment.
Nyrkki seems to have recovered his senses.
Nyrkki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wilson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Don Wilson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nyrkki throws a hook to the side of Wilson's head but Wilson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nyrkki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Don Wilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wilson misses with a shot to the body
and Nyrkki counters with a low kick, right behind Wilson 's knee.
Wilson is looking to clinch.

Wilson closes the distance and pushes Nyrkki back into the cage.
Nyrkki avoids a wild elbow strike from Wilson.
Nyrkki tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson lands a hook that snaps the head of Nyrkki backwards.
Nyrkki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilson swings wildly with an uppercut but Nyrkki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nyrkki tries to work over Wilson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nyrkki backwards.

Wilson breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nyrkki.

Nyrkki feints and as Wilson raises his hands in defense, Nyrkki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson has control of Nyrkki's left arm, preventing Nyrkki from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nyrkki's guard.

Wilson wants to control from the top but Nyrkki keeps moving.
Nyrkki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wilson is one step ahead there.
Wilson working some strikes from top position.
Wilson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wilson throwing strikes from guard but Nyrkki blocks nicely.
Wilson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson tries to free his leg and advance position but Nyrkki is retaining full guard.
Wilson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nyrkki controls Wilson momentarily but Wilson frees himself.
Nyrkki keeping moving, preventing Wilson from controlling successfully.
Nyrkki being controlled here, momentarily.
Wilson preventing the sweep.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nyrkki looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nyrkki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nyrkki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nyrkki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nyrkki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nyrkki counters with a nice leg kick.

Wilson gets a clinch.
Wilson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nyrkki takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls for Nyrkki to work.
Wilson lands an elbow just above Nyrkki 's eye.

The cut above Kake Nyrkki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Nyrkki breaks the clinch.
Nyrkki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wilson throwing a counter right hand but Nyrkki manages to avoid it.
Wilson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nyrkki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Wilson moves into range and clinches up with Nyrkki.
Wilson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki prevents a body shot from Wilson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wilson breaks from the clinch.
Nyrkki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilson misses with a straight left.
Nyrkki misses with a few strikes there.
Nyrkki looks to land a body kick but Wilson moved away.
It looked like Wilson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A clash of legs there as Wilson blocks the low kick.
Wilson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wilson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Nyrkki.
Wilson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nyrkki.
Wilson lands with a right hand.

Kake Nyrkki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nyrkki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wilson throws out the jab.
Wilson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nyrkki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nyrkki cracks Wilson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wilson swings for the body but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nyrkki connects with a high kick.
Wilson throws a right hand that Nyrkki ducks under and follows up with a left that Nyrkki also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Wilson dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nyrkki fails with the takedown.

Wilson has Nyrkki up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson throws a punch but it's blocked by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki stalling in the clinch but Wilson improves position.
Nyrkki blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Wilson.

Nyrkki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Wilson as he checks the leg kick.
Wilson lands a jab to the head.
Nyrkki drops his hands for a split second and Wilson immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Nyrkki face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Wilson follows up with a right hand that knocks Nyrkki into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Don Wilson!
Don Wilson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, xXx - Voodoo Labs - MONEY LAUNDER for their support in the buildup to the fight.