PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teuvo Hakkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hjalmar Thorhalla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakkarainen comes to the cage accompanied by Oodi kansanedustaja Hakkaraiselle. Thorhalla has chosen Disturbed / Down With The Sickness as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hakkarainen
vs
Thorhalla

195 cm
25
199 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

200 cm
23
200 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Teuvo Hakkarainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hjalmar Thorhalla!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hakkarainen throws a hook but Thorhalla avoids it easily.
Thorhalla tries to land a body kick
and Thorhalla takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thorhalla tries to clinch but Hakkarainen moves out of range.
Thorhalla throws a head kick that half lands.
Hakkarainen throws a low kick but Thorhalla avoids it.
Hakkarainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hakkarainen throws a hook but Thorhalla avoids it easily.
Thorhalla thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hakkarainen lands a nice looking body shot.
Hakkarainen misses with the combination.
Hakkarainen throws a hook but Thorhalla blocks it.
Hakkarainen blocks a head kick by Thorhalla.
Hjalmar Thorhalla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hakkarainen checks a low kick from Thorhalla.
Thorhalla lands the left hand.
Thorhalla throws a nice looking combination but Hakkarainen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorhalla on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hakkarainen throws a jab when Thorhalla was well out of range.
Thorhalla throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hakkarainen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hakkarainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Thorhalla misses the shot to the body.
Thorhalla throws a head kick but Hakkarainen moves out of range.
Hakkarainen cracks Thorhalla with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Thorhalla misses with a wild body shot.
Thorhalla fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Thorhalla tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hakkarainen is able to avoid easily.
Hakkarainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hakkarainen misses with a low kick.
Thorhalla does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakkarainen throws a leg kick which misses Thorhalla's front leg but catches the back leg as Thorhalla tries to avoid it.
Hakkarainen throws a head kick that Thorhalla semi-blocks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hakkarainen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thorhalla bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hakkarainen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hakkarainen with a hook.
Hakkarainen lands a nice shot that snaps Thorhalla's head back.
Thorhalla misses with a kick to the body.
Hakkarainen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thorhalla lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thorhalla scores with a kick to the body.
Hakkarainen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Thorhalla tries a head kick but it misses.
Hakkarainen throws a head kick that half lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla tries to land a leg kick but Hakkarainen saw it coming and moves away.
Thorhalla throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Thorhalla plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hakkarainen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice jab there from Hakkarainen.
Thorhalla ducks under a wild hook from Hakkarainen.
Hakkarainen throws a sloppy head kick and Thorhalla moves out of range easily.
Hakkarainen misses with a straight left.
Thorhalla blocks a head kick by Hakkarainen.
Hakkarainen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Thorhalla.
Thorhalla misses with a double jab.
Thorhalla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hakkarainen.
Some bone on bone action there as Thorhalla checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thorhalla throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorhalla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hakkarainen scores with a spinning back kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hakkarainen. Thorhalla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hakkarainen tries to land a leg kick but Thorhalla saw it coming and moves away.
Thorhalla shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thorhalla is looking to clinch.
Hakkarainen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thorhalla tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thorhalla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hakkarainen backwards.
Thorhalla lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Thorhalla misses with some punches.
Thorhalla working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hjalmar Thorhalla will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Thorhalla lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Hakkarainen is rocked!
Thorhalla lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Hakkarainen crumples to the floor! Thorhalla milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hjalmar Thorhalla!
After winning the bout, Hjalmar Thorhalla thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.