PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jyrki Sukulaku (ranked 1044 p4p, 475 weight class) and Koba Dvalishvili (ranked 152 p4p, 64 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sukulaku
vs
Dvalishvili

178 cm
29
155
16 - 9 - 0

180 cm
32
165
15 - 8 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jyrki Sukulaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koba Dvalishvili!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dvalishvili avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch combination from Sukulaku misses.
Dvalishvili works Sukulaku's body with a nice hook.
Dvalishvili lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sukulaku tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sukulaku swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sukulaku throws a right hand that Dvalishvili ducks under and follows up with a left that Dvalishvili also avoids with ease.
Dvalishvili slips under a jab from Sukulaku.
Dvalishvili is looking to slow Sukulaku down with leg kicks.
Koba Dvalishvili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dvalishvili with a hook.
Dvalishvili misses with a wild body shot.
Sukulaku looks to land a left hand but Dvalishvili moved out of range nicely.
Sukulaku throws a head kick that misses.

Dvalishvili rushes Sukulaku and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dvalishvili lands a nice shot to the body.
Dvalishvili swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sukulaku prevents a body shot from Dvalishvili.
Dvalishvili swings wildly with an uppercut but Sukulaku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dvalishvili tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sukulaku's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dvalishvili cracks Sukulaku with a nice body shot.
Sukulaku misses with some punches.
Dvalishvili tries to work over Sukulaku's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sukulaku blocking some punches.
Dvalishvili struggles to land a body shot inside as Sukulaku controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sukulaku.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dvalishvili.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dvalishvili.
Dvalishvili tries to work over Sukulaku's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sukulaku scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dvalishvili can't find room to land a body shot as Sukulaku controls the action.

Sukulaku breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sukulaku throws a right hand that misses
and Dvalishvili makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sukulaku misses with a looping right.
Sukulaku has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Finch Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Dvalishvili is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dvalishvili avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dvalishvili slips a straight right by Sukulaku.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dvalishvili.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sukulaku misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sukulaku scores with a jab.

It looks like Koba Dvalishvili has been cut.
Dvalishvili fails with a takedown attempt.
Dvalishvili ducks under a wild hook from Sukulaku.
A countering left hand to the body from Dvalishvili misses.
Dvalishvili with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sukulaku to score with a decent uppercut.
Sukulaku swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dvalishvili walks into a straight right hand from Sukulaku.

Dvalishvili is rocked!
Sukulaku drops Dvalishvili with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Dvalishvili! Sukulaku dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jyrki Sukulaku!
An out of breath Jyrki Sukulaku thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.