PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ollilan Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gracie might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bodies/Drowning pool. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gracie
vs
Jorma

178 cm
29
177 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

177 cm
27
173 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kirk Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ollilan Jorma!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorma scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Kirk Gracie has been cut.
Gracie looks for a takedown but Jorma sprawls well.

Jorma pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Jorma lands a knee to the head.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jorma holds him up against the cage and eventually Gracie drops back down to his feet.
Jorma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gracie tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jorma forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jorma putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gracie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gracie letting Jorma take a breather here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jorma.
Jorma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gracie's defenses.
Jorma using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jorma landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jorma.
Jorma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jorma is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jorma obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorma lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
Jorma scores with a knee to the head.
Jorma avoiding damage.
Jorma lands a damaging elbow.
Jorma scores a nice knee to the body.
Jorma is pushing Gracie up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gracie tries to pull guard but Jorma forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jorma scores a nice knee to the body.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Jorma lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jorma.

Kirk Gracie's cut is getting worse.
Jorma lands an elbow just above Gracie 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jorma lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jorma blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jorma - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.

Kirk Gracie's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Gracie takes an elbow to the temple.
Jorma lands an elbow inside that Gracie shrugs off.
Jorma pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jorma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Kirk Gracie's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jorma scores a nice knee to the body.
Jorma is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jorma.
Jorma stalls.
Jorma lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kirk Gracie's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ollilan Jorma!
A very excited looking Ollilan Jorma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.