PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Talbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luu Viulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Talbert
vs
Viulu

185 cm
32
220 lbs
26 - 17 - 1

185 cm
46
215 lbs
39 - 24 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

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 26 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sam Talbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 24 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Luu Viulu!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viulu tries to clinch but Talbert moves out of range.
Viulu is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Talbert on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Viulu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Talbert counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Talbert has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Spetznaz Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Viulu throws a body punch but Talbert moves out of range.
Viulu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Viulu.
Talbert jabs Viulu right on the nose. Viulu blinks but takes it well.
Viulu stuns Talbert with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Viulu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Viulu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Talbert counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Viulu clinches up against the cage.
Viulu stalling against the cage.
Talbert prevents a body shot from Viulu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viulu stalling.
Viulu slows down the pace here.
Talbert lands with a right to the head.
Talbert is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Talbert looking to stall.
The referee calls for Viulu to work.
Viulu prevents Talbert from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Viulu scores with a shoulder strike.
Talbert is struggling to control the position.
Viulu lands a hook that snaps the head of Talbert backwards.

Talbert's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Talbert. That snapped Viulu's head back.
Viulu lands a really nice looking cross but Talbert seems unphased.
Viulu throws a right hand that Talbert ducks under and follows up with a left that Talbert also avoids with ease.
Viulu wants to clinch
and Talbert counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Viulu.
It looked like Talbert wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu tries to clinch up
enabling Talbert to counter with a crisp jab.
Viulu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Talbert paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Viulu closes the distance and clinches.
Viulu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Talbert lands a left hand.
Talbert misses with a hook from the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Viulu.
Viulu working aggressively here.
We've been informed that Viulu has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Stalling in the clinch from Viulu.
Viulu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Talbert up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Viulu tries to work over Talbert's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Talbert trying to stall but Viulu improves his position.
Viulu throws a punch but it's blocked by Talbert.
A short right from Viulu.
Viulu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Talbert avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luu Viulu dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Viulu throws a series of punches but Talbert moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Talbert on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Viulu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Talbert manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Talbert swats away the attempt to clinch by Viulu.
Viulu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Talbert throws out the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Talbert misses the target.
Viulu throws a series of punches but Talbert avoids them all with ease.
Viulu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sam Talbert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Talbert lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talbert misses with a two punch combination.
Viulu misses with a jab to the body
and Talbert connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Talbert. Those never looked like landing.
Viulu tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Viulu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Viulu is stalling here.

Talbert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Talbert slips a jab from Viulu.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Talbert stalling in the clinch but Viulu improves position.
Talbert misses with the head strike.
Talbert trying to stall but Viulu improves his position.
Viulu'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.
Viulu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Viulu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Viulu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Talbert breaks from the clinch.
Viulu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A decent looking cross lands there for Talbert.
Talbert fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Viulu on the side of the head.
Talbert lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sam Talbert is winning the standup battle so far.
Viulu misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Talbert wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viulu misses with a combination
and Talbert counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viulu misses the body punch
and Viulu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jab from Talbert.

Viulu is rocked!
Talbert lands a nice hook to Viulu's body. Viulu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Viulu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Talbert counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Viulu is still on wobbly legs! Can Talbert finish him?
Viulu closes the distance but Talbert moves to the side
and Talbert counters with a big right hand! Oh Viulu is in trouble here! Talbert follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Talbert!