PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Mylly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Sade has chosen Kill The Afterlife by Audiotist as his entrance music. Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matt Mylly's chin.

Mylly
vs
Alphonse Francois de Sade

173 cm
21
160 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

187 cm
20
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Mylly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Sade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mylly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mylly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from de Sade.
Mylly just misses with a punch to the body.
de Sade slips under a jab.
Mylly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mylly just misses with a punch to the body.
de Sade misses with a body shot.
Mylly shoots in for a double leg but de Sade sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
de Sade clobbers Mylly with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mylly just misses with a punch to the body.
de Sade throws a jab but it's blocked by Mylly.
Mylly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
de Sade lands a right hand.
Mylly wants a takedown but no success here.
de Sade is leaning against Mylly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

de Sade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mylly with a jab.
The fighters circling - Mylly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mylly throws a hook to the side of de Sade's head but de Sade sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
de Sade is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mylly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mylly doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - de Sade looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mylly shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as de Sade sprawls well. de Sade wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mylly gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Mylly. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mylly avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mylly throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and de Sade counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mylly fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but de Sade avoids it really well and circles away.
Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de Sade slips under a jab.
Mylly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mylly throws a shot from downtown. de Sade moves away and avoids it.
Matt Mylly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mylly throws a combination that misses

and de Sade holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A right hand to the body from de Sade.
Mylly is really struggling to find his range with his punches. de Sade's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Sade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
de Sade lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mylly backwards.
de Sade lands on the inside with an uppercut.
de Sade softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
de Sade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mylly backwards.
de Sade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mylly is rocked!
de Sade lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Oh Mylly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mylly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
de Sade lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mylly backwards.
A short right from de Sade.
de Sade lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Mylly to his knees! de Sade keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade!