PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aarre Voutilainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Kinkeri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voutilainen comes to the cage accompanied by Chase Is Better Than The Catch. Aarre Voutilainen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kalle Kinkeri's chin.

Voutilainen
vs
Kinkeri

185 cm
26
188 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

185 cm
24
200 lbs
12 - 3 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aarre Voutilainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Kinkeri!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Voutilainen. Kinkeri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kinkeri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Voutilainen.
Voutilainen throws a lazy right hand but Kinkeri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Voutilainen misses with a wild combination.
Kinkeri lands a nice shot to the body.
Kinkeri plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Voutilainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voutilainen misses the shot to the body.
Kinkeri looks to score with a jab to the body but Voutilainen is just out of range.
Kinkeri misses with a looping left.
Voutilainen misses with a wild body shot.
Voutilainen lands with a nice body punch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kinkeri.
Kinkeri with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Voutilainen is looking to wear down Kinkeri with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kinkeri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Voutilainen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kinkeri misses with a body kick.
Kinkeri blocks a jab.
Voutilainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kinkeri.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voutilainen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Kinkeri.
Voutilainen throws a jab when Kinkeri was well out of range.
Voutilainen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Voutilainen throws a right hand that Kinkeri ducks under and follows up with a left that Kinkeri also avoids with ease.

Kinkeri forces Voutilainen back against the cage and clinches.
Kinkeri tries to land a knee to the head but Voutilainen blocks with his arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kinkeri.
Kinkeri lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kinkeri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Voutilainen's efforts to push away.
Kinkeri stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kinkeri scores with a shot to the side of Voutilainen's head.
Kinkeri misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voutilainen.
Kinkeri tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Voutilainen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kinkeri smiles and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kinkeri.

Voutilainen tries to keep at a distance but Kinkeri has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voutilainen tries to break free but Kinkeri pushes him back against the cage.
Voutilainen wants to break the clinch but can't.

Voutilainen successfully pulls guard.
Kinkeri loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Voutilainen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kinkeri stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Voutilainen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Voutilainen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Voutilainen tries to get out of the position.
Kinkeri trying to control but Voutilainen is working from the bottom.
Kinkeri slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Voutilainen wants to get back to his feet but Kinkeri is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kinkeri stays in close to Voutilainen's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voutilainen trying to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Voutilainen blocks a leg kick.
Voutilainen misses with a two punch combination.
Kinkeri scores with a shot to the body.
Voutilainen misses with a looping right.
Kinkeri avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kinkeri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Voutilainen throws out the jab.
Kinkeri dodges the punch combination from Voutilainen.
Voutilainen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kinkeri.

Kinkeri clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kinkeri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Voutilainen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kinkeri lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Voutilainen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kinkeri uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Voutilainen.
Kinkeri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kinkeri throws a hook but Voutilainen blocks it.
Kinkeri fails with an attempt to clinch.
Voutilainen throws a hook but Kinkeri blocks it.
Kinkeri steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Voutilainen.
Voutilainen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Voutilainen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kinkeri tries a head kick but it misses.
Voutilainen throws a lazy right hand but Kinkeri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Voutilainen looks to land a left hand but Kinkeri moved out of range nicely.
Kinkeri misses with a body shot.
Voutilainen throws the left hand but Kinkeri avoids the punch easily.

Kinkeri instigates a clinch.
Voutilainen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voutilainen looking for a takedown.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Voutilainen misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Kinkeri dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kinkeri lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kinkeri ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Voutilainen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kinkeri with a jab.
Voutilainen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kinkeri at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Voutilainen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kinkeri - the referee stops the clock and Voutilainen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kinkeri. Voutilainen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice defenses there by Voutilainen.
Kinkeri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kinkeri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Voutilainen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Voutilainen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Voutilainen.
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!
Voutilainen drops Kinkeri with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Kinkeri! Voutilainen dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Aarre Voutilainen!