PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Einari Leimari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slurgo Morgoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Einari Leimari could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Slurgo Morgoth's chin.

Leimari
vs
Morgoth

181 cm
19
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

172 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Einari Leimari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slurgo Morgoth!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morgoth misses with a low kick.

Morgoth shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Morgoth is nestled in close to Leimari, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Leimari avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Morgoth.
Morgoth takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Morgoth not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morgoth wants to control but Leimari is keeping him busy.
Morgoth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Morgoth drops an elbow to the side of Leimari's head.
Morgoth takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morgoth passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Leimari!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgoth working the ground and pound effectively.
Morgoth putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leimari takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Morgoth pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Leimari that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morgoth prevents Leimari from getting the reversal.
Morgoth working the ground and pound effectively.

Leimari is rocked!
Leimari knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Morgoth on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leimari tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oh Leimari is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morgoth postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Leimari badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Morgoth around the waist but Morgoth pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Morgoth is the winner by TKO! Morgoth jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slurgo Morgoth!
A very excited looking Slurgo Morgoth made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.