PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ham Xu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mustalaisen Hevonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mustalaisen Hevonen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Xu
vs
Hevonen

180 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ham Xu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mustalaisen Hevonen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hevonen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Xu closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hevonen stops Xu from passing to mount.
Xu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hevonen down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hevonen gets back to half guard.
Xu is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hevonen is not content to let Xu control the position.
Xu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Xu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hevonen trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xu working Hevonen over with strikes.
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. Xu connects with a nice short shot to Hevonen's temple.
Ground and pound from Xu.
Xu trying to control the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hevonen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Xu.
Hevonen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Xu scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xu is thwarting Hevonen's attempts to control the position.
Hevonen is trying to get back to full guard.
Xu trying to control from half guard but Hevonen is working away.
Hevonen wants to get back to full guard.
Hevonen gets back to full guard.
Xu advances position into side control!
Hevonen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hevonen taking a bit of punishment here - Xu scoring with strikes.
Xu scoring with punches and elbows.
Hevonen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Hevonen is rocked!
You can see the frustration on Hevonen's face as Xu controls the position.
Xu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hevonen down.
Hevonen is still in real trouble! Can Xu finish him?
A big shot lands for Xu! That's hurt Hevonen! Will he recover? Xu fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ham Xu!