PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaarko Hahlund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Damon
vs
Hahlund

190 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

194 cm
27
205 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dirk Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaarko Hahlund!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon tries to clinch up
and Hahlund counters with a body kick.

Hahlund closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon blocks an elbow strike from Hahlund.
Hahlund throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Damon blocks it with crossed arms.
Hahlund looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Hahlund trying to land knees to the body.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Hahlund lands an elbow just above Damon 's eye.

It looks like Dirk Damon has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hahlund throws an elbow but misses.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hahlund is defending well for now.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but Damon blocks with his arms.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Hahlund missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Hahlund lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hahlund tries to land knees in the clinch but Damon avoids the damage to the body.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Hahlund lands a nice elbow.
Hahlund misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Damon.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Damon.
Damon lands a nice knee to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Hahlund tries a knee to the head but Damon blocks it.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon blocks an elbow strike.
Damon missing with knees to the body.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hahlund.
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!
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hahlund.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hahlund is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hahlund looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hahlund lands an elbow inside that Damon shrugs off.

Dirk Damon's cut is getting worse.
Hahlund using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Hahlund throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hahlund using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hahlund.
Hahlund unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Damon is breathing heavily.
Hahlund throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damon blocks the elbow strike.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Hahlund.
Hahlund throws an elbow that misses.
Hahlund misses with an elbow over the top.
Hahlund pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hahlund is defending well for now.
Hahlund tries to land knees in the clinch but Damon avoids the damage to the body.
Hahlund using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Damon has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but Damon blocks with his arms.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
Hahlund scores with a knee to the head.

Dirk Damon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but Damon blocks with his arms.
Hahlund tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Hahlund.
Hahlund with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hahlund.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Damon avoids a wild elbow strike from Hahlund.
Hahlund tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hahlund.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Hahlund is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Damon trying to land knees to the body.
Hahlund with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damon managing to block the knees to the body from Hahlund.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hahlund is defending well for now.
Damon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hahlund.
Hahlund misses with a knee to the head.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
Hahlund pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Damon working Hahlund over with knees to the body.
Hahlund misses with an elbow strike.
Hahlund misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hahlund just misses with a elbow thrown towards Damon's brow.
Hahlund blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hahlund is defending well for now.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Damon avoiding damage as Hahlund throws knees to the body.
Damon tries to land knees in the clinch but Hahlund avoids the damage to the body.
Hahlund managing to block the knees to the body from Damon.
Damon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hahlund.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaarko Hahlund dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Damon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hahlund throws a head kick that half lands.
Hahlund moves in looking to clinch but Damon pushes him off.
Damon tries to clinch but Hahlund moves away
and Hahlund counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Damon thinking.
Damon keeps the fight on the outside.
Damon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hahlund manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Damon darts in trying to clinch

and Hahlund counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hahlund.
Hahlund blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund throws an elbow but it misses.
Jaarko Hahlund seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hahlund blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund avoiding damage as Damon throws knees to the body.
Hahlund with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hahlund avoids it.
Hahlund on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hahlund lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dirk Damon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jaarko Hahlund!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jaarko Hahlund waved his t-shirt featuring [WOT] Inner Beast Nutrition And Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.