PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Bounty (ranked 2032 p4p, 2310 weight class) and Eerikki Salmi (ranked 283 p4p, 311 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Salmi's choice of entrance music: Korpiklaani - Ievan Polkka . I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Bounty
vs
Salmi

188 cm
38
197
37 - 15 - 0

190 cm
30
220
12 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 37 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamie Bounty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eerikki Salmi!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salmi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Salmi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bounty throws out the jab.
Good exchange - Bounty coming out on top.
Salmi misses with a hook. Bounty ducked under it nicely.
Bounty throws a body punch but Salmi moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Bounty 's head but he takes it in his stride.

It looks like Jamie Bounty has been cut.
Bounty scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eerikki Salmi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bounty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bounty looks to score with a jab to the body but Salmi is just out of range.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Salmi 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.
Salmi takes one to the side of the head.
Salmi avoids the body shot from Bounty.
Salmi throws a hook to the side of Bounty's head but Bounty sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Salmi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bounty.
Salmi misses with a looping right.
Salmi misses with a looping left.
Bounty throws a right hand that misses
and Salmi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bounty dips to his left and cracks Salmi with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Salmi. Bounty does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salmi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bounty lands a nice shot to the body.
Bounty takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Salmi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Salmi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bounty moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bounty misses with a looping right.
Bounty throws a leg kick that is checked
and Salmi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bounty lands with a straight right. Salmi didn't see that one coming.
Bounty misses with a hook.
Salmi lands a body shot.
Bounty is looking to clinch but Salmi is avoiding it.
Bounty tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bounty connects with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bounty moves out of range of the strikes.
Bounty takes a swing at Salmi's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty misses with a looping left.
Salmi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Salmi misses with a shot to the body
and Bounty counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bounty throws a hook to the side of Salmi's head but Salmi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bounty with a jab.
Salmi throws a body punch but Bounty moves out of range.
Bounty is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Salmi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bounty tries to close the distance and clinch but Salmi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Salmi lands a nice hook to Bounty's body. Bounty takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bounty misses with a body shot.
Salmi throws a right hand that misses
and Bounty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Salmi looks to land a combination but Bounty avoids it well.
Bounty throws a big shot that misses.
Bounty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bounty slips a jab from Salmi.
Salmi misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lets loose with a powerful body kick. Salmi will feel that in the morning.
Bounty misses with a kick to the body.
Bounty smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bounty throws a shot to the body.
Bounty throws a nice inside leg kick.

Bounty moves into range and clinches up with Salmi.
Bounty misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bounty swings wildly with an uppercut but Salmi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salmi misses with some punches.
Bounty lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Salmi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bounty.
Bounty struggles to land a body shot inside as Salmi controls his hands.
Bounty lands a right hand.
Salmi struggles to land a body shot inside as Bounty controls his hands.
Bounty lands a hook that snaps the head of Salmi backwards.
Salmi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salmi has a couple of punches blocked by Bounty.
Salmi takes a shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Bounty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salmi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bounty misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bounty lands a hook that snaps the head of Salmi backwards.

Salmi is rocked!
Bounty dips a shoulder and cracks Salmi with a mighty uppercut! Salmi falls back against the cage and Bounty unloads with a barrage of strikes! Salmi is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bounty screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jamie Bounty!
During a confident post fight interview, Jamie Bounty thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.