PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Snagari Heijjari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Tankki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Heijjari
vs
Tankki

194 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Natural Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Snagari Heijjari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Tankki!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tankki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tankki lands with a right hand.
Heijjari throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tankki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Heijjari.
Heijjari lands with a slapping head kick.
Heijjari lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Heijjari instigates a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Heijjari.
Tankki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tankki dodges an elbow strike from Heijjari.
A short uppercut from Heijjari.
A shot in the inside from Heijjari.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heijjari is working Tankki over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Heijjari.
Heijjari cracks Tankki with a nice body shot.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heijjari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Heijjari creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Heijjari.
Heijjari scores with a shot to the side of Tankki's head.
Heijjari gets through Tankki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
Heijjari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Heijjari.
Tankki avoiding damage as Heijjari throws knees to the body.
Tankki tries to break free but Heijjari pushes him back against the cage.
Heijjari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tankki avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tankki tries to break the clinch but Heijjari is controlling the position.
Heijjari misses with an elbow strike.
Heijjari works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Heijjari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heijjari blocks a jab.
Tankki looks gassed!
Heijjari lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Heijjari moves away from the strike by Tankki.
Heijjari fails to land with a series of punches.
Heijjari throws a series of strikes that have Tankki backpedaling.
Heijjari throws a head kick but Tankki moves out of range.

Heijjari drives through and clinches with Tankki against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Heijjari.
Tankki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heijjari lands an elbow just above Tankki 's eye.
Tankki avoiding damage as Heijjari throws knees to the body.
Heijjari lands an elbow just above Tankki 's eye.
Nice elbow from Heijjari.
Heijjari throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tankki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Heijjari missing with knees to the body.
Tankki tries to circle away but Heijjari has him pinned against the cage.
Tankki tries to circle away but Heijjari has him pinned against the cage.
Nice body punch from Heijjari - that landed with a thud.
Knees to the body from Heijjari.
Tankki tries to break the clinch but Heijjari is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tankki can't break the clinch.
Tankki is trying to force a seperation but Heijjari has the dominant position.

Heijjari manages to break the clinch.

Heijjari rushes Tankki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tankki working hard to break the clinch.
Tankki can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heijjari throws an elbow but misses.

Tankki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heijjari scores with a nice head shot.
Heijjari lands with a kick to the temple. Tankki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tankki takes a kick to the side of the head.

Heijjari clinches up against the cage.
Heijjari lands a nice knee to the body.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Heijjari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tankki working hard to break the clinch.
Heijjari throws an elbow but it misses.

Heijjari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heijjari lands a high kick!
Heijjari scores with a kick to the body.
Heijjari wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tankki misses with a looping left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heijjari lands a head kick. Tankki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Heijjari works over Tankki's head and body with a nice combination.
Tankki throws a looping overhand right but Heijjari ducks down to avoid it.
Heijjari throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Heijjari scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tankki connects with a right hand. Heijjari shakes it off.
Heijjari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tankki throws out the jab.
Heijjari is working the combinations to good effect here.
Tankki throws a shot from downtown. Heijjari moves away and avoids it.
Heijjari scores with a head kick.
Heijjari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Heijjari.
Tankki scores with a jab. Heijjari acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tankki misses with a straight right.

Heijjari rushes Tankki and presses him up against the cage.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heijjari throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Heijjari.
Tankki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heijjari lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tankki is trying to break free.
Tankki is trying to break free.

Heijjari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tankki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tankki looks to land a right hand but Heijjari moved out of range.
Heijjari misses with a combination
and Tankki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Heijjari dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tankki misses with a looping left.
Tankki throws an overhand right that lands on Heijjari's shoulder, as Heijjari tries to avoid the shot.
Heijjari throws a leg kick which misses Tankki's front leg but catches the back leg as Tankki tries to avoid it.

Heijjari has taken the fight to the clinch.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
Heijjari stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tankki blocks an elbow strike from Heijjari.
Tankki managing to block the knees to the body from Heijjari.
Heijjari keeps control of Tankki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Tankki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snagari Heijjari dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Heijjari blocks a jab.
Tankki avoids the head kick by Heijjari.
Tankki throws the left hand but Heijjari avoids the punch easily.
Tankki throws a jab when Heijjari was well out of range.
Heijjari keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tankki.
Tankki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tankki throws out a loose jab but Heijjari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heijjari throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tankki's head.
Heijjari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Heijjari slips a jab from Tankki.
Heijjari lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heijjari throws a right and a left that both miss.
Heijjari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Heijjari displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tankki throws out the jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heijjari throws a leg kick which misses Tankki's front leg but catches the back leg as Tankki tries to avoid it.
Tankki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Heijjari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heijjari is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Heijjari scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Heijjari lands with a slapping head kick.
Heijjari throws a head kick that Tankki semi-blocks.
Heijjari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Heijjari misses with a head kick.
Heijjari throws a series of punches but Tankki avoids them all with ease.
Tankki misses with a few strikes there.
Heijjari is looking to slow Tankki down with leg kicks.
Heijjari connects with a crisp jab.

Heijjari has closed the distance and engaged Tankki in a clinch.
Heijjari scores with a shot to the side of Tankki's head.
Tankki is trying to break free.
Heijjari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tankki.
Tankki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tankki wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijjari won't allow it.
Heijjari lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tankki or not.
Tankki managing to block the knees to the body from Heijjari.
Heijjari softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heijjari lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tankki backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tankki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tankki working hard to break the clinch.
Tankki blocks an elbow strike from Heijjari.
Heijjari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tankki wants to break free but Heijjari has control.
Heijjari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Heijjari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tankki avoiding damage as Heijjari throws knees to the body.
Tankki is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijjari has double underhooks.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Tankki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Heijjari working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Tankki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Heijjari rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tankki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tankki throws a right hand that Heijjari ducks under and follows up with a left that Heijjari also avoids with ease.
Tankki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tankki looks to throw the jab but Heijjari is out of range.
A jab from Tankki misses.
Heijjari slips a jab from Tankki.
Heijjari slips under a jab from Tankki.
Heijjari lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Snagari Heijjari is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heijjari blocks a jab.
Heijjari works over Tankki's head and body with a nice combination.

Heijjari closes the distance and pushes Tankki back into the cage.
Heijjari throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tankkis head.

Tankki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tankki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Heijjari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tankki misses with a looping left.
Tankki avoids the head kick by Heijjari.
Heijjari misses with a two punch combination.
Heijjari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heijjari takes one to the side of the head.
Heijjari slips under a jab.
Heijjari connects with a looping right hand.
Tankki lands a jab to the head.
Some wild striking there from Tankki.
A jab from Tankki misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A slow jab from Tankki misses its intended target.
Heijjari lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Heijjari.
Tankki stalks Heijjari and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Heijjari's face. Heijjari staggers backwards, shaken.
Heijjari needs to keep his hands up - Tankki had a free shot at his head there.
Heijjari ducks under a wild hook from Tankki.
Heijjari lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tankki takes a step back to recover.
Tankki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A punch combination from Heijjari misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Tankki misses the target.
Heijjari throws a head kick that half lands.
Heijjari scores with a one two! Tankki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tankki throws a hook to the side of Heijjari's head but Heijjari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big left from Tankki misses.
A punch combination from Tankki misses.
Tankki throws a hook but Heijjari blocks it.
A jab from Heijjari finds it's way through Tankki's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Snagari Heijjari dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Tankki misses with an uppercut. Heijjari saw that one coming.
Tankki throws a hook but Heijjari blocks it.
Heijjari moves away from the strike by Tankki.
Heijjari blocks a jab.
Heijjari tries to bum rush Tankki with a series of wild strikes but Tankki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heijjari goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Heijjari bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tankki missing with a left hand there. Heijjari was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tankki might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Tankki throws a shot from downtown. Heijjari moves away and avoids it.
Tankki throws a hook but Heijjari blocks it.
Snagari Heijjari is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tankki throws a shot from downtown. Heijjari moves away and avoids it.
Toni Tankki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Heijjari lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Heijjari lands a nice elbow.
Heijjari misses with a knee to the head.
Tankki blocks an elbow strike.
Tankki tries to circle away but Heijjari has him pinned against the cage.
Heijjari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tankki takes an elbow to the temple.
Heijjari lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Heijjari on the inside.
Heijjari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tankki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heijjari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tankki's defenses.
Tankki tries to break free but Heijjari pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Heijjari.
Tankki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Heijjari pushes Tankki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Heijjari lands an elbow inside that Tankki shrugs off.
Tankki tries to break the clinch but Heijjari is controlling the position.
Heijjari has Tankki pressed against the cage, preventing Tankki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short body shot lands from Heijjari as the two fighters clinch.
Tankki wants to break free but Heijjari has control.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
Tankki can't break the clinch.

Heijjari escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tankki misses with a looping left.
Heijjari is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tankki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Heijjari rushes Tankki and presses him up against the cage.
Heijjari misses with an elbow over the top.
Tankki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tankki can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Heijjari just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tankki's brow.
Tankki prevents a body shot from Heijjari.
Heijjari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tankki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tankki is trying to force a seperation but Heijjari has the dominant position.
Tankki wants to get back to striking at distance but Heijjari won't allow it.
A short right from Heijjari on the inside.
Tankki blocks the elbow strike.
Tankki is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijjari has double underhooks.
Tankki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tankki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Heijjari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Heijjari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Heijjari pushes Tankki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Heijjari lands a nice knee to the body.
Heijjari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tankki is defending well for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Heijjari.
Tankki is looking to break free of the clinch but Heijjari has double underhooks.

Heijjari breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heijjari swinging wilding here.
A head kick misses from Heijjari.

Heijjari has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tankki has had enough of the clinch but Heijjari keeps him there for the moment.
Tankki blocks an elbow strike.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Heijjari prevents Tankki from breaking the clinch.
Heijjari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tankki managing to block the knees to the body from Heijjari.
A short right from Heijjari on the inside.
Tankki has had enough of the clinch but Heijjari keeps him there for the moment.
Heijjari throws an elbow that misses.
Tankki tries to break the clinch but Heijjari is controlling the position.
Tankki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Heijjari.
Tankki tries to break free but Heijjari pushes him back against the cage.
Tankki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tankki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Heijjari prevents Tankki from breaking the clinch.
Heijjari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tankki tries to break free but Heijjari pushes him back against the cage.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
Heijjari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tankki's efforts to push away.
Heijjari lands a left hand.
Heijjari lands with a right to the head.
Tankki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Heijjari lands with a light punch inside.
Heijjari scores with a shot to the side of Tankki's head.
Tankki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Snagari Heijjari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Heijjari trying to land knees to the body.
Tankki tries to break the clinch but Heijjari is controlling the position.
A body shot lands from Heijjari.
Tankki has had enough of the clinch but Heijjari keeps him there for the moment.
Tankki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Tankki managing to block the knees to the body from Heijjari.
Heijjari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heijjari has Tankki pressed against the cage, preventing Tankki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tankki is trying to break the clinch but Heijjari has him pressed against the cage.
Tankki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tankki is trying to break free.
Heijjari lands a nice elbow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Tankki breaks the clinch.
Heijjari misses with a straight left.
Tankki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toni Tankki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Heijjari throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tankki throws a jab when Heijjari was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Snagari Heijjari showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Heijjari has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Snagari Heijjari!