PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marius Dudjezski (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. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dudjezski
vs
Haukka

170 cm
27
165 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
37
163 lbs
17 - 28 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marius Dudjezski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Haukka!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haukka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dudjezski, pushing him back against the cage.
Haukka has Dudjezski pushed against the cage.
Haukka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudjezski blocks it with crossed arms.
Haukka scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dudjezski lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haukka backwards.
Haukka blocks a body shot from Dudjezski.
Dudjezski managing to block the knees to the body from Haukka.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudjezski avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dudjezski.
Dudjezski stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Haukka utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Haukka prevents a body shot from Dudjezski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Dudjezski.
Dudjezski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dudjezski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dudjezski scores with a shot to the side of Haukka's head.
Dudjezski tries to work over Haukka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dudjezski lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haukka misses with a knee strike.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Dudjezski blocks it.
Haukka trying to land knees to the body.
Dudjezski scores with a shot to the side of Haukka's head.
Haukka is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dudjezski is keeping busy.
Haukka blocks a body shot from Dudjezski.
Haukka tries to land a knee to the head but Dudjezski blocks with his arms.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Dudjezski blocks it.
Haukka misses with an elbow over the top.
Dudjezski lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Dudjezski.
Dudjezski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudjezski lands with a right to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Haukka has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dudjezski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haukka backwards.
Dudjezski tries to throw a body punch but Haukka avoids it by throwing Dudjezski back against the cage.
Haukka misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

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

Haukka gets tackled into the cage by Dudjezski. Dudjezski maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haukka trying to land knees to the body.
Haukka tries a knee to the head but Dudjezski blocks it.
Haukka stalling the fight.
Dudjezski lands with a left to the head.
Haukka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dudjezski blocks it with crossed arms.
Dudjezski lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Haukka backwards.
Dudjezski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dudjezski avoiding damage as Haukka throws knees to the body.
Haukka blocking some punches.

Dudjezski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haukka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dudjezski.
Haukka is looking to clinch but Dudjezski is avoiding it.
Haukka tries to clinch
and Dudjezski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Haukka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haukka doesn't manage to clinch there - Dudjezski circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudjezski keeps the fight on the outside.
Haukka closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dudjezski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Haukka misses with a combination
and Haukka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dudjezski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dudjezski.
Dudjezski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Haukka misses.
And Dudjezski counters with a quick kick to the body but Haukka blocks it.
Haukka tries to clinch up
and Dudjezski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Haukka is rocked!
Jab, jab by Dudjezski - just one landing.
Haukka is still on wobbly legs! Can Dudjezski finish him?
Dudjezski walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Haukka drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Dudjezski swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Haukka's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marius Dudjezski!
Marius Dudjezski thanked the fans post fight for their support.