PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lalli Koylio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive. Koylio has chosen Moonsorrow - Köyliönjärven Jäällä (Pakanavedet II) as his entrance music. Lalli Koylio will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Palmer
vs
Koylio

173 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

184 cm
28
181 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicholas Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lalli Koylio!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koylio backs up against the cage.
Palmer blocks a jab.
Koylio throws a combination that misses
and Palmer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Koylio thinking.
Koylio misses with a body punch
and Palmer counters with a nice uppercut.
Koylio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Koylio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice defenses there by Koylio.
Palmer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Koylio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Palmer counters with a nice body shot.
Koylio looks to land a combination but Palmer avoids it well.
Koylio fails to land with a series of punches.
Koylio misses with the combination.
Koylio misses with a series of wild punches.
Koylio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmer counters with a nice body shot.
Palmer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koylio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lalli Koylio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koylio misses with a hook to the body
and Palmer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koylio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Palmer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palmer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Koylio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koylio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koylio swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Palmer to counter with a crisp jab.
Koylio lands a nice looking body shot.
Koylio just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Koylio misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koylio. Palmer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koylio scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Koylio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palmer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Koylio thinking.
Koylio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Koylio looks gassed!
Koylio misses with a body punch
and Palmer counters with a right hand to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Palmer. That snapped Koylio's head back.
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koylio throws the left hand but Palmer avoids the punch easily.
Koylio looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
Palmer 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.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koylio moves away.
Koylio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Koylio takes one on the button.
Koylio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Koylio lands a slapping body shot.
Koylio throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Palmer counter with a right hand.
Koylio throws a lazy right hand but Palmer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmer is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Koylio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Koylio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Palmer counters with a straight right hand.
Palmer cracks Koylio with a right hand to the side of the head.
Palmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koylio.
Koylio missing with a left hand there. Palmer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A shot to the body from Koylio misses
and Palmer counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a lazy right hand but Koylio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Palmer cracks Koylio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Koylio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Palmer stalks Koylio and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Koylio's face. Koylio staggers backwards, shaken.
Palmer lands a jab to the nose.
Jab, jab by Palmer - just one landing.
Palmer scores with a three punch combo!
Koylio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koylio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Palmer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Palmer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Koylio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Palmer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koylio.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Koylio.
Koylio throws a combination that misses
letting Palmer counter with a right hand.
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koylio missing with a left hand there. Palmer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palmer misses with a two punch combination.
Koylio moves forwards but Palmer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Palmer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Koylio.
Koylio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palmer cracks a nice hook into Koylio's ribs.
Koylio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koylio misses with a double jab
enabling Palmer to counter with a crisp jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Palmer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koylio misses with a few strikes there.
Palmer moves away from the strike by Koylio.
Koylio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koylio misses with a body punch
and Palmer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Palmer missing with a left hand there. Koylio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer lands a jab-cross combination.
Palmer misses with a wild body shot.
Koylio takes a swing at Palmer's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Palmer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koylio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koylio misses with a hook to the body
letting Palmer counter with a right hand.
Palmer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Koylios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Koylio is just out of range.
Koylio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Palmer counters with a nice body shot.
Palmer scores with a jab.
Koylio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palmer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Palmer dodges the punch combination from Koylio.
Lalli Koylio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palmer moves out of range as Koylio strikes.
Palmer throws a shot to the body.
Koylio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Koylio misses with a body shot
and Palmer counters with a three punch combo that has Koylio backing up. Koylio nods at Palmer to acknowledge the strikes.
Koylio is breathing heavily.
Palmer tests Koylio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koylio has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Palmer lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koylio backs up against the cage.
Nicholas Palmer is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Koylio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palmer.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Koylio in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Palmer lands a really nice looking cross but Koylio seems unphased.
Koylio misses with a looping left.
Koylio takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palmer moves away from the strike by Koylio.
Nice uppercut there from Palmer.
Koylio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Palmer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Palmer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palmer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Palmer works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Koylio thuds a left hand into Palmer's body.
Koylio with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Palmer to score with a decent uppercut.
Palmer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palmer lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer connects with a body shot.
Koylio is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Palmer rather than just go for the knockout.
Palmer lands a glancing blow to the side of Koylio's head.
Palmer feints a jab promting Koylio to slip. Palmer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Koylio slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Koylio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koylio doesn't seem bothered though.
Palmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koylio.
Palmer lands a body shot.
Palmer lands a jab to Koylio's midsection.
Koylio misses the body punch
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palmer throws a nice looking combination but Koylio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palmer with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Palmer counter with a right hand.
Koylio staying out of range there.
Koylio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Koylio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Palmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Koylio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Palmer.
Koylio throws a combination that misses
and Palmer counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Palmer connects with a looping right hand.
Palmer cracks Koylio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Palmer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Palmer misses the shot to the body.
Palmer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koylio.
Nice defenses there by Palmer.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koylio takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koylio takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Palmer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Koylios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koylio throws a combination that misses
and Palmer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer scores with a nice head shot.
Palmer scores with a jab to the head.
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Koylio misses
and Palmer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jab, jab by Palmer - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer with a nice cross.
Koylio walks into a stiff left hand from Palmer.
Nice straight punches there by Palmer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Palmer.
Koylio misses with a straight right.
Koylio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Palmer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palmer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koylio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Palmer looks to land a combination but Koylio avoids it well.
Palmer lands with a cross.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koylio can do to turn this around?
Koylio throws a combination that misses
and Palmer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koylio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palmer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koylio scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koylio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Palmer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koylio misses with a combination
and Palmer counters with a straight right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Palmer scores with a four punch combination!
Koylio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicholas Palmer dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Koylio misses with a double jab
and Koylio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koylio.
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer counters with a one-two to the body.
Koylio misses the body punch
and Palmer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koylio looks to land a combination but Palmer avoids it well.
Koylio misses the body punch
and Palmer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koylio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koylio doesn't seem bothered though.
Koylio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palmer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koylio scrambles back to his feet.
Palmer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Koylio's hands.
Koylio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Koylio misses with a combination
enabling Palmer to counter with a crisp jab.
Koylio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palmer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koylio scrambles back to his feet.
Palmer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Koylio momentarily.
Koylio throws a jab but it's blocked by Palmer.
Koylio misses with a double jab
and Palmer counters with a left and a right that stings Koylio.
Koylio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer with a jab.
Palmer lands a two punch combo.
Palmer scores with the left hand. Koylio knows he should have avoided that one.
Koylio throws the left hand but Palmer avoids the punch easily.
Koylio misses with a body shot.
Koylio misses with a jab to the body
and Palmer counters with a left to the body.
Palmer lands a jab to the head.
Palmer just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer misses with a few strikes there.
Koylio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Palmer counters with a stiff right hand.
Koylio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koylio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palmer.
Koylio misses with a body shot.
Koylio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A decent looking cross lands there for Palmer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer moves forwards but Koylio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Palmer scores with a jab to the head.
Palmer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Palmer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Koylio misses with a double jab
and Palmer counters with a nice uppercut.
Palmer connects with a right hand. Koylio shakes it off.
Palmer looks to land a combination but Koylio avoids it well.
Koylio misses with a double jab
and Palmer counters with a nice uppercut.
Koylio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Palmer misses.
Palmer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Palmer is working the combinations to good effect here.
Koylio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Palmer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A swing and a miss from Koylio.
Palmer throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koylio misses with a double jab
and Palmer counters with a three punch combo that has Koylio backing up. Koylio nods at Palmer to acknowledge the strikes.
Koylio takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Palmer with a nice cross.
Palmer cracks Koylio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Palmer digs a good hook to Koylio's body.
Palmer throws a series of strikes that have Koylio backpedaling.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Koylio might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Palmer has got the better of the exchanges.
Koylio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palmer misses with a series of wild punches.
Koylio misses with a double jab
and Palmer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palmer scores with a three punch combo!
Palmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koylio.
Palmer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Koylio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koylio.
Palmer with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Palmer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Palmer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Koylio throws a big shot that misses.
Koylio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Palmer scores with the left hand. Koylio knows he should have avoided that one.
Palmer throws a jab when Koylio was well out of range.
Palmer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koylio at a distance.
Koylio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Palmer counters with a left to the body.
Koylio's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palmer connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koylio scrambles back to his feet.
Palmer moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Koylio takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koylio.
Lalli Koylio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koylio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Palmer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palmer thuds a left hand into Koylio's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nicholas Palmer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Palmer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nicholas Palmer!