PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Kalashnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jalo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris. Kalashnikov has chosen Leningrad Cowboys - Those Were The Days as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Jalo
vs
Kalashnikov

203 cm
27
266 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

193 cm
31
235 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vadim Kalashnikov!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Kalashnikov.
Jalo stuffs the takedown.
Kalashnikov takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kalashnikov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jalo throws a hook but Kalashnikov blocks it.
Kalashnikov misses with a straight right.
Kalashnikov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Jalo takes the fight into the clinch.
Jalo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jalo blocking some punches.
Jalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jalo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalo gets through Kalashnikov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kalashnikov fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jalo.
Kalashnikov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kalashnikov misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo blocks an uppercut.
Jalo tries to throw a body punch but Kalashnikov avoids it by throwing Jalo back against the cage.
The referee calls for Jalo to work.
Jalo blocking some punches.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kalashnikov cracks Jalo with a nice body shot.
Kalashnikov misses with a body punch.
Jalo lands a right hand.
Kalashnikov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kalashnikov struggles to land a body shot inside as Jalo controls his hands.
Jalo is trying to stall.
Kalashnikov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kalashnikov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kalashnikov misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Jalo to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kalashnikov.
Jalo prevents a body shot from Kalashnikov.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jalo.
Jalo avoiding damage as Kalashnikov throws knees to the body.
Kalashnikov lands a body shot.
Kalashnikov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kalashnikov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Jalo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kalashnikov throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kalashnikov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jalo.
Kalashnikov unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kalashnikov landing knees to the body.
Kalashnikov's coach down at Team Finland was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kalashnikov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kalashnikov tries to land knees in the clinch but Jalo avoids the damage to the body.
Jalo swings wildly with an uppercut but Kalashnikov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jalo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jalo lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kalashnikov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalashnikov fails with the takedown
and Jalo counters with a big right hand! Oh Kalashnikov is in trouble here! Jalo follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iivana Jalo!
Our winner, Iivana Jalo, 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.