PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timzi Turpasauna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turpasauna has chosen WTF Collective as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Noir
vs
Turpasauna

190 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vince Noir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timzi Turpasauna!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Turpasauna closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Turpasauna throwing shots but Noir is blocking nicely.
Noir is refusing to be controlled, as Turpasauna sits in half guard.
Turpasauna wants to pass to mount but Noir is defending the position.
Noir is trying to stand back up but Turpasauna is controlling him
Turpasauna trying to pass the guard but Noir defending well.
Noir tries to kick Turpasauna off but Turpasauna keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Turpasauna is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Noir defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpasauna trying to mount his opponent but Noir defends it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Noir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turpasauna throws a combination that misses
and Noir counters with a left to the body.
Turpasauna is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Noir.
Noir thuds a left hand into Turpasauna's body.
Noir looks to land a combination but Turpasauna avoids it well.
Noir scores with a one two! Turpasauna had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vince Noir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turpasauna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turpasauna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Noir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Noir lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turpasauna circles away quickly and effectively.
Noir throws a series of punches but Turpasauna avoids them all with ease.
Turpasauna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noir throws a right hand that Turpasauna ducks under and follows up with a left that Turpasauna also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Turpasauna has Noir up against the cage in a clinch.
Noir wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Turpasauna has him pressed against the cage.
Turpasauna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Turpasauna on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Turpasauna takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Turpasauna presses Noir against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Turpasauna scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turpasauna lands a shoulder strike.
Turpasauna slows down the pace here.
Noir is trying to force a seperation but Turpasauna has the dominant position.
Turpasauna tries to throw a body punch but Noir avoids it by throwing Turpasauna back against the cage.
Turpasauna misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noir wants to break free but Turpasauna has control.
Turpasauna tries to pull guard but Noir holds him up against the cage and eventually Turpasauna drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turpasauna stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Turpasauna keeps him there for the moment.
Turpasauna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Noir looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Turpasauna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turpasauna has a couple of punches blocked by Noir.
Turpasauna lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Noir backwards.
Turpasauna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turpasauna misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Turpasauna to work.
Noir tries to break free but Turpasauna pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turpasauna.
Turpasauna lands a hook that snaps the head of Noir backwards.
Turpasauna dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Turpasauna as the two fighters clinch.
Turpasauna gets through Noir's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turpasauna lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Noir blocking some punches.
Turpasauna lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turpasauna swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turpasauna stalling in the clinch.
Turpasauna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turpasauna taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Noir tries to break free but Turpasauna pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Turpasauna.
Noir blocks a body shot from Turpasauna.
Noir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Come on Turpasauna - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Noir tries to break the clinch but Turpasauna is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timzi Turpasauna dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Noir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Turpasauna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Noir catches Turpasauna with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Noir connects with a crisp jab.
Noir keeps the fight on the outside.
Turpasauna is looking to clinch but Noir is avoiding it.
Turpasauna will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Noir throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Turpasauna moves into the clinch.
Turpasauna keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Noir's efforts to push away.
Turpasauna misses with a punch on the inside.
Turpasauna scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Noir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Noir is trying to break the clinch but Turpasauna is controlling him.
Turpasauna scores with a shot to the side of Noir's head.
Turpasauna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Turpasauna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Noir backwards.
Noir is trying to break free.
Turpasauna misses with a punch on the inside.
Noir has had enough of the clinch but Turpasauna keeps him there for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpasauna working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turpasauna.
Turpasauna swings wildly with an uppercut but Noir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turpasauna has a couple of punches blocked by Noir.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Turpasauna.
Turpasauna presses Noir against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Turpasauna lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Noir backwards.
Turpasauna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Turpasauna changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Noir fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Turpasauna shoots in for a takedown but Noir shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Vince Noir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timzi Turpasauna.
The fight stays on the outside here - Turpasauna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Noir throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpasauna doesn't manage to clinch there - Noir circles away.
Noir throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Turpasauna.
Turpasauna takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Noir fails to land with a series of punches.
Turpasauna walks into a straight right hand from Noir.
Noir slips a straight right by Turpasauna.
Turpasauna throws a combination. Noir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Vince Noir has been cut.
Turpasauna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Noir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vince Noir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turpasauna moves in looking to clinch but Noir pushes him off.
Turpasauna shoots in for a takedown but Noir shows good takedown defense.
Turpasauna is breathing heavily.
Turpasauna closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Noir misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice combination there by Noir.
Horrible takedown by Turpasauna or perhaps it was just good defense by Noir which made him look bad.
Noir misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Noir throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch combination from Noir misses.
A combination from Noir does no damage.
Noir looks to land a combination but Turpasauna avoids it well.
A left and a right from Noir both land. Nice combination.
Noir misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Noir misses with a two punch combination.
Noir fails to land with a series of punches.
Noir throws a one two combo.
Turpasauna tries to clinch up.
Turpasauna takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Noir scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Noir, as that shot connected.
Noir darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Turpasauna is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Turpasauna is rocked!
Noir lands with a big right hook that stumbles Turpasauna - he's out on his feet here! Noir follows up with another monster hook that separates Turpasauna from consciousness! Turpasauna falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Noir stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vince Noir!