PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abel Koponen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anders Tolborg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolborg has chosen Because I Got High as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Koponen
vs
Tolborg

187 cm
25
215 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

185 cm
30
215 lbs
14 - 11 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Abel Koponen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Tolborg!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolborg lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Abel Koponen has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Koponen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tolborg has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tolborg and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Koponen.
A big left from Tolborg misses.
Tolborg throws a right hand that misses
and Koponen counters with a straight right hand.
Koponen misses with a wild combination.
Koponen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koponen slips under a jab from Tolborg.
Jab, jab by Tolborg - just one landing.
Koponen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolborg swings widly with a right hand
and Koponen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tolborg lands with a good body shot.
Tolborg misses with a hook
and Koponen counters with a nice uppercut.
Tolborg misses with a series of wild punches.
Tolborg getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koponen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tolborg is fending him off so far but Koponen persists. Nope, Tolborg circles away and we're back to standing.
Anders Tolborg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koponen throws a head kick but Tolborg moves out of range.
Koponen tries to clinch but Tolborg moves out of range.
Tolborg swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolborg scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koponen doesn't seem bothered though.
Koponen staying out of range there.
Tolborg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koponen fails to land with a series of punches.
Koponen throws a nice looking combination but Tolborg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tolborg throws a big shot that misses.
Tolborg is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tolborg might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Koponen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tolborg misses with a straight right.
Koponen just misses with a punch to the body.
Koponen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Anders Tolborg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolborg cracks Koponen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Koponen is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolborg scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oh Koponen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koponen is breathing heavily.
Koponen leaves his chin hanging out and Tolborg seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Koponen crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anders Tolborg!
Anders Tolborg really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Revolution Fatigues logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.