PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Unski Hallavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosti Johannes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johannes has chosen Raised Fist - Killing It as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hallavaara
vs
Johannes

188 cm
23
214 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

181 cm
20
208 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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Combat Pro Design

Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Unski Hallavaara!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kosti Johannes!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Johannes.
Hallavaara throws a lazy head kick
and Johannes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johannes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johannes wants to clinch.
Johannes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hallavaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hallavaara throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Kosti Johannes has been cut.

Hallavaara rushes Johannes and presses him up against the ropes.
Johannes blocks an elbow strike from Hallavaara.
Hallavaara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hallavaara using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johannes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hallavaara as Johannes tries to tie him up.
Hallavaara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Johannes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hallavaara throws a punch but it's blocked by Johannes.

Johannes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Johannes fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hallavaara throws a head kick that misses.
Hallavaara misses with a hook. Johannes ducked under it nicely.
A head kick by Hallavaara misses
and Johannes counters with a straight right hand.
Johannes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johannes throws a head kick that misses.
Hallavaara gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Johannes.
Johannes punishes Hallavaara's body with a nice straight punch.
Hallavaara is breathing heavily.
Hallavaara swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Johannes to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hallavaara takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Johannes tries to clinch there but Hallavaara circles away.

Johannes drives through and clinches with Hallavaara against the ropes.
Johannes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Johannes blocks an elbow strike from Hallavaara.
Johannes misses with some punches.
Johannes blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Johannes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hallavaara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oooh a lovely combination from Johannes sends Hallavaara down but not out. Johannes dives into side control looking to finish.

Hallavaara is rocked!

It looks like Unski Hallavaara has been cut.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Johannes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Oh Hallavaara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Johannes! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kosti Johannes!
Kosti Johannes is the new light heavyweight champion!