PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paddy Guiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilmari Rannikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paddy Guiness has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Guiness
vs
Rannikko

206 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Paddy Guiness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ilmari Rannikko!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Rannikko there.

Rannikko fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Guiness, pushing him back against the cage.
Guiness looking to stall.
Guiness will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rannikko up against the cage.
Rannikko lands with a left to the head.
Rannikko avoiding damage.
Guiness really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rannikko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rannikko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rannikko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rannikko takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Rannikko.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rannikko pushes Guiness back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guiness.
A head punch on the inside from Rannikko fails to land.
Rannikko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Rannikko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Guiness has Rannikko pushed against the cage.
Rannikko has Guiness pressed against the cage.
Rannikko stalling in the clinch.
Rannikko receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A bit of stalling here from Rannikko.
Rannikko scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Rannikko.
Rannikko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rannikko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rannikko lands with a light punch inside.
Rannikko stops a takedown attempt from Guiness.
A body shot lands from Rannikko.
Rannikko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Guiness wants to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rannikko lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guiness content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rannikko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Guiness up against the cage.
A short left from Rannikko.
Rannikko lands a nice uppercut.
Rannikko lands with a left to the head.
Rannikko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rannikko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Guiness up against the cage.
Rannikko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Guiness is rocked!
Guiness is breathing heavily.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Oh Guiness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Guiness definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rannikko.
Rannikko creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Guiness's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Guiness drops to his knees and Rannikko pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ilmari Rannikko!
Ilmari Rannikko decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.