PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Niko Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Brody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sikaniska's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Medeia - Cold Embrace. Brody is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cracks (Flux Pavilion Remix) by Freestylers. Niko Sikaniska has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sikaniska
vs
Brody

174 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
22
183 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Niko Sikaniska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Brody!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brody moves out of range of the strikes.
Brody tries to clinch up.
Brody dives in and grabs Sikaniska's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sikaniska pushes down on Brody's head and hops out.

Sikaniska shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sikaniska blocks Brody's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sikaniska blocks Brody's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sikaniska blocks Brody's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sikaniska breaks from Brody's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brody wants to hold on but Sikaniska pushes him away.
Brody looks gassed!
Sikaniska content just to control the position here.
Brody swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sikaniska looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sikaniska is landing with some decent strikes but Brody is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikaniska working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brody takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Brody is rocked!

Sikaniska is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Brody has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Brody is still in real trouble! Can Sikaniska finish him?
Brody is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brody seems to have recovered his senses.
Brody is looking to get to half guard.
Brody regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sikaniska works his way into side control.
Sikaniska is putting a hurting on Brody here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sikaniska landing strikes.

Sikaniska stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Sikaniska takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brody connects with a crisp jab.
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by Brody.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska fails with the takedown

and Brody counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sikaniska!
Brody thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sikaniska on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sikaniska tries to get out of the position.
Sikaniska is bucking up trying to escape but Brody cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Brody thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Brody is landing with some decent strikes but Sikaniska is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sikaniska is in a horrible position here. Brody smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Brody thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Brody pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brody working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Brody pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sikaniska sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Brody sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sikaniska defending well though.
Brody thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sikaniska to regain full guard.
Brody missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brody trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sikaniska's guard.
Brody with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Niko Sikaniska dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Brody is looking to clinch but Sikaniska is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brody looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brody tries to clinch there but Sikaniska circles away.
Brody is looking to clinch but Sikaniska is avoiding it.
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by Brody.
Jimmy Brody seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brody tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sikaniska swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sikaniska swats away the attempt to clinch by Brody.

Sikaniska feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Brody keeping moving, preventing Sikaniska from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Brody looking for subs off his back but Sikaniska has passed one foot through into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brody is looking for a sweep. Sikaniska is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brody throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Brody is trying to get back to full guard.
Brody is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sikaniska's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sikaniska's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brody missing with strikes from the back.
Brody lands punches and elbows.
Brody missing with punches from the back.
Brody is landing with strikes from the back.
Sikaniska tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sikaniska covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Sikaniska holding both Brody 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brody lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Brody scores with punches to the body.
Sikaniska trying to control but not successfully.
Brody lands a shot to the head.
Brody lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brody connects with a big shot to the side of Sikaniska's head.
Sikaniska covers up after that shot from Brody.
Sikaniska turns into Brody and is now in his guard.
Sikaniska content to stall in guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brody throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Niko Sikaniska will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Brody tries to close the distance and clinch but Sikaniska swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sikaniska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brody misses with a takedown

and Sikaniska counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sikaniska.
Brody is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sikaniska is controlling him.
Sikaniska looking to pass the guard.

Brody had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sikaniska defends it easily.

Brody looking for a guillotine here but Sikaniska defends easily.
Sikaniska might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sikaniska distracts Brody with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sikaniska wants to pass the guard but Brody is keeping the position.

Brody is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sikaniska is aware though and is defending well.

Brody is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sikaniska is aware though and is defending well.
Sikaniska won't allow Brody to get back to his feet.

Brody working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sikaniska has passed into half guard!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brody is trying to stand back up but Sikaniska is controlling him

Brody looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sikaniska prevents Brody from improving his position.
Sikaniska looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska controlling the action here.
Sikaniska blocks the strikes from Brody.

Brody looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Sikaniska feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sikaniska connects with a couple of short punches.
Sikaniska postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Brody wants to stand but Sikaniska is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brody keeping moving, preventing Sikaniska from controlling successfully.
Sikaniska throwing strikes but missing.
Sikaniska controlling from the top position.
Brody wants to sweep here but Sikaniska controlling him for the moment.
Jimmy Brody has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Sikaniska avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Niko Sikaniska showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sikaniska, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Niko Sikaniska!