PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trip Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Egon Tingvellir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Porter's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, won't back down. 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.

Porter
vs
Tingvellir

185 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trip Porter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Egon Tingvellir!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tingvellir fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Porter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Porter avoids the body shot from Tingvellir.

Porter has Tingvellir up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tingvellir is leaning against Porter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tingvellir stalling against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Porter has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Tingvellir displaying some good clinch control by pressing Porter up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tingvellir tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tingvellir stalls.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tingvellir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tingvellir can't find room to land a body shot as Porter controls the action.
Porter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Porter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tingvellir has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tingvellir.
Porter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porter lands a left hand.
Tingvellir just leaning against Porter, taking a breather.

Porter pulls Tingvellir into guard.
Tingvellir not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tingvellir lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter is looking to sweep but instead, Tingvellir has passed into half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tingvellir working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

Tingvellir is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tingvellir works his way into full mount!
Porter wants to hold on but Tingvellir pushes him away.
Tingvellir looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tingvellir cracks Porter with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Egon Tingvellir!
A relieved looking Egon Tingvellir thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.