PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Uuno Turpahuuro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Ylvinge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turpahuuro comes to the cage accompanied by The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name. Robert Ylvinge is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Turpahuuro
vs
Ylvinge

178 cm
22
144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
24
140 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Control Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uuno Turpahuuro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Ylvinge!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ylvinge misses.
Ylvinge takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Turpahuuro misses with a head kick.
Uuno Turpahuuro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Turpahuuro throws a head kick but Ylvinge moves out of range.
Turpahuuro doesn't manage to clinch there - Ylvinge circles away.
Ylvinge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Turpahuuro looks for the body kick but Ylvinge saw that one coming.
Ylvinge blocks a head kick by Turpahuuro.
Turpahuuro goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Robert Ylvinge has been cut.
Turpahuuro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turpahuuro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Turpahuuro closes the distance and clinches.
Ylvinge wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Turpahuuro fails to land.
Ylvinge lands a left hand that snaps the head of Turpahuuro backwards.
Turpahuuro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turpahuuro lands a body punch.
Turpahuuro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ylvinge.
Turpahuuro lands an uppercut.

Turpahuuro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Turpahuuro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Turpahuuro tries a head kick but it misses.
Ylvinge blocks the body kick.
Ylvinge misses with a two punch combination.
Turpahuuro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Turpahuuro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ylvinge counters with a straight right hand.
Turpahuuro cracks a nice hook into Ylvinge's ribs.
Turpahuuro throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ylvinge counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Turpahuuro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Ylvinge counters by clinching up.
Turpahuuro trying to land knees to the body.
Turpahuuro lands a nice uppercut.
Turpahuuro lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turpahuuro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ylvinge wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Turpahuuro scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Turpahuuro.
Ylvinge looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ylvinge tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Turpahuuro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Turpahuuro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ylvinge or not.
Turpahuuro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turpahuuro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Turpahuuro has Ylvinge pressed against the cage, preventing Ylvinge from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ylvinge's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turpahuuro pushes Ylvinge back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turpahuuro lands a shoulder strike.
Turpahuuro scores with a shot to the side of Ylvinge's head.
Turpahuuro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turpahuuro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ylvinge has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Turpahuuro lands an uppercut.
Turpahuuro gets through Ylvinge's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turpahuuro lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Turpahuuro throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turpahuuro.
Turpahuuro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turpahuuro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turpahuuro lands with a left to the head.
Turpahuuro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.
Turpahuuro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ylvinge.
Ylvinge managing to block the knees to the body from Turpahuuro.
A right hand to the body from Turpahuuro.
Ylvinge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Turpahuuro lands a body punch.
Turpahuuro crunches a lovely knee into Ylvinge's ribcage.
Turpahuuro works on Ylvinge's body with a couple of short punches.
Turpahuuro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.
Turpahuuro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.
Turpahuuro lands a nice elbow.

Ylvinge is rocked!
Turpahuuro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ylvinge is still on wobbly legs! Can Turpahuuro finish him?
Turpahuuro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ylvinge seems to have recovered his senses.
Turpahuuro pushes Ylvinge back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Turpahuuro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turpahuuro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ylvinge is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ylvinge letting Turpahuuro take a breather here.
Turpahuuro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ylvinge.
Turpahuuro lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ylvinge.
Ylvinge's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Turpahuuro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ylvinge backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Turpahuuro.
Turpahuuro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Turpahuuro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Turpahuuro.
Turpahuuro gets through Ylvinge's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Turpahuuro.
Turpahuuro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turpahuuro lands an elbow that stopped Ylvinge in his tracks for a moment.
Turpahuuro creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Ylvinge with a big uppercut! Ylvinge tries to clinch up but Turpahuuro pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Ylvinge to the mat! Ylvinge covers up and Turpahuuro unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Uuno Turpahuuro!
Uuno Turpahuuro retains his featherweight title!