PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nalle Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhu comes to the cage accompanied by Phil Collins - Against All Odds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karhu
vs
Manhoef

184 cm
27
194 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

175 cm
31
200 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Resistance
Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nalle Karhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Melvin Manhoef!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhoef throws a looping overhand right but Karhu ducks down to avoid it.
Karhu works Manhoef's body with a nice hook.
Manhoef throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Manhoef walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Karhu checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Karhu lands with a thumping leg kick.
Manhoef fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Manhoef.
Karhu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Manhoef misses with a series of wild punches.

Karhu manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Manhoef on his heels. He'll look to pass Manhoef's guard now, I'm sure.
Karhu distracts Manhoef with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Karhu throwing strikes from guard but Manhoef blocks nicely.
Karhu cracks Manhoef with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manhoef is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Karhu wants to pass the guard but Manhoef is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef trying to keep a closed guard but Karhu is proving a slippery customer.
Karhu slips nicely into half guard.
Karhu looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Karhu is keen to just control but Manhoef is a slippery customer.
Manhoef keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Manhoef tries to roll over but Karhu keeps him under control.
Karhu is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Karhu working over Manhoef with some ground and pound. Manhoef looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manhoef taking some punishment here, with Karhu in his half guard.

Karhu is trying to work for a kimura but Manhoef is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef blocking the ground and pound attempt from Karhu.
Karhu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Karhu is looking to take a break and control but Manhoef is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manhoef is trying to stand.
Karhu is controlling the pace.
Manhoef is looking for a sweep. Karhu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Karhu is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Karhu slips a nice elbow through Manhoef's hands, connecting with Manhoef's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef is trying to stand up here but Karhu is controlling him well.
Karhu tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manhoef knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Karhu slows the pace down in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Karhu connects with a nice short shot to Manhoef's temple.
Karhu prevents Manhoef from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Karhu.
Karhu is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Manhoef!
Karhu lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Karhu looking to finish Manhoef with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manhoef!
Karhu sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karhu with the ground and pound from mount.
Manhoef is in a horrible position here. Karhu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Karhu breaks from Manhoef's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Karhu is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Manhoef can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Karhu tries to control but Manhoef wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karhu landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nalle Karhu dominated that round.
That's time! Karhu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Karhu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manhoef.
Karhu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karhu scores with a shot to the body.
Karhu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Manhoef's jab looks to have found its range, popping Karhu under the eye.

Karhu closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Manhoef did well to prevent Karhu getting side control.
Karhu with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Karhu wants to control but Manhoef is keeping him busy.
Karhu working over Manhoef with some ground and pound. Manhoef looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Karhu is looking to take a break and control but Manhoef is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Karhu passes the guard and advances to mount!
Karhu wants to control the pace but Manhoef is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhoef wants to try and get back to his feet.
Karhu trying to control but Manhoef is having none of it.
Karhu with good strikes from the mount here!

Karhu looking to secure an arm triangle but Manhoef defends it well.
Karhu is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Karhu controlling the pace for now.
Manhoef is in a horrible position here. Karhu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhoef keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nalle Karhu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Karhu is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Manhoef can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karhu scoring with strikes but Manhoef is staying in there.
Karhu lands a nice shot to the head.
Karhu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Manhoef is looking to escape.
Manhoef is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Karhu can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Manhoef is looking to escape.
Karhu is really struggling to control Manhoef but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu controlling from the full mount.
Karhu cracks Manhoef with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Manhoef is trying to stand up.
Manhoef is in all sorts of trouble here.
Karhu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manhoef can do to turn this around?
Manhoef is breathing heavily.
Manhoef is in a horrible position here. Karhu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Karhu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karhu working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Karhu looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Karhu cracks Manhoef with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Manhoef is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Manhoef is still in real trouble! Can Karhu finish him?
Karhu content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Manhoef that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Karhu in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Karhu lands a big elbow.
Karhu lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Manhoef! Karhu sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Manhoef and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nalle Karhu!
Nalle Karhu gave a mention to Resistance in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).