PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Viitta (ranked 2403 p4p, 282 weight class) and Sal Iva (ranked 3782 p4p, 395 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Viitta
vs
Iva

211 cm
21
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very confident

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Heikki Viitta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sal Iva!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Viitta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Viitta darts in and clinches Iva up against the cage.
Viitta gets through Iva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Viitta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ivas head.
Viitta tries a body shot but Iva blocks it.
Viitta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Viitta is defending well against a takedown attempt.
I was talking to Viitta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Viitta scores with a shot to the side of Iva's head.
Iva tries to throw a body punch but Viitta avoids it by throwing Iva back against the cage.
Viitta gets underhooks to prevent Iva's takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Viitta.
Iva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Viitta gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Heikki Viitta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sal Iva.
Viitta lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Viitta.
Viitta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Viitta lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Viitta lands a body shot.
Iva goes for a takedown attempt but Viitta pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Iva looks winded!

Viitta has Iva up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Viitta.
Viitta lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Viitta.
Viitta lands an uppercut.
Viitta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Viitta lands a shot to the body.
Viitta digs a right hand underneath Iva's ribcage. Iva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Iva takes a shot to the head.
Viitta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ivas head.
Viitta lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Viitta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Iva is rocked!
Viitta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Viitta.
Viitta lands a shoulder strike.
Iva is still on wobbly legs! Can Viitta finish him?
Viitta scores with a shot to the side of Iva's head.
Viitta presses Iva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Viitta creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Iva's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Iva drops to his knees and Viitta pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Heikki Viitta!
Our winner, Heikki Viitta, 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.