PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannu Hanhi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hanhi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hannu Hanhet höyhennetään. 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.

Hanhi
vs
Couture

190 cm
21
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hannu Hanhi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy Couture!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanhi lands a body shot.
A left and a right from Hanhi both land. Nice combination.
Couture shoots in but no luck this time.
Hanhi scores with a hook.
Couture avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hanhi connects with a body shot that sends Couture's belly button to the back.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hanhi.
Hanhi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanhi clobbers Couture with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Couture has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture looking for a takedown.
Couture is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hannu Hanhi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Couture.
Hanhi lands a left hand.
Hanhi landing knees to the body.
Couture looks gassed!
Couture has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hanhi after a bit of a struggle.
Hanhi works on Couture's body with a couple of short punches.
Still in the clinch, Hanhi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hanhi lands a shoulder strike.
Hanhi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Hanhi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Hanhi.
Hanhi lands with a left to the head.
Hanhi landing knees to the head.
A short right from Hanhi.
Hanhi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Couture's defenses.
A short right from Hanhi on the inside.

It looks like Randy Couture has been cut.
Hanhi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hanhi trying to control the position but instead, Couture has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hanhi into the ropes.
Hanhi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanhi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Couture in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Hanhi.
Hanhi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Couture backwards.

Couture is rocked!
Hanhi creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Couture's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Couture drops to his knees and Hanhi pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hannu Hanhi!
Hannu Hanhi very nearly forgot to thank Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.