PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Balon Pyke (ranked 4425 p4p, 0 weight class) and One Wonder (ranked 4421 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pyke
vs
Wonder

180 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Balon Pyke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, One Wonder!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonder fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Pyke slips a jab from Wonder.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder is having none of it.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

It looks like Balon Pyke has been cut.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wonder doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pyke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wonder misses with an uppercut.
Wonder takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Wonder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke moves away from the strike by Wonder.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wonder counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Wonder.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Pyke darts in trying to clinch

and Wonder counters with a crisp right hand that drops Pyke! Wonder lets Pyke back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Pyke is rocked!
Wonder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pyke moves away.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wonder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pyke. Wonder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wonder walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wonder keeps the fight on the outside.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke wants to clinch.
Wonder connects with the punch.
Wonder connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch but Wonder is avoiding it.
Wonder throws a jab when Pyke was well out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Pyke misses its target.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves out of range.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves away
and Wonder counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Pyke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Balon Pyke's cut is getting worse.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Pyke seems to have got his legs back now.
Pyke avoids the body shot from Wonder.
A quick step to the side and Pyke tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wonder misses with a hook. Pyke ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke is looking to clinch but Wonder is avoiding it.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Wonder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke lands with a nice body punch.
Pyke slips under a jab from Wonder.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder is having none of it.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Wonder on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pyke scores with a hook to the body. Wonder takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder throws a good cross that connects.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Balon Pyke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Wonder circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
A countering left hand to the body from Wonder misses.
A big left from Wonder misses.
A big right from Pyke misses.
Wonder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wonder defending well as Pyke loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonder misses with a body shot.
Wonder lands a nice hook to Pyke's body. Pyke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wonder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Wonder circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

One Wonder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Balon Pyke's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pyke tries to clinch up.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder swats away the attempt to clinch by Pyke.
Wonder throws a hook but Pyke blocks it.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wonder! But no joy.
Wonder lunges at Pyke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pyke's hand.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke moves in looking to clinch but Wonder pushes him off.
Wonder misses with a body shot.
Wonder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pyke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Wonder as he connects with a hook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pyke might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wonder keeps the fight on the outside.
Pyke moves in looking to clinch but Wonder pushes him off.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves away
and Pyke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wonder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wonder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pyke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wonder was well out of range. Poor timing from Pyke.

Wonder lands a big uppercut and Pyke crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Pyke looks OK. Wonder waves Pyke back to his feet!

Balon Pyke's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wonder throws a shot from downtown. Pyke moves away and avoids it.
Wonder has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wonder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pyke closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wonder scores with a counter punch that sends Pyke to the canvas! Wonder smells blood - he's punishing Pyke with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Pyke has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). One Wonder!