PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Watts (ranked 2610 p4p, 3274 weight class) and Tali Ihantala (ranked 308 p4p, 382 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Watts might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shook Ones - By: Mobb Deep. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watts
vs
Ihantala

194 cm
28
285
5 - 7 - 0

203 cm
26
253
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Conviction
PWNAGE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cole Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tali Ihantala!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ihantala staying out of range there.
Ihantala takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Watts throws out a loose jab but Ihantala uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ihantala has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Watts is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ihantala blocks a jab.
Ihantala takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Watts.
Ihantala moves out of range of the strikes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Watts.
Watts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts scores with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Watts. That's going to slow Ihantala down.
A head kick misses from Watts.
Watts connects with an inside leg kick.
Ihantala slips under a jab from Watts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Watts tests Ihantala's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ihantala pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watts with a poor takedown
and Ihantala counters with a nice body shot.
Ihantala takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Watts swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ihantala counters with a nice uppercut.
Watts misses with a hook.
A big left from Ihantala misses.
Watts misses with a leg kick
letting Ihantala counter with a right hand.
Ihantala defending well as Watts loads up on a big left hand.
Ihantala counters with a body kick.
Ihantala misses with a straight left.
Watts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ihantala tries a head kick but it misses.
Ihantala moves away from the strike by Watts.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watts definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Watts misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ihantala misses with a low kick as Watts jumps back.
A jab from Ihantala finds it's way through Watts's defenses.
Watts throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Ihantala to counter with a crisp jab.
Watts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ihantala sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ihantala. That did some damage!
Ihantala blocks a head kick by Watts.
A good leg kick by Watts.
Ihantala has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Ihantala has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watts tries to circle away but Ihantala has him pinned against the cage.
Ihantala struggles to land a body shot inside as Watts controls his hands.
Watts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watts is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ihantala's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Still in the clinch, Ihantala scores with a nice short uppercut.

Watts is rocked!
Ihantala lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Watts to his knees! Ihantala keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tali Ihantala!
After the fight, Tali Ihantala was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.