PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Lerppa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fugi Korvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fugi Korvo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Lerppa
vs
Korvo

210 cm
20
209 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keijo Lerppa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fugi Korvo!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Korvo as Lerppa shoots in.
Korvo is looking to clinch.
Lerppa shoots in looking for a takedown. Korvo tries to sprawl out of it but Lerppa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Korvo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Korvo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Lerppa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Korvo wants to sweep but no luck.
Korvo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lerppa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Lerppa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lerppa is looking to work some ground and pound but Korvo has wrist control.
Lerppa working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Korvo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Korvo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lerppa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Korvo moves into range and clinches up with Lerppa.
Lerppa tries to pull guard but Korvo won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keijo Lerppa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Korvo works on Lerppa's body with a couple of short punches.

Korvo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lerppa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Whack! Korvo lands a heavy head kick that drops Lerppa. The ref tackles Korvo to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Lerppa was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Fugi Korvo!