PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksi Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atte Peltola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peltola comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Yakety Sax kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Atte Peltola has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vihtala
vs
Peltola

188 cm
19
218 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
204 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Granite chin

Outkast Clothing Line

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aleksi Vihtala!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atte Peltola!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peltola fails with a takedown attempt.
Peltola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Peltola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peltola tries to clinch but Vihtala is having none of it.
Peltola tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vihtala scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Atte Peltola has been cut.
Vihtala lands a nice leg kick that just misses Peltola's sensitive parts.
Vihtala connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big left from Peltola misses.
Peltola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vihtala throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Peltola stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vihtala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Peltola has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Peltola has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Peltola looks gassed!
Vihtala throws a one two combo.
Vihtala moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vihtala jabs Peltola right on the nose. Peltola blinks but takes it well.
Peltola throws a hook to the side of Vihtala's head but Vihtala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Peltola walks into a jab.
Vihtala throws a leg kick which misses Peltola's front leg but catches the back leg as Peltola tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Vihtala.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vihtala plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Peltola swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Peltola face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aleksi Vihtala!
Aleksi Vihtala is the new light heavyweight champion!
Aleksi Vihtala really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Outkast Clothing Line logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.