PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harri Haaparanta (ranked 1607 p4p, 173 weight class) and Leo Vuce (ranked 3979 p4p, 338 weight class). Harri Haaparanta could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leo Vuce's chin.

Haaparanta
vs
Vuce

181 cm
24
157 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
145 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harri Haaparanta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Vuce!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Haaparanta moves into the clinch.
Vuce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Haaparanta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vuce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vuce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haaparanta looking to stall.
Haaparanta scores with a knee to the head.
Vuce makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vuce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haaparanta.
A nice right hand lands inside from Haaparanta.
Vuce misses with a short punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Haaparanta.
Vuce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vuce throws a punch but it's blocked by Haaparanta.
Vuce misses with a punch on the inside.
Vuce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vuce swings wildly with an uppercut but Haaparanta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haaparanta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vuce blocks an elbow strike from Haaparanta.
Vuce misses with the head strike.
Haaparanta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vuce is trying to break the clinch but Haaparanta has him pressed against the cage.
Vuce throws a punch but it's blocked by Haaparanta.
Haaparanta is stalling here.
Haaparanta stalling in the clinch but Vuce improves position.
Haaparanta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Haaparanta throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vuce.
Haaparanta blocks an uppercut.
Haaparanta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Leo Vuce has been cut.
Haaparanta manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vuce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vuce throws a head punch that misses.
Vuce has a couple of punches blocked by Haaparanta.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vuce.
Haaparanta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haaparanta is stalling here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haaparanta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haaparanta blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haaparanta throws an elbow but misses.
Haaparanta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Haaparanta.
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!
Haaparanta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vuce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Vuce fails to land.
Vuce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haaparanta has Vuce pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Vuce is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Haaparanta - that's hurt Vuce badly! Oh, another knee lands and Vuce is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Vuce doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Harri Haaparanta!
Harri Haaparanta thanked the fans post fight for their support.