PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veijo Vinssi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vinssi has chosen The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maia
vs
Vinssi

183 cm
25
200 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

174 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyoto Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Veijo Vinssi!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Maia feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Maia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vinssi looking to control.
Vinssi pulls Maia in close to his closed guard and prevents Maia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Vinssi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Maia throws a big right hand that misses.
Maia thows a big elbow that misses.
Maia preventing the sweep.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Vinssi works Maia's body with a nice hook.
Vinssi fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia punishes Vinssi's body with a nice straight punch.
Vinssi misses with a hook. Maia ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia fails to land the takedown.
Maia gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vinssi misses with a hook. Maia ducked under it nicely.
Vinssi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Maia.
Maia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vinssi.
Lyoto Maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vinssi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maia.
Vinssi looks to land a left hand but Maia moved out of range nicely.
Vinssi throws a hook to the side of Maia's head but Maia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Veijo Vinssi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maia misses with a head kick.
Vinssi punishes Maia's body with a nice straight punch.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Maia misses with a shot to the body
and Vinssi counters with a stiff right hand.
Vinssi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Maia.
Vinssi thuds a left hand into Maia's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vinssi throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Maia colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Vinssi as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Maia is left battered and dazed whilst Vinssi and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veijo Vinssi!