PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesti Vihervaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vihervaara comes to the cage accompanied by Headhunterz - Last Of Mohicanz. Torres is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Prodigal Son. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Vihervaara
vs
Torres

190 cm
29
246 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

203 cm
28
250 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!
Brute

Brute
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ernesti Vihervaara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergio Torres!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres scores with a push kick.
Ernesti Vihervaara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres misses with a lunging right hand
and Vihervaara counters with a nice kick to the body.
Torres misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vihervaara.
Torres lands a high kick!
Vihervaara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vihervaara throws a head kick but Torres moves out of range.
Torres misses with a body shot.
Torres lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihervaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torres tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torres ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vihervaara moves away.
Vihervaara is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Vihervaara jabs Torres right on the nose. Torres blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Sergio Torres has been cut.
Vihervaara looks for the body kick but Torres saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres avoids the body shot from Vihervaara.
Vihervaara lands with a right hand.
Vihervaara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vihervaara just misses with a punch to the body.
Torres throws out a leg kick but Vihervaara moves out of range and Torres only half commits.

Vihervaara manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Torres on his heels. He'll look to pass Torres's guard now, I'm sure.
Torres looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Torres working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vihervaara.
Torres avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara trying to control but Torres is working from the bottom.
Torres wants to stand up but Vihervaara is controlling him.
Vihervaara looking to sit in guard and control but Torres gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vihervaara working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ernesti Vihervaara.
Torres misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torres. Vihervaara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vihervaara fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vihervaara ducks right into an uppercut from Torres.
Vihervaara cracks Torres with a right hand to the side of the head.
Torres drops his hands momentarily and Vihervaara takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Torres thuds a left hand into Vihervaara's body.
Vihervaara looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Vihervaara connects with a leg kick. Torres looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vihervaara lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres misses with a hook. Vihervaara ducked under it nicely.
Vihervaara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torres pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fighters circling - Vihervaara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vihervaara misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Vihervaara moves away and avoids it.
Crunch! Torres slams his shin into Vihervaara's torso.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vihervaara throws a body punch but Torres moves out of range.
Torres throws the kick towards the body but Vihervaara avoids it.
Vihervaara wants to clinch up but Torres keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ernesti Vihervaara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergio Torres's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Torres bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Torres avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Vihervaara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vihervaara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torres scores with a kick to the body.
Torres feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vihervaara's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vihervaara fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Torres avoids it really well and circles away.
A head kick misses from Torres.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vihervaara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Torres jabs at Vihervaara's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihervaara takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice straight punches there by Torres. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Torres.
Torres cracks the inside of Vihervaara's front leg.
Vihervaara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Torres manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torres scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres lands a slapping body shot.
Torres lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Torres lands a really nice looking cross but Vihervaara seems unphased.
Jab, jab by Torres - just one landing.
Torres scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Torres. That snapped Vihervaara's head back.
Torres drops Vihervaara with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Vihervaara! Torres dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Torres!
After winning the bout, Sergio Torres thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.