PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magni Turisas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turisas's entrance music is Manowar - Gods Of War. A fine choice. Hansen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I dont believe a word kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Turisas
vs
Hansen

185 cm
28
210 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

190 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

FULL METAL GEAR

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magni Turisas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hansen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turisas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hansen slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.

Hansen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hansen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Turisas just stands there and leans against the cage.

Turisas breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Turisas there.
Turisas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Hansen tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Turisas looks to land a combination but Hansen avoids it well.
Turisas misses with the combination.
Hansen wants to clinch.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Turisas misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hansen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Magni Turisas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hansen tries to clinch but Turisas is having none of it.
Hansen dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Turisas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Hansen clinches.
Turisas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hansen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Turisas's defenses.
Hansen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hansen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Turisas dodges an elbow strike from Hansen.
Turisas blocks an elbow strike.

Turisas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turisas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Hansen clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hansen has Turisas pressed against the cage, preventing Turisas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hansen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Turisas.
Turisas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hansen lands an elbow inside that Turisas shrugs off.
Hansen tries a knee to the head but Turisas blocks it.
Hansen trying to control the position but instead, Turisas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hansen into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hansen throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Turisas's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Turisas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Turisas catches Hansen right on the button with a cross.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turisas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hansen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Hansen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hansen is looking to clinch.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Turisas circles away.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Turisas.
Hansen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hansen dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Turisas tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hansen moves in looking to clinch but Turisas pushes him off.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hansen tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Turisas. Those never looked like landing.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas lunges at Hansen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hansen's hand.
Hansen dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hansen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
Turisas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hansen wants to clinch.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magni Turisas dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hansen is looking to clinch.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Turisas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hansen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turisas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Turisas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hansen wants to clinch.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turisas misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hansen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen moves out of range.
Turisas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hansen circles away quickly and effectively.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Hansen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Turisas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hansen somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Hansen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hansen tries to clinch up.
Hansen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Turisas misses with a two punch combination.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hansen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turisas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hansen jabs Turisas right on the nose. Turisas blinks but takes it well.
Turisas lands the left hand.
Hansen tries to clinch but Turisas moves out of range.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot by Turisas.
Hansen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turisas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Turisas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Magni Turisas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turisas works over Hansen's head and body with a nice combination.
Turisas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen.
Hansen slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas scores with a one two! Hansen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Turisas. That's going to slow Hansen down.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hansen tries to clinch but Turisas is having none of it.
Turisas misses with a wild combination.
Turisas walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Hansen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen is looking to clinch but Turisas is avoiding it.
Hansen tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
Turisas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hansen is looking to clinch but Turisas is avoiding it.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.
Turisas tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Turisas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas throws a nice looking combination but Hansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hansen slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Hansen tries to clinch there but Turisas circles away.
Turisas keeps the fight on the outside.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.
Turisas throws a nice looking combination but Hansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hansen dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Turisas connects with an inside leg kick.
Turisas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Turisas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Turisas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Turisas. Those never looked like landing.
Hansen slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.

Hansen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hansen lands an elbow that stopped Turisas in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hansen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Turisas's brow.

Turisas manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magni Turisas dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Turisas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hansen circles away quickly and effectively.
Turisas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hansen backs up against the cage.
Turisas throws a right and a left that Hansen avoids nicely.
Hansen misses with a takedown attempt - Turisas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hansen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turisas swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Turisas coming out on top.
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hansen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Turisas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.
Turisas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hansen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hansen tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Turisas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turisas fails to land with a series of punches.
Turisas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hansen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.
Hansen moves in looking to clinch but Turisas pushes him off.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Turisas lands.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Turisas scores with a leg kick.
Turisas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Magni Turisas is winning the standup battle so far.
Hansen slips a jab and a cross from Turisas.
Turisas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hansen backs up against the cage.
Some wild striking there from Turisas.
Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Turisas circles away.
Turisas works Hansen's body with a nice hook.
Hansen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Turisas.
Turisas tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roger Hansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turisas swinging wildly here.
Turisas slips a straight right by Hansen.
Turisas closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Turisas misses with a double jab.
Hansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hansen moves in looking to clinch but Turisas pushes him off.
No joy there for Turisas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turisas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hansen wants to clinch.
Turisas lands an overhand right.
Hansen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Turisas lands a jab to the head.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Turisas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hansen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turisas stalks Hansen and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hansen's face. Hansen staggers backwards, shaken.
A slow jab from Hansen misses its intended target.
Hansen doesn't manage to clinch there - Turisas circles away.
Hansen tries to close the distance and clinch but Turisas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hansen clinches up against the cage.

Turisas manages to break the clinch.
Turisas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hansen dodges the punch combination from Turisas.
Turisas misses with a series of wild punches.
Hansen wants to clinch up but Turisas keeps it at a distance.
Turisas tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Turisas misses.
Turisas swats away the attempt to clinch by Hansen.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turisas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Turisas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Turisas lands a jab-cross combination.
Turisas throws a right hand that Hansen ducks under and follows up with a left that Hansen also avoids with ease.
Turisas swinging wildly here.
Hansen tries to clinch up but Turisas circles away and keeps his distance.
Turisas looks to land a combination but Hansen avoids it well.
Turisas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Turisas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Turisas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Turisas throws a series of punches but Hansen avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Turisas scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Turisas feints a jab promting Hansen to slip. Turisas then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hansen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Hansen misses.
Magni Turisas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Turisas does no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Magni Turisas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Turisas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magni Turisas!