PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Neville Champman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Taalasmaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taalasmaa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smurffit - Tunteisiin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Seppo Taalasmaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Champman
vs
Taalasmaa

178 cm
22
161 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

172 cm
23
167 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Vicious Nutrition (159 Recovery With Proof)

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Neville Champman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Taalasmaa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Champman moves into the clinch successfully.
Taalasmaa scores with a hook to the body.
Taalasmaa has Champman pushed against the cage.
Taalasmaa is trying to maintain a safe position but Champman gets an underhook and turns Taalasmaa into the cage.
Taalasmaa taking a breather.
Champman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taalasmaa is defending well for now.
Champman is trying to stall.
Champman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Taalasmaa is defending well for now.
Taalasmaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Champman - that landed with a thud.
Taalasmaa wants to get back to striking at distance but Champman won't allow it.
Taalasmaa wants a takedown.
A short uppercut from Taalasmaa.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Champman wants to break free but Taalasmaa has control.
Taalasmaa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Taalasmaa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taalasmaa taking a breather.
Champman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Taalasmaa is keeping busy.
Taalasmaa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taalasmaa.
Champman is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Taalasmaa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Taalasmaa slowing the pace effectively.
Taalasmaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taalasmaa dodges an elbow strike from Champman.
Champman lands an elbow inside.
Taalasmaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Champman or not.
Champman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taalasmaa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Champman can't break the clinch.
Taalasmaa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Taalasmaa breaks from the clinch.
Champman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Taalasmaa swivels and escapes.
Taalasmaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Taalasmaa slips under a jab.
Taalasmaa throws a hook but Champman blocks it.
Champman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Taalasmaa swats away the attempt to clinch by Champman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Champman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Taalasmaa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neville Champman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taalasmaa slaps away a takedown attempt from Champman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Seppo Taalasmaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taalasmaa lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheers as Taalasmaa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Champman doesn't seem phased though.
Champman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Taalasmaa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Taalasmaa finds it's way through Champman's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taalasmaa cracks a nice hook into Champman's ribs.
Champman tries to clinch but Taalasmaa is having none of it.
Taalasmaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Champman is just out of range.
Taalasmaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Champman should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Champman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Champman avoids the body shot from Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa lands a right hook to the body.
Taalasmaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Champman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Champman is breathing heavily.
Taalasmaa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Taalasmaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Champman walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Champman is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taalasmaa connects with a body shot.
Oh Champman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taalasmaa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice cross by Taalasmaa.
Taalasmaa closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Champman! Taalasmaa dives in looking to finish! Champman is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seppo Taalasmaa!