PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. (ranked 68 p4p, 233 weight class) and Kurki Potku (ranked 13 p4p, 37 weight class). Thibodeaux Jr. comes to the cage accompanied by Rags2Riches. Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Thibodeaux Jr.
vs
Potku

191 cm
26
206
23 - 5 - 0

177 cm
27
210
18 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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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 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurki Potku!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potku connects with a body shot.
Potku lands a nice looking body shot.
Potku misses with an uppercut
enabling Thibodeaux Jr. to counter with a crisp jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Potku.
Nice body punch from Potku.
Thibodeaux Jr. thuds a left hand into Potku's body.
Potku misses the jab.
Potku throws a poor cross that misses
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a left to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potku swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potku misses with a lunging right hand
and Thibodeaux Jr. cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potku wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Potku throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Potku.
Potku scores with a hook to the body. Thibodeaux Jr. takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Potku throws a solid leg kick but Thibodeaux Jr. takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Potku.
Thibodeaux Jr. swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Potku throws a lazy uppercut
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Potku throws an off balance right hand
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a right hand to the body.
Potku misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Thibodeaux Jr. wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kurki Potku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potku looks to land a right hand but Thibodeaux Jr. moved out of range.
Thibodeaux Jr. is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Potku misses with a body punch

and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a nice right hand that sends Potku toppling to the canvas! Potku scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thibodeaux Jr. finish him?!

Potku is rocked!

It looks like Kurki Potku has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lazy body kick from Potku
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a huge right that knocks Potku out cold! Thibodeaux Jr. is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.