PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between chris buck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erkka Keskisarjalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). chris buck has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

buck
vs
Keskisarjalainen

180 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
184 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, chris buck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Erkka Keskisarjalainen!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
buck lands with a right hand.
buck misses with a double jab.
Keskisarjalainen connects with a single shot there.
Keskisarjalainen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from buck.
buck is looking to land body kicks.
Keskisarjalainen tries to bum rush buck with a series of wild strikes but buck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Keskisarjalainen gets a clinch.

Keskisarjalainen breaks the clinch.
buck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Keskisarjalainen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
buck falls off balance throwing a combination
and Keskisarjalainen counters with a two punch combo.
Keskisarjalainen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but buck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
buck wants to clinch up but Keskisarjalainen keeps it at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Keskisarjalainen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Keskisarjalainen clinches but buck breaks the clinch
and buck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
buck tries to score with a low kick but Keskisarjalainen moves his leg out of the way.
Keskisarjalainen slips a jab and a cross from buck.
buck is looking to clinch but Keskisarjalainen is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
buck fails to land with a series of punches.
chris buck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for buck.
Keskisarjalainen takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Keskisarjalainen wants to clinch up but buck keeps it at a distance.
A punch combination from buck misses.
Keskisarjalainen scores with a shot to the body.
Keskisarjalainen throws a looping overhand right but buck ducks down to avoid it.
Keskisarjalainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
buck lands a nice shot that snaps Keskisarjalainen's head back.
buck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keskisarjalainen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
buck dodges the punch combination from Keskisarjalainen.
buck moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
buck scores with a hook.
Keskisarjalainen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keskisarjalainen is looking to clinch but buck is avoiding it.
buck drops Keskisarjalainen with a left right combo! buck follows him down to the ground into side control.

Keskisarjalainen is rocked!

It looks like Erkka Keskisarjalainen has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
buck prevents Keskisarjalainen from escaping the position.
Keskisarjalainen is still in real trouble! Can buck finish him?
Keskisarjalainen tries to bench press buck off him but buck keeps the position.
buck misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Keskisarjalainen is trying to get back to half guard.
Keskisarjalainen seems to have recovered his senses.
buck working away.
Keskisarjalainen sneaks back into half guard.
buck wants to stand up but Keskisarjalainen has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keskisarjalainen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of buck's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take buck's back!
Keskisarjalainen controlling well, preventing buck from escaping the position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Keskisarjalainen's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Keskisarjalainen misses with a punch to the head.
buck is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Keskisarjalainen misses with punches from the back.

Keskisarjalainen tightening his grip on buck, looking for the choke.
buck has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that chris buck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Erkka Keskisarjalainen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

buck scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Keskisarjalainen moves out of range of the leg kick from buck.
Keskisarjalainen misses with an uppercut.
Keskisarjalainen throws a series of strikes that have buck backpedaling.
buck wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Keskisarjalainen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A left lands for buck.
buck swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
buck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Keskisarjalainen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
buck misses with a low kick.
buck throws a low kick but Keskisarjalainen avoids it.
Keskisarjalainen tries to bum rush buck with a series of wild strikes but buck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
buck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keskisarjalainen.
buck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
buck connects with a nice looking jab.
Keskisarjalainen misses with a double jab
letting buck counter with a right hand.
chris buck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
buck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Keskisarjalainen's calf.
Keskisarjalainen is breathing heavily.
buck tries to clinch there but Keskisarjalainen circles away.
Keskisarjalainen throws a jab but it's blocked by buck.
buck throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keskisarjalainen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Keskisarjalainen checks the leg kick nicely there.
buck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
buck lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
buck drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Keskisarjalainen right on the button. Keskisarjalainen goes down! buck follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! buck gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). chris buck!