PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wax Philosophical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Veli Urhola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urhola has chosen The Trammps -Disco Inferno as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Philosophical
vs
Urhola

195 cm
38
274 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

194 cm
36
259 lbs
24 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wax Philosophical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Veli Urhola!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urhola throws a lazy right hand but Philosophical sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Urhola drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Philosophical utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Urhola trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Urhola throws a big right hand that misses.
Urhola passes into half guard.
Urhola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philosophical is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Urhola scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Urhola there.
Philosophical on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Philosophical is looking to escape.
Philosophical avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Urhola.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urhola lands strikes from half guard.
Urhola lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Urhola there.
Philosophical avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Urhola.
Philosophical wants to get back to his feet.
Philosophical on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Urhola landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Urhola looks to land a strike but Philosophical avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Urhola missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Urhola trying to control but Philosophical is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Urhola is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Urhola must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Philosophical is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Philosophical trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Philosophical as Urhola shoots in.
A little feinted left hand from Philosophical on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Philosophical keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Urhola.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urhola scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Philosophical tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Philosophical tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Urhola counters with a stiff right hand.
Wax Philosophical is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Urhola scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot lands for Urhola.
Urhola circles away from the clinch attempt
and Urhola counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical looks to throw the jab but Urhola is out of range.
Urhola is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Philosophical with a body shot.

Urhola forces Philosophical back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urhola.
Urhola working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Philosophical.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philosophical lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Urhola.
Urhola throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Philosophical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Philosophical misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philosophical.
Urhola blocking some punches.
Philosophical swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urhola.
Philosophical throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Urhola.
Urhola scores with a shot to the side of Philosophical's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veli Urhola dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Philosophical throws an off balance right hand

and Urhola counters by moving into the clinch.
Urhola lands an elbow that stopped Philosophical in his tracks for a moment.
Urhola lands a body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philosophical.

It looks like Veli Urhola has been cut.
Urhola stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Urhola. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Urhola tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Urhola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Philosophical working aggressively here.
Urhola has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Philosophical seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Urhola can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Philosophical fails to land.
Philosophical lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Urhola.
Philosophical has a couple of punches blocked by Urhola.
Urhola has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Urhola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Urhola bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Philosophical moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urhola scores with a jab to the body.
Urhola is trying hard to land a takedown here. Philosophical sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Philosophical seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Philosophical throws a sloppy head kick and Urhola moves out of range easily.
Urhola blocks a jab.
Philosophical takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Philosophical is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Urhola scores with the left hand. Philosophical knows he should have avoided that one.

Philosophical clinches up with Urhola and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philosophical.
Urhola with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philosophical has a couple of punches blocked by Urhola.
Wax Philosophical has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Philosophical scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Philosophical prevents a body shot from Urhola.
Philosophical misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urhola misses with an elbow over the top.
Philosophical misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philosophical misses with a short punch on the inside.
Philosophical lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Philosophical swings wildly with an uppercut but Urhola uses good head movement to avoid it.
Philosophical working aggressively here.
A short body shot lands from Urhola as the two fighters clinch.
Philosophical prevents a body shot from Urhola.
Philosophical misses with a hook from the clinch.
Philosophical throws a head punch that misses.
Philosophical looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philosophical.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Urhola blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Urhola.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Urhola scores with a shot to the side of Philosophical's head.
Urhola tries a knee to the head but Philosophical blocks it.
Urhola lands a shoulder strike.

Urhola drops Philosophical onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Philosophical is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Philosophical is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Urhola.
Oh Philosophical is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Urhola creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Philosophical's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Philosophical drops to his knees and Urhola pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Veli Urhola!
A relieved looking Veli Urhola thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.