PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirza Armbarovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ali
vs
Armbarovic

184 cm
25
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rocky Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mirza Armbarovic!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ali stalks Armbarovic and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Armbarovic's face. Armbarovic staggers backwards, shaken.
Ali shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Armbarovic eats them both and turns towards Ali to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Armbarovic misses with a takedown attempt - Ali sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Armbarovic.
Ali lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Ali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Armbarovic shoots for a double leg takedown but Ali sprawls well. He's pushed Armbarovic's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Armbarovic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ali lands a jab.
Armbarovic takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Armbarovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ali scores with a kick to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Ali. No joy for Armbarovic on that attempt.
Rocky Ali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mirza Armbarovic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armbarovic shoots in but Ali avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ali scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A right-left combo lands from Ali.
Ali scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Danga de danga de dang - Ali scores with a four punch combination!
A solid leg kick lands there for Ali.
Ali ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ali's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ali duly obliges.
Ali scores with a nice strike.
Ali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ali looks to land a combination. Armbarovic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ali throws a head kick that Armbarovic semi-blocks.

Armbarovic closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ali's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Armbarovic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armbarovic throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Armbarovic with a flurry of punches that miss.
Armbarovic in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Armbarovic working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ali utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ali is breathing heavily.
Armbarovic keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ali's head.
Ali knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Armbarovic on the ground.
Armbarovic chips away with some ground and pound.
Armbarovic working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ali's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Armbarovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armbarovic chips away with some ground and pound.

Ali is rocked!
Ali utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh Ali is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Armbarovic working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Armbarovic makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Armbarovic is working Ali over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Armbarovic accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Armbarovic works over Ali with some ground and pound from guard.
Armbarovic arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Ali's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mirza Armbarovic!