PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kush comes to the cage accompanied by Mack 10 / Connected For Life. Tony Kush could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Owen William's chin.

Kush
vs
William

183 cm
20
174 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
180 lbs
3 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Kush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Owen William!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from William misses.
William takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kush swings for the body but William moves out of range.
William wants to clinch but Kush slips to the side
and Kush counters with a three punch combo that has William backing up. William nods at Kush to acknowledge the strikes.
William tries to clinch up but Kush circles away and keeps his distance.
William fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kush avoids it really well and circles away.
William tries to clinch up but Kush circles away and keeps his distance.
Kush throws a poor cross that misses
and William counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
William fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kush misses with an uppercut.
Kush misses with a hook.
William shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kush sprawls well. Kush wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. William gets slowly back to his feet.
William is looking to clinch.
Kush connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William lands with an uppercut that bounces Kush off the cage and back into range.
William closes the distance and clinches up with Kush, looking for a takedown. William pushes Kush against the cage but Kush circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tony Kush has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Owen William.
William tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
William shoots for a double leg takedown but Kush sprawls well. He's pushed William's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
William gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Kush counter with a right hand.
William doesn't manage to clinch there - Kush circles away.
William tries to move into range but Kush moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kush connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kush jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Kush lands a slapping body shot.
William closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
William shoots in for a takedown but Kush shows good takedown defense.
William shoots for a double leg takedown but Kush sprawls well. He's pushed William's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kush scores with the left hand. William knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kush counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
William looks for a takedown but Kush sprawls well.
William looks gassed!
Kush scores with a hook to the body. William takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kush throws a good cross that connects.
William tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A left lands for Kush.
William misses with a takedown
and Kush counters with a nice uppercut.

Kush looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for William!
Kush landing strikes from the mount and William is in trouble!
Kush is landing with some decent strikes but William is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Kush breaks from William's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William is squirming around, avoiding Kush's attempts to control the action.
Kush with shots to the head and body - William looks very uncomfortable down there.

William is rocked!
William is bucking up trying to escape but Kush cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
William is still in real trouble! Can Kush finish him?
Kush with good strikes from the mount here!
William seems to have recovered his senses.
Kush trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kush with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kush in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kush cracks William with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kush landing strikes from the mount and William is in trouble!
William takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Kush's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Kush!
An out of breath Tony Kush thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.