PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karri Koira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Koira
vs
Wagner

180 cm
24
180 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

181 cm
25
168 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karri Koira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wagner checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Koira tries to clinch up but Wagner circles away and keeps his distance.
Koira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Koira has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Jungle Elite MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Koira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koira misses with a few strikes there.
Koira lands the left hand.
Koira lands a really nice looking cross but Wagner seems unphased.
Koira misses with an uppercut.
Wagner paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Koira fails to land with a series of punches.
Koira throws a solid leg kick but Wagner takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koira.
Wagner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Koira misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Koira.
Koira takes one to the chin there.
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!
Koira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wagner.
Koira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Koira darts in and clinches Wagner up against the cage.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Koira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira lands a nice hook to Wagner's body. Wagner takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Koira scores with a nice head shot.

Koira moves into the clinch successfully.
Wagner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koira is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hook to the body lands for Koira.
Nice body punch from Koira - that landed with a thud.
Koira misses with a body punch.
Koira wants to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koira lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Koira manages to break the clinch.
Koira throws a nice outside leg kick.
Koira thuds a left hand into Wagner's body.
Koira fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wagner.
Wagner misses with a body kick.
Koira avoids the body shot from Wagner.
Wagner blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira tries to move into range but Wagner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wagner looks to land a body kick but Koira moved away.
Nice uppercut lands for Koira. That snapped Wagner's head back.
Koira uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wagner.
Koira connects with a looping right hand.
A punch combination from Koira misses.
Koira blocks a jab.
Koira tries to clinch there but Wagner circles away.
Wagner scores with a kick to the midsection.
Koira ducks under a wild hook from Wagner.
Koira thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick from Koira misses.
Koira shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Koira forces Wagner back against the cage and clinches.
Koira tries to throw a body punch but Wagner avoids it by throwing Koira back against the cage.
Koira lands a nice uppercut.
Wagner works on Koira's body with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Wagner.
Wagner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wagner has a couple of punches blocked by Koira.
Koira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wagner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wagner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wagner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koira's elbow.
Koira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wagner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koira's elbow.
Koira stalling against the cage.
Wagner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Koira escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koira throws a hook to the side of Wagner's head but Wagner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wagner misses with a looping right.
A combination from Wagner does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koira misses with a looping left.
Koira thumps Wagner with a low kick.
Karri Koira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koira throws a leg kick but Wagner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wagner throws a hook but Koira blocks it.
Wagner slips under a jab.
Koira tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wagner lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koira moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wagner throws a jab when Koira was well out of range.

Koira clinches up with Wagner and pushes him back against the cage.
Koira has a couple of punches blocked by Wagner.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koira blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Koira on the inside.

Koira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Koira fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wagner on the side of the head.
Koira lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karri Koira dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Koira misses with a series of wild punches.
Wagner checks a leg kick nicely.
A big right from Wagner misses.
Koira lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wagner backs up against the cage.
Koira throws a body shot but no joy.
Koira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wagner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wagner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Karri Koira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wagner misses with a straight right.
Koira shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wagner cracks Koira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wagner misses with a looping right.
Koira tries to clinch but Wagner is having none of it.
Wagner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koira has time to react.

It looks like Karri Koira has been cut.
A jab from Koira misses.
Koira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wagner. Koira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koira slips a jab and a cross from Wagner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koira throws a jab but it's blocked by Wagner.
Koira throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koira with a hook.
Wagner fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Koira on the side of the head.
Wagner lands with a nice body kick.
Wagner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wagner misses with the combination.
Koira tries to clinch there but Wagner circles away.
Koira blocks the body kick.
Koira tries to clinch up but Wagner circles away and keeps his distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wagner. Koira shrugs it off though.
Karri Koira is winning the standup battle so far.
Wagner lunges at Koira with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Koira's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Koira misses.
Koira connects with a solid leg kick.
Wagner uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koira has time to react.
Koira misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira's corner calls for a 1-2. Koira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Koira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wagner is out of range.
Wagner slips a jab and a cross from Koira.
Wagner connects with an inside leg kick.
Koira connects with the punch.
Wagner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koira.
Wagner lands with a right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Koira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Koira.
Wagner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wagner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wagner's corner calls for a 1-2. Wagner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wagner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koira.
Wagner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koira.
Koira takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Koira is rocked!
Koira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wagner circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh Koira is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wagner circles away quickly and effectively.
Koira throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wagner counters with a crisp right that sends Koira to the canvas! Wagner follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Wagner!