PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alex Raiona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Knoxville (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Knoxville acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Raiona
vs
Knoxville

188 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Raiona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonny Knoxville!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raiona moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Raiona shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Raiona is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Knoxville had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Raiona defends it easily.

Knoxville is looking for a triangle but Raiona pushes his legs off easily.
Raiona postures up.
Raiona content to stall in guard here.
Raiona might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Knoxville has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Raiona is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Knoxville.
Knoxville taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiona controls the position.
Raiona working away.
Knoxville is looking to reverse the position.
Knoxville tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Knoxville is in a horrible position here. Raiona smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Raiona with good strikes from the mount here!
Raiona fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Knoxville is rocked!
Knoxville taking shots to the head.
Knoxville is still in real trouble! Can Raiona finish him?
Raiona working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Raiona knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Knoxville on the ground.
Raiona controlling from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raiona connects with a bit shot that sees Knoxville covering up! More strikes from Raiona and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Raiona is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Raiona!