PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timo Ryti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Hekkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hekkanen has chosen Its Time ! as his entrance music. Tony Hekkanen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ryti
vs
Hekkanen

193 cm
23
286 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

215 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Ryti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Hekkanen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Ryti as Hekkanen shoots in.
Ryti swinging wilding here.
Ryti jabs Hekkanen right on the nose. Hekkanen blinks but takes it well.
Ryti throws a series of strikes that have Hekkanen backpedaling.
Ryti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hekkanen moves away.
Hekkanen ducks right into an uppercut from Ryti.
A clash of legs there as Hekkanen blocks the low kick.

Hekkanen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Ryti manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Hekkanen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hekkanen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ryti.
No joy there for Ryti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hekkanen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hekkanen looks gassed!
Ryti lands with a nice body punch.
Ryti tries to bum rush Hekkanen with a series of wild strikes but Hekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Timo Ryti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hekkanen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ryti lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryti lands with an uppercut that bounces Hekkanen off the cage and back into rage.
Ryti scores with a body shot.
Ryti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ryti lands a jab to the head.
Ryti lands with an overhand left.

Ryti closes the distance and pushes Hekkanen back into the cage.

Ryti breaks the clinch.
Ryti dips to his left and cracks Hekkanen with an uppercut!
Ryti cracks Hekkanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryti cracks Hekkanen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ryti with a hook.
Ryti jabs at Hekkanen's body.
Hekkanen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ryti connects with a right hand. Hekkanen shakes it off.
Ryti scores with a hook to the body. Hekkanen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ryti lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ryti lands a nice shot to the body.
Ryti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ryti is looking to wear down Hekkanen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ryti throws a combination. Hekkanen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ryti lands a right hook to the body.
Ryti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ryti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hekkanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hekkanen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Donk. Ryti catches Hekkanen right on the button with a cross.
Ryti with a nice cross.
Ryti scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Ryti - just one landing.
Ryti scores with a hook to the body. Hekkanen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ryti scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hekkanen in his tracks.
Ryti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Ryti there.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1-2. Ryti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hekkanen tries to move into range but Ryti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Ryti closes the distance and clinches.

Ryti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryti scores with a nice strike.
Hekkanen blocks a leg kick.
Hekkanen takes one on the button.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ryti duly obliges.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ryti duly obliges.
Ryti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ryti clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Ryti.
Stalling in the clinch from Ryti.

Ryti manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hekkanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ryti is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ryti closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ryti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hekkanen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot by Ryti.
Ryti scores with a body shot.
Ryti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ryti scores with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Ryti.
Ryti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ryti stalks Hekkanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hekkanen's face. Hekkanen staggers backwards, shaken.
Timo Ryti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryti throws a series of punches but Hekkanen moves out of range.
Hekkanen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ryti.
Hekkanen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ryti lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ryti lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Ryti dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ryti, as that shot connected.
Hekkanen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ryti, as that shot connected.
Ryti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good work by Hekkanen as he checks the leg kick.
Ryti lands a body shot.
Hekkanen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hekkanen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ryti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hekkanen can do to turn this around?

Ryti gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Ryti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ryti throws a series of punches but Hekkanen moves out of range.
Jab from Ryti.
Ryti lands an overhand right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Ryti misses.
Hekkanen dodges the punch combination from Ryti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryti lands a jab to the head.
Hekkanen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ryti lands with an uppercut that bounces Hekkanen off the cage and back into rage.
Nice body punch from Ryti.
Ryti scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ryti works over Hekkanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Ryti works over Hekkanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Timo Ryti is winning the standup battle so far.
Ryti lands a slapping body shot.

Ryti moves into the clinch.
Ryti lands a shoulder strike.
Ryti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ryti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hekkanens head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ryti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ryti throws out a powerful jab.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1-2. Ryti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryti tests Hekkanen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hekkanen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Ryti.
Ryti lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ryti stalks Hekkanen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hekkanen's face. Hekkanen staggers backwards, shaken.
Ryti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hekkanen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hekkanen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ryti throws out a powerful jab.
Ryti fails to land with a series of punches.
Ryti lands with a shot to the body.
Ryti lands a jab to the head.
Hekkanen walks into a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryti connects with a crisp jab.
Ryti lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ryti lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hekkanen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hekkanen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ryti closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by Ryti there.
Ryti lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hekkanen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ryti tries to bum rush Hekkanen with a series of wild strikes but Hekkanen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ryti lands a nice shot that snaps Hekkanen's head back.
Ryti works over Hekkanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Ryti lands an overhand right.
Hekkanen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ryti looks to land a combination. Hekkanen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Ryti misses.
Ryti throws a solid leg kick but Hekkanen takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ryti.
Ryti lands the left hand.
Ryti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hekkanen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ryti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Ryti.
Ryti throws a series of punches but Hekkanen avoids them all with ease.
Ryti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ryti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ryti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ryti scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hekkanen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ryti lands a glancing blow to the side of Hekkanen's head.
Ryti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Ryti dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Ryti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hekkanen tries for a takedown but Ryti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ryti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ryti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ryti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hekkanen at a distance.
Ryti throws a right and a left that Hekkanen avoids nicely.
Timo Ryti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ryti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice straight punches there by Ryti. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ryti.
Ryti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horrible takedown by Hekkanen or perhaps it was just good defense by Ryti which made him look bad.
Some wild striking there from Ryti.
Hekkanen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ryti lands a lovely overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryti misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ryti scores with a three punch combo!
Hekkanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Ryti - just one landing.
Ryti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ryti dips to his left and cracks Hekkanen with an uppercut!
Ryti swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hekkanen.
Ryti lands a jab to the head.
Ryti lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ryti.
Ryti cracks Hekkanen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ryti lands a jab-cross combination.
Ryti lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ryti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice jab there from Ryti.
Ryti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ryti fails to land with a series of punches.
Hekkanen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1-2. Ryti obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ryti.

Ryti forces Hekkanen back against the cage and clinches.
Hekkanen is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Ryti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Ryti manages to break the clinch.
Ryti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ryti listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ryti connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Ryti.
Ryti connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hekkanen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ryti throws a series of strikes that have Hekkanen backpedaling.
A jab from Ryti finds it's way through Hekkanen's defenses.
A right-left combo lands from Ryti.
Ryti works over Hekkanen's head and body with a nice combination.
Ryti lands a slapping body shot.

Ryti moves into range and clinches up with Hekkanen.
Ryti is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Ryti breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ryti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ryti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hekkanen has time to react.
Ryti bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hekkanen's head.
Ryti lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hekkanen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ryti throws a right hand that Hekkanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hekkanen also avoids with ease.
Ryti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Ryti clinches.
Timo Ryti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ryti breaks the clinch.
Ryti scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hekkanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ryti misses with a double jab.
Ryti throws a right hand that Hekkanen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hekkanen also avoids with ease.
Tony Hekkanen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryti misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ryti digs a good hook to Hekkanen's body.
Ryti's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Ryti duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hekkanen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timo Ryti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ryti, 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Timo Ryti!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Timo Ryti!
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Timo Ryti!

Timo Ryti wins by unanimous decision!