PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Worsely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janne Tulirinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janne Tulirinta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Worsely
vs
Tulirinta

175 cm
20
166 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
156 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Worsely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janne Tulirinta!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Worsely jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Worsely throws a looping overhand right but Tulirinta ducks down to avoid it.
Worsely throws a body punch but Tulirinta moves out of range.
Tulirinta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Worsely.
Worsely throws the left hand but Tulirinta avoids the punch easily.
Tulirinta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Worsely to score with a decent uppercut.
Tulirinta shoots in looking for a takedown. Worsely tries to sprawl out of it but Tulirinta keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Worsely manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Worsely comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tulirinta fails with the takedown.
Worsely fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mark Worsely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulirinta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Worsely throws a looping overhand right but Tulirinta ducks down to avoid it.
Worsely scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Worsely misses.
Worsely stuffs the takedown attempt from Tulirinta. Tulirinta gets slowly back to his feet.
Mark Worsely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Janne Tulirinta.
Worsely connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Tulirinta tumbling to the canvas! Worsely pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Tulirinta was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mark Worsely!