PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Valtamo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lilburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Valtamo
vs
Lilburn

195 cm
24
205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
218 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Valtamo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Lilburn!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lilburn throws a body kick that misses.
Lilburn scores with a hook to the body. Valtamo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lilburn misses with a body shot.
Valtamo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valtamo throws a nice looking combination but Lilburn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
John Lilburn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valtamo throws a right and a left that Lilburn avoids nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Lilburn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lilburn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valtamo.
Lilburn thows a body shot but no joy.
Lilburn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valtamo.
Lilburn lands a nice looking body kick.
Lilburn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Valtamo's calf.
Lilburn doesn't manage to clinch there - Valtamo circles away.
Lilburn takes a swing at Valtamo's ribcage but misses.
Valtamo misses with a hook.
Valtamo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lilburn misses with a wild body shot.
Lilburn throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lilburn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lilburn misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburn throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Valtamo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lilburn.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lilburn working aggressively here.
Lilburn trying to land knees to the body.
Lilburn lands a left hand.
Lilburn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valtamo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Valtamo tries to circle away but Lilburn has him pinned against the cage.
Valtamo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valtamo is trying to break free.
Lilburn pushes off an throws an elbow but Valtamo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lilburn lands an elbow just above Valtamo 's eye.
Lilburn is working Valtamo over against the cage.
Valtamo dodges an elbow strike from Lilburn.
Valtamo avoids the elbow strike from Lilburn, against the cage.
Valtamo takes an elbow to the temple.
Lilburn lands a hook to the side of the head.

Valtamo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lilburn lands an overhand right.
Valtamo throws a hook but Lilburn blocks it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lilburn.
Valtamo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Valtamo moves out of range as Lilburn strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lilburn thumps Valtamo with a low kick.
Lilburn throws a front kick that sends Valtamo stumbling back into the cage.
Lilburn feints and then cracks Valtamo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Valtamo down.
Valtamo is breathing heavily.
Lilburn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lilburn ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lilburn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lilburn tests Valtamo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lilburn just misses with a punch to the body.
Lilburn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valtamo.
Lilburn digs a good body shot into Valtamo's ribs.
Valtamo throws a nice looking combination but Lilburn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valtamo throws a right hand that Lilburn ducks under and follows up with a left that Lilburn also avoids with ease.
Lilburn lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lilburn throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Valtamo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lilburn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lilburn connects with a right hand. Valtamo shakes it off.
Lilburn lands a nice looking kick to the body. Valtamo takes a step back to recover.
Lilburn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valtamo manages to avoid it.
Valtamo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lilburn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lilburn misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Lilburn.
Lilburn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lilburn. Valtamo shrugs it off though.
Lilburn connects with a nice looking jab.
Lilburn with a nice cross.
Nice body kick there by Lilburn.
Lilburn misses with a body shot.
Lilburn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lilburn keeps Valtamo at a distance using the push kick.
Lilburn is looking to clinch.
Lilburn shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valtamo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lilburn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lilburn scores with a push kick.
Lilburn is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Valtamo rather than just go for the knockout.
Lilburn cracks Valtamo with an open hand slap.
Valtamo misses the shot to the body.
Lilburn slips a jab and a cross from Valtamo.
Lilburn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lilburn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lilburn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lilburn misses with a wild body shot.
Lilburn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lilburn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lilburn misses with a body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valtamo looks to land a combination but Lilburn avoids it well.
Lilburn fails with a takedown attempt.
Lilburn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Lilburn dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lilburn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jari Valtamo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lilburn slips a jab and a cross from Valtamo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lilburn.
Valtamo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lilburn tests Valtamo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lilburn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lilburn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Valtamo misses with a jab to the body
and Lilburn counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Valtamo lands a jab to Lilburn's midsection.

Lilburn darts in and clinches Valtamo up against the cage.
Lilburn lands a good knee to the midsection. Valtamo won't want to take too many of those.
Valtamo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Valtamo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valtamo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lilburn. Lilburn obviously looking to wear him down.
Lilburn jabs at Valtamo's body.
Lilburn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Lilburn moves into the clinch.
Lilburn landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lilburn lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Jari Valtamo has been cut.
A body shot lands from Lilburn.
Lilburn lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped Valtamo in his tracks for a moment.
Lilburn lands an elbow inside that Valtamo shrugs off.
Lilburn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Valtamo takes an elbow to the temple.
Valtamo tries to break free but Lilburn pushes him back against the cage.
Lilburn presses Valtamo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lilburn.
Valtamo takes an elbow to the temple.
Lilburn throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lilburn is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Valtamo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lilburn lands an elbow just above Valtamo 's eye.
Lilburn is working Valtamo over against the cage.
Lilburn lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lilburn lands an elbow that stopped Valtamo in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Lilburn - that landed with a thud.
Lilburn with a knee to the head.

Valtamo is rocked!
Lilburn scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Valtamo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lilburn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lilburn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lilburn lands a damaging elbow.
Lilburn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Lilburn.
Lilburn lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lilburn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lilburn throws a big uppercut that drops Valtamo! More strikes from Lilburn and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Valtamo lies dazed against the cage as Lilburn celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Lilburn!
John Lilburn is the new light heavyweight champion!