PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evil Kullervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graeme Symons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kullervo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kullervo Entrance Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kullervo
vs
Symons

186 cm
34
176 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

170 cm
37
171 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear

Hellbent
MayheM sportswear

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 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Evil Kullervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Graeme Symons!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Symons ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kullervo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Contenders in the buildup to the fight.
Kullervo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Symons counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Symons slips a jab from Kullervo.
Kullervo scores with the left hand. Symons knows he should have avoided that one.
Kullervo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Symons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Symons has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Symons has managed to clinch.

Symons breaks the clinch.
Kullervo tries to clinch
and Symons makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kullervo jabs Symons right on the nose. Symons blinks but takes it well.
Symons avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Kullervo clinches with his opponent.

Symons manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Symons does no damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kullervo throws a low kick but Symons moves out of range easily.
Symons with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Symons moves out of range as Kullervo strikes.
Symons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Symons throws out a leg kick but Kullervo moves out of range and Symons only half commits.
As Symons tries to get set, Kullervo tries to push him back and clinch up but Symons manages to avoid the attempt.
Symons 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.
Symons does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kullervo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Kullervo backs off Symons throws a huge counter combo but Kullervo manages to avoid it all.
Symons misses with a body shot.
Symons throws a jab when Kullervo was well out of range.
Kullervo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evil Kullervo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kullervo lands with a hook. Symons tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Good exchange - Symons coming out on top.
Symons throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Kullervo to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Symons moves out of range of the strikes.
Symons throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kullervo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Symons counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kullervo misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Symons. That's going to slow Kullervo down.

Symons drives through and clinches with Kullervo against the cage.

Symons lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Symons controlling the action here.
Symons thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kullervo's head.
Kullervo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Symons.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kullervo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Symons passes to full mount!
Kullervo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kullervo is desperately trying to improve his position but Symons has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Symons.
Symons lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Symons has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kullervo wants to control but Symons is having none of it.
Symons breaks from Kullervo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kullervo taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Symons avoids the attempt from Kullervo to control.
Symons working Kullervo over with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Symons looking to control and managing it successfully.
Symons lands with some strikes.
Symons looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Symons working the ground and pound effectively.
Symons in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Symons landing strikes from the mount.

Kullervo is rocked!
Symons postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Kullervo bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Symons and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Graeme Symons!
Our winner, Graeme Symons, 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.
The defeated Evil Kullervo had this to say: 'I think my heart is broken.'.