PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimmo Susitunturi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Stegnin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stegnin has chosen Battle Ready - Otep as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Susitunturi
vs
Stegnin

193 cm
26
218 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimmo Susitunturi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirill Stegnin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Susitunturi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Susitunturi tries to clinch there but Stegnin circles away.
Susitunturi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Susitunturi rushes Stegnin and presses him up against the cage.
Susitunturi jumps guard but Stegnin stands there with Susitunturi around his waist. Susitunturi gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stegnin prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kimmo Susitunturi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Stegnin manages to break the clinch.
Susitunturi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Kimmo Susitunturi has been cut.
Stegnin misses with a double jab.
Susitunturi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Susitunturi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stegnin tries to avoid it but Susitunturi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stegnin to the ground. Stegnin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stegnin clobbers Susitunturi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Susitunturi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stegnin cracks a nice hook into Susitunturi's ribs.
Susitunturi with a poor takedown
and Stegnin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Susitunturi is breathing heavily.
Stegnin misses with a two punch combination.
Susitunturi tries to clinch but Stegnin moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Susitunturi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Susitunturi tries to clinch but Stegnin is having none of it.
Susitunturi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stegnin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stegnin lunges at Susitunturi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Susitunturi's hand.

Stegnin cracks Susitunturi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Susitunturi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Stegnin finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stegnin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stegnin throws a right and a left that Susitunturi avoids nicely.
Susitunturi takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Stegnin lands a big uppercut and Susitunturi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Susitunturi looks OK. Stegnin waves Susitunturi back to his feet!

Susitunturi is rocked!

Kimmo Susitunturi's cut is getting worse.
Stegnin scores with a jab to the body.
Susitunturi walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Stegnin swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kirill Stegnin!
Our winner, Kirill Stegnin, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.