PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aslak Lappalainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Verona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lappalainen comes to the cage accompanied by Waltari - So Fine. Verona comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dawn Patrol by The Eliminators 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.

Lappalainen
vs
Verona

175 cm
29
169 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

184 cm
24
167 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aslak Lappalainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Verona!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lappalainen misses with an uppercut. Verona saw that one coming.
Lappalainen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Verona tries to clinch there but Lappalainen circles away.
Lappalainen misses with a head kick.
A big right from Lappalainen misses.
Verona cracks Lappalainen with a good jab.
Verona displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lappalainen throws out the jab.

Verona moves into the clinch successfully.
Verona has Lappalainen pushed against the cage.
Verona pushes Lappalainen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lappalainen fails to pull guard.
Verona trying to land knees to the body.
Verona tries to land knees in the clinch but Lappalainen avoids the damage to the body.

Verona's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lappalainen tries to keep at a distance but Verona has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lappalainen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lappalainen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Verona prevents the takedown attempt.
Verona crunches a lovely knee into Lappalainen's ribcage.
Lappalainen is breathing heavily.

Verona pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Verona cracks Lappalainen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Verona cracks Lappalainen with an open hand slap.
Nice body kick there by Verona.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A thudding body kick lands there by Verona!
Andre Verona is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Verona clinches with his opponent.
Verona is pushing Lappalainen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Verona tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lappalainen avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Verona lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Verona.
Knees to the body from Verona.
Verona lands an elbow inside.
Verona has Lappalainen pressed against the cage.
Verona with a knee to the head.
Lappalainen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Verona lands a damaging elbow.
Verona content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verona throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Verona breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Aslak Lappalainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Verona has Lappalainen up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Verona.
Lappalainen is trying to maintain a safe position but Verona gets an underhook and turns Lappalainen into the cage.
Verona is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lappalainen is defending well for now.
Lappalainen takes an elbow to the temple.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Verona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lappalainen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Verona.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lappalainen thuds a left hand into Verona's body.

Verona instigates a clinch.

Verona breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lappalainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Verona.
Verona looks to score with a jab to the body but Lappalainen is just out of range.
Verona lands with a straight right. Lappalainen didn't see that one coming.

Lappalainen is rocked!

Verona gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oh Lappalainen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Verona using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Verona is pushing Lappalainen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Verona pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Lappalainen! Verona unloads with more strikes and Lappalainen sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andre Verona!