PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Foca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karlos Kondiitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kondiitti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Hei Scully. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Foca
vs
Kondiitti

185 cm
22
203 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
192 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Foca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karlos Kondiitti!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kondiitti throws a low kick but Foca moves out of range easily.
Karlos Kondiitti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kondiitti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Foca.
Kondiitti misses with a low kick.
Kondiitti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Foca throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Kondiitti dives in and scores a takedown into Foca's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Foca wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kondiitti trying to stand up but can't free himself from Foca's guard.
Foca is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Foca tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Foca has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Lucas Foca wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Foca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kondiitti staying out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kondiitti.
Foca throws a jab when Kondiitti was well out of range.
Kondiitti has a takedown stuffed.
Foca blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Kondiitti.
Foca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kondiitti wants to land a leg kick but Foca is out of range.
Foca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A clash of legs there as Foca blocks the low kick.
Foca misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick misses from Foca.
Kondiitti throws a head kick that misses
and Foca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Foca stuffs the takedown.
Kondiitti looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Kondiitti lands but Foca takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foca looks to land a left hand but Kondiitti moved out of range nicely.
Foca blocks a low kick nicely.
Kondiitti darts in looking for a takedown but Foca gets double underhooks and turns Kondiitti into the cage.
Lucas Foca has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Karlos Kondiitti.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Foca blocks it with crossed arms.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Foca blocks it with crossed arms.

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

Foca sends Kondiitti crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Foca is motioning to the referee to let Kondiitti up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Kondiitti is rocked!
Foca connects with a body shot.
Kondiitti is still on wobbly legs! Can Foca finish him?
Foca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kondiitti is aggressively charging in as Foca backs up avoiding any damage. Foca tosses out a jab and Kondiitti runs right into it face first! Kondiitti is out cold! Foca dropped down on all fours and is barking in Kondiitti's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lucas Foca!