PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pena Trasseli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and VinniJay Acunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trasseli comes to the cage accompanied by Look at my horse!. 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.

Trasseli
vs
Acunia

177 cm
30
150 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

180 cm
36
86 lbs
35 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Trasseli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, VinniJay Acunia!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Acunia. That's going to slow Trasseli down.
Acunia jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Trasseli motions for Acunia to come forward. Trasseli throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Acunia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Acunia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Acunia scores with a nice head shot.
Acunia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trasseli's sensitive parts.
A nice inside leg kick there by Acunia. That's going to slow Trasseli down.
Trasseli moves out of range of the body kick.
Acunia thows a body kick. Trasseli tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Trasseli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Acunia manages to avoid it.
Acunia moves into range and connects with a jab.
Trasseli has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Finland in the buildup to the fight.
Trasseli looks to land a left hand but Acunia moved out of range nicely.
Acunia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trasseli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Acunia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trasseli scores with a nice head shot.
Trasseli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
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!
A big right from Trasseli misses.
Acunia feints and then cracks Trasseli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trasseli down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia is looking to slow Trasseli down with leg kicks.
Acunia lands with a cross.
Trasseli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Acunia can pounce on him.
Trasseli misses with a double jab.
Acunia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trasseli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trasseli is breathing heavily.
Trasseli scores with a nice right hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Trasseli crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Acunia - the referee stops the clock and Trasseli gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Acunia. Trasseli manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Acunia.
Acunia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Trasseli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Acunia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Trasseli misses with a low kick.
Acunia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trasseli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Acunia connects with an inside leg kick.
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acunia fakes the leg kick and cracks Trasseli in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Acunia.
Acunia fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Trasseli misses its intended target.
Trasseli attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Trasseli takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acunia throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Acunia.
Trasseli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Trasseli takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Acunia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Acunia lands a jab to the nose.
Acunia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Acunia lands a nice hook to Trasseli's body. Trasseli takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Trasseli chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Acunia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Trasseli will feel that in the morning.
Acunia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Acunia connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia throws a leg kick which misses Trasseli's front leg but catches the back leg as Trasseli tries to avoid it.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trasseli lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Acunia is looking to slow Trasseli down with leg kicks.
Acunia misses the shot to the body.
Trasseli closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Acunia scores with the left hand. Trasseli knows he should have avoided that one.
Acunia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trasseli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Acunia scoring well with a low kick there.
Acunia lands a head shot.
Acunia jabs Trasseli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Acunia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
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!
A solid leg kick lands there for Acunia.
Trasseli thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acunia connects with a right hand. Trasseli shakes it off.
Trasseli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Acunia cracks Trasseli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Acunia scores with a hook to the body. Trasseli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trasseli throws the left hand but Acunia avoids the punch easily.
Trasseli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Acunia.
Acunia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Acunia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trasseli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Acunia thumps Trasseli with a low kick.
Trasseli throws a lazy right hand but Acunia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Acunia lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Acunia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Acunia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Trasseli throws a looping overhand right but Acunia ducks down to avoid it.
Trasseli looks to score with a jab to the body but Acunia is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

VinniJay Acunia dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Acunia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Acunia feints and then cracks Trasseli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trasseli down.
Acunia feints and then cracks Trasseli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trasseli down.
A head kick misses from Acunia.
VinniJay Acunia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Acunia misses with a body shot.
Acunia punishes Trasseli's body with a nice straight punch.
Trasseli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Acunia.
Trasseli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Acunia.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Acunia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Trasseli momentarily.
Trasseli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trasseli throws an overhand right that lands on Acunia's shoulder, as Acunia tries to avoid the shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Acunia swings for the body but Trasseli moves out of range.
Trasseli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Acunia.
Acunia throws a quick inside leg kick.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Acunia. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Acunia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Acunia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Acunia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Acunia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Acunia cracks the inside of Trasseli's front leg.
Trasseli throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Acunia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Crunch! Acunia slams his shin into Trasseli's torso.
Acunia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice shot by Acunia.
Acunia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Acunia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trasseli has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trasseli ducks right into an uppercut from Acunia.
Trasseli doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Acunia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trasseli looks for the body kick but Acunia saw that one coming.
Trasseli will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Trasseli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Trasseli misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trasseli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Acunia. Acunia obviously looking to wear him down.
Trasseli looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Acunia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Trasseli takes a step back to recover.
Acunia tests Trasseli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A head kick from Acunia lands but Trasseli takes it in his stride.
Acunia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trasseli at a distance.
Trasseli throws a shot from downtown. Acunia moves away and avoids it.
Acunia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A good leg kick by Acunia.
Trasseli tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Acunia connects with a solid leg kick.
Acunia lands a right hook to the body.
Acunia lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Acunia.
Acunia throws a leg kick which misses Trasseli's front leg but catches the back leg as Trasseli tries to avoid it.
Acunia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Trasseli might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trasseli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Acunia.
Trasseli takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Acunia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Acunia scores with a nice strike.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Acunia. That's going to slow Trasseli down.
Acunia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trasseli throws a lazy uppercut
and Acunia counters with a low kick, right behind Trasseli 's knee.
Acunia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Trasseli on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trasseli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Acunia.
Acunia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Acunia fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trasseli swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Acunia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Acunia.
Acunia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Acunia throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Acunia.
Trasseli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice shot lands for Acunia.
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acunia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trasseli on the side of the head.
Trasseli throws a head kick but Acunia moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Acunia.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Acunia thuds a left hand into Trasseli's body.
Trasseli steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Acunia. That one must have hurt.
Crunch! Acunia slams his shin into Trasseli's torso.
Acunia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Trasseli.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

VinniJay Acunia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Acunia connects with an inside leg kick.
Trasseli misses with a wild combination.
Acunia cracks Trasseli with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Acunia throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Acunia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Acunia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Acunia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Acunia throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Acunia.
Acunia connects with an inside leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Acunia - that will leave a mark!
Good shot there by Acunia.
Acunia chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Acunia connects with a jab.
Trasseli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Acunia. Acunia obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acunia throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Trasseli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Acunia scores with a leg kick.
Acunia scoring well with a low kick there.
Acunia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Trasseli on the side of the head.
Trasseli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Acunia. Acunia obviously looking to wear him down.
Acunia's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trasseli under the eye.
Acunia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Acunia thumps Trasseli with a low kick.
Trasseli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Acunia feints and then cracks Trasseli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trasseli down.
Acunia cracks the inside of Trasseli's front leg.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trasseli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Acunia.
A jab from Acunia finds it's way through Trasseli's defenses.
Trasseli on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Acunia. Acunia obviously looking to wear him down.
Acunia connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trasseli takes one to the side of the head.
Acunia scores with the left hand. Trasseli knows he should have avoided that one.
Acunia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Acunia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Trasseli takes a jab right on the kisser.
Acunia stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Trasseli sizes up Acunia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Acunia lands a leg kick that knocks Trasseli off balance momentarily.
Acunia scores with a nice strike.
A jab from Acunia does it's job there.

Trasseli is rocked!
A slow jab from Trasseli misses its intended target.
Oh Trasseli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A lazy left from Acunia finds it's target.
Acunia lands a front kick.
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Acunia defending well as Trasseli loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Acunia, right into the meat.
Acunia scores with a hook to the body. Trasseli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Trasseli seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice body kick from Acunia.
Trasseli misses with a body shot.
Acunia jabs Trasseli right on the nose. Trasseli blinks but takes it well.
Acunia lands a jab to Trasseli's midsection.
Trasseli lands a nice shot that snaps Acunia's head back.
Acunia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Acunia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trasseli's calf.
Acunia blocks the body kick.
Acunia lands a nice looking body shot.
Trasseli throws a hook but Acunia blocks it.
Acunia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Acunia cracks Trasseli with an open hand slap.
Pena Trasseli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trasseli pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Acunia chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trasseli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Acunia.
Acunia feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trasseli's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trasseli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Acunia.
Acunia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Acunia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Acunia.
Trasseli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Acunia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trasseli.
Acunia scores with a head kick.
Trasseli takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Acunia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Trasseli's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trasseli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Trasseli takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Acunia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Trasseli at a distance.
Acunia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

And that's the end of the fight!
VinniJay Acunia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Acunia has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... VinniJay Acunia!
Our winner, VinniJay Acunia, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.