PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juhani Talvilahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sahko Zelenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Talvilahti
vs
Zelenko

188 cm
21
188 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juhani Talvilahti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sahko Zelenko!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zelenko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Juhani Talvilahti has been cut.
Zelenko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Talvilahti changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zelenko tries to avoid it but Talvilahti manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zelenko to the ground. Zelenko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Talvilahti is looking to clinch but Zelenko is avoiding it.
Talvilahti dodges the punch combination from Zelenko.
Zelenko throws a head kick that misses.
Talvilahti shoots in looking for a takedown but Zelenko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Talvilahti's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Zelenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Talvilahti doesn't manage to clinch there - Zelenko circles away.
Zelenko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Talvilahti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sahko Zelenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talvilahti misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juhani Talvilahti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zelenko throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Whack! Zelenko lands a heavy head kick that drops Talvilahti. The ref tackles Zelenko to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Talvilahti was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Sahko Zelenko!
Juhani Talvilahti was interviewed post fight and said 'That was a good fight. I learned many things that will help me in my next match. WAR!'.