PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Haapasalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haapasalo has chosen Korpiklaani - Vodka as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Red
vs
Haapasalo

195 cm
30
275 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

186 cm
23
235 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Red!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Haapasalo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Red attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Red lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Haapasalo fails to land with a series of punches.
Red lands a nice shot to the body.
Haapasalo throws a jab but it's blocked by Red.
Haapasalo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Red gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Red lands with a left to the head.
Red prevents a body shot from Haapasalo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Red lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Red.
Red scores with a nice hook to the head.
Red lands a body punch in the clinch.
Haapasalo looks gassed!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Red.
Red tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haapasalo's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Red lands a right hand.
Haapasalo has a couple of punches blocked by Red.
Red lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Red tries to work over Haapasalo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Red.
A head punch on the inside from Haapasalo fails to land.

Red has clasped his hands together around Haapasalo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee asks Red politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Red prefers to stall for the moment though.
Haapasalo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Red in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Haapasalo tries to bench press Red off him but Red keeps the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Red in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Red's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Red looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Red passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Haapasalo!
Red with good strikes from the mount here!
Haapasalo tries to hold on but Red pushes him away.
Red cracks Haapasalo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Haapasalo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Red scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haapasalo?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Red scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haapasalo?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red unloading with bombs!

Haapasalo is rocked!
Red tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Red raining down hammerfists from mount.
Haapasalo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Red postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Haapasalo looks a forlorn figure.
Haapasalo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Red. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haapasalo is looking to improve his position but Red isn't that keen on the idea.
Red lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Haapasalo! Red sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Haapasalo and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jimmy Red!
Jimmy Red retains his heavyweight title!