PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Wukong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itaniemi comes to the cage accompanied by Volbeat - Still Counting. Urho Itaniemi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Itaniemi
vs
Wukong

190 cm
28
214 lbs
29 - 11 - 1

190 cm
26
211 lbs
18 - 5 - 0

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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 29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sun Wukong!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wukong misses with a series of wild punches.
Wukong misses with a body shot.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick but Wukong moved away.
Itaniemi connects with a looping right hand.
Wukong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Itaniemi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Itaniemi looks to land a right hand but Wukong moved out of range.
Wukong misses with a straight left.
Wukong connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wukong lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Itaniemi misses the shot to the body.
Wukong throws a sloppy head kick and Itaniemi moves out of range easily.
Itaniemi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Itaniemi thuds his shin into the meat of Wukong's side.

Itaniemi gets tackled into the cage by Wukong. Wukong maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi is working Wukong over against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi is trying to maintain a safe position but Wukong gets an underhook and turns Itaniemi into the cage.
Itaniemi misses with some punches.
Itaniemi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wukong has a couple of punches blocked by Itaniemi.
Still in the clinch, Itaniemi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Itaniemi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wukong trying to land knees to the body.
Wukong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wukong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Itaniemi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wukong throws a punch but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Wukong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Wukong.
A knee to the head by Wukong.
Wukong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Wukong - that landed with a thud.
Itaniemi is trying to break the clinch but Wukong is controlling him.
Wukong misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Itaniemi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wukong lands with a light punch inside.
Wukong prevents a body shot from Itaniemi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wukong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Itaniemi tries to work over Wukong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wukong lands a nice uppercut.
Wukong misses with a punch to the body.
Wukong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wukong throws a head punch that misses.
Itaniemi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wukong tries to work over Itaniemi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Wukong as the two fighters clinch.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wukong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itaniemi managing to block the knees to the body from Wukong.
Wukong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wukong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wukong throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Wukong working aggressively here.
Wukong has Itaniemi pressed against the cage, preventing Itaniemi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wukong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Itaniemi prevents a body shot from Wukong.
Itaniemi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wukong lands with a short shot to the head.
Itaniemi wants to get back to striking at distance but Wukong won't allow it.
Itaniemi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Wukong dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A kick lands to the mid section there for Wukong.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wukong.
Itaniemi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sun Wukong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Itaniemi connects with the punch.
Itaniemi throws a jab when Wukong was well out of range.
Wukong with a nice cross.
Urho Itaniemi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Itaniemi misses.
Wukong thumps Itaniemi with a low kick.
Wukong lands with a nice body kick.
Wukong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Itaniemi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Itaniemi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wukong cracks the inside of Itaniemi's front leg.
Wukong throws a wild body kick that Itaniemi sees coming a mile off.
Wukong connects with a looping right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wukong clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wukong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Itaniemi wants to get back to striking at distance but Wukong won't allow it.
Wukong cracks Itaniemi with a nice body shot.
Sun Wukong seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wukong.
Wukong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Itaniemi's elbow.
Wukong lands a body shot.
Wukong landing knees to the body.
Wukong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Itaniemi is defending well for now.
Wukong lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wukong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Itaniemi has Wukong pushed against the cage.
Itaniemi wants to break free but Wukong has control.
Wukong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Itaniemi blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Itaniemi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wukong lands an uppercut.
Wukong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wukong lands with a light punch inside.
Itaniemi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi avoiding damage as Wukong throws knees to the body.
Wukong lands a nice uppercut.
Wukong lands a knee to the head.
Itaniemi blocks a body shot from Wukong.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wukong creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Itaniemi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wukong is keeping busy.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Itaniemi avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses with a punch on the inside.
Itaniemi tries to work over Wukong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wukong tries to land a knee to the head but Itaniemi blocks with his arms.
Itaniemi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Itaniemi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wukong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wukong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Itaniemi stalling in the clinch but Wukong improves position.
Itaniemi prevents a body shot from Wukong.
Itaniemi blocks a body shot from Wukong.
Wukong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wukong misses with a hook to the ribs.

Itaniemi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Itaniemi throws a lazy head kick
and Wukong counters with a low kick, right behind Itaniemi 's knee.
Wukong lands a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Itaniemi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wukong. Wukong obviously looking to wear him down.
Itaniemi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wukong finds it's way round the side to connect with Itaniemi's head.
Itaniemi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Wukong takes the fight into the clinch.
Wukong misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wukong working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wukong landing knees to the head.

It looks like Urho Itaniemi has been cut.
Itaniemi wants to stall.

Wukong drops Itaniemi with a big knee straight up the middle! Itaniemi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Wukong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Urho Itaniemi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Itaniemi walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Wukong swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sun Wukong!
An out of breath Sun Wukong thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.