PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nahka Vitonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vitonen comes into the arena with Klamydia - Junttihinttirunkkari blaring out of the sound system. Bourne has chosen Bawitdaba as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Vitonen
vs
Bourne

197 cm
32
270 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

200 cm
30
284 lbs
25 - 9 - 1

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nahka Vitonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitonen lands a two punch combo.
Vitonen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vitonen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bourne tries to avoid it but Vitonen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bourne to the ground. Bourne escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bourne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Vitonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bourne slips a jab from Vitonen.
Bourne throws a shot from downtown. Vitonen moves away and avoids it.
Bourne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bourne misses with a hook.
Vitonen scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Vitonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bourne.
Vitonen shoots in looking for a takedown. Bourne tries to sprawl out of it but Vitonen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bourne manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Vitonen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bourne looks to land a left hand but Vitonen moved out of range nicely.
Bourne cracks Vitonen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vitonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourne is just out of range.
Vitonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vitonen.
Vitonen with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vitonen, as that shot connected.
Bourne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vitonen.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vitonen 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 Bourne has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bourne and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Vitonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bourne on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vitonen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vitonen throws a nice looking combination but Bourne bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vitonen staying out of range there.
Bourne misses the shot to the body.
Bourne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
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!
A chopping leg kick lands by Bourne.
Bourne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vitonen.
Bourne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vitonen is looking to wear down Bourne with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Vitonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen slips a jab from Bourne.
Bourne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Vitonen.
Vitonen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bourne scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice defenses there by Vitonen.
Bourne tries a low kick but Vitonen avoids it.
Bourne slips under a jab.
Bourne slips a jab from Vitonen.
Bourne looks to throw the jab but Vitonen is out of range.
Bourne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vitonen lands a leg kick that knocks Bourne off balance momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Bourne as he connects with a hook.
Bourne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vitonen.
Vitonen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bourne checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bourne throws a leg kick but Vitonen checks it.
Bourne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen tries to score with a low kick but Bourne moves his leg out of the way.
Vitonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourne is just out of range.
Bourne drops his hands momentarily and Vitonen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vitonen misses with a wild body shot.
Vitonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bourne throws a jab but it's blocked by Vitonen.
Bourne tries to close the distance and clinch but Vitonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vitonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourne.
Vitonen looks to throw the jab but Bourne is out of range.
Vitonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Bourne. Those never looked like landing.
Bourne misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Bourne.
A bone on bone clash there as Vitonen blocks the leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vitonen pushes Bourne away with a front kick.
Vitonen throws an off balance right hand
letting Bourne counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bourne.
Vitonen misses with a leg kick.
Vitonen throws the left hand but Bourne avoids the punch easily.
Bourne throws a shot from downtown. Vitonen moves away and avoids it.
Vitonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vitonen wants to land a leg kick but Bourne is out of range.
Vitonen lands a slapping body shot.
Vitonen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Donk. Bourne catches Vitonen right on the button with a cross.
Bourne throws a push kick but Vitonen slaps the foot to one side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vitonen.
Bourne looks winded!
Vitonen works the jab nicely.
Good work by Bourne as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bourne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bourne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bourne tries to work over Vitonen's front leg with a kick but Vitonen checks it.
Bourne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bourne throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nahka Vitonen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bourne tries to close the distance and clinch but Vitonen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vitonen thows a body shot but no joy.
Bourne tries to clinch up but Vitonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Bourne tries to clinch up but Vitonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Bourne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vitonen lands a right hook to the body.
Vitonen misses with a hook.
Bourne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bourne moves out of range as Vitonen throws a body kick.
Vitonen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nahka Vitonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Vitonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bourne. That did some damage!
Bourne lands a jab-cross combination.
Vitonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Bourne ducks under a wild hook from Vitonen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bourne throws the left hand but Vitonen avoids the punch easily.
Vitonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vitonen misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitonen throws a shot to the body.
Bourne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vitonen throws out the jab.
Vitonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bourne manages to avoid it.
Vitonen lands a slapping body shot.
Bourne is breathing heavily.
Vitonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Vitonen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vitonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bourne.
Bourne gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bourne looks to land a combination but Vitonen avoids it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vitonen.
Vitonen misses with a looping right.
Vitonen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vitonen blocks a leg kick.
A big left from Vitonen misses.
Bourne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Vitonen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bourne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Vitonen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vitonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Vitonen looks to land a combination but Bourne avoids it well.
Vitonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bourne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Vitonen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vitonen.
Bourne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Vitonen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vitonen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vitonen lands a glancing blow to the side of Bourne's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bourne might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Vitonen has got the better of the exchanges.
Vitonen's corner calls for a 1-2. Vitonen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Bourne is rocked!
Vitonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourne is just out of range.
Bourne is still on wobbly legs! Can Vitonen finish him?
Bourne defending well as Vitonen loads up on a big left hand.
Bourne seems to have recovered his senses.
Bourne fails to land with a series of punches.
Vitonen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vitonen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Vitonen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bourne.
Vitonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bourne.
Vitonen is looking to land body kicks.
Vitonen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bourne can do to turn this around?
Vitonen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vitonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bourne doesn't seem bothered though.
Vitonen throws a hook but Bourne avoids it easily.
Bourne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bourne stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bourne wants it to stay on the feet.
A jab from Vitonen does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vitonen connects with a body shot.
Vitonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bourne momentarily.
Vitonen misses with a leg kick.
Bourne tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bourne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bourne staying out of range there.
A good leg kick by Vitonen.
Nice shot by Vitonen.

Vitonen drops Bourne with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Bourne looks back up at him and smiles so Vitonen waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Bourne looks up at the clock. Bad move! Vitonen lands a right hand from hell, dropping Bourne. Vitonen pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nahka Vitonen!
Nahka Vitonen thanked the fans post fight for their support.