PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rysty Sankari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eivan Nappaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sankari
vs
Nappaa

225 cm
19
300 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

223 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rysty Sankari!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eivan Nappaa!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankari lands a jab to the head.
Nappaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sankari was well out of range. Poor timing from Nappaa.
Sankari avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Nappaa.
Nappaa throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sankari to counter with a crisp jab.
Nappaa misses with a wild combination.
Nappaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sankari.
Sankari throws a hook but Nappaa avoids it easily.
Sankari swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nappaa.
Nappaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sankari moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sankari. Nappaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nappaa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Sankari feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Nappaa sprawling to the canvas! Nappaa rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Sankari finish him?!

Nappaa is rocked!

It looks like Eivan Nappaa has been cut.
Nappaa throws the left hand but Sankari avoids the punch easily.
Sankari throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nappaa throws a lazy uppercut
and Sankari counters with a right hand from hell and Nappaa is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rysty Sankari!
Rysty Sankari is the new super heavyweight champion!