PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Voller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Kilpinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Voller
vs
Kilpinen

191 cm
23
218 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

184 cm
27
220 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

KAISER

Fight Night Nutrition
DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Voller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Kilpinen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilpinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Voller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kilpinen manages to avoid it.
Kilpinen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kilpinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Voller takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kilpinen avoids the head kick by Voller.
Kilpinen throws a low kick, looking for Voller's leg but Voller calmly moves out of range.
Voller tries a head kick but it misses.
Voller throws a head kick that misses
and Kilpinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kilpinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Voller.
Voller throws a wild body kick that Kilpinen sees coming a mile off.
Good work by Kilpinen as he checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpinen lands with a good body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Voller.
Voller checks the leg kick nicely there.
Voller checks a leg kick.
Kilpinen misses with a body kick.
Lars Voller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kilpinen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Voller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kilpinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Kilpinen avoids the body shot from Voller.
Voller tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller tries a head kick but it misses.
Kilpinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Voller. Voller circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kilpinen throws a low kick but Voller avoids it.
Voller throws a body kick that misses.
Kilpinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Kilpinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Voller.
Kilpinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Voller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Voller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Voller connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen wants to land a leg kick but Voller is out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Voller.
Voller tries to clinch but Kilpinen is having none of it.
Voller is looking to wear down Kilpinen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Voller blocks a head kick by Kilpinen.
Voller throws a lazy head kick
and Kilpinen counters with a good low kick that Voller was not able to check.
Kilpinen misses the shot to the body.
Kilpinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Voller's calf.
Voller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Voller digs a good hook to Kilpinen's body.
Voller does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen throws a big shot that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Voller, right into the meat.
Voller wants to clinch up but Kilpinen keeps it at a distance.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick and Kilpinen moves out of range easily.
Kilpinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Voller throws a nice inside leg kick.
Voller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kilpinen tried to score with a low kick but Voller checks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Kilpinen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voller misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Voller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Voller fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kilpinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Voller throws a leg kick which misses Kilpinen's front leg but catches the back leg as Kilpinen tries to avoid it.
Kilpinen misses with a kick to the body.
Voller throws a front kick aimed at Kilpinen's knee but Kilpinen avoids it well.
Voller thows a body kick. Kilpinen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Voller tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick that misses.
A head kick by Voller misses
and Kilpinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kilpinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lars Voller is winning the standup battle so far.
Voller throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Voller slams his shin into Kilpinen's torso.
Voller throws a head kick but Kilpinen moves out of range.
Voller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kilpinen lands with a straight right. Voller didn't see that one coming.
Kilpinen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Voller's calf.
Voller throws a head kick but Kilpinen moves out of range.
Kilpinen catches Voller with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kilpinen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Voller is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Voller thows a leg kick but Kilpinen checks it
and Voller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kilpinen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller throws a lazy head kick
and Kilpinen counters with a two punch combo.
Kilpinen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Voller misses with an uppercut.
Kilpinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Voller is out of range.
Voller is looking to slow Kilpinen down with leg kicks.
A head kick by Voller misses
and Kilpinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Voller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Voller gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kilpinen counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kilpinen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kilpinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Voller should have avoided that one.
Voller tries a low kick but Kilpinen avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Kilpinen.
Voller throws a push kick but Kilpinen slaps the foot to one side.
Kilpinen throws a hook but Voller blocks it.
Kilpinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Voller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A head kick by Voller misses
enabling Kilpinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Voller lands with a slapping head kick.
Kilpinen swings widly with a right hand

and Voller counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen avoids the elbow strike from Voller, against the cage.
Kilpinen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Voller avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Voller throws an elbow but misses.
Voller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Voller gets through Kilpinen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Voller throws an elbow but it misses.
Voller lands with a left to the head.
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!
Voller throws an elbow but it misses.
Voller lands an elbow inside that Kilpinen shrugs off.
A right handed body shot lands from Kilpinen.
Voller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kilpinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kilpinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kilpinen blocks an elbow strike.
Kilpinen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voller.
Kilpinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kilpinen working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Kilpinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Voller ducks under a wild hook from Kilpinen.
Voller fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kilpinen is out of range.
Kilpinen misses with a leg kick
and Voller counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Voller tries to clinch but Kilpinen is having none of it.
Voller explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Voller misses with a low kick.
Kilpinen avoids the body shot from Voller.
Voller blocks the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Voller. Kilpinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kilpinen blocks the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voller checks a low kick from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen checks a low kick from Voller.
Voller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kilpinen slips a straight right by Voller.
Voller swings widly with a right hand
enabling Kilpinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Voller lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Kilpinen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kilpinen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Voller checks the leg kick nicely there.
Voller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Voller is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Voller moves forwards but Kilpinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voller chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kilpinen can pounce on him.
Kilpinen moves out of range as Voller throws a body kick.
Voller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilpinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Voller stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kilpinen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick from Voller is predictable there
and Kilpinen counters with an inside leg kick.
Voller looks to land a body kick but Kilpinen moved away.
Voller takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kilpinen works the jab nicely.
Kilpinen checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Voller slips under a jab from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Voller is just out of range.
Voller throws a leg kick
and Kilpinen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Voller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A swing and a miss from Voller.
Kilpinen throws a wild body kick that Voller sees coming a mile off.
A low kick from Kilpinen is predictable there
and Voller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kilpinen scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Voller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Voller slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilpinen misses with an uppercut. Voller saw that one coming.
Voller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kilpinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Voller throws out a loose jab but Kilpinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kilpinen tries to score with a low kick but Voller moves his leg out of the way.
Voller motions for Kilpinen to come forward. Voller throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voller throws a lazy head kick
and Kilpinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kilpinen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Kilpinen really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A head kick from Voller lands but Kilpinen takes it in his stride.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick which misses Voller's front leg but catches the back leg as Voller tries to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kilpinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Voller. That did some damage!
Voller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kilpinen moves out of range of the body kick from Voller.
Kilpinen cracks the inside of Voller's front leg.
Kilpinen misses with a leg kick
and Voller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kilpinen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Voller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kilpinen's hands.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Voller. Kilpinen shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voller buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Voller fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kilpinen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A lazy body kick from Voller
and Kilpinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Voller is looking to score with low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Kilpinen there.
Kilpinen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Kilpinen misses.
Voller tries a head kick but it misses.
Voller tries to land a leg kick but Kilpinen saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kilpinen. Voller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Voller misses with a kick to the body
and Kilpinen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Voller really felt that one!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. Voller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kilpinen scores with a jab.
Voller thows a body shot but no joy.
Kilpinen scores with a jab. Voller acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A leg kick checked by Voller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller throws a sloppy head kick
and Kilpinen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kilpinen throws out a powerful jab.
Kilpinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Voller connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilpinen misses with a body shot.
Kilpinen throws a big shot that misses.
Voller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kilpinen throws out the jab.
Kilpinen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Voller is out of range.
Kilpinen blocks a head kick by Voller.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Voller misses
and Kilpinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Voller tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kilpinen is able to avoid easily.
Kilpinen blocks a head kick by Voller.
Voller throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Voller lands a leg kick that knocks Kilpinen off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Voller rushes Kilpinen and presses him up against the cage.
Voller looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Voller managing to block the knees to the body from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen tries to throw a body punch but Voller avoids it by throwing Kilpinen back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Voller throws an elbow that misses.
Voller lands a nice knee to the body.
Voller creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kilpinen's defenses.
Voller looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Jaakko Kilpinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Voller misses with a head kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Voller checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kilpinen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Voller, right into the meat.
Kilpinen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Voller throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Voller lands a slapping body shot.
Kilpinen throws a front kick that sends Voller stumbling back into the cage.
Voller scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kilpinen looks to throw the jab but Voller is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kilpinen.
Good work by Kilpinen as he checks the leg kick.
Voller is looking to land body kicks.
Kilpinen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Voller.
Good standup being displayed there by Kilpinen as he connects with a hook.
Voller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Voller goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Voller throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Kilpinen counters with a straight right hand.
Lars Voller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Voller.
Voller throws a nice head kick!
Kilpinen misses with a wild body shot.
Voller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Voller misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Voller tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kilpinen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Voller tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Voller walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kilpinen misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voller throws a head kick but Kilpinen moves out of range.
Kilpinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Voller's sensitive parts.
Voller throws a push kick but Kilpinen slaps the foot to one side.
A head kick misses from Voller.
Voller tries to land a body kick
and Kilpinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Voller throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kilpinen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Voller thinking.
Voller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kilpinen.
Voller throws a head kick that misses.
Jaakko Kilpinen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Voller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kilpinen scores with a nice strike.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick but Voller checks it.
Voller is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kilpinen cracks the inside of Voller's front leg.
Voller throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Kilpinen to counter with a crisp jab.
Kilpinen misses with a hook. Voller ducked under it nicely.
Voller throws a head kick but Kilpinen moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kilpinen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Voller under the eye.
Voller moves in looking to clinch but Kilpinen pushes him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jaakko Kilpinen.
I think Kilpinen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 46:49
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaakko Kilpinen!
Jaakko Kilpinen is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jaakko Kilpinen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.