PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between kizzer D (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyrkki Hynynen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

D
vs
Hynynen

176 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
201 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, kizzer D!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyrkki Hynynen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hynynen missing with a left hand there. D was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hynynen throws a right and a left that D avoids nicely.
D keeps the fight on the outside.
Hynynen tries to clinch but D moves out of range.
Hynynen doesn't manage to clinch there - D circles away.
Hynynen tries to clinch but D is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by D or perhaps it was just good defense by Hynynen which made him look bad.
Hynynen wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hynynen tries to close the distance and clinch but D swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
D shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
D fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for kizzer D. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hynynen tries to clinch up.

Hynynen forces D back against the cage and clinches.
Hynynen displaying some good clinch control by pressing D up against the cage.
Hynynen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hynynen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hynynen digs a right hand into D's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on D's gas tank.
D blocks an elbow strike from Hynynen.
Hynynen tries a body shot but D blocks it.
Hynynen leaning against his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Hynynen's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Hynynen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hynynen lands a shot to the body.
Hynynen taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hynynen.
Hynynen is working D over against the cage.
Hynynen tries to land knees in the clinch but D avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Hynynen.
Hynynen has D pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hynynen scores with a shot to the side of D's head.
D is breathing heavily.
Hynynen lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Hynynen - that landed with a thud.
Hynynen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hynynen scores with a shot to the side of D's head.
A nice left hand lands by Hynynen.
Hynynen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hynynen taking a breather.
Hynynen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
D letting Hynynen take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nyrkki Hynynen.
Hynynen tries to clinch but D is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nyrkki Hynynen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hynynen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
D shoots in for a double leg but Hynynen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

D instigates a clinch.
Hynynen lands a left hand.
Hynynen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hynynen lands a left hand.
Hynynen is working D over against the cage.
Hynynen works on D's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The is referee keeping an eye on Hynynen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hynynen scores with a shoulder strike.
Hynynen lands with a left to the head.
Hynynen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hynynen scores with a shot to the side of D's head.

D is rocked!
Hynynen is pushing D up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Oh D is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hynynen cracks D with a nice body shot.
D seems to have got his legs back now.
Hynynen lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops D to his knees! Hynynen keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nyrkki Hynynen!