PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Axper Jan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nalle Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Im axpers!. Karhu has chosen Yö - Parrasvalot as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Jan
vs
Karhu

183 cm
23
192 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

184 cm
36
194 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Axper Jan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nalle Karhu!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karhu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Jan tries to keep at a distance but Karhu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karhu slowing the pace effectively.
Jan fails to pull guard.
Karhu cracks Jan with a nice body shot.
Jan is trying to pull guard but Karhu has him pressed against the cage.
Jan tries to pull guard but Karhu holds him up against the cage and eventually Jan drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Axper Jan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jan jumps guard but Karhu stands there with Jan around his waist. Jan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Karhu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karhu lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Karhu.
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!
Jan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Karhu smiles and moves away.
Jan throws a series of punches but Karhu moves out of range.

Karhu darts in and clinches Jan up against the cage.
Karhu leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jan tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Karhu smiles and moves away.
Karhu swinging wildly here.
Jan misses with a two punch combination.
Karhu lands a head kick. Jan smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Karhu misses with a head kick.
Karhu lands a head kick!

It looks like Axper Jan has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Karhu.
Karhu pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Karhu throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Jan stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Karhu follows into mount!

Jan is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karhu cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oh Jan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karhu cracks Jan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jan is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Full Affliction Fight Team, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Jan tries to reverse the position but Karhu maintains control.
Jan seems to have got his legs back now.
Jan is bucking up trying to escape but Karhu cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Karhu lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jan tries to reverse the position but Karhu maintains control.
Karhu punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jan can't escape the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Karhu landing shots from mount.
Jan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Karhu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jan is in a horrible position here. Karhu smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu with the ground and pound from mount.
Jan is squirming around, avoiding Karhu's attempts to control the action.
Jan is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Karhu unloading with bombs!
Karhu postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jan looks a forlorn figure.
Karhu connects with a bit shot that sees Jan covering up! More strikes from Karhu and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Karhu is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nalle Karhu!
During a confident post fight interview, Nalle Karhu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.