PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joonas Kolstela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Metalingus - Alter Bridge. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kolstela's choice of entrance music: Here Comes The Boom. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Love
vs
Kolstela

188 cm
23
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
20
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

RAW Nutrition * Recovery 156 : 45$ *

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vagner Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joonas Kolstela!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love is looking to clinch but Kolstela is avoiding it.
Kolstela with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kolstela circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kolstela has closed the distance and engaged Love in a clinch.
Kolstela lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Love tries to pull guard but Kolstela holds him up against the cage and eventually Love drops back down to his feet.
Love using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kolstela has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kolstela.
Love wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kolstela has him pressed against the cage.
Love drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kolstela gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kolstela on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kolstela scores with a shot to the side of Love's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kolstela.
A short right from Kolstela on the inside.
Kolstela working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kolstela pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kolstela lands a right hand that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Kolstela lands a shoulder strike.
Love tries to land knees in the clinch but Kolstela avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kolstela as Love tries to tie him up.
Kolstela lands with a left to the head.
Kolstela lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Love is rocked!
Love is breathing heavily.
Kolstela doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kolstela working aggressively here.
Kolstela misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kolstela has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
Kolstela misses with a hook from the clinch.
Love seems to have got his legs back now.
Kolstela dips a shoulder and cracks Love with a mighty uppercut! Love falls back against the cage and Kolstela unloads with a barrage of strikes! Love 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 - Kolstela screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joonas Kolstela!