PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marko Filikovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Soo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marko Filikovic could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Richard Soo's chin.

Filikovic
vs
Soo

189 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marko Filikovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Richard Soo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Filikovic as Soo shoots in.

Filikovic throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Soo stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Filikovic follows into mount!

Soo is rocked!
Filikovic controlling from mount.
Soo is still in real trouble! Can Filikovic finish him?
Soo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Soo seems to have recovered his senses.
Filikovic has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Soo's face.
Filikovic with good strikes from the mount here!

Filikovic looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Filikovic cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filikovic looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Soo covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marko Filikovic!