PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikka Kinnunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Cormier
vs
Kinnunen

186 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Cormier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikka Kinnunen!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kinnunen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cormier could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Cormier looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Kinnunen!
Cormier landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kinnunen is in a horrible position here. Cormier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The referee warns Kinnunen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cormier postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kinnunen looks a forlorn figure.
Cormier has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kinnunen's face.
Cormier raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kinnunen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cormier landing shots from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cormier with shots to the head and body - Kinnunen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kinnunen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cormier. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cormier lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cormier working the ground and pound effectively.
Cormier landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kinnunen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cormier scoring with strikes but Kinnunen is staying in there.
Kinnunen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kinnunen looks winded!
Cormier connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cormier prevents Kinnunen from getting the reversal.
Kinnunen in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kinnunen is in a horrible position here. Cormier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cormier scoring with strikes but Kinnunen is staying in there.
Cormier landing strikes from the mount and Kinnunen is in trouble!
Kinnunen working to try and regain half guard.
Cormier raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cormier lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Cormier connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cormier connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
A nice elbow there by Cormier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cormier raining down shots from the mount!
Cormier in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cormier with shots to the head and body - Kinnunen looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cormier raining down shots from the mount!
Cormier raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cormier working the ground and pound effectively.
Cormier 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.
Cormier lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kinnunen hang on?
Cormier scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cormier landing strikes from the mount and Kinnunen is in trouble!
Cormier has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kinnunen's face.
Cormier lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cormier unloading with bombs!
Kinnunen is in a horrible position here. Cormier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cormier dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cormier landing strikes from the mount.
Cormier lands a big elbow.
Kinnunen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cormier with the ground and pound from mount.

Kinnunen is rocked!
Cormier scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kinnunen?
Kinnunen is still in real trouble! Can Cormier finish him?
Kinnunen taking shots to the head.
Cormier punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cormier postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Kinnunen in real trouble here! The ref calls for Kinnunen to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Cormier!