PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Onni Manni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommi Hiltunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Manni
vs
Hiltunen

155 cm
22
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Onni Manni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommi Hiltunen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manni misses with a double jab.
Manni looks to land a left hand but Hiltunen moved out of range nicely.
Manni misses the jab.

Manni closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Manni lands in his opponent's guard.
Manni stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hiltunen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Manni postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Manni won't allow Hiltunen to get back to his feet.
Hiltunen trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manni lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hiltunen lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Manni might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hiltunen pulls Manni in close to prevent any damage.
Manni has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hiltunen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Manni.
Hiltunen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manni cracks Hiltunen with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Manni's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hiltunen with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Manni can't handle though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hiltunen keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Manni really is a fat lump.
Hiltunen striking off his back but it's not causing Manni any problems.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hiltunen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Manni connects with a couple of short punches.
Manni throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hiltunen trying to keep a closed guard but Manni is proving a slippery customer.

Hiltunen is looking for a triangle but Manni pushes his legs off easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Manni accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Manni lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Manni stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hiltunen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hiltunen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Manni pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hiltunen is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Manni connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hiltunen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Manni scores with a takedown into Hiltunen's guard.
Manni is breathing heavily.
Hiltunen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Manni tries to reverse the position but Hiltunen maintains control.
Manni is working hard here to advance position.
Hiltunen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hiltunen working Manni over with strikes here.
Hiltunen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Manni takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hiltunen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hiltunen lands with some strikes.
Hiltunen working Manni over with strikes here.
Hiltunen unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiltunen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hiltunen dominating with strikes here.
Hiltunen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Manni?
Hiltunen raining down shots from the mount!
Hiltunen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Manni keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hiltunen landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hiltunen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hiltunen looking to finish Manni with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manni!
Hiltunen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hiltunen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Manni's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hiltunen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hiltunen postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Manni looks a forlorn figure.
Hiltunen with shots to the head and body - Manni looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hiltunen is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Manni is surviving well by controlling Hiltunen's body position as best he can.
Hiltunen unloading with bombs!
Hiltunen is landing with some decent strikes but Manni is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Manni is squirming around, avoiding Hiltunen's attempts to control the action.
Hiltunen blocks Manni's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hiltunen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Manni hang on?
Hiltunen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Manni is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hiltunen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hiltunen with good strikes from the mount here!
Manni knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hiltunen on the ground.
Hiltunen unloading with bombs!
Manni flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Manni is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Hiltunen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Manni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Manni misses.
Onni Manni is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hiltunen wants to clinch.
Hiltunen tries to move into range but Manni moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Manni clinches up with Hiltunen and pushes him back against the cage.
Manni missing with knees to the body.

Manni tightens his grip and picks Hiltunen up, before dumping him to the ground. Hiltunen manages to land in guard.
Hiltunen is looking to stand up but Manni isn't so interested in that idea.
Hiltunen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Manni manages to get himself to full guard.
Hiltunen cracks Manni with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hiltunen lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manni has momentary wrist control but Hiltunen slips an elbow through the middle.
Hiltunen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hiltunen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hiltunen distracts Manni with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hiltunen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hiltunen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Manni's guard.
Hiltunen is nestled in close to Manni, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hiltunen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Manni taking some punishment here, with Hiltunen in his half guard.
Manni lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Manni is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hiltunen blocks the strikes from Manni.
Ground and pound from Hiltunen.
Hiltunen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hiltunen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hiltunen lands a nice short elbow.
Manni landing small, sideways elbows.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hiltunen.
Manni misses with a takedown attempt

and Hiltunen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hiltunen.
Manni will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Manni trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hiltunen connects with a couple of short punches.
Hiltunen is pushing down on Manni's leg trying to pass to half guard. Manni is fighting to maintain full guard but Hiltunen has managed to sneak the leg through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manni tries to roll over but Hiltunen keeps him under control.
Manni on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hiltunen is nestled in close to Manni, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Manni is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Manni on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hiltunen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Manni with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiltunen is looking to take a break and control but Manni is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hiltunen winds up and cracks Manni with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Manni drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Manni stands up over Hiltunen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hiltunen punching from the bottom.
Hiltunen lands some strikes from the bottom.
Hiltunen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Tommi Hiltunen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hiltunen striking off his back but it's not causing Manni any problems.
Manni lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hiltunen trying to strike off his back.
Hiltunen trying to strike off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Manni throws a right and a left that both miss.

Manni drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hiltunen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Manni!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiltunen landing strikes from the mount and Manni is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Hiltunen.
Manni can't escape the position.
Hiltunen with the ground and pound from mount.
Manni throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hiltunen. What's that going to do exactly?
Hiltunen with shots to the head and body - Manni looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hiltunen looking to finish Manni with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manni!
Manni is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hiltunen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hiltunen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommi Hiltunen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Manni thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manni with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hiltunen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Manni won't be happy with that.
Hiltunen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Manni down.

Hiltunen is trying to get an arm triangle but Manni is defending well.
Hiltunen moves into full mount!
Manni throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hiltunen. What's that going to do exactly?
Hiltunen with good strikes from the mount here!
Manni is trying desperately to improve position.
Hiltunen with a couple of short strikes.
BOOM! Hiltunen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hiltunen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
BOOM! Hiltunen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hiltunen is landing with some decent strikes but Manni is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manni throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hiltunen. What's that going to do exactly?
Manni can't escape the position.
Hiltunen lands a big elbow.
Hiltunen breaks from Manni's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Manni regains half guard.
Manni tries to roll over but Hiltunen keeps him under control.
Hiltunen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Manni tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Hiltunen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hiltunen prevents Manni from improving his position.
Hiltunen is tying to control. Manni wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hiltunen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hiltunen scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Manni lands a right hook to the body.
Manni with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hiltunen counters with a takedown into side control.
Manni taking a bit of punishment here - Hiltunen scoring with strikes.
Manni is looking for a sweep.
Hiltunen advances to mount.
Manni swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Manni is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hiltunen landing strikes from the mount.
Manni is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hiltunen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Manni is in all sorts of trouble here.
BOOM! Hiltunen connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manni is desperately trying to improve his position but Hiltunen has a good base and remains in mount.
Hiltunen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hiltunen tries to control but Manni wriggling away.
Manni really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hiltunen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Manni can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hiltunen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hiltunen lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hiltunen working the ground and pound effectively.
Hiltunen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hiltunen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Manni swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Manni throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Manni sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hiltunen working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hiltunen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hiltunen drops an elbow to the side of Manni's head.
Manni has hold of Hiltunen's hands but Hiltunen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hiltunen working Manni over with strikes.
Hiltunen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Manni regains full guard. Nicely done.
Manni has momentary wrist control but Hiltunen slips an elbow through the middle.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Manni misses.
Manni misses with a looping left.
Manni misses with a takedown

and Hiltunen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Onni Manni. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hiltunen has Manni pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Manni manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hiltunen takes an elbow to the temple.
Onni Manni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tommi Hiltunen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hiltunen keeps control of Manni as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hiltunen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Manni uses from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommi Hiltunen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hiltunen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommi Hiltunen!