PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Irvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalle Natsisiwa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Irvin
vs
Natsisiwa

188 cm
27
212 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

188 cm
35
208 lbs
18 - 11 - 2

Decent wrestler
Good knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Irvin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Irvin has Natsisiwa up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Natsisiwa.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Kalle Natsisiwa has been cut.
Natsisiwa misses with a punch on the inside.
Irvin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Natsisiwa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Natsisiwa trying to stall but Irvin improves his position.
Irvin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irvin controlling the action here for a moment.
Natsisiwa being controlled against the cage.
Irvin seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Irvin tries a knee to the head but Natsisiwa blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natsisiwa working aggressively here.
Irvin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
Natsisiwa has a couple of punches blocked by Irvin.
Irvin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Irvin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Natsisiwa blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Natsisiwa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Natsisiwa's coach down at Bad Pluto! (17 Elite Coach) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Natsisiwa's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Irvin misses with a knee strike.
Natsisiwa lands with a short shot to the head.
Natsisiwa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Natsisiwa can't find room to land a body shot as Irvin controls the action.
Good body shot from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa is working Irvin over against the cage.
Irvin misses with a knee strike.
Natsisiwa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Natsisiwa taking a breather.
Irvin looking to stall.
Irvin blocks a body shot from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa cracks Irvin with a nice body shot.
Irvin tries a knee to the head but Natsisiwa blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Natsisiwa.
Irvin is breathing heavily.
Irvin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Natsisiwa blocks it with crossed arms.
Natsisiwa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Irvins head.
Natsisiwa stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the head but Natsisiwa blocks with his arms.
Natsisiwa tries to throw a body punch but Irvin avoids it by throwing Natsisiwa back against the cage.
Natsisiwa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa lands with a right to the head.
Irvin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Natsisiwa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Natsisiwa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa tries to work over Irvin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Natsisiwa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Natsisiwa cracks Irvin with a nice body shot.
Natsisiwa lands a hook that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Natsisiwa avoids it.
Natsisiwa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Natsisiwa digs a right hand underneath Irvin's ribcage. Irvin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Natsisiwa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
Irvin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Irvin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Natsisiwa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Natsisiwa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Natsisiwa tries to stall but Irvin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the head but Natsisiwa blocks with his arms.
Natsisiwa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Natsisiwa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
Irvin tries to land knees in the clinch but Natsisiwa avoids the damage to the body.
Natsisiwa lands a hook that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natsisiwa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Natsisiwa lands a right hand.
Natsisiwa stalling in the clinch but Irvin improves position.
Irvin misses with a knee strike.
Irvin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Irvin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irvin tries to stall but Natsisiwa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Natsisiwa lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natsisiwa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Irvin taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa lands a nice uppercut.

Irvin is rocked!
Irvin tries to land knees in the clinch but Natsisiwa avoids the damage to the body.
Oh Irvin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Natsisiwa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Irvin seems to have got his legs back now.
Natsisiwa leaning against his opponent.
Natsisiwa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Natsisiwa misses with some punches.
Irvin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa misses with some punches.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
Natsisiwa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Natsisiwa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Natsisiwa lands a nice shot to the body.
Natsisiwa lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Natsisiwa works on Irvin's body with a couple of short punches.
Natsisiwa lands a body punch.
Natsisiwa lands with a right to the head.
Natsisiwa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Natsisiwa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kalle Natsisiwa's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Irvin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Natsisiwa lands with a cross.
Natsisiwa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Irvin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Natsisiwa tries to clinch up.
Natsisiwa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Irvin clinches with his opponent.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Natsisiwa avoids it.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Natsisiwa on the inside.
A knee to the head by Irvin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Natsisiwa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irvin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Irvin trying to land knees to the body.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Natsisiwa avoids it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Irvin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Irvin or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Irvin backwards.
Irvin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Natsisiwa blocks it with crossed arms.
Irvin trying to land knees to the body.
Natsisiwa scores with a shot to the side of Irvin's head.
Natsisiwa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Natsisiwa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa lands a big right hand that drops Irvin! The killer instinct kicks in and Natsisiwa finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Natsisiwa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Natsisiwa!
Kalle Natsisiwa tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.