PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Toivonen (ranked 4733 p4p, 602 weight class) and Chuck Lesnar (ranked 2770 p4p, 390 weight class). Lesnar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Number Of The Beast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Toivonen
vs
Lesnar

193 cm
20
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
27
218 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Freebok (85% Laundry)
IniTech Nutrition

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Lesnar!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Toivonen counters with a straight right hand.
Toivonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Toivonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lesnar. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Toivonen.
Toivonen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Toivonen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Pekka Toivonen has been cut.
Lesnar avoids the body shot from Toivonen.
It seemed like Lesnar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lesnar avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toivonen lands with a nice body kick.
Toivonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lesnar is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Toivonen. Lesnar shrugs it off though.
Lesnar tries to clinch up.
We've been told by Toivonen's head coaches at Tosen's Home for Lost Boys that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Lesnar shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Toivonen eats them both and turns towards Lesnar to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Toivonen delivers a nice body kick.
Toivonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lesnar throws out a counter right but Toivonen avoids it with no problem.

Toivonen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A head punch on the inside from Lesnar fails to land.
Lesnar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Toivonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Toivonen lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Toivonen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toivonen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Toivonen stalling.
Toivonen blocks an uppercut.
Lesnar is trying to break free.
Toivonen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toivonen blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Toivonen.
Toivonen trying to land knees to the body.
Toivonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lesnar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lesnar lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Toivonen.
Lesnar blocking some punches.
Toivonen gets through Lesnar's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Toivonen misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Toivonen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toivonen pushes Lesnar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar working aggressively here.
Lesnar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toivonen digs a right hand underneath Lesnar's ribcage. Lesnar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Toivonen lands with a right to the head.
Lesnar looks winded!
Lesnar has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
A short body shot lands from Toivonen as the two fighters clinch.
Toivonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Toivonen lands with a right to the head.
Toivonen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Toivonen is working Lesnar over against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Toivonen.
Lesnar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Toivonen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toivonen controlling the action here for a moment.
Toivonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Lesnar controls his hands.
Lesnar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen blocking some punches.
Lesnar swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lesnar misses with some punches.

Toivonen drops Lesnar onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lesnar is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Lesnar is rocked!
Toivonen lands an uppercut.
Lesnar is still on wobbly legs! Can Toivonen finish him?
Toivonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toivonen throws a big uppercut that drops Lesnar! More strikes from Toivonen and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lesnar lies dazed against the cage as Toivonen celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Toivonen!
During a confident post fight interview, Pekka Toivonen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Chuck Lesnar spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck'.