PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roni Siili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Warson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oliver Warson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Siili
vs
Warson

186 cm
20
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Dangerous GnP
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roni Siili!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Warson!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warson avoids the head kick by Siili.
Siili misses with an uppercut.
Roni Siili seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Siili jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Siili misses with a looping right.

Siili instigates a clinch.
Warson managing to block the knees to the body from Siili.
Warson tries to pull guard but Siili won't allow it.
Warson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Siili pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Warson fails to pull guard.
Roni Siili has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oliver Warson.
Siili tries to land knees in the clinch but Warson avoids the damage to the body.
Warson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Warson wants a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siili lands a knee to the body.
Siili unloads a knee to the mid-section. Warson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Siili misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Warson.

Siili breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warson shoots in for a double leg but Siili sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Siili throws and low kick but Warson moves out of range easily.
Siili pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Warson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Siili attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Siili tries a head kick but it misses.
Siili pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Siili misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Warson avoids the head kick by Siili.
Siili tries to land a front kick but Warson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Siili bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Warson's head.
Warson avoids the head kick by Siili.
Siili misses the jab.
Siili is breathing heavily.
Siili misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Siili fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Warson manages to avoid it.
Siili fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Warson checks it well.
Warson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Siili misses with a head kick.
Siili thows a body kick. Warson tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Siili misses with a head kick.
Warson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Siili as he jumps to the side.
Warson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Siili swivels and escapes.
Siili throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Siili tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Siili throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Warson blocks a head kick by Siili.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Siili but Siili pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Siili scores with a leg kick.

Warson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Siili is rocked!
Warson slips a nice elbow through Siili's hands, connecting with Siili's forehead.
Oh Siili is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Warson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Warson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Warson unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Siili wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Warson celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Warson!