PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Saari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Do Ma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ma has chosen One the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Saari
vs
Ma

192 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
272 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Henry Saari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Do Ma!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saari throws a nice looking combination but Ma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saari misses with a body shot.
Ma connects with a looping right hand.
Saari throws a hook to the side of Ma's head but Ma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saari could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Saari throws a body punch but Ma moves out of range.
Saari throws a right hand that Ma ducks under and follows up with a left that Ma also avoids with ease.
Nice shot by Ma.
Ma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Saari throws a series of punches but Ma avoids them all with ease.
Ma slips a jab and a cross from Saari.
Saari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saari misses with a hook
and Ma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ma.
Saari pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ma is out of range and Saari settles back down.
Ma scores with a one two! Saari had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ma throws a right hand that Saari ducks under and follows up with a left that Saari also avoids with ease.
Do Ma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ma was well out of range. Poor timing from Saari.
Saari lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ma moves away.
Ma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Saari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ma stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saari.
Saari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Saari is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ma.
Saari looks to land a left hand but Ma moved out of range nicely.
Ma with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Saari to score with a decent uppercut.
Saari throws a hook but Ma avoids it easily.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Ma got wobbled bad by a big combination! Saari presses forward with punches and knees until Ma stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Ma closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Saari!