PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Acustus Koiranaama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zangief Hakkarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hakkarainen has chosen HellYeah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zangief Hakkarainen has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Koiranaama
vs
Hakkarainen

198 cm
28
216 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

185 cm
31
201 lbs
15 - 6 - 2

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Acustus Koiranaama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of London, Zangief Hakkarainen!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koiranaama is looking to clinch.
Koiranaama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hakkarainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koiranaama.
Hakkarainen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koiranaama throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Zangief Hakkarainen has been cut.
Koiranaama misses with an uppercut
and Hakkarainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Koiranaama takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hakkarainen tries to throw a body punch but Koiranaama avoids it by throwing Hakkarainen back against the cage.
Koiranaama leaning against his opponent.
Hakkarainen struggles to land a body shot inside as Koiranaama controls his hands.
Koiranaama lands with a short shot to the head.
Hakkarainen wants to stall.
Koiranaama cracks Hakkarainen with a nice body shot.
Koiranaama swings wildly with an uppercut but Hakkarainen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koiranaama lands a damaging elbow.
Koiranaama misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koiranaama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koiranaama lands an uppercut.
Koiranaama stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Koiranaama tries to throw a body punch but Hakkarainen avoids it by throwing Koiranaama back against the cage.
Hakkarainen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Koiranaama lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Koiranaama is working Hakkarainen over against the cage.
Hakkarainen looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koiranaama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koiranaama lands an elbow that stopped Hakkarainen in his tracks for a moment.
Koiranaama pushes Hakkarainen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hakkarainen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Koiranaama misses with an elbow over the top.
Koiranaama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hakkarainen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hakkarainen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Koiranaama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama lands an elbow that stopped Hakkarainen in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Koiranaama on the inside.
Koiranaama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koiranaama blocking some punches.
Koiranaama misses with a body punch.
Koiranaama scores with a shot to the side of Hakkarainen's head.
Koiranaama can't find room to land a body shot as Hakkarainen controls the action.
Hakkarainen lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Koiranaama.
A shot in the inside from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama can't find room to land a body shot as Hakkarainen controls the action.
Hakkarainen tries to throw a body punch but Koiranaama avoids it by throwing Hakkarainen back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands with a short shot to the head.
Hakkarainen misses with an elbow over the top.
Koiranaama softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koiranaama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Koiranaama misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama digs a right hand into Hakkarainen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hakkarainen's gas tank.
A right hook to the body lands for Koiranaama.
A short left from Koiranaama.
A nice left hand lands by Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a body shot.
Hakkarainen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koiranaama lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Koiranaama.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koiranaama misses with a body punch.
Koiranaama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koiranaama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koiranaama can't find room to land a body shot as Hakkarainen controls the action.
Koiranaama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koiranaama lands an elbow that stopped Hakkarainen in his tracks for a moment.
Koiranaama tries a body shot but Hakkarainen blocks it.
Koiranaama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hakkarainen backwards.
Hakkarainen prevents a body shot from Koiranaama.
A left hand lands to the body for Koiranaama.
Koiranaama misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama lands a hook that snaps the head of Hakkarainen backwards.
Koiranaama lands an elbow that stopped Hakkarainen in his tracks for a moment.

Hakkarainen is rocked!
Koiranaama is pushing Hakkarainen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hakkarainen is still on wobbly legs! Can Koiranaama finish him?
Koiranaama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koiranaama lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hakkarainen seems to have recovered his senses.
A short right from Koiranaama on the inside.
Hakkarainen dodges an elbow strike from Koiranaama.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koiranaama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koiranaama cracks Hakkarainen with a nice body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koiranaama throws an elbow but misses.
Koiranaama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hakkarainen.
Hakkarainen tries to throw a body punch but Koiranaama avoids it by throwing Hakkarainen back against the cage.
Koiranaama lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koiranaama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama - that landed with a thud.
Koiranaama tries a body shot but Hakkarainen blocks it.
Koiranaama lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Acustus Koiranaama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zangief Hakkarainen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Koiranaama fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hakkarainen manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Hakkarainen.
Koiranaama throws out a powerful jab.
Hakkarainen avoids the head kick by Koiranaama.
Hakkarainen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koiranaama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hakkarainen lands a jab to Koiranaama's midsection.
Koiranaama keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hakkarainen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koiranaama's corner calls for a 1-2. Koiranaama obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Koiranaama is looking to clinch but Hakkarainen is avoiding it.
and Koiranaama counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Hakkarainen! He's just covering up as Koiranaama starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Acustus Koiranaama!
During a confident post fight interview, Acustus Koiranaama thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.