PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eino Kolehmainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philo Beddoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beddoe has chosen Stranglehold/ Ted Nugent as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Kolehmainen
vs
Beddoe

178 cm
31
185 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

174 cm
25
195 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eino Kolehmainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philo Beddoe!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beddoe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kolehmainen tries to move into range but Beddoe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Beddoe lands with a nice combination. Kolehmainen backs away looking to recover.
Nice body punch from Beddoe.
Beddoe digs a good body shot into Kolehmainen's ribs.
Kolehmainen shoots in for a takedown but Beddoe shows good takedown defense.
Beddoe stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kolehmainen slips under a jab.
Kolehmainen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beddoe's waist but Beddoe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kolehmainen off to one side.
Beddoe digs a good hook to Kolehmainen's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kolehmainen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beddoe as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eino Kolehmainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beddoe stalks Kolehmainen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kolehmainen's face. Kolehmainen staggers backwards, shaken.
Beddoe throws the kick towards the body but Kolehmainen avoids it.
Kolehmainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beddoe as he avoids it easily.
Kolehmainen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd cheers as Beddoe lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kolehmainen doesn't seem phased though.
Kolehmainen misses with a takedown attempt - Beddoe sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kolehmainen shoots in looking for a takedown. Beddoe tries to sprawl out of it but Kolehmainen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beddoe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Beddoe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beddoe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beddoe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kolehmainen takes one to the chin there.

Kolehmainen is rocked!
Beddoe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Beddoe duly obliges.
Oh Kolehmainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beddoe closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Kolehmainen out cold! Kolehmainen corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Philo Beddoe!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Philo Beddoe made sure he mentioned Conquer, along with how happy he was to win his fight.