PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pora Poraa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mountain comes to the cage accompanied by kuningas. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mountain
vs
Poraa

189 cm
24
209 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
28
215 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Mountain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pora Poraa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poraa throws a lazy uppercut
and Mountain counters with a left and a right that stings Poraa.
Mountain throws out a loose jab but Poraa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poraa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Mountain misses.
Poraa moves away from the strike by Mountain.
Mountain throws a hook but Poraa avoids it easily.
Poraa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mountain misses with a hook. Poraa ducked under it nicely.
Mountain throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Poraa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mountain looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Poraa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Mountain pulls Poraa in close to his closed guard and prevents Poraa from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poraa trying to control but Mountain is working from the bottom.
Mountain not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mountain lands a nice shot to the body.
A big right from Poraa misses.
Poraa throws a lazy uppercut
and Mountain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mountain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mountain ducks under a wild hook from Poraa.
A jab from Mountain misses.
Poraa moves away from the strike by Mountain.
Mountain lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Poraa.
Poraa throws a head kick that misses
and Mountain counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Poraa looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poraa misses with a hook
and Mountain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Poraa throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.

Poraa is rocked!
A slow jab from Mountain misses its intended target.
Mountain connects with a crisp jab.
Poraa is still on wobbly legs! Can Mountain finish him?
A slow jab from Mountain misses its intended target.
Poraa slips a straight right by Mountain.
Poraa seems to have recovered his senses.
A big right from Mountain misses.
Mountain is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mountain lunges at Poraa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Poraa's hand.
Mountain misses the jab.
Poraa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mountain.
Poraa staying out of range there.
Poraa throws an off balance right hand
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.
Mountain feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Poraa crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jari Mountain!
Jari Mountain retains his light heavyweight title!