PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Epicity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jouko Viljanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Epicity's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Semi Charmed Life. 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.

Epicity
vs
Viljanen

185 cm
23
179 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
176 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Turbo Epicity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jouko Viljanen!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Epicity scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Viljanen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Epicity counters with a three punch combo that has Viljanen backing up. Viljanen nods at Epicity to acknowledge the strikes.
Viljanen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Epicity thuds his right hand into Viljanen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Viljanen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Viljanen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Viljanen takes a shot to the head.
Viljanen has had enough of the clinch but Epicity keeps him there for the moment.
Epicity lands with a short shot to the head.
Epicity working aggressively here.
Epicity presses Viljanen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Epicity lands a left hand that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Viljanen working aggressively here.
Epicity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viljanen digs a right hand into Epicity's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Epicity's gas tank.
Epicity lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Epicity fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Epicity.
A shot in the inside from Epicity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Epicity prevents a body shot from Viljanen.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Epicity.
Viljanen tries to stall but Epicity uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Viljanen trying to stall but Epicity improves his position.
A short right from Epicity.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Epicity.
Nice body punch from Epicity.
Viljanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Epicity uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Viljanen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viljanen presses Epicity against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Epicity goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Viljanen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Epicity lands a right hand that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viljanen.
Viljanen misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity can't find room to land a body shot as Viljanen controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Viljanen - that landed with a thud.
Epicity lands a nice shot to the body.
Viljanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Epicity.
Epicity has a couple of punches blocked by Viljanen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity scores with a nice hook to the head.
Viljanen has Epicity pressed against the cage.
Epicity swings wildly with an uppercut but Viljanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Epicity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
Viljanen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Viljanen has Epicity pressed against the cage.
Viljanen has a couple of punches blocked by Epicity.
Viljanen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Epicity tries to throw a body punch but Viljanen avoids it by throwing Epicity back against the cage.
Viljanen blocks a body shot from Epicity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity tries a body shot but Viljanen blocks it.
Epicity blocks a body shot from Viljanen.
Viljanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Viljanen tries to stall but Epicity uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Viljanen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Viljanen misses with some punches.
Epicity gets through Viljanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Epicity.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Viljanen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Viljanen.
Viljanen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viljanen.
Epicity working aggressively here.
Viljanen blocking some punches.
A short right from Viljanen on the inside.
Viljanen wants to stall.
Epicity misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viljanen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Epicity swings wildly with an uppercut but Viljanen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Viljanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Epicity lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Viljanen or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Viljanen lands with a light punch inside.
Viljanen looking to stall.
Viljanen lands with a short shot to the head.
Epicity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Epicity.
Viljanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Epicity controls his hands.
Epicity misses with a hook to the ribs.
Epicity throws a punch but it's blocked by Viljanen.
Viljanen trying to stall but Epicity improves his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Epicity lands with a right to the head.
Epicity lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Epicity.
A short right from Epicity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Turbo Epicity dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Viljanen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Epicity counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from Viljanen misses.
Viljanen misses with a low kick.
Epicity throws a body shot but no joy.
Viljanen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jouko Viljanen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Epicity closes the distance and clinches.
Turbo Epicity has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Epicity - that landed with a thud.
Epicity working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epicity.
Viljanen is trying to force a seperation but Epicity has the dominant position.
Epicity scores with a shot to the side of Viljanen's head.
Epicity lands on the inside with an uppercut.

It looks like Jouko Viljanen has been cut.
Viljanen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Viljanen misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Viljanen.

Viljanen breaks the clinch.
Viljanen throws a shot from downtown. Epicity moves away and avoids it.
Epicity swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viljanen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Epicity looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Epicity wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity ducks under a wild hook from Viljanen.
Epicity connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Viljanen's hands.
Viljanen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Viljanen tries to land a front kick but Epicity steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Epicity throws a push kick but Viljanen slaps the foot to one side.
Epicity is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Viljanen can do to turn this around?
Viljanen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Viljanen throws a sloppy head kick and Epicity moves out of range easily.
Viljanen wants to land a leg kick but Epicity is out of range.
Viljanen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Epicity counters with an inside leg kick.
Epicity lands a jab to Viljanen's midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Viljanen.
Epicity wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Viljanen throws a body kick that misses
and Epicity counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Epicity scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Viljanen misses with a leg kick
and Epicity counters with a stiff right hand.
Epicity lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viljanen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Epicity.
The fighters circle momentarily. Epicity darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Epicity takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Epicity turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Epicity checks a low kick from Viljanen.
Viljanen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEpicity.
Viljanen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Epicity counters with a low kick, right behind Viljanen 's knee.
Viljanen tries to clinch up.
Viljanen throws a hook to the side of Epicity's head but Epicity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Epicity looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Epicity is looking to wear down Viljanen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Viljanen misses with a hook
and Epicity counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Epicity with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Viljanen misses with a shot to the body
letting Epicity counter with a right hand.
Viljanen looks to score with a jab to the body but Epicity is just out of range.
Viljanen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Viljanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Epicity cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Viljanen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Epicity with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Viljanen. Epicity does a little dance to reset his feet.
Epicity slips a straight right by Viljanen.
Viljanen throws a wild body kick that Epicity sees coming a mile off.
Viljanen scores with a hook to the body. Epicity takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Epicity cracks Viljanen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Viljanen tries to clinch there but Epicity circles away.
Viljanen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Epicity was well out of range. Poor timing from Viljanen.
Viljanen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Viljanen misses with a lunging right hand
and Epicity counters with a low kick, right behind Viljanen 's knee.
Viljanen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Epicity.
Epicity is looking to counter punch.
Decent striking displayed by Epicity there.
Epicity keeps the fight on the outside.
Epicity scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Viljanen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Epicity connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Viljanen misses with a body shot
and Epicity counters with a low kick, right behind Viljanen 's knee.
A slapping body kick lands there for Viljanen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Epicity moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Epicity as the two fighters clinch.
Epicity swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Epicity lands with a left to the head.
Viljanen tries a body shot but Epicity blocks it.
Viljanen blocks a body shot from Epicity.
Epicity tries a body shot but Viljanen blocks it.
Viljanen pushes Epicity back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Viljanen lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viljanen.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Viljanen is trying to break the clinch but Epicity is controlling him.
Viljanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Epicity's elbow.
Epicity misses with a short punch on the inside.
Epicity lands a left hand that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Turbo Epicity dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jouko Viljanen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Viljanen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Epicity circles away quickly and effectively.
Epicity takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Viljanen looks to land a body kick but Epicity moved away.
Epicity throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Epicity throws a half hearted mid kick.
Viljanen misses with a low kick.
Viljanen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Epicity.
Epicity tries to close the distance and clinch up but Viljanen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Viljanen throws a head kick but Epicity moves out of range.
Epicity uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Viljanen.
Epicity checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Epicity avoids the body shot from Viljanen.
Viljanen swings widly with a right hand
and Epicity counters with a stiff right hand.
Epicity will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turbo Epicity is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Viljanen misses the target.
Viljanen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Epicity counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Viljanen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Epicity checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A lazy left from Epicity finds it's target.
Viljanen misses the jab.
Nice shot by Epicity.
Viljanen throws a head kick that misses.
Good shot there by Epicity.
Epicity lands with a shot to the body.
Epicity lands with a nice body punch.
Epicity fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Viljanen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Epicity ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Viljanen moves away.
Jab from Epicity.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Epicity rushes Viljanen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Epicity has a couple of punches blocked by Viljanen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viljanen lands a right hand.
Viljanen misses with a punch to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Epicity as Viljanen tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Epicity.
Epicity lands with a right to the head.
Viljanen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Epicity tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Viljanen's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Epicity.
Viljanen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Epicity blocks an uppercut.
Epicity lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Epicity lands a hook that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Viljanen.
Viljanen stalling in the clinch but Epicity improves position.
Epicity gets through Viljanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
Viljanen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Viljanen throws a punch but it's blocked by Epicity.
Epicity misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Epicity.
Viljanen avoiding damage.
Epicity misses with a body punch.
Epicity lands with a light punch inside.
Viljanen just leaning against Epicity, taking a breather.
Epicity makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Epicity working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Epicity.
Viljanen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Epicity lands with a light punch inside.
Viljanen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Epicity backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Epicity.
Epicity blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Epicity makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Viljanen is rocked!
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!
Epicity stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Viljanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Epicity finish him?
Epicity tries a body shot but Viljanen blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Epicity.
Viljanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Viljanen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Viljanen stalling in the clinch but Epicity improves position.
Epicity lands a right hand that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
Epicity tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Viljanen tries to work over Epicity's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Epicity lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Viljanen backwards.
Viljanen misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Epicity.
Viljanen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Epicity's elbow.
Epicity lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Epicity lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Turbo Epicity clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Jouko Viljanen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Viljanen throws a sloppy body shot
and Epicity counters with a huge left! Viljanen is in big trouble! He's backing up but Epicity isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Viljanen from any more damage. A dominating finish by Epicity!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Turbo Epicity!
Turbo Epicity retains his welterweight title!
A victorious Turbo Epicity thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.