PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matts Nilsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Kolmiokuristus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kolmiokuristus has chosen bad boy - cascada as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nilsson
vs
Kolmiokuristus

188 cm
26
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
34
214 lbs
28 - 22 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin

Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matts Nilsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Kolmiokuristus!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nilsson looks to land a right hand but Kolmiokuristus moved out of range.

Kolmiokuristus closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Nilsson to the mat! Nilsson manages to get full guard.
Kolmiokuristus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kolmiokuristus lands a couple of elbows.
Kolmiokuristus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kolmiokuristus throws a big elbow that misses.
Kolmiokuristus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kolmiokuristus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nilsson's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kolmiokuristus prevents Nilsson from getting back to his feet.
Nilsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kolmiokuristus.
Kolmiokuristus stands up over Nilsson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kolmiokuristus controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kolmiokuristus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kolmiokuristus working some strikes from top position.
Nilsson keeping moving, preventing Kolmiokuristus from controlling successfully.
Kolmiokuristus lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolmiokuristus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nilsson's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kolmiokuristus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kolmiokuristus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kolmiokuristus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kolmiokuristus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kolmiokuristus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nilsson's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kolmiokuristus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kolmiokuristus working some strikes from top position.
Nilsson is breathing heavily.
Kolmiokuristus working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Nilsson is rocked!
Kolmiokuristus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kolmiokuristus lands a couple of digs.
Kolmiokuristus gets to his feet and stands over Nilsson, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Nilsson felt that one! Kolmiokuristus unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Nilsson from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Kolmiokuristus!
A relieved looking Kalle Kolmiokuristus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.