PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Micah Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laineen Kasperi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Speed
vs
Kasperi

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Micah Speed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Laineen Kasperi!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasperi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Kasperi has Speed up against the cage in a clinch.
Kasperi scores with a hook to the body.
Speed is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kasperi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speed swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speed displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kasperi throws out the jab.
Kasperi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Kasperi.
Kasperi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kasperi misses with a straight right.

Kasperi clinches.
Kasperi cracks Speed with a nice body shot.
Kasperi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Kasperi breaks from the clinch.
Kasperi misses the jab.

Kasperi cracks Speed with a big right hand and Speed goes down!

Speed is rocked!

It looks like Micah Speed has been cut.
Kasperi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Oh Speed is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Speed knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kasperi on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kasperi has hold of Speed's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Speed seems comfortable defending it but Kasperi has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Speed is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Speed is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Kasperi couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Laineen Kasperi!