PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Andersson (ranked 67 p4p, 11 weight class) and Alexi Laiho (ranked 147 p4p, 21 weight class). Laiho is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cold Sweat/ Thin Lizzy. Alexi Laiho struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Alexi Laiho has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Andersson
vs
Laiho

186 cm
33
208 lbs
24 - 8 - 0

190 cm
35
225 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benny Andersson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexi Laiho!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laiho tries to close the distance and clinch but Andersson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Andersson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Andersson.

Laiho has taken the fight to the clinch.
Andersson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Laiho lands an uppercut.
Andersson prevents a body shot from Laiho.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike.
Andersson misses with a punch on the inside.
Andersson misses with some punches.
Andersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Andersson lands a body shot.
Laiho working aggressively here.
Laiho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Andersson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andersson taking a breather.
Andersson is leaning against Laiho and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Andersson.
Andersson throws a punch but it's blocked by Laiho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson blocks a body shot from Laiho.

Andersson breaks the clinch.
Andersson swats away the attempt to clinch by Laiho.
As Laiho looks to move away, Andersson throws a big counter combo but Laiho just gets out of the way.
Andersson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Laiho gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Andersson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Laiho thinking.
Andersson lands with a nice body punch.
Benny Andersson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Laiho looks winded!
Andersson cracks Laiho with a right hand to the side of the head.

Laiho is rocked!
Andersson punishes Laiho's body with a nice straight punch.
Andersson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laiho.
Andersson fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Laiho square on the jaw! Damn, Laiho is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benny Andersson!
Benny Andersson retains his light heavyweight title!