PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boyce Bouyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herra Hiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bouyer
vs
Hiiri

168 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

177 cm
26
168 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Boyce Bouyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herra Hiiri!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hiiri pushes Bouyer up against the cage in a clinch.
Hiiri gets through Bouyer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hiiri scores with a hook to the body.
Hiiri lands with a left to the head.
Hiiri stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bouyer tries to pull guard but Hiiri forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hiiri.
Still in the clinch, Hiiri scores with a nice short uppercut.

Bouyer is rocked!
Hiiri lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Bouyer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hiiri.
Bouyer seems to have got his legs back now.
Bouyer takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hiiri.
Hiiri lands with a left to the head.
Hiiri throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bouyers head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Hiiri to work.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hiiri.
A hook to the body from Hiiri.
Hiiri lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bouyer.
Bouyer tries to score a body lock takedown but Hiiri shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hiiri lands a body punch.
Hiiri looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bouyer is breathing heavily.
Hiiri scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hiiri lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hiiri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bouyer has been working on his balance at Evolution MMA, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Hiiri.
Bouyer has Hiiri pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Hiiri manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boyce Bouyer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bouyer tumbles to the floor! Hiiri threw a big shot that dropped him and now Hiiri is on top looking to finish! Bouyer has guard but can he survive?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hiiri not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hiiri trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hiiri controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hiiri preventing the sweep.
Hiiri is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bouyer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hiiri can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hiiri seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Bouyer throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bouyer being controlled here, momentarily.
Hiiri looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bouyer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hiiri doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hiiri manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bouyer working for a triangle but Hiiri defends it easily.
Hiiri has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bouyer is proving hard to escape from.
Bouyer keeping moving, preventing Hiiri from controlling successfully.
Bouyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herra Hiiri dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bouyer ducks under a wild hook from Hiiri.
Hiiri throws out a loose jab but Bouyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouyer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bouyer there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hiiri cracks Bouyer with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Bouyer tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Hiiri pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Bouyer is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herra Hiiri!