PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miro Tynkkynen (ranked 22017 p4p, 2179 weight class) and John Makres (ranked 651 p4p, 288 weight class). Tynkkynen comes to the cage accompanied by Cow herd - Fields. Makres is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: SABATON - Coat of Arms. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tynkkynen
vs
Makres

190 cm
27
205
6 - 8 - 1

190 cm
26
206
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miro Tynkkynen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Makres!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makres with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tynkkynen moves forwards but Makres connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Makres fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tynkkynen on the side of the head.
Makres misses with a low kick.
Tynkkynen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Makres.
Tynkkynen looks to score with a jab to the body but Makres is just out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Makres there.
Makres gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tynkkynen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tynkkynen blocks a jab.
Makres lands a right hook to the body.
Tynkkynen misses with a hook.
Makres throws a solid leg kick but Tynkkynen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Makres.
Makres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tynkkynen circles away quickly and effectively.
Makres throws a leg kick which misses Tynkkynen's front leg but catches the back leg as Tynkkynen tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makres buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tynkkynen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Makres.
Tynkkynen throws a body punch but Makres moves out of range.
John Makres seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makres lands a nice looking body kick.
Tynkkynen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Makres.
Makres tries to land a leg kick but Tynkkynen saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tynkkynen looks to score with a jab to the body but Makres is just out of range.
Makres misses with a jab to the body
and Tynkkynen counters with a nice body shot.
Tynkkynen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tynkkynen throws a right hand that Makres ducks under and follows up with a left that Makres also avoids with ease.
Tynkkynen is looking to wear down Makres with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Makres scores with the left hand. Tynkkynen knows he should have avoided that one.
Tynkkynen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick lands for Makres.
Tynkkynen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tynkkynen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Makres throws a lazy uppercut
and Tynkkynen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tynkkynen connects with a body shot that sends Makres's belly button to the back.
Makres throws a leg kick but Tynkkynen checks it.
Tynkkynen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Makres.
Tynkkynen throws the left hand but Makres avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick from Makres lands but Tynkkynen takes it in his stride.
Makres ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makres lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tynkkynen throws a body punch but Makres moves out of range.
Makres misses the shot to the body.
Tynkkynen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Makres.
Makres scores with a leg kick.
Makres throws a leg kick but Tynkkynen sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Makres misses with a left hand
and Tynkkynen counters with a nice body shot.
Tynkkynen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Makres lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Makres throws out a loose jab but Tynkkynen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Makres goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tynkkynen lands a glancing blow to the side of Makres's head.
Makres scores with a spinning back kick!
Tynkkynen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Makres throws a solid leg kick but Tynkkynen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Makres.
Makres looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tynkkynen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Makres counters with a straight right hand.
Makres takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Makres fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makres tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tynkkynen was well out of range. Poor timing from Makres.
Tynkkynen throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Makres to counter with a crisp jab.
Tynkkynen slips a straight right by Makres.
Makres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tynkkynen moves away.
Makres misses with a jab to the body

and Tynkkynen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Makres working hard to break the clinch.
Makres blocks a body shot from Tynkkynen.
Makres misses with the head strike.
Tynkkynen lands a knee to the head.
Makres can't break the clinch.
Makres goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Makres jumps guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

Makres has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Tynkkynen is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Makres.
Tynkkynen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Makres sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Makres looks to move to half guard but instead Tynkkynen has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makres wants to hold on but Tynkkynen pushes him away.
Tynkkynen tries to control but Makres wriggling away.
Makres slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makres is looking to improve his position.
Makres makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Makres.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Makres dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tynkkynen misses with a wild body shot.
Tynkkynen lands with a good body shot.
Makres misses with a body punch
and Tynkkynen counters with a nice uppercut.
Makres looks to land a left hand but Tynkkynen moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Tynkkynen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Makres.
Makres just misses with a punch to the body.
Makres staying out of range there.
Tynkkynen throws a right hand that misses
and Makres counters with a stiff right hand.
Makres attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tynkkynen avoids a kick to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Tynkkynen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tynkkynen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tynkkynen jabs Makres right on the nose. Makres blinks but takes it well.
Makres misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Tynkkynen to counter with a crisp jab.
Makres scores with a jab to the body.
Tynkkynen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makres thuds a left hand into Tynkkynen's body.
Tynkkynen misses with a body shot.
Makres throws a hook to the side of Tynkkynen's head but Tynkkynen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Makres misses.
Makres shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tynkkynen lands an overhand right.
Makres throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tynkkynen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Makres throws a right hand that Tynkkynen ducks under and follows up with a left that Tynkkynen also avoids with ease.
Makres avoids the body shot from Tynkkynen.
Makres lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tynkkynen avoids the body shot from Makres.
Makres slips a straight right by Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Makres counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Makres throws an overhand right that lands on Tynkkynen's shoulder, as Tynkkynen tries to avoid the shot.
Makres throws a leg kick
and Tynkkynen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tynkkynen looks to land a left hand but Makres moved out of range nicely.
Makres throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Tynkkynen catches Makres right on the button with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tynkkynen misses with a wild body shot.
Makres only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Makres throws a head kick but Tynkkynen moves out of range.
Tynkkynen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Makres staying out of range there.
Makres lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tynkkynen takes a step back to recover.
Makres misses with a leg kick.
Tynkkynen misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Makres misses the target.
Makres lands a right hook to the body.
Makres looks to land a left hand but Tynkkynen moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Tynkkynen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. Tynkkynen catches Makres right on the button with a cross.
Makres on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tynkkynen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makres was well out of range. Poor timing from Tynkkynen.
John Makres seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Makres looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makres throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Tynkkynen counter with a right hand.
Makres with a nice calf kick.
Makres fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tynkkynen checks a leg kick.
Tynkkynen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tynkkynen blocks a low kick nicely.
Makres ducks under a wild hook from Tynkkynen.
Tynkkynen scores with a hook.
Tynkkynen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tynkkynen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Makres connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tynkkynen scrambles back to his feet.
Tynkkynen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makres.
Makres misses with a hook.
Makres misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Tynkkynen finds it's target.
Makres throws a hook but Tynkkynen avoids it easily.
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!
Tynkkynen checks a low kick from Makres.
Tynkkynen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makres defending well as Tynkkynen loads up on a big left hand.
Tynkkynen missing with a left hand there. Makres was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Makres connects with a body shot.
A punch combination from Tynkkynen misses.
The crowd cheers as Makres lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tynkkynen doesn't seem phased though.
Nice body punch from Tynkkynen.
A jab lands there for Tynkkynen.
Makres uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tynkkynen.
Makres ducks under a wild hook from Tynkkynen.
Makres throws a body kick that misses.
Makres misses with a shot to the body
and Makres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tynkkynen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makres thuds his shin into the meat of Tynkkynen's side.
Tynkkynen checks a leg kick.
Tynkkynen walks forward, straight into a front kick from Makres.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Miro Tynkkynen will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Nice shot by Makres.
Makres scoring well with a low kick there.
Tynkkynen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Makres throws a hook but Tynkkynen blocks it.
Nice straight punches there by Makres. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Makres.
Tynkkynen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Makres moves out of range as Tynkkynen strikes.
Tynkkynen misses with a body shot.
Makres misses with a low kick as Tynkkynen jumps back.
Tynkkynen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makres moves away.
Makres fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tynkkynen manages to avoid it.
Tynkkynen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makres throws an off balance right hand
and Tynkkynen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tynkkynen doesn't manage to clinch there - Makres circles away.
Tynkkynen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tynkkynen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Makres connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tynkkynen scrambles back to his feet.
Tynkkynen misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makres throws a chopping leg kick but Tynkkynen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tynkkynen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tynkkynen throwing a counter right hand but Makres manages to avoid it.
Tynkkynen looks to score with a jab to the body but Makres is just out of range.
Makres lands with a shot to the body.
Makres lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tynkkynen takes a step back to recover.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Makres, as that shot connected.
Makres is looking to land body kicks.
Makres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tynkkynen at a distance.
Makres staying out of range there.
Tynkkynen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Makres connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Makres.
Makres throws a leg kick

and Tynkkynen moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Makres breaks from the clinch.
Tynkkynen blocks a leg kick.
Makres thuds a left hand into Tynkkynen's body.
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!
Makres is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tynkkynen.
It looked like Tynkkynen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Makres throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tynkkynen cracks Makres with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Makres tried to score with a low kick but Tynkkynen checks it.
It looked like Tynkkynen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Makres.
Tynkkynen checks a leg kick.
Tynkkynen blocks the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Makres.
Tynkkynen throws a jab but it's blocked by Makres.
A good leg kick by Makres.
Makres misses with a shot to the body
and Tynkkynen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Makres throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Makres.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makres jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Makres looks to land a left hand but Tynkkynen moved out of range nicely.
Tynkkynen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Makres was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tynkkynen throws a good cross that connects.
Makres has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Makres throws a body shot but no joy.
Makres bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Makres misses with a right hand
and Makres takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tynkkynen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tynkkynen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tynkkynen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Makres on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Makres walks into a straight right hand from Tynkkynen.
Makres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makres throws a leg kick

and Tynkkynen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Makres has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makres wants to get back to striking at distance but Tynkkynen won't allow it.
Makres lands a shoulder strike.

Makres's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Makres lands with a hook. Tynkkynen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Makres misses with a body kick.
Tynkkynen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Makres throws a shot from downtown. Tynkkynen moves away and avoids it.
Tynkkynen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Makres.
Makres misses with a low kick as Tynkkynen jumps back.
Makres gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Makres.
Tynkkynen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makres manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Tynkkynen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Makres uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tynkkynen.
Makres dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Makres comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Makres has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Makres!
During a confident post fight interview, John Makres thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.