PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nahka Vitonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitonen comes to the cage accompanied by Klamydia - Junttihinttirunkkari. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pope's choice of entrance music: LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vitonen
vs
Pope

197 cm
32
270 lbs
28 - 16 - 0

198 cm
35
273 lbs
34 - 14 - 0

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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 28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nahka Vitonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Trent Pope!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitonen misses with a low kick.
Vitonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vitonen misses with a shot to the body
and Pope counters with a nice uppercut.
Vitonen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pope.
Pope moves away from the strike by Vitonen.
Vitonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pope. Vitonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pope.
Pope throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pope has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pope there as he acknowledges the shot.
Vitonen throws a leg kick but Pope sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nahka Vitonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vitonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vitonen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pope.
Pope ducks under a wild hook from Vitonen.
Vitonen walks into a left hand.
A left lands for Pope.

Pope rushes Vitonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pope misses with an elbow strike.
Vitonen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pope is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope misses with an elbow over the top.
Vitonen can't find room to land a body shot as Pope controls the action.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vitonen is defending well for now.
Pope pushes Vitonen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Vitonen scores with a shoulder strike.
Vitonen has Pope pressed against the cage, preventing Pope from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vitonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vitonen blocks the elbow strike.
Pope tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pope presses Vitonen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pope blocks an elbow strike from Vitonen.
Vitonen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vitonen is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pope lands an uppercut.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vitonen's defenses.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Vitonen shrugs off.
Vitonen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Vitonen misses with a punch to the body.
Pope lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands a body punch.
Pope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Pope's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pope jabs at Vitonen's body.
Vitonen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pope. Pope obviously looking to wear him down.

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

Vitonen is rocked!

Pope gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oh Vitonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Pope escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pope drops Vitonen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Pope follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trent Pope!
Trent Pope seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.