PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between No Pain No Gain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akseli Ukkola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Akseli Ukkola was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Pain No Gain
vs
Ukkola

200 cm
28
414 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

214 cm
25
270 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Zombie Nutrition - LOD

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, No Pain No Gain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akseli Ukkola!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No Gain fails in his attempt to clinch.

Ukkola shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. No Gain is trying to defend but Ukkola finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
No Gain definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ukkola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
No Gain is looking to escape.
Ukkola is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
No Gain knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ukkola on the ground.
Ukkola is nestled in close to No Gain, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
No Gain avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ukkola.
Ukkola scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ukkola connects with a nice short shot to No Gain's temple.
Ukkola lands with a punch from half guard.
No Gain wants to get back to his feet.
No Gain has hold of Ukkola's hands but Ukkola slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ukkola slips a nice elbow through No Gain's hands, connecting with No Gain's forehead.
No Gain taking some punishment here, with Ukkola in his half guard.

No Gain is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ukkola is trying for a kimura here. No Gain looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Ukkola wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Akseli Ukkola! Akseli Ukkola retains his super heavyweight title!
Akseli Ukkola really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Zombie Nutrition - LOD logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.