PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Janne Wirman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donovan Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wirman comes to the cage accompanied by Children of Bodom - Banned from heaven. Collins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Never Give Up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wirman
vs
Collins

195 cm
21
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

195 cm
21
245 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Janne Wirman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donovan Collins!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins scores with a hook.

Collins clinches.
Collins tries to circle away but Wirman has him pinned against the cage.

Collins breaks the clinch.
Collins misses with a right hand

and Wirman counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wirman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wirman with the ground and pound but Collins uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Wirman throws a strike but Collins rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wirman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Collins manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wirman trying to control but Collins is working from the bottom.
Wirman landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wirman trying to control the position from guard on top but Collins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wirman.
Wirman stopping the sweep attempt from Collins.
Collins is trying to control the position but Wirman postures up.
Wirman wants to control from the top but Collins keeps moving.
Wirman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wirman connects with a decent elbow.
Collins on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wirman.
Wirman misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Collins wants to control but Wirman postures up.
Wirman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Collins down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collins managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Wirman.
Wirman lands a strong strike to the head of Collins. That's dazed him! Wirman looking to finish here. Collins is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Wirman lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Janne Wirman!
Our winner, Janne Wirman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.