PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miksu Rupunen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klahan Sunan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rupunen comes to the cage accompanied by Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rupunen
vs
Sunan

185 cm
30
205 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

192 cm
24
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Miksu Rupunen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Klahan Sunan !
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rupunen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rupunen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sunan lands the left hand.
Rupunen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rupunen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sunan tests Rupunen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rupunen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rupunen slips under a jab from Sunan .
Sunan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sunan scores with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sunan .
Sunan throws a sloppy body shot
and Rupunen counters with a right hand to the body.
Rupunen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sunan circles away quickly and effectively.
Rupunen lands with a hook. Sunan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Rupunen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rupunen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rupunen walks into a stiff left hand from Sunan .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunan misses the shot to the body.
Sunan throws a leg kick which misses Rupunen's front leg but catches the back leg as Rupunen tries to avoid it.
Rupunen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rupunen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sunan connects with a jab.
Sunan throws a nice looking combination but Rupunen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rupunen closes the distance and clinches up with Sunan , looking for a takedown. Rupunen pushes Sunan against the cage but Sunan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sunan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rupunen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sunan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rupunen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rupunen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Sunan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sunan scores with a hook to the body. Rupunen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sunan . Rupunen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rupunen misses with a series of wild punches.
Rupunen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sunan to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sunan connects with a jab.
Rupunen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sunan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sunan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sunan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sunan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Sunan .
Rupunen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rupunen throws a combination. Sunan tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice defenses there by Sunan .
Rupunen thows a body shot but no joy.
Sunan throws a head kick that misses.
Rupunen lands a body shot.
Sunan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Rupunen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rupunen throws a series of punches but Sunan avoids them all with ease.
Sunan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sunan feints and then cracks Rupunen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rupunen down.
Klahan Sunan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sunan lands a leg kick that knocks Rupunen off balance momentarily.
Sunan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sunan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rupunen rather than just go for the knockout.
Rupunen throws a series of punches but Sunan moves out of range.
Sunan walks into a stiff left hand from Rupunen.
Rupunen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sunan .
Rupunen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sunan works Rupunen's body with a nice hook.
Sunan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sunan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sunan misses with a few strikes there.
Sunan misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rupunen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sunan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rupunen moves away.
Rupunen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sunan .
Rupunen misses with a hook. Sunan ducked under it nicely.
Sunan misses with a wild combination.
Rupunen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sunan .
Rupunen throws a right and a left that Sunan avoids nicely.
Rupunen throws a right and a left that Sunan avoids nicely.
Rupunen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rupunen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sunan .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left lands for Sunan .
Sunan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sunan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rupunen's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klahan Sunan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sunan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rupunen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rupunen misses with a wild combination.
Sunan connects with a body shot that sends Rupunen's belly button to the back.
Rupunen throws a right and a left that Sunan avoids nicely.
Sunan misses with a wild body shot.
Rupunen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sunan tests Rupunen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rupunen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sunan slips a jab and a cross from Rupunen.
Sunan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sunan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rupunen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sunan but Sunan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rupunen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rupunen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice jab there from Sunan .
Sunan lands with a cross.
Rupunen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rupunen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sunan can pounce on him.
A combination from Rupunen does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sunan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rupunen. That did some damage!
Rupunen shoots for a takedown but Sunan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sunan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rupunen.
Sunan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rupunen. That did some damage!
Sunan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rupunen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miksu Rupunen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sunan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sunan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rupunen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sunan circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunan scores with a kick to the body.
Sunan cracks Rupunen with an open hand slap.
Sunan lands a body shot.
Sunan scores with a jab to the body.
Sunan thumps Rupunen with a low kick.
Rupunen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sunan lands a nice shot to the body.
Rupunen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rupunen avoids the body shot from Sunan .
Sunan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sunan looks to land a combination but Rupunen avoids it well.
Sunan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Klahan Sunan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sunan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rupunen's calf.
Rupunen throws a series of punches but Sunan avoids them all with ease.
Rupunen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rupunen.
Sunan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rupunen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rupunen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sunan avoids it really well and circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sunan .
Rupunen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sunan .
Sunan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sunan lands a jab to Rupunen's midsection.
Sunan with a jab.
Sunan lands a nice shot to the body.
Sunan cracks the inside of Rupunen's front leg.
Sunan scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sunan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rupunen.
Sunan lands a nice shot to the body.
Sunan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A right-left combo lands from Sunan .
Miksu Rupunen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sunan lands a head kick. Rupunen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A left lands for Sunan .

Rupunen is rocked!
Rupunen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh Rupunen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sunan lands with a straight right. Rupunen didn't see that one coming.
Sunan lands a big head kick that sends Rupunen to the canvas! Sunan follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Klahan Sunan !