PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marchrius Rossi (ranked 1249 p4p, 154 weight class) and Lusmu Kutvonen (ranked 1875 p4p, 218 weight class). Rossi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metal Slug Theme. Lusmu Kutvonen told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Rossi
vs
Kutvonen

180 cm
22
165 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
162 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
KOMBAT KLOTHING

Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marchrius Rossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lusmu Kutvonen!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi throws a hook but Kutvonen blocks it.
Kutvonen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rossi missing with a left hand there. Kutvonen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kutvonen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rossi is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Rossi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kutvonen manages to avoid it.
Kutvonen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rossi misses with a wild body shot.
Rossi throws a hook but Kutvonen blocks it.
Kutvonen only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rossi loads up on a big right hand but Kutvonen slips the punch.
Rossi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice uppercut there from Rossi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen connects with an inside leg kick.
Rossi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A punch combination from Rossi misses.
Rossi cracks Kutvonen with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kutvonen has Rossi up against the cage in a clinch.
Rossi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rossi's elbow.
Rossi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Rossi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kutvonen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kutvonen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rossi prevents the takedown attempt.
Rossi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kutvonen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rossi's efforts to push away.
Kutvonen has Rossi pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kutvonen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi is leaning against Kutvonen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Kutvonen.
Come on Kutvonen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kutvonen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kutvonen.

Rossi breaks from the clinch.
Kutvonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kutvonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kutvonen blocks a head kick by Rossi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rossi sizes up Kutvonen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rossi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kutvonen on the side of the head.
Rossi misses the shot to the body.
Kutvonen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Kutvonen moved out of range.
Rossi throws a head kick but Kutvonen moves out of range.
Kutvonen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rossi slips under a jab.
Rossi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick but Rossi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kutvonen defending well as Rossi loads up on a big left hand.
Kutvonen blocks a jab.
Rossi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kutvonen scores with a push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kutvonen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rossi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Kutvonen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rossi looking to control.
Kutvonen trying to control but Rossi is working from the bottom.
Kutvonen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rossi's head.
Rossi wants to stand up but Kutvonen is controlling him.
Kutvonen postures up.
Kutvonen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kutvonen controls the position from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marchrius Rossi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rossi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kutvonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rossi moves out of range of the strikes.
Rossi scores with the left hand. Kutvonen knows he should have avoided that one.
Kutvonen misses with a low kick as Rossi jumps back.
Rossi misses with an uppercut. Kutvonen saw that one coming.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses.
Rossi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kutvonen can do to turn this around?
Kutvonen blocks the body kick.
Kutvonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rossi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen throws a wild body kick that Rossi sees coming a mile off.
Rossi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kutvonen momentarily.
Rossi throws the left hand but Kutvonen avoids the punch easily.
Kutvonen flicks out a counter leg kick but Rossi steps away.
Kutvonen moves out of range of the body kick from Rossi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Rossi misses.
Kutvonen connects with a leg kick. Rossi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slow jab from Rossi misses its intended target.
Kutvonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rossi is out of range and Kutvonen settles back down.
Rossi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kutvonen in his tracks.
Kutvonen throws a lazy body kick
and Rossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kutvonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rossi throws out the jab.
Kutvonen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rossi scores with a hook.
Rossi throws out a loose jab but Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kutvonen tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rossi throws a jab when Kutvonen was well out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rossi.
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!
Kutvonen misses with the combination.
Rossi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kutvonen connects with an inside leg kick.
Kutvonen throws a chopping leg kick but Rossi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rossi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rossi misses with a straight left.
Kutvonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rossi's sensitive parts.
Rossi misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kutvonen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rossi lands a head kick. Kutvonen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rossi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kutvonen.
Rossi avoids a kick to the body.
Marchrius Rossi is winning the standup battle so far.
Rossi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kutvonen throws out a counter right but Rossi avoids it with no problem.
Kutvonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kutvonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kutvonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rossi throws the left hand but Kutvonen avoids the punch easily.
Rossi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kutvonen.
Kutvonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rossi is out of range and Kutvonen settles back down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Kutvonen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kutvonen misses with a left hand
and Rossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kutvonen misses with a low kick as Rossi jumps back.
Kutvonen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rossi checks a leg kick nicely.
Rossi throws a poor cross that misses
and Kutvonen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rossi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Kutvonen.
Rossi throws an overhand right that lands on Kutvonen's shoulder, as Kutvonen tries to avoid the shot.
Kutvonen with a nice cross.
Kutvonen misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marchrius Rossi dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Kutvonen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kutvonen throws a front kick that sends Rossi stumbling back into the cage.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick but Rossi checks it.
Kutvonen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
Kutvonen slips a jab from Rossi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kutvonen slips a jab from Rossi.
Rossi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kutvonen throws a big shot that misses.
Rossi is looking to counter with head kicks.
Kutvonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rossi. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kutvonen is looking to chop away at Rossi's legs.
Rossi looks to land a left hand but Kutvonen moved out of range nicely.
Rossi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kutvonen manages to avoid it.
Kutvonen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kutvonen ducks under a wild hook from Rossi.
Rossi misses with a hook.
Kutvonen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rossi throws a jab when Kutvonen was well out of range.
Kutvonen misses with a body kick.
Marchrius Rossi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rossi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kutvonen will feel that in the morning.
Kutvonen throws a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Rossi.
Kutvonen tries to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi throws a poor cross that misses
and Kutvonen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rossi's knee momentarily.
Rossi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Rossi misses.
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!
Rossi moves out of range of the body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kutvonen.
Rossi misses with a straight right.
Rossi throws out a loose jab but Kutvonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rossi scores with the left hand. Kutvonen knows he should have avoided that one.
Rossi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kutvonen can pounce on him.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kutvonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rossi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rossi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kutvonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rossi is out of range and Kutvonen settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Kutvonen is out of range.
Kutvonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Kutvonen.
Kutvonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kutvonen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRossi.
Kutvonen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rossi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kutvonen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rossi checks it well.
Kutvonen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rossi.
Rossi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lusmu Kutvonen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rossi throws a head kick but Kutvonen moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kutvonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rossi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rossi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kutvonen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kutvonen takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi swings for the body but Kutvonen moves out of range.
Kutvonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rossi.
Kutvonen tries a head kick but it misses.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kutvonen lands with a cross.
Rossi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kutvonen moves away.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Kutvonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rossi lands an overhand right.
Kutvonen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marchrius Rossi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rossi ducks under a wild hook from Kutvonen.
Rossi thinks about countering with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marchrius Rossi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rossi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marchrius Rossi!
A less than humble Marchrius Rossi misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.