PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mountain comes to the cage accompanied by kuningas. Jari Mountain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mountain
vs
Rios

189 cm
35
209 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

182 cm
39
205 lbs
33 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Mountain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Rios!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rios looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've been told by Mountain's head coaches at Qube Striking that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Good work by Mountain as he checks the leg kick.
Mountain keeps the fight on the outside.
Rios ducks under a wild hook from Mountain.
Mountain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rios misses with a low kick.
Rios tries to clinch there but Mountain circles away.
Mountain circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Mountain counter with a right hand.
Rios shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rios throws an off balance right hand
and Mountain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mountain 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rios checks a leg kick.
A cross from Mountain lands.

Rios is rocked!
Mountain throws a jab when Rios was well out of range.
Rios is still on wobbly legs! Can Mountain finish him?
Mountain throws an overhand right that drops Rios like a sack of potatoes! Mountain dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Mountain!
Our winner, Jari Mountain, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.