PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nalle Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Berting Labra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhu comes to the cage accompanied by Yö - Parrasvalot. Labra has chosen krolithika as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karhu
vs
Labra

184 cm
37
194 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

188 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nalle Karhu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Berting Labra!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Labra ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karhu moves away.
Labra rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Karhu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Berting Labra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karhu scores with a jab to the body.
Labra cracks Karhu with an open hand slap.
Karhu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Labra.
No joy there for Labra, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Labra misses with a lunging right hand

and Karhu counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Labra!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Karhu is looking to take a break and control but Labra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Labra regains half guard, as Karhu was trying to land strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu trying to mount his opponent but Labra defends it.
Labra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Karhu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Labra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Karhu wants to pass to mount but Labra is defending the position.

Karhu has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Labra defend it? Karhu steps over the head and cranks it - Labra is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Karhu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nalle Karhu!
After winning the bout, Nalle Karhu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.