PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Hay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Dion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hay
vs
Dion

178 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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, Nick Hay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Leopold Dion!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hay clinches up against the cage.
Hay avoids a wild elbow strike from Dion.
Dion throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hay throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hay misses with a body punch.
Dion stalling the fight.
Hay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dion backwards.
Hay swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dion blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hay works on Dion's body with a couple of short punches.
Dion throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hay scores with a shot to the side of Dion's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hay.
Hay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hay misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short uppercut from Hay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hay misses with the head strike.
Dion has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hay seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dion can turn it around.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hay blocks an elbow strike from Dion.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dion takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hay goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Hay.
Hay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Dion just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hay's brow.
Hay lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hay lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hay throws a punch but it's blocked by Dion.
A right hook to the body lands for Hay.
Dion looks winded!
Dion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hay lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hay is stalling here.
Hay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hay scores with a shot to the side of Dion's head.
Dion has a couple of punches blocked by Hay.
Hay lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dion misses with a punch on the inside.
Hay lands a hook that snaps the head of Dion backwards.
Hay tries a body shot but Dion blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hay.
Dion lands a nice elbow.
Hay lands a body shot.
Hay pushes Dion against the cage. Hay is working some dirty boxing. Hay pushes off with a quick right hook! Dion goes down! Dion tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hay moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Hay!