PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chief Killer (ranked 6586 p4p, 3128 weight class) and Saku Lehtonen (ranked 652 p4p, 401 weight class). Chief Killer had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Killer
vs
Lehtonen

190 cm
28
220
4 - 7 - 0

175 cm
23
220
10 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good 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 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chief Killer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Saku Lehtonen!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehtonen jabs at Killer's body.
Killer shoots in but Lehtonen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lehtonen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lehtonen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Killer with a poor takedown
letting Lehtonen counter with a right hand.

It looks like Chief Killer has been cut.
Lehtonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Killer gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lehtonen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chief Killer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Killer with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lehtonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice cross by Lehtonen.
Killer shoots in for a double leg but Lehtonen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Killer is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lehtonen throws out a powerful jab.
Killer shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lehtonen as he avoids it easily.
Lehtonen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Killer on the side of the head.
Lehtonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Killer has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lehtonen stuns Killer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lehtonen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Killer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lehtonen is fending him off so far but Killer persists. Nope, Lehtonen circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen scores with a leg kick.
Lehtonen connects with a body shot that sends Killer's belly button to the back.
Lehtonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good exchange - Lehtonen coming out on top.

Killer is rocked!
Lehtonen wobbles Killer with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Lehtonen dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Killer to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Saku Lehtonen!