PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Huikkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaija Koo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huikkonen's entrance music is Timo Rautiainen - Rekkamies. A fine choice. Koo has chosen Kaija Koo - Kuka keksi rakkauden? as his entrance music. Huikkonen has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. This should be a great matchup!

Huikkonen
vs
Koo

175 cm
20
169 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

182 cm
19
178 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Valhalla War Gear
Organic Extracts

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heikki Huikkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kaija Koo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koo swats away the attempt to clinch by Huikkonen.
Huikkonen is breathing heavily.
Huikkonen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Koo drops Huikkonen with a nice combination! Koo dives into Huikkonen's guard, looking to finish!

Huikkonen is rocked!

It looks like Heikki Huikkonen has been cut.
Koo sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oh Huikkonen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koo slips nicely into half guard.
Koo passes to full mount!
Huikkonen seems to have got his legs back now.
Koo with shots to the head and body - Huikkonen looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Koo lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Huikkonen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Koo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Koo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Huikkonen has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Huikkonen hang on?
Koo looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Koo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Koo controlling from the full mount.
Koo working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Koo controlling the pace for now.

Koo working for a submission but Huikkonen is keeping him at bay.
A nice elbow there by Koo.

Koo jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Huikkonen manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Koo working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huikkonen is trying to escape the position but Koo is controlling the position.

Koo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Koo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Koo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Koo scores with a couple of short elbows.

Koo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Huikkonen is letting Koo control him for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Koo has hold of Huikkonen's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Huikkonen seems comfortable defending it but Koo has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Huikkonen is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Huikkonen is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Koo couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kaija Koo!