PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Solberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Kasongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Solberg might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bad Moon Rising. Luis Kasongo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Peter Solberg's chin.

Solberg
vs
Kasongo

182 cm
21
215 lbs
9 - 1 - 1

188 cm
26
179 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Peter Solberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Kasongo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Solberg walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Solberg cracks the inside of Kasongo's front leg.
Kasongo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kasongo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Solberg.
Kasongo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Solberg moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kasongo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Solberg throws out a powerful jab.
A shot to the body from Kasongo misses
letting Solberg counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasongo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Solberg manages to avoid it.
Kasongo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Solberg's hands.
Solberg uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kasongo has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kasongo. Solberg does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasongo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Solberg.
Kasongo dodges the punch combination from Solberg.
Solberg throws a sloppy head kick and Kasongo moves out of range easily.
Solberg pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kasongo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Solberg rather than just go for the knockout.
Kasongo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Solberg.
Kasongo takes a swing at Solberg's ribcage but misses.
Kasongo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Solberg counters with an outside leg kick.
Solberg plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kasongo misses with a left hand
and Solberg counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Kasongo is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Solberg throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Kasongo is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Peter Solberg!
Peter Solberg managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$), into his post fight interview.