PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergey Fedorovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severi Suhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suhonen has chosen Lentävä Kalakukko as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Fedorovich
vs
Suhonen

178 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sergey Fedorovich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Severi Suhonen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suhonen throws a sloppy head kick and Fedorovich moves out of range easily.
Suhonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Suhonen throws a poor cross that misses

and Fedorovich counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Suhonen!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Fedorovich swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Suhonen is now in Fedorovich's guard. A big mistake from Fedorovich there, giving up the dominant position!
Suhonen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fedorovich keeping moving, preventing Suhonen from controlling successfully.
Suhonen engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedorovich had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Suhonen defends it easily.
Suhonen wants to control from the top but Fedorovich keeps moving.
Suhonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Fedorovich is retaining full guard.

Severi Suhonen has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
No joy there for Suhonen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Suhonen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fedorovich in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedorovich misses with a takedown
and Suhonen counters with a head kick. That will keep Fedorovich thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Suhonen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Suhonen tries to bum rush Fedorovich with a series of wild strikes but Fedorovich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Oooooh!!! Suhonen has knocked Fedorovich down with a huge combo! Suhonen steps away and waves a wobbly Fedorovich back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Fedorovich is rocked!

It looks like Sergey Fedorovich has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Suhonen lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Fedorovich falls backwards - clearly groggy! Suhonen dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Severi Suhonen!
Severi Suhonen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.