PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Gaghner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Markku Huntti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Huntti has chosen Markku Huntti Highlight Reel as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Markku Huntti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gaghner
vs
Huntti

186 cm
18
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

196 cm
18
241 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

FinnFighters Clothing & Laundry

Perkele!

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rob Gaghner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Markku Huntti!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huntti lands with a shot to the body.
Gaghner connects with an inside leg kick.
Gaghner thuds a left hand into Huntti's body.
Gaghner scores with a sloppy right hand. Huntti should have avoided that one.
Huntti walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gaghner.
We've been informed that Huntti has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Gaghner lands.
Gaghner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Huntti clinches up against the cage.
Huntti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Huntti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Huntti managing to block the knees to the body from Gaghner.
Huntti lands a shoulder strike.
Huntti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gaghner backwards.
Still in the clinch, Huntti scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gaghner tries to break the clinch but Huntti is controlling the position.
Huntti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huntti working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Huntti lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gaghner backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaghner trying to land knees to the body.
Huntti works on Gaghner's body with a couple of short punches.
Huntti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Huntti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gaghner definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Huntti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Huntti as the two fighters clinch.
Huntti avoids a wild elbow strike from Gaghner.
Gaghner lands an elbow inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Huntti.
Huntti has Gaghner pushed against the cage.
Huntti lands with a left to the head.
Huntti lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gaghner backwards.
Huntti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gaghner misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaghner.
Gaghner tries to throw a body punch but Huntti avoids it by throwing Gaghner back against the cage.
Huntti misses with a punch to the body.
Huntti lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Huntti.
Huntti has Gaghner pressed against the cage, preventing Gaghner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gaghner misses with an elbow over the top.
Huntti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gaghner backwards.
Huntti lands with a left to the head.

Gaghner is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gaghner just misses with a elbow thrown towards Huntti's brow.
Oh Gaghner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Huntti lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gaghner prevents a body shot from Huntti.
Huntti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gaghner is trying to force a seperation but Huntti has the dominant position.
A short left from Huntti.
Huntti lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaghner misses with a body punch.
Huntti lands a shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Huntti as the two fighters clinch.
Huntti lands an uppercut.
Huntti pushes Gaghner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gaghner is breathing heavily.
Huntti lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Gaghner to his knees! Huntti keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Markku Huntti!
During a confident post fight interview, Markku Huntti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.