PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Ozbourne (ranked 524 p4p, 853 weight class) and Kaino Ukkonen (ranked 61 p4p, 106 weight class). Ozbourne comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy Train. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ozbourne
vs
Ukkonen

185 cm
23
170
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
165
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hardcore Alchemy

Knock Out Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ziggy Ozbourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaino Ukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozbourne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ozbourne misses with an uppercut. Ukkonen saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Ozbourne coming out on top.

Ukkonen shoots in and gets a takedown into Ozbourne's guard.
Ukkonen trying to control but Ozbourne is working from the bottom.
Ukkonen prevents Ozbourne from getting back to his feet.
Ukkonen wants to pass the guard but Ozbourne is keeping the position.
Ukkonen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ukkonen throws a strike but Ozbourne rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ukkonen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ozbourne tries to stand but Ukkonen is controlling from the bottom.
Ozbourne trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Ukkonen is striking from the bottom but Ozbourne uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Ozbourne prevents Ukkonen from improving his position.
Ukkonen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ukkonen trying to control from the bottom.

Ozbourne decides to return to a standing position.
Ozbourne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite MMA Training in the buildup to the fight.

That's two 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.

Ukkonen manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ozbourne on his heels. He'll look to pass Ozbourne's guard now, I'm sure.
Ukkonen trying to control but Ozbourne is working from the bottom.
Ukkonen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ukkonen stopping the sweep attempt from Ozbourne.
Ukkonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ozbourne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ukkonen postures up in Ozbourne's guard and throws a big left but Ozbourne blocks it.
Ukkonen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ozbourne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ukkonen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ukkonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ukkonen content to stall in guard here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne keeping moving, preventing Ukkonen from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Ozbourne scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed right hand from Ozbourne misses the target.
Ukkonen feints the counter takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Ukkonen. Those never looked like landing.
Ozbourne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ozbourne slips a straight right by Ukkonen.
Ukkonen defending well as Ozbourne loads up on a big left hand.
Ukkonen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ozbourne.
Good exchange - Ukkonen coming out on top.
Ozbourne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ukkonen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Ozbourne explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ukkonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ukkonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Ozbourne closes the distance and pushes Ukkonen back into the cage.
Ukkonen tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ozbourne lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ozbourne fails to land.
Nice body punch from Ukkonen.
Ozbourne lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ukkonen is looking to break free of the clinch but Ozbourne has double underhooks.
Ozbourne prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ziggy Ozbourne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaino Ukkonen.
Ozbourne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Ozbourne 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.

Ozbourne drops Ukkonen with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Ukkonen looks back up at him and smiles so Ozbourne waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Ukkonen is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!

It looks like Kaino Ukkonen has been cut.
Kaino Ukkonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ozbourne drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Ukkonen's head, knocking him out cold! Ozbourne is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ziggy Ozbourne!
Ziggy Ozbourne seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.