PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sauli Kekkonen (ranked 3236 p4p, 302 weight class) and Yardbird Knox (ranked 1615 p4p, 178 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Knox's choice of entrance music: Tear da Club Up | Three 6 Mafia. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kekkonen
vs
Knox

206 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

207 cm
22
285 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sauli Kekkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Yardbird Knox!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kekkonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice side step and Knox releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kekkonen throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Kekkonen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kekkonen misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Kekkonen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kekkonen shoots in looking for a takedown. Knox tries to sprawl out of it but Kekkonen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knox manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kekkonen misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kekkonen fails with the takedown

and Knox counters with a nice right hand that sends Kekkonen toppling to the canvas! Kekkonen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Knox finish him?!

Kekkonen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kekkonen has his takedown stuffed
and Knox counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yardbird Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Yardbird Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.