PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arne Kristiansen (ranked 25411 p4p, 6129 weight class) and Gatimu Wanjiku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kristiansen
vs
Wanjiku

199 cm
18
160
0 - 3 - 0

179 cm
16
170
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arne Kristiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gatimu Wanjiku!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wanjiku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kristiansen moves away.
Wanjiku thuds a left hand into Kristiansen's body.
Wanjiku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wanjiku misses with a takedown
and Kristiansen counters with a straight right hand.
Wanjiku throws the left hand but Kristiansen avoids the punch easily.
Kristiansen ducks right into an uppercut from Wanjiku.
Wanjiku uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kristiansen.
Wanjiku keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wanjiku throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wanjiku avoids the head kick by Kristiansen.
Wanjiku misses with a left hand
and Kristiansen counters with a nice body kick.
Wanjiku misses with a hook
and Kristiansen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Wanjiku really felt that one!
Wanjiku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wanjiku misses the target.
Kristiansen avoids the body shot from Wanjiku.
A counter left hand to the body from Kristiansen misses its target.
Kristiansen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wanjiku.
Wanjiku throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kristiansen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kristiansen throwing a counter right hand but Wanjiku manages to avoid it.
Kristiansen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donk. Wanjiku catches Kristiansen right on the button with a cross.
Kristiansen drops his hands momentarily and Wanjiku takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kristiansen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kristiansen scores with a punch to the head.
Wanjiku scores with a jab. Kristiansen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kristiansen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kristiansen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wanjiku cracks Kristiansen with a good jab.

Kristiansen is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wanjiku throws a pinpoint strike between Kristiansen's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Kristiansen crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Wanjiku scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gatimu Wanjiku!