PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Avent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Nikkari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikkari has chosen Berlin Foot Chase as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Avent
vs
Nikkari

197 cm
22
235 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
240 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phil Avent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esko Nikkari!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nikkari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Avent shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nikkari as he jumps to the side.
Avent is breathing heavily.

Nikkari lands a left and a right that send Avent crashing to the mat, dazed. Nikkari thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Phil Avent has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikkari throws a head kick that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nikkari.
Nikkari thumps Avent with a low kick.
A head kick by Nikkari - that's a beauty! Avent is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even Nikkari can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Esko Nikkari!