PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Dmitrijevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Maki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitrijevic comes to the cage accompanied by Spiderbait - Black Betty. Maki has chosen Harvester of Sorrow as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kai Maki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dmitrijevic
vs
Maki

204 cm
25
254 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Dmitrijevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kai Maki!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maki lands a big head kick that sends Dmitrijevic tumbling to the mat! Maki takes a step backwards and waves Dmitrijevic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Marko Dmitrijevic has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dmitrijevic manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Maki wants to clinch
and Dmitrijevic counters with a left and a right... And another left! Maki is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Dmitrijevic!
Marko Dmitrijevic was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.