PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hawk Seibold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauri Kunnas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seibold comes into the arena with SCOTTISH PIPE blaring out of the sound system. Kunnas has chosen Jumal x10 Lavis - Jeesus as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Seibold
vs
Kunnas

198 cm
28
276 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

205 cm
29
270 lbs
19 - 5 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hawk Seibold!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauri Kunnas!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kunnas goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kunnas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Seibold if he has to take too many more of those.
Kunnas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seibold.
Seibold shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kunnas defends it nicely.

Seibold looking to score a takedown here. Kunnas is defending well but Seibold drives through and ends up in Kunnas's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kunnas is adopting a defensive guard.
Seibold is looking to work some ground and pound but Kunnas has wrist control.
Kunnas trying to keep a closed guard but Seibold is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seibold trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Seibold stopping the sweep attempt from Kunnas.
Seibold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Seibold throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kunnas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kunnas pulls Seibold in close to his closed guard and prevents Seibold from doing any damage or advancing position.
Seibold throws and elbow that misses. Kunnas uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Seibold's guard. Nice move by Kunnas!
Seibold lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kunnas!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Seibold tries to control but Kunnas wriggling away.
Seibold thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Seibold fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Seibold thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Seibold throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seibold punching from mount but Kunnas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Seibold has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kunnas's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seibold breaks from Kunnas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Seibold lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Seibold scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seibold with good strikes from the mount here!
Seibold unloads with some shots from mount but Kunnas bucks and avoids them well.
Seibold throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Seibold sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The referee warns Kunnas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Seibold throws some wild stikes that Kunnas manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seibold misses with a head shot.
Kunnas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Seibold.
Seibold throwing strikes here but Kunnas is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Seibold scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Seibold scoring with strikes but Kunnas is staying in there.
Seibold has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kunnas's face.
BOOM! Seibold connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Seibold lands with some strikes.
Kunnas looks gassed!
Kunnas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Seibold cracks Kunnas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Seibold unloads with some shots from mount but Kunnas bucks and avoids them well.
Seibold breaks from Kunnas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Seibold putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Seibold unloads with some shots from mount but Kunnas bucks and avoids them well.
Kunnas is squirming around, avoiding Seibold's attempts to control the action.
Seibold throws some wild stikes that Kunnas manages to avoid easily.
Seibold scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kunnas?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seibold tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Seibold sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kunnas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kunnas is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kunnas is bucking up trying to escape but Seibold cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Seibold looking to control and managing it successfully.
Seibold lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Seibold lands a heavy elbow.
Seibold punching from mount but Kunnas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Seibold there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Seibold connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Seibold pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kunnas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
A big strike lands for Seibold! That's really hurt Kunnas and he's turned his back - Seibold keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Seibold jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hawk Seibold!
Hawk Seibold retains his heavyweight title!