PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Erkkila (ranked 4106 p4p, 4097 weight class) and Yrjo Erkkila (ranked 481 p4p, 482 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Erkkila
vs
Erkkila

151 cm
18
210
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorma Erkkila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yrjo Erkkila!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Yrjo Erkkila takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jorma Erkkila throws a body shot but no joy.
Yrjo Erkkila looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jorma Erkkila connects with a body shot.
Jorma Erkkila slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma Erkkila rushes Yrjo Erkkila with punches - Yrjo Erkkila moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Yrjo Erkkila goes down! Jorma Erkkila follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorma Erkkila!
After winning the bout, Jorma Erkkila thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.