PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adryan Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaisla Suhisee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Suhisee's choice of entrance music: Gimme chocolate. Kaisla Suhisee has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Preuss
vs
Suhisee

171 cm
21
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
200 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adryan Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaisla Suhisee!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suhisee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Preuss rushes Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Preuss has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Preuss looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short body shot lands from Suhisee as the two fighters clinch.
Preuss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.

Preuss clinches.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee wants to clinch.

Preuss moves into the clinch.
Suhisee misses with a punch to the body.
Suhisee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Suhisee trying to land knees to the body.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Preuss instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suhisee creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suhisee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Preuss.
Suhisee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Preuss.
Suhisee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss moves into the clinch.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss is having none of it.
Suhisee looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Suhisee lands a good knee to the midsection. Preuss won't want to take too many of those.
Preuss takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Preuss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Preuss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Suhisee just misses with a elbow thrown towards Preuss's brow.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Suhisee using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preuss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Preuss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Kaisla Suhisee has been cut.

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

Suhisee has Preuss up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Suhisee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss darts in and clinches Suhisee up against the cage.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss moves out of range.
Preuss swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Suhisee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Adryan Preuss has been cut.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee moves in looking to clinch but Preuss pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Suhisee throws an elbow but misses.
Suhisee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Preuss breaks the clinch.

Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.
Suhisee prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
Suhisee can't find room to land a body shot as Preuss controls the action.
Preuss lands an elbow inside.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Suhisee goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Preuss is looking to break free of the clinch but Suhisee has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.

Preuss clinches up against the cage.
Suhisee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Preuss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
Suhisee misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Preuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Preuss misses with a hook.

Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Suhisee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Preuss's elbow.
Preuss avoids the elbow strike from Suhisee, against the cage.
Suhisee trying to land knees to the body.
Preuss dodges an elbow strike from Suhisee.
Nice elbow from Preuss.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Preuss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Kaisla Suhisee's cut even more.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss takes the fight into the clinch.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adryan Preuss dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Suhisee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Suhisee in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Preuss tries to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Preuss's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee wants to clinch up but Preuss keeps it at a distance.

Preuss pushes Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Suhisee.
Kaisla Suhisee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Suhisee misses with an elbow over the top.
Preuss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Suhisee fails in his attempt to clinch.

Preuss moves into the clinch successfully.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Preuss clinches.
Preuss is trying to force a seperation but Suhisee has the dominant position.
Suhisee throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Suhisee obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Preuss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss tries to circle away but Suhisee has him pinned against the cage.
Suhisee looking to throw knees to the head but Preuss is blocking nicely.
A right hand to the body from Suhisee.
Suhisee landing knees to the head.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling him.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.

Preuss breaks the clinch.

Preuss rushes Suhisee and presses him up against the cage.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.

Suhisee gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Preuss manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee tries to clinch but Preuss is having none of it.
Preuss keeps the fight on the outside.

Preuss pushes Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Preuss tries to break the clinch but Suhisee is controlling the position.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Preuss's defenses.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.

Preuss breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Preuss looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Preuss.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Preuss.
Suhisee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Preuss manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee fails with an attempt to clinch.

Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suhisee's defenses.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suhisee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Suhisee wants to clinch up but Preuss keeps it at a distance.
Suhisee wants to clinch.

Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
Suhisee throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Preuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Suhisee misses with a knee to the head.
Suhisee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Preuss's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Suhisee landing knees to the head.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Preuss is trying to break free.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Preuss.
Preuss avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Preuss instigates a clinch.
Preuss blocks an elbow strike.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Suhisee keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Preuss's efforts to push away.
Preuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Suhisee won't allow it.

Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suhisee is looking to clinch but Preuss is avoiding it.
A combination from Preuss does no damage.
Suhisee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Suhisee fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Adryan Preuss will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Suhisee forces Preuss back against the cage and clinches.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Suhisee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Preuss clinches up against the cage.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Preuss wants to break the clinch but can't.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.
Suhisee tries a body shot but Preuss blocks it.
Preuss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Suhisee.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Preuss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Preuss darts in and clinches Suhisee up against the cage.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch but Suhisee keeps him there for the moment.
Preuss lands an elbow inside.
Suhisee misses with a knee strike.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head.
Suhisee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Suhisee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Preuss has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Preuss is trying to break the clinch but Suhisee has him pressed against the cage.

Preuss breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Preuss.
Suhisee tries to clinch there but Preuss circles away.
Suhisee fails in his attempt to clinch.

Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suhisee tries to throw a body punch but Preuss avoids it by throwing Suhisee back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhisee misses with an elbow strike.
Suhisee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suhisee misses with a knee strike.
Suhisee prevents Preuss from breaking the clinch.
Preuss tries to circle away but Suhisee has him pinned against the cage.
Suhisee tries to land knees in the clinch but Preuss avoids the damage to the body.
Suhisee has Preuss pressed against the cage, preventing Preuss from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Preuss working hard to break the clinch.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Preuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Suhisee won't allow it.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Suhisee tries to keep at a distance but Preuss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Preuss creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Suhisee's defenses.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Suhisee throws a knee to the head but misses.
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Preuss has closed the distance and engaged Suhisee in a clinch.
Preuss comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Preuss clinches.
Suhisee scores with a knee to the head.
Preuss lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Kaisla Suhisee's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Suhisee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Preuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Preuss can't break the clinch.
Suhisee keeps control of Preuss as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Preuss lands a nice elbow.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adryan Preuss is winning the standup battle so far.

Preuss moves into range and clinches up with Suhisee.

Preuss manages to break the clinch.

Preuss clinches up with Suhisee and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.

Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suhisee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Preuss swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Preuss has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suhisee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Preuss's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Preuss avoiding damage as Suhisee throws knees to the body.

Preuss breaks the clinch.

Preuss drives through and clinches with Suhisee against the cage.
Preuss is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suhisee can do to turn this around?
Suhisee pushes off an throws an elbow but Preuss leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Suhisee with a knee to the head.
Suhisee with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adryan Preuss is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Preuss has Suhisee up against the cage in a clinch.
Preuss blocks a body shot from Suhisee.
Preuss lands a damaging elbow.
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Suhisee tries to land a knee to the head but Preuss blocks with his arms.
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but Preuss blocks it.
Kaisla Suhisee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Suhisee tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adryan Preuss showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Preuss, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adryan Preuss!