PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samir Oliva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aarne Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Oliva
vs
Virtanen

194 cm
25
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samir Oliva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aarne Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Virtanen tries for a takedown but Oliva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Virtanen fails to land the takedown.
Virtanen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Oliva can pounce on him.
Oliva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Virtanen looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oliva is looking to slow Virtanen down with leg kicks.
Virtanen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Virtanen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Virtanen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Oliva.
Oliva misses with a head kick.
Oliva feints and then cracks Virtanen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Virtanen down.
Oliva cracks the inside of Virtanen's front leg.
Oliva scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliva lands with a kick to the temple. Virtanen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Aarne Virtanen has been cut.
Oliva seems to be stalking Virtanen here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Virtanen drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Samir Oliva!
Samir Oliva is the new light heavyweight champion!