PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Veli Urpo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erno Porilainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Porilainen's choice of entrance music: Simo Salminen - Pornolaulu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Urpo
vs
Porilainen

180 cm
21
208 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veli Urpo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Erno Porilainen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Urpo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Porilainen manages to avoid it.
Urpo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Porilainen blocks a jab.
Porilainen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Porilainen lunges at Urpo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Urpo's hand.
Urpo slow jab from Porilainen misses its intended target.
Urpo just misses with a punch to the body.
Urpo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Porilainen.
A big right from Urpo misses.
Porilainen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Urpo.
Urpo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Porilainen moves away.
Urpo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Urpo misses the jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Porilainen. Urpo shrugs it off though.
Urpo is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Porilainen scores with a nice body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Porilainen.
Porilainen moves out of range as Urpo strikes.
Veli Urpo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Urpo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Urpo is rocked!
Urpo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oh Urpo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Urpo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Urpo throws the left hand but Porilainen avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Porilainen.
Urpo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Urpo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Urpo seems to have got his legs back now.
Porilainen drops Urpo with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Urpo looks back up at him and smiles so Porilainen waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Porilainen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Urpo's calf.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Porilainen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porilainen lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Urpo crumples to the floor! Porilainen milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Erno Porilainen!