PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Turim Jursu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Manhoef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jursu comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls. Turim Jursu has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jursu
vs
Manhoef

193 cm
21
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Turim Jursu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Melvin Manhoef!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jursu moves away from the strike by Manhoef.
Jursu moves out of range of the body kick.
Melvin Manhoef seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manhoef misses with a few strikes there.
Jursu moves out of range of the body kick.
Jab from Jursu.
Jursu throws a nice head kick!
Jursu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jursu misses with the combination.
Manhoef on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jursu. Jursu obviously looking to wear him down.
Manhoef throws a combination that misses
letting Jursu counter with a right hand.
Manhoef misses with a double jab

and Jursu counters with a head kick that drops Manhoef to the mat! Manhoef scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Manhoef is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jursu connects with a superb combination that knocks Manhoef out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Jursu before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Manhoef!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Turim Jursu!