PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Koira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wagner
vs
Koira

181 cm
24
168 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
180 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Wagner!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karri Koira!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wagner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Koira.
Wagner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Koira is out of range and Wagner settles back down.
Wagner lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koira's sensitive parts.
Koira loads up on a big right hand but Wagner slips the punch.
Koira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been informed that Koira 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.
A slow jab from Koira misses its intended target.
Wagner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koira punishes Wagner's body with a nice straight punch.
Koira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wagner.
No joy there for Koira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Koira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wagner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Karri Koira has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Koira. Those never looked like landing.
Koira scores with a nice head shot.
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
Good exchange - Koira coming out on top.
Karri Koira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Koira lands a nice shot that snaps Wagner's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wagner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Koira misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Koira. Those never looked like landing.
Wagner avoids the body shot from Koira.
Nice body punch from Koira.
Wagner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koira at a distance.
Wagner lands a body shot.
Wagner takes one on the button.
Wagner scores with a kick to the midsection.
Koira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wagner misses with a wild body shot.
Koira scores with a three punch combo!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Wagner. Beautiful body shot.
Wagner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wagner lands with a hook. Koira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wagner.
Wagner lands a jab to Koira's midsection.
A head kick misses from Wagner.
Koira swings for the body but Wagner moves out of range.
Wagner misses with a body shot
and Koira counters with a series of strikes. Wagner will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wagner dodges the punch combination from Koira.
Wagner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wagner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koira was well out of range. Poor timing from Wagner.
Wagner throws a leg kick which misses Koira's front leg but catches the back leg as Koira tries to avoid it.
Koira walks into a stiff left hand from Wagner.
Wagner is looking to wear down Koira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wagner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wagner. That's going to slow Koira down.
Wagner swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Koira to counter with a crisp jab.
Koira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Koira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wagner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner throws a low kick but Koira avoids it.
Wagner scores with a hook.
A left and a right from Koira both land. Nice combination.
Koira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koira lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wagner connects with a solid leg kick.
Koira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wagner thuds his right hand into Koira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Koira as he connects with a hook.
Koira misses with a looping right.
Wagner lands a nice shot to the body.
Wagner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Koira looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
Wagner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koira's calf.
Wagner lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koira lands a head shot.
Wagner takes a swing at Koira's ribcage but misses.
Koira sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wagner, right into the meat.
Koira looks to land a right hand but Wagner moved out of range.
Koira throws a lazy uppercut
and Wagner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Koira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Koira misses with a body shot.
Wagner staying out of range there.
Wagner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koira slips a jab from Wagner.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wagner thuds his right hand into Koira's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wagner throws a shot to the body.
Koira throws a hook but Wagner avoids it easily.
Wagner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ryan Wagner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karri Koira's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wagner looks to score with a jab to the body but Koira is just out of range.
Koira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Koira misses with a straight right.
Koira will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koira might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wagner connects with a body shot.
Koira's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A leg kick checked by Koira.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wagner.
Wagner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Koira.
Some wild striking there from Koira.
Good shot there by Wagner.
Wagner does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wagner scores with a nice right hand.
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!
Wagner moves out of range of the strikes.
Wagner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koira manages to avoid it.
Koira slips a straight right by Wagner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wagner.
Wagner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wagner misses with a two punch combination.
Koira misses with a two punch combination.
Koira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Koira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Wagner.
Karri Koira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koira misses with a hook
and Wagner counters with a good low kick that Koira was not able to check.
Wagner swings for the body but Koira moves out of range.
Wagner gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ryan Wagner is winning the standup battle so far.
Wagner keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wagner missing with a left hand there. Koira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wagner lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koira digs a good hook to Wagner's body.
Wagner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira connects with a single shot there.
Koira throws a right hand that misses

and Wagner counters with a single leg into guard. Koira didn't expect that.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Koira is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Let's hope that Koira has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Koira trying to control the position.
Koira wants to sweep but no luck.
Koira is adopting a defensive guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Karri Koira wasn't active enough on the ground.
Koira looks to land a left hand but Wagner moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koira misses with a right hand
and Wagner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wagner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koira doesn't seem bothered though.
Koira tries to bum rush Wagner with a series of wild strikes but Wagner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Koira throws a big shot that misses.
Koira looks to land a left hand but Wagner moved out of range nicely.
Wagner scores with a nice head shot.
Wagner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koira.
Koira misses with a combination
and Wagner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Koira is rocked!
Koira misses with a combination

and Wagner counters with a double leg. Koira bangs his head on the mat and seems to be on queer street here... Wagner follows up with punches and the ref steps in to end the fight! It was the slam that caused all the problems.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Ryan Wagner!
Ryan Wagner retains his welterweight title!