PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heikki Kuula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuula has chosen Heikki Kuula - Sun Nimi On Kuula as his entrance music. Heikki Kuula has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Prime
vs
Kuula

200 cm
29
260 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

200 cm
29
280 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Optimus Prime!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heikki Kuula!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuula misses with a body shot

and Prime counters by clinching up.
Kuula jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Prime walks away with a smile on his face. Kuula gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kuula misses with a looping right.
Prime just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuula ducks under a wild hook from Prime.
Kuula gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Prime counters with a slapping leg kick.
Prime displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kuula.
Optimus Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heikki Kuula.
Kuula misses with a hook.
Prime misses with a wild combination.
Kuula throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kuula tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Prime defends it nicely.
Prime throws a looping overhand right but Kuula ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuula misses with a leg kick.
Kuula moves out of range as Prime throws a body kick.
Kuula throws a hook but Prime avoids it easily.
Kuula dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Prime. That did some damage!
Kuula does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kuula looks to throw the jab but Prime is out of range.

Prime moves into the clinch.
Prime tries to work over Kuula's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prime looking to throw knees to the head but Kuula is blocking nicely.
Kuula prevents a body shot from Prime.
Prime tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Prime misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuula tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Prime smiles and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Prime has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kuula.
Prime checks a leg kick.
Prime throws out a loose jab but Kuula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuula throws a leg kick that is checked
and Prime counters with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prime steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kuula.
Kuula shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Prime defends it nicely.
Kuula has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kuula throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuula shoots for a takedown but Prime saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Prime feints and then cracks Kuula's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kuula down.
Kuula takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kuula looks to score with a jab to the body but Prime is just out of range.
Kuula slips under a jab.
Prime dips to his left and cracks Kuula with an uppercut!
Kuula buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Kuula misses.
Optimus Prime is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kuula scores with a nice head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuula ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prime moves away.
A jab from Prime misses.
Kuula throws a leg kick but Prime moved away.
Prime takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuula throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuula throws a head kick but Prime moves out of range.

Prime rushes Kuula and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kuula fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kuula tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Prime is pushing Kuula up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Prime working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kuula wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Prime working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Prime trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Prime gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Heikki Kuula has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Kuula fails to land.
Kuula fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Prime digs a right hand underneath Kuula's ribcage. Kuula let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Optimus Prime dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heikki Kuula's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Prime fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prime pushes Kuula away with a front kick.

Prime closes the distance and pushes Kuula back into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prime.
Prime throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kuulas head.
Prime blocks a body shot from Kuula.

Prime's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab by Prime.
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!
Kuula connects with a body shot.
Kuula blocks a head kick by Prime.
Kuula moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kuula moves out of range of the body kick from Prime.
Optimus Prime is winning the standup battle so far.
Prime changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Prime lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kuula is breathing heavily.
Prime throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuula throws a right and a left that Prime avoids nicely.
Prime blocks the body kick.
Kuula fails to land the takedown.
Kuula closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Prime throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Prime scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kuula doesn't seem bothered though.
Prime is looking to slow Kuula down with leg kicks.
Kuula throws out a leg kick but Prime moves out of range and Kuula only half commits.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Prime jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Prime throws out a loose jab but Kuula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuula dives in and grabs Prime's left leg, looking for a takedown. Prime pushes down on Kuula's head and hops out.
Prime stalks Kuula and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kuula's face. Kuula staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime is looking to slow Kuula down with leg kicks.
Prime clobbers Kuula with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Prime thumps Kuula with a low kick.
Kuula keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuula avoids the body shot from Prime.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kuula checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prime.
Prime misses with a body kick.
Kuula throws a head kick that misses.
Kuula throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kuula takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice body punch from Prime.
Kuula takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime tries a head kick but it misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Prime, as that shot connected.
Prime connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kuula throws a leg kick that misses.
Prime connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Prime throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Prime scores with a nice right hand.
Prime connects with a leg kick. Kuula looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Prime lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prime throws a sloppy head kick and Kuula moves out of range easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Prime.
Prime is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kuula.

Prime rushes Kuula and presses him up against the cage.
Prime is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kuula can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prime landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kuula prevents a body shot from Prime.
Prime lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kuula backwards.
Prime scores with a shot to the side of Kuula's head.
Prime misses with a knee strike.
Prime misses with a punch to the body.
Kuula tries to pull guard but Prime won't allow it.
Optimus Prime has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heikki Kuula.
Prime makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Prime.
Prime goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prime lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Prime.
Kuula is trying desperately to land a takedown but Prime is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Kuula.
Prime using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuula has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Prime lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Prime lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Optimus Prime dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heikki Kuula's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Prime with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Prime throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Kuula closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kuula lands in his opponent's guard.
Kuula trying to control but Prime is working from the bottom.
Prime bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kuula's guard.
Prime pushes down on Kuula's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Prime trying to control the action but Kuula is working from the bottom.
Prime trying to mount his opponent but Kuula defends it.
Kuula takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuula is looking for a sweep. Prime is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Prime controlling the action here.
Kuula wants to get back to full guard.
Prime wants to pass the guard but Kuula is defending well.
Prime seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kuula does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prime wants to pass to mount but Kuula is defending the position.
Prime is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Kuula reverses the position - he's now on top in Prime's guard.
Kuula trying to control the position from guard on top but Prime is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kuula with a flurry of punches that miss.
Prime trying to keep a closed guard but Kuula is proving a slippery customer.
Heikki Kuula has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuula looking to pass the guard.
Kuula working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prime keeping moving, preventing Kuula from controlling successfully.
Kuula wants to pass the guard but Prime is keeping the position.
Kuula with a nice head shot there.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Prime holds on and takes a little breather.
Kuula looking to pass the guard.
Prime pulls Kuula in to control the position.

Prime has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Kuula should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Prime has tightened it up now! Kuula should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Optimus Prime!