PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sakke Pietila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietila has chosen Hard Night Out by Professor Green as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Hughes
vs
Pietila

185 cm
32
255 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

183 cm
28
276 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sakke Pietila!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pietila just misses with a punch to the body.
Pietila throws a front kick that sends Hughes stumbling back into the cage.

Hughes clinches up against the cage.
Hughes creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pietila avoids the elbow strike from Hughes, against the cage.
A short left from Pietila.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pietila lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Ryan Hughes has been cut.
Hughes has a couple of punches blocked by Pietila.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Sakke Pietila has been cut.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Pietila throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hughes gets through Pietila's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pietila scores with a shoulder strike.
Hughes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
Pietila blocks an elbow strike from Hughes.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pietila creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hughes pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pietila scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pietila creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pietila blocks an elbow strike from Hughes.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pietila's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes lands an elbow just above Pietila 's eye.
Pietila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pietila misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
Hughes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pietila tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Pietila back against the cage.
Pietila stalling in the clinch but Hughes improves position.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pietila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pietila missing with knees to the body.
Pietila lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pietila fails to land.
Hughes misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pietila blocks an uppercut.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes blocks an elbow strike.
Pietila tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hughes avoids it.
Pietila lands a left hand.
Pietila is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hughes is defending well for now.
Hughes throws an elbow but it misses.
Pietila tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hughes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hughes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietila scores with a shot to the side of Hughes's head.
Pietila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hughes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pietila backwards.
Pietila with a knee to the head.

Ryan Hughes's cut is getting worse.
Pietila can't find room to land a body shot as Hughes controls the action.
Hughes pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietila leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hughes working aggressively here.
Pietila blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hughes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pietila's brow.
Pietila lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hughes backwards.
Hughes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hughes misses with the head strike.
Pietila is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pietila throws a head punch that misses.
Pietila works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pietila.
Pietila tries to throw a body punch but Hughes avoids it by throwing Pietila back against the cage.
Hughes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pietila.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pietila.

Ryan Hughes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hughes throws an elbow but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pietila takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hughes avoids a wild elbow strike from Pietila.
Pietila comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hughes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pietila misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hughes.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hughes working aggressively here.
A short left from Pietila.

Jeez, Ryan Hughes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hughes scores with a shot to the side of Pietila's head.
Hughes throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pietila misses with an elbow over the top.
Hughes blocking some punches.
Hughes misses with an elbow strike.
Hughes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hughes looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hughes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pietila presses Hughes against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hughes is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pietila tries to work over Hughes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pietila throws an elbow that misses.
Pietila working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pietila softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sakke Pietila!
A very excited looking Sakke Pietila rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.