PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Nunes (ranked 4500 p4p, 4362 weight class) and Nuori Ukkonen (ranked 461 p4p, 457 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Nunes
vs
Ukkonen

183 cm
18
179
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
178
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nuori Ukkonen!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunes takes a swing at Ukkonen's ribcage but misses.
Ukkonen connects with a right hand. Nunes shakes it off.
A swing and a miss from Ukkonen.
A combination from Ukkonen does no damage.
Nunes throws a body punch but Ukkonen moves out of range.
Ukkonen throws the left hand but Nunes avoids the punch easily.
Nunes throws a jab when Ukkonen was well out of range.
Ukkonen throws a poor cross that misses
and Nunes counters with a nice uppercut.

Nunes feints and as Ukkonen raises his hands in defense, Nunes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nunes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nunes looking to pass the guard.
Ukkonen working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ukkonen on the ground.
Nunes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nunes scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nunes is in close to Ukkonen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nunes is in close to Ukkonen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nunes trying to control but Ukkonen is working from the bottom.
Nunes engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ukkonen trying to control the position.
Ukkonen wants to sweep here but Nunes controlling him for the moment.
Nunes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ukkonen has momentary wrist control but Nunes slips an elbow through the middle.

Ukkonen working for a triangle but Nunes defends it easily.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ukkonen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nunes definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunes with a nice head shot there.
Nunes wants to control from the top but Ukkonen keeps moving.
Ukkonen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nunes distracts Ukkonen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ukkonen has momentary wrist control but Nunes slips an elbow through the middle.
Nunes controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ukkonen is trying to control the position but Nunes postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Ukkonen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nunes defends well.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nunes slips under a jab from Ukkonen.
Ukkonen throws a looping overhand right but Nunes ducks down to avoid it.
Ukkonen lands a nice shot that snaps Nunes's head back.

It looks like Roberto Nunes has been cut.
Ukkonen ducks under a wild hook from Nunes.

Ukkonen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nunes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nunes is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Nunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Nunes's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Ukkonen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ukkonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ukkonen missing with a left hand there. Nunes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ukkonen scores with the left hand. Nunes knows he should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Nunes. Beautiful body shot.
Ukkonen lands with a hook. Nunes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ukkonen misses with a looping left.
Ukkonen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ukkonen scores with a sloppy right hand. Nunes should have avoided that one.

Nunes is rocked!
Nuori Ukkonen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nunes tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ukkonen defends well and Nunes ends up having to push Ukkonen into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Oh Nunes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ukkonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ukkonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ukkonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Nunes.
Nunes seems to have got his legs back now.
Ukkonen throws a big uppercut that drops Nunes! More strikes from Ukkonen and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Nunes lies dazed against the cage as Ukkonen celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nuori Ukkonen!