PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vesa Sykk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukas Hanak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sykk's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name . Hanak is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sykk
vs
Hanak

172 cm
32
163 lbs
25 - 14 - 1

172 cm
29
164 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vesa Sykk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Hanak!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanak takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hanak 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.

Hanak drives through with a takedown into Sykk's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Sykk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Hanak can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Sykk looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Hanak is defending well. Sykk quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Hanak has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Sykk celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vesa Sykk!
Our winner, Vesa Sykk, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.