PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Zynne (ranked 4599 p4p, 6811 weight class) and Cristian Eriksen (ranked 530 p4p, 633 weight class). Zynne comes to the cage accompanied by Knockout. The key to victory for Howard Zynne has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Zynne
vs
Eriksen

180 cm
21
191
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
193
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013
Altitude Clothing

Finnish Elite Extreme Science

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Howard Zynne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cristian Eriksen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zynne throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Zynne throws a body kick that misses
and Eriksen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zynne gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Eriksen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zynne staying out of range there.
Eriksen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zynne.
Zynne lands a nice hook to Eriksen's body. Eriksen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zynne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Eriksen needs to keep his hands up - Zynne had a free shot at his head there.
Zynne jabs at Eriksen's body.
Zynne scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A left lands for Zynne.

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

It looks like Cristian Eriksen has been cut.
Zynne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eriksen.
Eriksen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zynne.
Eriksen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eriksen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zynne.

Eriksen is rocked!
Zynne fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Eriksen out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Howard Zynne!
After the fight, Howard Zynne was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.