PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sight (ranked 955 p4p, 1209 weight class) and Hannu Karpo (ranked 126 p4p, 170 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sight
vs
Karpo

195 cm
31
192
19 - 17 - 0

186 cm
28
191
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hannu Karpo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good exchange - Karpo coming out on top.
Sight wants to land a leg kick but Karpo is out of range.
Sight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sight slips under a jab.
Sight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karpo manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karpo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sight throws a one two combo.
Paul Sight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karpo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Hannu Karpo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karpo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sight misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karpo! But no joy.
Sight throws a body kick that misses.
Karpo catches Sight with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sight misses with a series of wild punches.
Karpo flicks out a counter leg kick but Sight steps away.
Sight scores with a decent looking hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Karpo has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sight takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sight swings away with a body shot that misses
and Karpo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Karpo lands a body shot.
Karpo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sight is just out of range.
It looked like Sight was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Karpo.
Sight throws an off balance right hand
and Karpo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karpo cracks Sight with a good jab.
Karpo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sight feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karpos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Karpo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Karpo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sight blocks a jab.
Sight throws a head kick that misses.
Sight avoids the body shot from Karpo.
Karpo keeps the fight on the outside.
Karpo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sight momentarily.
Sight slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karpo misses with an uppercut.
Sight is looking for a counter combo.
Sight throws a series of punches but Karpo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karpo with a nice calf kick.
Sight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karpo.
Karpo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Sight wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Decent striking displayed by Karpo there.
Karpo connects with the punch.

Sight is rocked!
Sight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karpo.
Despite the aggression on Karpo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sight's jab looks to have found its range, popping Karpo under the eye.
Sight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sight throws a sloppy body shot
and Karpo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Sight is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karpo closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Sight! Karpo dives in looking to finish! Sight is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannu Karpo!
Hannu Karpo bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.