PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mauro Viale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Tarvainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erik Tarvainen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Viale
vs
Tarvainen

183 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mauro Viale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erik Tarvainen!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tarvainen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tarvainen controlling the action here for a moment.

Tarvainen breaks from the clinch.
Viale ducks under a wild hook from Tarvainen.

Tarvainen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Tarvainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tarvainen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tarvainen punishes Viale's body with a nice straight punch.
Viale misses with a looping right.
Tarvainen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tarvainen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Viale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Viale.
Viale throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tarvainen on the side of the head.
A combination from Viale does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Viale. Those never looked like landing.
A shot to the body from Viale misses

and Tarvainen counters by moving into the clinch.

Tarvainen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarvainen misses with a hook.
Viale is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Tarvainen like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Tarvainen from another fist facial!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauro Viale!
As Mauro Viale got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: jajaj, how I'm going to lose a fight with someone whose nickname is tunkki? I'm not sure if it's a person or a cartoon. Jaja. '.
Erik Tarvainen was interviewed post fight and said 'Damn, this is' t what i was aiming for.. F***K!'.