PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarko Vatanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alen Zalac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zalac is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Survival - Eminem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vatanen
vs
Zalac

190 cm
27
210 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Conviction
Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jarko Vatanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Zalac!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Vatanen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Zalac manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Alen Zalac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Vatanen moves into the clinch.
Vatanen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zalac has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Vatanen breaks from the clinch.
Vatanen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zalac has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Vatanen is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Vatanen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Vatanen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Zalac is trying to defend but Vatanen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Vatanen is working for a kimura but Zalac is defending it quite comfortably.
Zalac is pressing down on Vatanen's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zalac wants to get back to his feet but Vatanen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Vatanen wants to stand but Zalac has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Vatanen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zalac keeping moving, preventing Vatanen from controlling successfully.
Vatanen throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Zalac seems keen to control Vatanen's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Zalac shoots in for a takedown but Vatanen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Vatanen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Zalac to the ground. Vatanen is now in Zalac's guard.
Zalac has control of Vatanen's left arm, preventing Vatanen from doing any damage.
Vatanen trying to stand up but can't free himself from Zalac's guard.

Zalac kicks Vatanen off and gets to his feet.

Vatanen gets a clinch.

Vatanen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zalac is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Vatanen moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jarko Vatanen!
Our winner, Jarko Vatanen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.