PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bernie McLeod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henri Eskola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McLeod comes to the cage accompanied by Flower of Scotland. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

McLeod
vs
Eskola

188 cm
24
182 lbs
9 - 5 - 2

180 cm
29
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bernie McLeod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henri Eskola!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eskola throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Eskola looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Eskola has his takedown stuffed
and McLeod counters with a series of strikes. Eskola will be more careful next time no doubt.

McLeod sends Eskola crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! McLeod is motioning to the referee to let Eskola up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Eskola is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McLeod steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Eskola is out on his feet! McLeod sets himself and nearly takes Eskola's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bernie McLeod!
A relieved looking Bernie McLeod thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.