PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anton Koivisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gianpiero Tassotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tassotti has chosen Alphazone - Stay as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Koivisto
vs
Tassotti

182 cm
18
163 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
165 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anton Koivisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gianpiero Tassotti!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tassotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koivisto manages to avoid it.
Gianpiero Tassotti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koivisto wants to clinch but Tassotti slips to the side
and Tassotti counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Koivisto thinking.
Koivisto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tassotti is looking to land body kicks.
Tassotti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tassotti throws a shot from downtown. Koivisto moves away and avoids it.
Koivisto doesn't manage to clinch there - Tassotti circles away.
Jab, jab by Tassotti - just one landing.
Koivisto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tassotti manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koivisto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Koivisto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tassotti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tassotti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koivisto ducks under a wild hook from Tassotti.
Koivisto wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tassotti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koivisto.
A shot to the liver by Tassotti. Beautiful body shot.
Tassotti throws a series of punches but Koivisto avoids them all with ease.

Tassotti moves into the clinch.
Koivisto tries to throw a body punch but Tassotti avoids it by throwing Koivisto back against the cage.
Koivisto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tassotti's efforts to push away.
Tassotti prevents the takedown attempt.
Tassotti lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koivisto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koivisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Tassotti controls his hands.
Koivisto blocks a body shot from Tassotti.
Koivisto can't find room to land a body shot as Tassotti controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koivisto looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anton Koivisto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koivisto misses with some punches.
Tassotti is trying to push Koivisto away but Koivisto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Koivisto looking to slow down the pace here.

Tassotti breaks from the clinch.
Koivisto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tassotti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tassotti missing with a left hand there. Koivisto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koivisto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tassotti throws a lazy uppercut
and Koivisto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koivisto is looking to clinch but Tassotti is avoiding it.
The fighters circling - Koivisto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koivisto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tassotti tries to close the distance and clinch but Koivisto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tassotti moves into the clinch successfully.
Koivisto tries to land a knee to the head but Tassotti blocks with his arms.
Tassotti lands an uppercut.
Tassotti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Tassotti jumps into guard, dragging Koivisto to the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tassotti throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Koivisto throws a big right hand that misses.
Koivisto wants to pass the guard but Tassotti is keeping the position.
Koivisto preventing the sweep.
Tassotti has Koivisto pulled in close to control his posture.
Tassotti keeping moving, preventing Koivisto from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tassotti controlling Koivisto's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gianpiero Tassotti.

Tassotti lands a big right hand that sends Koivisto crashing to the mat! Tassotti stays standing though and waves Koivisto back to his feet!

Koivisto is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koivisto walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Tassotti! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gianpiero Tassotti!
Gianpiero Tassotti seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.