PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksi Vihtala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Kawasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Vihtala
vs
Kawasaki

188 cm
20
218 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 6 - 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Kawasaki!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vihtala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vihtala fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kawasaki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kawasaki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Vihtala as he avoids it easily.
Kawasaki misses the body punch
and Kawasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Robert Kawasaki has been cut.
Vihtala tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vihtala.
Robert Kawasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kawasaki has his takedown stuffed

and Vihtala moves into the clinch.
Kawasaki tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Vihtala just stands there and leans against the cage.
Aleksi Vihtala has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Kawasaki.
Vihtala controlling the action here for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kawasaki takes a shot to the head.
Kawasaki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kawasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Vihtala scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kawasaki is trying to force a seperation but Vihtala has the dominant position.
Vihtala lands a left hand.
Vihtala lands a hook that snaps the head of Kawasaki backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Vihtala.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vihtala creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vihtala throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kawasaki looks gassed!
A short right from Vihtala on the inside.
Vihtala cracks Kawasaki with a nice body shot.
Vihtala pushes Kawasaki against the cage. Vihtala is working some dirty boxing. Vihtala pushes off with a quick right hook! Kawasaki goes down! Kawasaki tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Vihtala moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksi Vihtala!
Aleksi Vihtala retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Aleksi Vihtala thanked Outkast Clothing Line for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).