PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Hurricane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Koira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hurricane
vs
Koira

188 cm
19
304 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Floyd Hurricane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karri Koira!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koira throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurricane.
Hurricane ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Koira misses its intended target.
Hurricane misses with a looping right.
Koira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hurricane.
Hurricane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koira dodges the punch combination from Hurricane.
Hurricane misses the shot to the body.
Hurricane jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Karri Koira has been cut.
Hurricane slips a jab from Koira.
Koira missing with a left hand there. Hurricane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hurricane tries to work over Koira's front leg with a kick but Koira checks it.
Koira misses with an uppercut. Hurricane saw that one coming.
Koira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hurricane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koira circles away quickly and effectively.
Hurricane thuds his right hand into Koira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Koira swings widly with a right hand
and Hurricane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hurricane.
Koira misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hurricane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hurricane swinging wildly here.
Hurricane slips a straight right by Koira.
Hurricane throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hurricane keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koira.
Hurricane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koira manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Hurricane. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Hurricane misses its intended target.
Hurricane misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Hurricane misses its intended target.
Hurricane misses with the combination.
Koira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Koira misses with a hook.
Hurricane throws a jab when Koira was well out of range.
Koira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hurricane.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira lands a head shot.
Hurricane misses with a looping right.
Koira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurricane takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Karri Koira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hurricane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koira slips a straight right by Hurricane.
Koira lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Koira connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

It looks like Floyd Hurricane has been cut.
Hurricane slips a straight right by Koira.
Koira throws a shot from downtown. Hurricane moves away and avoids it.
Hurricane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koira.
Koira wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Koira. Those never looked like landing.
Koira takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Koira fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hurricane on the side of the head.
Koira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hurricane moves away.
Koira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hurricane defending well as Koira loads up on a big left hand.
Koira misses with an uppercut. Hurricane saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurricane walks into a straight right hand from Koira.
Koira doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Koira throws a jab but it's blocked by Hurricane.
Hurricane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koira.
Hurricane lands a jab to the head.
Hurricane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Koira throws an off balance right hand
and Hurricane counters with a right hand to the body.
Koira lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koira.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hurricane.
Koira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hurricane.
Koira lands a two punch combo.
Koira throws the left hand but Hurricane avoids the punch easily.
Hurricane throws a jab but it's blocked by Koira.
Koira scores with the left hand. Hurricane knows he should have avoided that one.
Hurricane throws the left hand but Koira avoids the punch easily.
Koira connects with a looping right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hurricane. Koira does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurricane blocks a jab.
Hurricane misses with a few strikes there.
Koira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koira is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hurricane had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hurricane loads up on a big right hand but Koira slips the punch.
Hurricane throws a jab when Koira was well out of range.
Hurricane misses with a looping left.
Hurricane takes a swing at Koira's ribcage but misses.
Jab, jab by Koira - just one landing.
Koira lands a jab to Hurricane's midsection.
Hurricane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Floyd Hurricane's cut is getting worse.
Koira misses with a left hand
and Hurricane counters with a stiff right hand.
Koira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hurricane misses with an uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Hurricane. Those never looked like landing.
Koira might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hurricane is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hurricane avoids the body shot from Koira.
Koira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hurricane looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Koira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karri Koira dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Koira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Koira lands a really nice looking cross but Hurricane seems unphased.
A big left from Koira misses.
Hurricane staying out of range there.
Koira tests Hurricane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Koira lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab from Hurricane misses.
Hurricane thows a body shot but no joy.
Koira misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koira connects with a single shot there.
Hurricane misses with a straight right.
Hurricane bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Koira misses.
Hurricane takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Decent striking displayed by Koira there.
A jab from Hurricane does it's job there.
Hurricane lands with an uppercut that bounces Koira off the cage and back into range.
Hurricane misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira missing with a left hand there. Hurricane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hurricane defending well as Koira loads up on a big left hand.
Hurricane ducks under a wild hook from Koira.
Koira moves out of range as Hurricane strikes.
A cross from Hurricane lands.
Hurricane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Koira moves into range and connects with a jab.

Floyd Hurricane's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Koira digs a good body shot into Hurricane's ribs.
Koira connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hurricane's hands.
Hurricane looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sloppy strikes from Hurricane. Those never looked like landing.
Jab, jab by Koira - just one landing.
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!
Koira lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A jab from Hurricane misses.
Koira ducks under a wild hook from Hurricane.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Koira. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Koira connects with a body shot.
Hurricane defending well as Koira loads up on a big left hand.
Koira thuds a left hand into Hurricane's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hurricane.
Koira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hurricane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Koira takes a swing at Hurricane's ribcage but misses.
Koira throws a hook but Hurricane blocks it.
Hurricane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koira throws out the jab.
Koira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koira scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Koira scores with a jab.
A big left from Koira misses.
Hurricane throws a right hand that Koira ducks under and follows up with a left that Koira also avoids with ease.
Karri Koira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hurricane takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Jeez, Floyd Hurricane's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hurricane looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Koira missing with a left hand there. Hurricane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hurricane moves away from the strike by Koira.
Koira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hurricane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koira throws out the jab.
Koira jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Karri Koira!
Karri Koira thanked the fans post fight for their support.