PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hanson White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rami Ilotalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cumshots - Dead man`s hand. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

White
vs
Ilotalo

182 cm
21
162 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
18
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Dark Knight Design
Dark Knight Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hanson White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rami Ilotalo!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

White feints and as Ilotalo raises his hands in defense, White changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
White stopping the sweep attempt from Ilotalo.

Ilotalo pushes White off and gets back to his feet.

White shoots in and bounces Ilotalo off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ilotalo can do anything to dispel that myth.
White won't allow Ilotalo to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
White in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ilotalo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ilotalo wants to get back to his feet but White is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White postures up.
White pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ilotalo is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Ilotalo has wrist control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ilotalo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ilotalo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from White.
White fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ilotalo.
A chopping leg kick lands by White.
White is looking to clinch but Ilotalo is avoiding it.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
White scores with a hook to the body. Ilotalo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ilotalo looks gassed!

White closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
White working the head and body with strikes.
White looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
White looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ilotalo tries to roll over but White keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ilotalo is not content to let White control the position.
Ilotalo moves into full guard.
Ilotalo wants to get back to his feet but White is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
White wants to control from the top but Ilotalo keeps moving.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ilotalo is trying to get back to his feet.
Ilotalo tries to improve position but can't.
White scores with punches from side control.
Ilotalo tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ilotalo being controlled for a moment.
White in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
White scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ilotalo to see if he's OK.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ilotalo is looking for a sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
White throws and low kick but Ilotalo moves out of range easily.
Ilotalo shoots in and drives through. White sprawls well.
White shoots and misses

so Ilotalo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ilotalo works over White with some ground and pound from guard.
Ilotalo connects with a couple of short punches.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now White is on top in guard.
Ilotalo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ilotalo looking to hit a scissor sweep but White is one step ahead there.
White postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ilotalo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. White manages to get himself to full guard.
Ilotalo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
White wants to control but Ilotalo is keeping busy.
White tries to roll over but Ilotalo keeps him under control.
White is in trouble now - Ilotalo has advanced to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hanson White dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

White throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ilotalo fails with the takedown
and White counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Ilotalo! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by White!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hanson White!