PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Osmo Keinänen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claus Clausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Keinänen
vs
Clausen

182 cm
24
190 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

189 cm
27
195 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osmo Keinänen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Claus Clausen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clausen throws a hook but Keinänen avoids it easily.
Clausen cracks Keinänen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clausen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keinänen was well out of range. Poor timing from Clausen.
Keinänen tries to clinch there but Clausen circles away.
Clausen misses with a looping left.
Keinänen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clausen circles away.
Clausen misses with a hook

and Keinänen counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Clausen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Keinänen is controlling him well.
Keinänen trying to control the position but Clausen is working away.
Clausen dodges the ground and pound from Keinänen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Keinänen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Keinänen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Keinänen working the body and head with strikes.
Keinänen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keinänen working the ground and pound from side control.
Keinänen throws an elbow but Clausen slips to the side and avoids it well.
Clausen is letting Keinänen control him for a moment.
Keinänen lands some shots froms side control.
Clausen wants to control but Keinänen postures up.
Keinänen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Clausen is avoiding damage well.

Keinänen is trying to get an arm triangle but Clausen is defending well.
Keinänen misses with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keinänen lands a nice forearm strike.
Clausen wants to control but Keinänen postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clausen is pushing Keinänen's head away, looking to escape. Keinänen manages to hold on to the position though.
Keinänen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Clausen sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Keinänen scoring with punches from side control.
Keinänen just content to control the position.
Clausen tries to escape but Keinänen is in control.
Clausen trying his best to control but Keinänen has mounted him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keinänen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Clausen is looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Keinänen.
Keinänen landing strikes from the mount and Clausen is in trouble!
Keinänen throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Keinänen landing strikes from the mount and Clausen is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keinänen landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Keinänen cracks Clausen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Keinänen wants to control the pace but Clausen is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clausen can't escape the position.
Keinänen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Keinänen throwing strikes here but Clausen is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Keinänen looking to finish Clausen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Clausen!

Clausen is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Keinänen with a couple of short strikes.
Clausen is still in real trouble! Can Keinänen finish him?
Keinänen looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Clausen covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osmo Keinänen!
Osmo Keinänen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Untouchable Fight Nutrition Q160 $125 for their support in the buildup to the fight.