PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Man Zend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zend comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Get Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nyrkki
vs
Zend

188 cm
31
217 lbs
15 - 18 - 0

205 cm
33
265 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mauri Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Man Zend!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zend darts in and clinches Nyrkki up against the ropes.
Nyrkki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Nyrkki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zend's brow.
Nyrkki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nyrkki misses with a punch to the body.
Zend lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zend slowing the pace effectively.
Zend misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zend prevents a body shot from Nyrkki.
Zend working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Mauri Nyrkki has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Zend.
Zend unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Nyrkki! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Zend is unloading with more strikes now! Nyrkki drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Man Zend!
Our winner, Man Zend, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.