PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yento La Malicia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dall
vs
La Malicia

200 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yento La Malicia!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for La Malicia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
La Malicia throws a head kick that misses.

La Malicia drives through and clinches with Dall against the cage.
La Malicia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dall smiles and moves away.

La Malicia pushes Dall up against the cage in a clinch.
Dall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
La Malicia is trying to pull guard but Dall has him pressed against the cage.
La Malicia is trying to pull guard but Dall turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Karl Dall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yento La Malicia.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

La Malicia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Malicia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dall's waist but Dall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing La Malicia off to one side.
La Malicia closes the distance and clinches up with Dall, looking for a takedown. La Malicia pushes Dall against the cage but Dall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Malicia was well out of range. Poor timing from Dall.
An inside leg kick lands from La Malicia.
La Malicia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dall pinned against the cage. Dall gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
La Malicia shoots in but Dall avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
La Malicia dives in and grabs Dall's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dall pushes down on La Malicia's head and hops out.
Dall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dall lands a body shot.
La Malicia looks winded!
La Malicia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dall to score with a decent uppercut.
La Malicia shoots in for a double leg but Dall sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
La Malicia takes one to the side of the head.
La Malicia throws a sloppy head kick and Dall moves out of range easily.
Dall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dall stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dall takes a swing at La Malicia's ribcage but misses.
Dall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
La Malicia doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dall with a nice cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dall thuds a left hand into La Malicia's body.
Dall scores with a one two! La Malicia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dall lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - La Malicia can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Dall and La Malicia drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Dall.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Dall!
Karl Dall spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.