PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kullervo Haikas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by The Pilgrim by Iron Maiden. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Haikas

180 cm
25
200 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

180 cm
23
198 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kullervo Haikas!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Haikas blocks a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haikas darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haikas slips a straight right by Smith.
A jab lands there for Smith.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Haikas. Smith shrugs it off though.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Haikas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
letting Haikas counter with a right hand.
Smith lands a nice hook to Haikas's body. Haikas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Haikas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Haikas. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haikas lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Haikas.
Haikas throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Haikas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Haikas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haikas throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
The fighters circling - Haikas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Haikas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Haikas. That's going to slow Smith down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Haikas.
Smith's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Smith duly obliges.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Haikas.
Haikas slips under a jab.
Haikas blocks a jab.
Haikas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith staying out of range there.
A left and a right from Haikas both land. Nice combination.
Smith stuns Haikas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haikas works the jab nicely.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haikas moves away.
Haikas avoids a kick to the body.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Haikas counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Haikas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haikas dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Haikas avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith throws a series of punches but Haikas moves out of range.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haikas jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Haikas counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haikas slips a straight right by Smith.
Haikas misses with a wild combination.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Haikas throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
John Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith scores with a one two! Haikas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Smith throws a hook but Haikas avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that John Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Smith's cut.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Haikas does no damage.
Smith throws a series of punches but Haikas moves out of range.
John Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Haikas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Haikas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Haikas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith throws a body kick the misses
and Haikas counters with an outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Haikas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haikas jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haikas moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haikas lands a jab.
Haikas slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Haikas.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haikas was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Haikas lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Smith misses with a leg kick
and Haikas counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Haikas to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Haikas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Haikas counters with an outside leg kick.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Haikas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haikas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Smith is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haikas circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Smith to the canvas! Smith doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Haikas keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kullervo Haikas!
After the big win, Kullervo Haikas made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors {GTI} - HGH Nutrients and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.