PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between King Burger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Takanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Burger
vs
Takanen

175 cm
22
183 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
172 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, King Burger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Esko Takanen!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Burger looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Takanen is fending him off so far but Burger persists. Nope, Takanen circles away and we're back to standing.
Takanen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Burger's sensitive parts.
Burger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takanen.
Burger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A left lands for Takanen.
Takanen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Burger takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Burger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Burger scores with a shot to the body.
Burger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takanen circles away quickly and effectively.
Takanen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Takanen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Burger has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takanen with a hook.
Takanen swinging wildly here.
A left and a right from Takanen both land. Nice combination.

Burger is rocked!
Takanen cracks Burger with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Burger tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Takanen pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Burger is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esko Takanen!