PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tran Anh Khoa (ranked 25171 p4p, 3576 weight class) and Jouko Saitio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anh Khoa's entrance music is Phía Sau Em. A fine choice. Tran Anh Khoa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Anh Khoa
vs
Saitio

171 cm
19
186
1 - 3 - 0

174 cm
25
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tran Anh Khoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jouko Saitio!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saitio dives in and scores a takedown into Anh Khoa's guard.
Anh Khoa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saitio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Saitio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Anh Khoa has momentary wrist control but Saitio slips an elbow through the middle.
Saitio has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Saitio connects with a couple of short punches.
Saitio is working Anh Khoa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Saitio wants to control from the top but Anh Khoa keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Saitio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saitio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Saitio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saitio lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saitio advances position into side control!
Saitio cracks Anh Khoa with a big elbow.

Anh Khoa is rocked!
Saitio in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Anh Khoa looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Saitio turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jouko Saitio!