PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robert Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tero Taikina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taikina has chosen Cookie song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Taikina

183 cm
21
183 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

166 cm
27
179 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tero Taikina!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Taikina tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Taikina's head.
Nice shot by Smith.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Taikina.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Taikina lands a body shot.
Taikina fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Taikina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taikina on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taikina tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Taikina looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Taikina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Taikina tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Taikina swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Taikina.
Taikina is looking to clinch.
Taikina lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Taikina takes the fight into the clinch.
Smith tries to circle away but Taikina has him pinned against the cage.
Taikina working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith tries to break free but Taikina pushes him back against the cage.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Taikina is controlling him.
Taikina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Robert Smith has been cut.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taikina has him pressed against the cage.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Taikina.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Taikina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taikina scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taikina lands an elbow inside.
Taikina missing with knees to the body.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taikina trying to land knees to the body.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Taikina.
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!
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Taikina has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Taikina has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith avoiding damage as Taikina throws knees to the body.
Taikina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Taikina tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Taikina back against the cage.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Taikina won't allow it.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith lands an overhand right.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Taikina dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Smith lands an impressive looking overhand right. Taikina doesn't seem phased though.
Smith throws a series of punches but Taikina avoids them all with ease.

Taikina has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Taikina prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Taikina can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Taikina creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Taikina lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taikina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith is trying to push Taikina away but Taikina has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith avoiding damage as Taikina throws knees to the body.
Taikina working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taikina trying to land knees to the body.
Taikina lands a nice uppercut.
Taikina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.

Robert Smith's cut is getting worse.
Taikina misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taikina working Smith over with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Taikina fails to land.
A short left from Taikina.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Taikina.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Taikina tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taikina misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith blocks a body shot from Taikina.
Taikina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taikina tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tero Taikina dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Taikina looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Taikina has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Taikina with the ground and pound from mount.
Taikina pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Robert Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Taikina trying to control but Smith is having none of it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
A nice elbow there by Taikina.
A nice elbow there by Taikina.

Jeez, Robert Smith's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robert Smith's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tero Taikina!
Tero Taikina gave a mention to xXx - Voodoo Labs - 159+ Energy - $45 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).