PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urban Urbansson (ranked 3242 p4p, 2501 weight class) and Eerikki Salmi (ranked 398 p4p, 322 weight class). Urbansson comes to the cage accompanied by Änglar - Raubtier. Eerikki Salmi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Urbansson
vs
Salmi

193 cm
27
221
8 - 7 - 0

190 cm
27
220
10 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Urban Urbansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eerikki Salmi!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urbansson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Salmi.
Salmi 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.
Urbansson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Salmi.
Urbansson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Salmi manages to avoid it.
Urbansson throws out a loose jab but Salmi uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Salmi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Urbansson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Urbansson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Salmi.
Salmi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salmi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Urbansson moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Urbansson misses its target.
Salmi defending well as Urbansson loads up on a big left hand.
Salmi connects with an inside leg kick.
Salmi staying out of range there.
Urbansson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Urbansson duly obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Urbansson misses with an uppercut
and Salmi counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Urbansson is rocked!
Salmi is looking to chop away at Urbansson's legs.
Salmi slips under a jab from Urbansson.

Urbansson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Urbansson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Urbansson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salmi blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Urbansson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salmi backwards.
Salmi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Urbansson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Salmi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Urbansson is defending well.
Urbansson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Urbansson misses with some punches.
Urbansson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Urbansson fails to land.
Urbansson misses with some punches.
Salmi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salmi misses with a body punch.
Salmi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salmi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Urbansson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Urbansson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salmi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salmi.
Urbansson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Salmi fails to land.

Salmi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Urbansson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Salmi counter with a right hand.
Salmi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Urbansson drives through and clinches with Salmi against the cage.

Salmi breaks from the clinch.
Urbansson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Salmi on the side of the head.
Urbansson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Salmi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Urbansson missing with a left hand there. Salmi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Salmi thuds his right hand into Urbansson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oh Urbansson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Salmi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Salmi cracks Urbansson with a hook to the temple - Urbansson is on wobbly legs here! Salmi swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Urbansson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Salmi wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Eerikki Salmi!
A very excited looking Eerikki Salmi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Urban Urbansson spoke after the fight, saying 'Aydan was clearly the better fighter. '.