PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wicked Sick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Haukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haukka has chosen Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sick
vs
Haukka

182 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
35
163 lbs
16 - 25 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wicked Sick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Haukka!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haukka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sick.

Haukka moves into the clinch successfully.
Sick has Haukka pressed against the cage.
Sick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Daniel Haukka has been cut.
Sick misses with a body punch.
Haukka dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sick misses with a knee strike.
Sick landing knees to the head.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Sick.
Sick landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haukka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sick.
Sick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sick trying to land knees to the body.
Sick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haukka lands an elbow inside that Sick shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sick missing with knees to the body.
Sick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sick definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Haukka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Haukka landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Haukka blocking some punches.
Haukka tries to land knees in the clinch but Sick avoids the damage to the body.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sick avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sick tries a body shot but Haukka blocks it.
Sick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka trying to land knees to the body.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Sick to work.

Haukka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haukka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haukka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sick displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Haukka drives through and clinches with Sick against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka missing with knees to the body.
Sick misses with a knee to the head.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Sick.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sick landing knees to the head.
Haukka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sick is defending well for now.
Sick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haukka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sick is defending well for now.
Sick scores a nice knee to the body.
Haukka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sick digs a right hand into Haukka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Haukka's gas tank.
Sick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haukka's elbow.
Haukka misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Haukka avoiding damage as Sick throws knees to the body.
Sick throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Haukka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Sick blocks it.
Sick takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Haukka throws an elbow but misses.
Haukka lands a nice knee to the body.
Sick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sick connects with a nasty looking knee right to Haukka's face.
Haukka managing to block the knees to the body from Sick.
Sick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka tries to break free but Sick pushes him back against the cage.
Haukka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sick's face.
Sick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Haukka backwards.
Haukka taking a breather.
Sick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haukka avoiding damage.
Sick misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sick tries to work over Haukka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haukka's elbow.
Haukka scores a nice knee to the body.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Sick with a knee to the head.
Sick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sick being controlled against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sick misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Sick.
Sick avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Haukka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wicked Sick dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Haukka's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sick lands a jab.

Haukka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sick lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haukka trying to land knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Haukka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Sick throws an elbow that misses.
Sick landing knees to the body.
Haukka takes an elbow to the forehead.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Haukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sick looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haukka missing with knees to the body.
Sick misses with an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sick misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka prevents a body shot from Sick.
Haukka holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sick.
Haukka lands a nice knee to the body.
Sick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sick lands a nice elbow.
Haukka misses with a knee to the head.
Haukka taking a breather.
Haukka dodges an elbow strike from Sick.
Sick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haukka blocks it with crossed arms.
Sick throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Haukka blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Sick fails to land.
Sick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haukka misses with a knee strike.
Sick managing to block the knees to the body from Haukka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haukka is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haukka wants to break free but Sick has control.
Sick avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Haukka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sick is defending well for now.
Sick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haukka or not.
Haukka is breathing heavily.
Sick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haukka is defending well for now.
Sick tries to throw a body punch but Haukka avoids it by throwing Sick back against the cage.
Sick throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wicked Sick has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sick tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sick tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sick scores with a knee to the head.
Haukka dodges an elbow strike from Sick.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sick avoids it.
Sick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Sick landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Haukka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sick.
Sick blocks the elbow strike.
Haukka drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Haukka takes an elbow to the temple.
Sick lands with a right to the head.
Haukka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haukka.
Haukka takes an elbow to the temple.
Sick tries to land a knee to the head but Haukka blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Sick.
Haukka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sick is keeping busy.
Sick scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Daniel Haukka's cut even more.
Sick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haukka can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sick landing knees to the body.
Haukka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Sick blocks it.
Haukka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Haukka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Haukka lands a knee to the head.
Sick lands an elbow inside.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Sick blocks with his arms.
Sick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haukka avoids it.
Sick misses with a knee strike.
Sick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sick avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Haukka wants to stall.
Sick leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wicked Sick dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Haukka's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A combination from Sick does no damage.
A left lands for Sick.

Sick has closed the distance and engaged Haukka in a clinch.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sick tries a knee to the head but Haukka blocks it.
Sick landing knees to the head.
Sick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sick avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Sick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Haukka tries to stall but Sick uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sick trying to stall but Haukka improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haukka dodges an elbow strike from Sick.
Sick unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Haukka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sick connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sick working Haukka over with knees to the body.
Sick managing to block the knees to the body from Haukka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sick with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Haukka is rocked!
Sick landing knees to the head.
Haukka is still on wobbly legs! Can Sick finish him?
Sick working the clinch nicely. Haukka is working for position but Sick cracks him with a big knee to the head! Haukka crumples up against the cage and Sick lands two more shots before the ref can save Haukka! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Wicked Sick!