PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Ahola (ranked 1285 p4p, 1791 weight class) and Tony Luciano (ranked 50 p4p, 65 weight class). Jarkko Ahola had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ahola
vs
Luciano

190 cm
33
255
16 - 11 - 0

196 cm
33
260
15 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Northern Zombie

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarkko Ahola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahola connects with a body shot that sends Luciano's belly button to the back.
Ahola throws a shot to the body.
Ahola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luciano.
Ahola has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ahola lands a jab.
Ahola connects with a body shot that sends Luciano's belly button to the back.
Ahola throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ahola.
Luciano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Luciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ahola.
Ahola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ahola. Luciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ahola misses with an uppercut. Luciano saw that one coming.
Luciano gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ahola.
Jarkko Ahola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ahola tries to keep at a distance but Luciano has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahola lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Luciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahola lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ahola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ahola misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Luciano.
Luciano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahola.
Ahola cracks Luciano with a nice body shot.
A short left from Luciano.
Ahola tries to throw a body punch but Luciano avoids it by throwing Ahola back against the cage.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Ahola.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
Luciano lands a body shot.
Ahola is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luciano.
Luciano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luciano stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Luciano.
Luciano can't find room to land a body shot as Ahola controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ahola or not.
Luciano has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ahola seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Luciano can turn it around.
Ahola presses Luciano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ahola lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
Luciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Luciano.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Ahola.
Luciano throws a head punch that misses.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.

It looks like Jarkko Ahola has been cut.
Ahola tries to work over Luciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Luciano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body.
Luciano has a couple of punches blocked by Ahola.
Ahola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ahola swings wildly with an uppercut but Luciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ahola blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Luciano.
Luciano gets through Ahola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Luciano.
A right handed body shot lands from Luciano.
Luciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luciano has a couple of punches blocked by Ahola.
Luciano tries to land knees in the clinch but Ahola avoids the damage to the body.
Luciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
Luciano gets through Ahola's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Luciano.
Good body shot from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
Ahola misses with a punch on the inside.
Luciano lands a shot to the body.
Ahola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Luciano.
Still in the clinch, Luciano scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luciano blocking some punches.
Luciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Ahola controls his hands.
Luciano can't find room to land a body shot as Ahola controls the action.
Luciano prevents a body shot from Ahola.
A short left from Luciano.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
Luciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
Luciano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ahola.
Luciano lands with a light punch inside.
Ahola prevents a body shot from Luciano.
Luciano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Luciano lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Ahola is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luciano lands an uppercut.
Oh Ahola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ahola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahola seems to have got his legs back now.
Luciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ahola backwards.
Luciano dips a shoulder and cracks Ahola with a mighty uppercut! Ahola falls back against the cage and Luciano unloads with a barrage of strikes! Ahola 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 - Luciano screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Luciano!
A relieved looking Tony Luciano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.