PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Harkimo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eerikki Voipapu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voipapu has chosen Kvelertak - Mjød as his entrance music. Keijo Harkimo had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Harkimo
vs
Voipapu

214 cm
24
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

225 cm
24
300 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keijo Harkimo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eerikki Voipapu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Voipapu looks to land a combination. Harkimo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harkimo swings for the body but Voipapu moves out of range.
Harkimo sizes up Voipapu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harkimo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Voipapu moves away.
Voipapu digs a good body shot into Harkimo's ribs.
Voipapu throws a body punch but Harkimo moves out of range.
Harkimo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Voipapu thows a body shot but no joy.
Voipapu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Harkimo cracks Voipapu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harkimo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Harkimo connects with a right hand. Voipapu shakes it off.
Voipapu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harkimo is looking to clinch but Voipapu is avoiding it.
Voipapu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Harkimo.
Harkimo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Harkimo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Voipapu's calf.
Keijo Harkimo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Voipapu throws out a loose jab but Harkimo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harkimo connects with a body shot that sends Voipapu's belly button to the back.
Voipapu misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkimo lands with a straight right. Voipapu didn't see that one coming.
Voipapu throws a looping overhand right but Harkimo ducks down to avoid it.
Harkimo looks to land a right hand but Voipapu moved out of range.
Voipapu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Voipapu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harkimo.
Harkimo fakes the leg kick and cracks Voipapu in the body.
Harkimo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Voipapu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harkimo scores with a three punch combo!
Voipapu looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voipapu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harkimo counters with a straight right hand.
Harkimo throws a shot to the body.
Harkimo throws a right hand that Voipapu ducks under and follows up with a left that Voipapu also avoids with ease.
Harkimo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Harkimo does no damage.
Voipapu looks to land a body kick but Harkimo moved away.
Harkimo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Voipapu tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Harkimo with a jab.
Harkimo misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voipapu tries a low kick but Harkimo avoids it.
Harkimo throws a nice looking combination but Voipapu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harkimo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Harkimo ducks under a wild hook from Voipapu.
Harkimo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Voipapu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harkimo.

Harkimo rushes Voipapu and presses him up against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Harkimo as Voipapu tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harkimo.
Voipapu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harkimo backwards.
Harkimo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Voipapus head.
Harkimo lands a shot to the body.
Voipapu is working Harkimo over against the ropes.
Harkimo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Harkimo misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkimo has Voipapu pressed against the ropes, preventing Voipapu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Harkimo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harkimo presses Voipapu against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A hook to the body from Harkimo.
Harkimo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Voipapu blocking some punches.
Harkimo tries a body shot but Voipapu blocks it.
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!
Voipapu is looking to break free of the clinch but Harkimo has double underhooks.
Harkimo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Voipapu up against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harkimo.
Harkimo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Voipapu backwards.
Voipapu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Harkimo - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Harkimo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harkimo can't find room to land a body shot as Voipapu controls the action.
A short left from Harkimo.
A head punch on the inside from Harkimo fails to land.
Harkimo misses with a body punch.
Harkimo digs a right hand underneath Voipapu's ribcage. Voipapu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harkimo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Harkimo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Harkimo lands a hook that snaps the head of Voipapu backwards.
Harkimo lands a hook that snaps the head of Voipapu backwards.
Harkimo lands a nice uppercut.

Harkimo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Voipapu misses the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkimo cracks Voipapu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harkimo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Voipapu tries a head kick but it misses.
Voipapu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Harkimo dominated that round.
That's time! Harkimo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Harkimo throws a hook but Voipapu avoids it easily.
Voipapu throws out a loose jab but Harkimo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harkimo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Voipapu moves out of range of the body kick from Harkimo.
Voipapu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Voipapu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Harkimo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Voipapu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harkimo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Voipapu finds it's way round the side to connect with Harkimo's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Voipapu checks a leg kick.
Harkimo throws a series of strikes that have Voipapu backpedaling.
Voipapu lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harkimo's sensitive parts.
Voipapu stalks Harkimo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Harkimo's face. Harkimo staggers backwards, shaken.
Voipapu takes a swing at Harkimo's ribcage but misses.
Harkimo cracks Voipapu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Harkimo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Voipapu can do to turn this around?
Voipapu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harkimo throws a series of punches but Voipapu avoids them all with ease.
Voipapu scores with a body shot.
Voipapu avoids the body shot from Harkimo.
Voipapu clobbers Harkimo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Harkimo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voipapu looks to land a left hand but Harkimo moved out of range nicely.
Harkimo throws a body kick that misses.
Harkimo throws a leg kick which misses Voipapu's front leg but catches the back leg as Voipapu tries to avoid it.
Voipapu is breathing heavily.
Harkimo tries to clinch up but Voipapu circles away and keeps his distance.
Harkimo scores with a hook.
Nice cross by Harkimo.
A punch combination from Harkimo misses.
Voipapu tries to work over Harkimo's front leg with a kick but Harkimo checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Voipapu.
Keijo Harkimo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harkimo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Voipapu cracks the inside of Harkimo's front leg.
Harkimo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harkimo fails to land with a series of punches.
Voipapu slips under a jab from Harkimo.
Voipapu misses with an uppercut. Harkimo saw that one coming.
Voipapu throws a body punch but Harkimo moves out of range.
Harkimo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Keijo Harkimo is winning the standup battle so far.
Harkimo swings for the body but Voipapu moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkimo scores with a sloppy right hand. Voipapu should have avoided that one.
Voipapu throws a hook to the side of Harkimo's head but Harkimo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Harkimo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harkimo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harkimo is looking to score with low kicks.

Harkimo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Harkimo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Voipapu's brow.

Harkimo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Voipapu connects with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Harkimo. Those never looked like landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Voipapu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harkimo - the referee stops the clock and Voipapu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harkimo. Voipapu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Voipapu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harkimo has time to react.
Harkimo throws a body kick that misses.
Harkimo misses with a double jab.
Voipapu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Voipapu throws a jab when Harkimo was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Voipapu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Harkimo is looking to clinch but Voipapu is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkimo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Voipapu misses with a wild body shot.
Voipapu punishes Harkimo's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice cross by Voipapu.
Harkimo tries to clinch but Voipapu is having none of it.
Harkimo misses with a wild combination.
Voipapu misses with an uppercut. Harkimo saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Voipapu. Harkimo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Voipapu misses the shot to the body.
Voipapu misses with a low kick.
Harkimo throws a series of punches but Voipapu moves out of range.
Voipapu misses with a low kick.
Voipapu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Harkimo. That did some damage!
Harkimo swings for the body but Voipapu moves out of range.
Voipapu connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Voipapu looks to land a combination but Harkimo avoids it well.
Harkimo wants to clinch up but Voipapu keeps it at a distance.
Harkimo has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voipapu tries a head kick but it misses.
Harkimo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Voipapu manages to avoid it.
Voipapu goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Harkimo slips a straight right by Voipapu.
Voipapu throws a nice inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Harkimo blocks the leg kick.
Voipapu checks a leg kick nicely.
Harkimo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Voipapu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Harkimo lands with a good body shot.
Harkimo scores with a body shot.
A jab from Harkimo does it's job there.
Harkimo sizes up Voipapu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Harkimo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Voipapu. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harkimo fakes the leg kick and cracks Voipapu in the body.
Good shot there by Harkimo.
Harkimo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Voipapu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harkimo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Harkimo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Harkimo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Harkimo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Voipapu throws a jab but it's blocked by Harkimo.
Voipapu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Harkimo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Harkimo digs a good hook to Voipapu's body.
A lazy left from Harkimo finds it's target.
Voipapu throws a body punch but Harkimo moves out of range.
Harkimo avoids the body shot from Voipapu.
Harkimo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Decent striking displayed by Harkimo there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Voipapu, right into the meat.
Harkimo lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Voipapu goes down and covers up as Harkimo starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keijo Harkimo!
A victorious Keijo Harkimo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.