PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jensen Chelios (ranked 22655 p4p, 6922 weight class) and Third Tourn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tourn has chosen Korpiklaani - Suden Joiku as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chelios
vs
Tourn

179 cm
24
177
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
27
170
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jensen Chelios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Third Tourn!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chelios throws a series of punches but Tourn moves out of range.
Tourn unleashes a big counter combination but Chelios bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Chelios takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Chelios scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chelios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Chelios.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tourn.
Tourn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chelios.
Tourn misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Chelios.
Tourn told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Chelios makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tourn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chelios lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tourn or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Tourn.
Chelios misses with a punch on the inside.
Chelios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tourn blocks a body shot from Chelios.
Chelios has Tourn pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tourn manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chelios tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jensen Chelios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chelios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chelios drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Chelios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chelios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tourn backwards.
Chelios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Chelios pushes Tourn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tourn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chelios misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Tourn fails to land.
Chelios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tourn backwards.
Tourn misses with a body punch.
Chelios lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chelios lands a hook that snaps the head of Tourn backwards.
A short right from Chelios.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chelios blocking some punches.
Chelios is working Tourn over against the cage.
Tourn looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chelios.
Chelios lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tourn backwards.
Chelios pushes Tourn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chelios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chelios lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Chelios.

Tourn is rocked!
Chelios lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tourn to his knees! Chelios keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jensen Chelios!
After the big win, Jensen Chelios made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Core Combat and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Third Tourn spoke after the fight, saying 'Next time will be better. '.