PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roy Royler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Vahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Royler
vs
Vahti

180 cm
21
187 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
182 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

[GTi] Divine - Drugs (Q:158+ $100)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roy Royler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karri Vahti!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vahti thuds his right hand into Royler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Royler is looking to clinch.
Royler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Royler tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vahti was well out of range. Poor timing from Royler.
Royler checks a leg kick.
Vahti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vahti lands a nice hook to Royler's body. Royler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Vahti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Royler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vahti.
Vahti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vahti fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Royler on the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Royler checks a leg kick.
Royler moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vahti.
Vahti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Royler's calf.
Vahti throws a jab when Royler was well out of range.
Karri Vahti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vahti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royler moves away from the strike by Vahti.
Vahti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vahti lands a leg kick that knocks Royler off balance momentarily.
Vahti scores with a hook to the body. Royler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Royler is breathing heavily.
Vahti scores with a nice head shot.
Vahti lands a nice shot to the body.
Vahti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Vahti moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vahti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Royler's head.

Royler is rocked!
Royler thows a body shot but no joy.
Oh Royler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vahti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Royler.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vahti.
Vahti fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Royler to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Royler looks to clinch but Vahti throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Royler taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Karri Vahti!