PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Jar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urho Haapasalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haapasalo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Korpiklaani - Vodka kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jar
vs
Haapasalo

188 cm
28
280 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

186 cm
23
235 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ralph Jar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Haapasalo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jar connects with a jab.
Haapasalo misses with a wild body shot.
Jar throws a jab when Haapasalo was well out of range.
Jar misses with a hook
and Haapasalo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jar loads up on a big right hand but Haapasalo slips the punch.
Haapasalo leaves Jar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Haapasalo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jar throws a body punch but Haapasalo moves out of range.
Jar shoots in looking for a takedown. Haapasalo tries to sprawl out of it but Jar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Haapasalo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jar misses with a looping left.
Jar throws a poor cross that misses
and Haapasalo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Haapasalo clobbers Jar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Ralph Jar has been cut.
Haapasalo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jar is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Haapasalo. Jar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haapasalo misses with a body shot
and Jar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Haapasalo as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Jar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haapasalo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haapasalo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Haapasalo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jar rather than just go for the knockout.
Haapasalo misses with a low kick.
Haapasalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Jar counter with a right hand.
Haapasalo connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haapasalo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jar throws a lazy uppercut
and Haapasalo counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Jar falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Urho Haapasalo!