PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Assange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pena Trasseli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assange's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eddie Van Halen - Eruption. Trasseli has chosen Look at my horse! as his entrance music. James Assange has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Assange
vs
Trasseli

176 cm
31
155 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

177 cm
29
150 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Assange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Trasseli!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assange throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trasseli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Assange misses with a body shot.
Trasseli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Assange cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pena Trasseli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assange avoids the body shot from Trasseli.
Trasseli takes a swing at Assange's ribcage but misses.
Assange moves forwards but Trasseli connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Trasseli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Assange throws a looping overhand right but Trasseli ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Trasseli.
Assange tests Trasseli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Assange throws a hook but Trasseli avoids it easily.
Assange with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Assange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assange tries to bum rush Trasseli with a series of wild strikes but Trasseli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Assange rushes Trasseli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange lands a body shot.
Trasseli tries to break free but Assange pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Assange fails to land.
Assange misses with a punch on the inside.
Assange lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Assange lands a body shot.
Assange lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Trasseli.
Assange misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assange pushes Trasseli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assange lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Assange cracks Trasseli with a nice body shot.
Trasseli tries to circle away but Assange has him pinned against the cage.
Assange scores with a shot to the side of Trasseli's head.
Trasseli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Assange lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trasseli backwards.
Assange working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Assange works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Assange lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assange stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trasseli is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Assange is keeping busy.
Trasseli lands a damaging elbow.
Assange misses with a punch to the body.
Trasseli tries to circle away but Assange has him pinned against the cage.
Assange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Assange misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trasseli misses with some punches.
Trasseli is trying to break the clinch but Assange has him pressed against the cage.
Assange lands a nice uppercut.
Trasseli throws a punch but it's blocked by Assange.
Assange lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Assange working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Assange.
Assange throws a head punch that misses.
Assange lands with a right to the head.
Assange lands a shoulder strike.

Trasseli is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assange has Trasseli pressed against the cage, preventing Trasseli from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trasseli is still on wobbly legs! Can Assange finish him?
Assange keeps control of Trasseli as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Assange - that landed with a thud.
Trasseli seems to have recovered his senses.
Assange swings wildly with an uppercut but Trasseli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assange scores with a shoulder strike.
Assange scores with a shoulder strike.
Assange lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trasseli or not.
Assange misses with a hook from the clinch.
Assange blocking some punches.
Assange tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Trasseli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assange lands a right hand.
Assange lands a left hand.
Assange tries to work over Trasseli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Assange lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trasseli backwards.
Assange tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trasseli's elbow.
Assange lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Trasseli lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assange backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assange lands a shot to the body.
Assange has a couple of punches blocked by Trasseli.
Assange misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Assange.
Assange misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Assange.
Trasseli looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Assange.
Assange works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Assange fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assange misses with some punches.
Assange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Assange on the inside.
Assange scores with a nice hook to the head.
Assange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Still in the clinch, Assange scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Assange.
Assange throws a punch but it's blocked by Trasseli.
Assange is leaning against Trasseli and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Assange dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Assange lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Trasseli falls backwards - clearly groggy! Assange dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Assange!
James Assange decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.