PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pawel Nastula (ranked 23469 p4p, 3076 weight class) and Verneri Ahma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pawel Nastula has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nastula
vs
Ahma

185 cm
26
150
13 - 64 - 0

172 cm
42
156
36 - 28 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 64 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pawel Nastula!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nastula is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nastula takes one to the chin there.
Nastula really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ahma rushes Nastula and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ahma lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahma.
A left hand lands to the body for Ahma.
Nastula's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ahma pushes Nastula back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nastula takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Ahma on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ahma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Nastula has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A shot in the inside from Ahma.
Ahma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Ahma.

Nastula is rocked!
Ahma lands with a right to the head.
Oh Nastula is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short left from Ahma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ahma.
Nastula seems to have got his legs back now.
Nastula is breathing heavily.
A short right from Ahma.
Ahma lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nastula backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Ahma.
Ahma works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ahma working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Ahma.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ahma.
Ahma unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Nastula! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ahma is unloading with more strikes now! Nastula drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Verneri Ahma!
A very excited looking Verneri Ahma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.