PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naapurin Tollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tollo
vs
Dall

192 cm
18
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Perkele!

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Naapurin Tollo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Dall!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Tollo. That's going to slow Dall down.
Tollo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall throws a body punch but Tollo moves out of range.
Dall swings for the body but Tollo moves out of range.
Tollo cracks the inside of Dall's front leg.
Dall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tollo lands a nice looking body kick.
Tollo throws a leg kick which misses Dall's front leg but catches the back leg as Dall tries to avoid it.
Dall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tollo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tollo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tollo. Tollo obviously looking to wear him down.
Tollo scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Tollo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Tollo. That's going to slow Dall down.
Dall misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tollo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tollo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tollo lands a head kick!
Dall checks a leg kick.
Dall's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Dall blocks the leg kick.
Tollo misses with a leg kick.
Tollo ducks under a wild hook from Dall.
Dall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tollo.
Tollo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tollo moves out of range as Dall strikes.
Tollo throws a front kick that sends Dall stumbling back into the cage.
Dall takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tollo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tollo is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tollo.
Dall throws a nice looking combination but Tollo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Tollo throws a leg kick which misses Dall's front leg but catches the back leg as Dall tries to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tollo. That's going to slow Dall down.
Dall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tollo circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters circling a little - Tollo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tollo.
Dall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tollo throws a leg kick that misses.
Dall avoids the head kick by Tollo.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tollo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tollo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dall is out of range.
Dall avoids the head kick by Tollo.
Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Tollo throws a low kick, looking for Dall's leg but Dall calmly moves out of range.
Tollo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Tollo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Naapurin Tollo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tollo.
Dall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tollo manages to avoid it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tollo.
Tollo avoids the body shot from Dall.
Tollo throws a head kick that Dall semi-blocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tollo connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dall misses the shot to the body.
Tollo wants to land a leg kick but Dall is out of range.
Tollo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tollo takes one on the button.
Tollo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dall checks it well.
Tollo moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Tollo.
Dall scores with a hook to the body. Tollo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tollo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tollo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall scores with a punch to the head.
Dall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tollo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naapurin Tollo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tollo throws a front kick aimed at Dall's knee but Dall avoids it well.
Dall thows a body shot but no joy.
Dall misses the jab.
Tollo throws a leg kick but Dall sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tollo lands with a slapping head kick.
Tollo misses with a head kick.
Tollo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tollo thumps Dall with a low kick.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
Dall checks a low kick from Tollo.
Dall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dall swings for the body but Tollo moves out of range.
Dall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tollo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dall thows a body shot but no joy.
Tollo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dall's sensitive parts.
Tollo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tollo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tollo throws a leg kick but Dall moved away.
Tollo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dall finds it's way round the side to connect with Tollo's head.
Tollo is looking to score with low kicks.
Dall takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A good leg kick by Tollo.
Dall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tollo was well out of range. Poor timing from Dall.
Tollo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dall checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dall has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tollo.
Dall just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Tollo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dall misses with a body shot.
Tollo tries to land a leg kick but Dall saw it coming and moves away.
Tollo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Tollo.
Dall misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tollo.
Dall checks a leg kick.
Tollo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Naapurin Tollo is winning the standup battle so far.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tollo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Tollo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tollo throws a leg kick but Dall moved away.
Dall scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tollo.
Tollo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tollo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dall checks it well.
Dall takes a swing at Tollo's ribcage but misses.
Dall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tollo moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dall. Tollo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tollo throws a solid leg kick but Dall takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tollo.
Tollo connects with a leg kick. Dall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tollo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tollo cracks the inside of Dall's front leg.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Dall might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tollo has got the better of the exchanges.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tollo. That's going to slow Dall down.
Tollo is looking to slow Dall down with leg kicks.
Dall is breathing heavily.
Tollo moves out of range as Dall strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tollo.
Tollo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tollo throws a sloppy head kick and Dall moves out of range easily.
Dall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tollo manages to avoid it.
Dall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tollo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dall tries to bum rush Tollo with a series of wild strikes but Tollo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tollo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tollo cracks the inside of Dall's front leg.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naapurin Tollo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tollo is looking to slow Dall down with leg kicks.
Tollo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tollo 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 Dall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tollo.
Tollo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tollo avoids the body shot from Dall.
Tollo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tollo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Dall blocks the low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tollo.
Dall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tollo. Tollo obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tollo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dall. That did some damage!
Tollo lands a high kick!
Tollo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dall is out of range and Tollo settles back down.
Dall checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Tollo.
Dall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tollo tried to score with a low kick but Dall checks it.
Tollo throws a leg kick but Dall sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dall misses with a two punch combination.
Tollo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tollo throws a nice head kick!
Tollo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tollo misses with a low kick as Dall jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Tollo misses.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tollo takes one to the chin there.
Dall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tollo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dall swings for the body but Tollo moves out of range.
Dall misses with an uppercut. Tollo saw that one coming.
Tollo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tollo scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Tollo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dall keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tollo lands a leg kick that knocks Dall off balance momentarily.
Tollo misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tollo throws a head kick that misses.
Tollo lands a leg kick that knocks Dall off balance momentarily.
Dall chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tollo can pounce on him.
Dall looks to score with a jab to the body but Tollo is just out of range.
Tollo slips a jab and a cross from Dall.
Dall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dall lands a right hook to the body.
Tollo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dall.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
Tollo misses with a low kick.
Tollo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Some bone on bone action there as Dall checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dall checks a low kick from Tollo.
Dall stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tollo.
Tollo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dall can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tollo cracks the inside of Dall's front leg.
Tollo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tollo rather than just go for the knockout.
Tollo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tollo throws a leg kick but Dall checks it.
Dall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tollo tries a low kick but Dall avoids it.
Nice body punch from Dall.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tollo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tollo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dall is out of range and Tollo settles back down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dall keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tollo.
Karl Dall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dall takes a swing at Tollo's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Naapurin Tollo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tollo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Naapurin Tollo!
An out of breath Naapurin Tollo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.