PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Bergstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Inge Koll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koll comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Burn in hell kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Inge Koll told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bergstrom
vs
Koll

177 cm
19
142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

172 cm
23
147 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Bergstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Inge Koll!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Koll is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bergstrom's half guard.
Bergstrom wants to get back to full guard.
Koll lands strikes from half guard.
Bergstrom looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bergstrom tries to get to full guard but Koll has control of the leg.

Bergstrom looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Koll pushes past his half guard into mount!
Koll landing punches.
Koll with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koll in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Koll working Bergstrom over with strikes here.
Koll has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koll lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Koll lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bergstrom hang on?
Koll scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bergstrom?
Bergstrom is in a horrible position here. Koll smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bergstrom is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bergstrom takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Bergstrom is rocked!
Koll postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Bergstrom badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Koll around the waist but Koll pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Koll is the winner by TKO! Koll jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Inge Koll!