PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaakko Kilpinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russel Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards has chosen Meytal Cohen - Toxicity as his entrance music. Jaakko Kilpinen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Russel Richards's chin.

Kilpinen
vs
Richards

184 cm
33
220 lbs
26 - 21 - 0

193 cm
31
276 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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 26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaakko Kilpinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Russel Richards!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Richards drives through and clinches with Kilpinen against the cage.
Richards scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Richards blocks an uppercut.
Kilpinen misses with some punches.
Kilpinen looking to throw knees to the head but Richards is blocking nicely.
Kilpinen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Kilpinen manages to break the clinch.
Kilpinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Richards.
Richards wants to counter with a clinch but Kilpinen pushes him away.
Kilpinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Richards connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilpinen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kilpinen throws a hook but Richards avoids it easily.
Richards on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kilpinen. Kilpinen obviously looking to wear him down.
Kilpinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richards.
Kilpinen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richards wants to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kilpinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richards moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Russel Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kilpinen throws a head kick that misses.
Richards gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kilpinen.
Richards throws a sloppy head kick and Kilpinen moves out of range easily.
Richards shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kilpinen defends it nicely.

Richards gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kilpinen lands with a left to the head.
Richards goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kilpinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richards's elbow.
Kilpinen crunches a lovely knee into Richards's ribcage.
Richards takes a knee to the side of the body.
Our sources have told us that Kilpinen has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Richards looks winded!

Kilpinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richards has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen clobbers Richards with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Kilpinen lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kilpinen, right into the meat.
Richards throws a hook but Kilpinen blocks it.
Richards moves forwards but Kilpinen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kilpinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Richards should have avoided that one.
Richards tries to clinch
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kilpinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Richards momentarily.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Kilpinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kilpinen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Richards walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kilpinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Kilpinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Richards takes one to the side of the head.
Richards takes a swing at Kilpinen's ribcage but misses.
Kilpinen takes one to the chin there.
Kilpinen lands the left hand.
Kilpinen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richards lands a body shot.
Jaakko Kilpinen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kilpinen scores with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Richards. Those never looked like landing.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richards misses with the combination.
Kilpinen connects with a single shot there.
Kilpinen lands a nice looking body kick.
Kilpinen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Richards shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kilpinen as he avoids it easily.
Kilpinen slips under a jab.
Richards sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!
Richards's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kilpinen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Richards scrambles back to his feet.
Kilpinen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kilpinen lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen lunges at Richards with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Richards's hand.
Kilpinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Richards has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kilpinen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've been informed that Richards has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Richards has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kilpinen.
Good leg kick by Kilpinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kilpinen thumps Richards with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Richards 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kilpinen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kilpinen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kilpinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kilpinen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kilpinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richards takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kilpinen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. Richards looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Richards clinches up with Kilpinen and pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Kilpinen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Richards tries to clinch there but Kilpinen circles away.
Richards's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Richards uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kilpinen.
Russel Richards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kilpinen throws a quick counter kick to the body but Richards avoids it.
Richards fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kilpinen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kilpinen throws out a powerful jab.
Richards tries to clinch but Kilpinen is having none of it.
Richards closes the distance and clinches up with Kilpinen, looking for a takedown. Richards pushes Kilpinen against the cage but Kilpinen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Crunch! Kilpinen slams his shin into Richards's torso.
Richards tries a head kick but it misses.
Kilpinen works the jab nicely.
Kilpinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A punch combination from Kilpinen misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kilpinen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Kilpinen is looking to slow Richards down with leg kicks.
Kilpinen lands a really nice looking cross but Richards seems unphased.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kilpinen scoring well with a low kick there.
Kilpinen throws a head kick that Richards semi-blocks.
Kilpinen misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Richards takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Richards lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kilpinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Kilpinen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Richards.
Kilpinen throwing a counter right hand but Richards manages to avoid it.
Kilpinen punishes Richards's body with a nice straight punch.
Kilpinen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kilpinen lands a nice looking body kick.
Richards has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kilpinen finds it's way round the side to connect with Richards's head.
Richards has a takedown stuffed.
Jaakko Kilpinen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Russel Richards.
Kilpinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kilpinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Richards. That did some damage!
Kilpinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Richards if he has to take too many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nice shot by Kilpinen.
Richards takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kilpinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kilpinen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kilpinen, as that shot connected.
Richards is trying desperately to land a takedown but Kilpinen is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Richards.
Richards changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Kilpinen tries to avoid it but Richards manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Kilpinen to the ground. Kilpinen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kilpinen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Richards takes a step back to recover.
Kilpinen scores with a leg kick.
Kilpinen thumps Richards with a low kick.
Richards throws out a loose jab but Kilpinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kilpinen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Richards takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A cross from Kilpinen lands.
Kilpinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

A head kick lands from Kilpinen that sends Richards to the canvas. Richards tries to scramble back to his feet but Kilpinen brings him back down into side control.

Richards is rocked!
Kilpinen just content to control the position.
Richards is still in real trouble! Can Kilpinen finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen trying to control the action but Richards is working from the bottom.
Richards seems to have recovered his senses.
Kilpinen advances to mount.
You can see that Richards has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks

Kilpinen stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richards swings widly with a right hand
and Kilpinen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good leg kick by Kilpinen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Richards has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kilpinen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen is looking to slow Richards down with leg kicks.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick which misses Richards's front leg but catches the back leg as Richards tries to avoid it.
Kilpinen scores with a jab. Richards acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kilpinen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Richards has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kilpinen.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kilpinen, as that shot connected.
Richards fails with the takedown.
Kilpinen is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richards shoots in but Kilpinen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kilpinen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Kilpinen dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kilpinen throws a leg kick which misses Richards's front leg but catches the back leg as Richards tries to avoid it.
Kilpinen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Richards looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Richards takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kilpinen digs a good hook to Richards's body.
Kilpinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Richards can do to turn this around?
Jab from Kilpinen.
Kilpinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilpinen lands a nice shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kilpinen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards moves in looking to clinch but Kilpinen pushes him off.
Both fighters circling a little - Kilpinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Kilpinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kilpinen lands a high kick!
Kilpinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kilpinen scores with a hook.
Richards takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kilpinen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilpinen feints and then cracks Richards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richards down.
Kilpinen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kilpinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richards manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kilpinen.
Kilpinen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Richards. That did some damage!
Kilpinen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kilpinen sizes up Richards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Kilpinen.
A jab lands there for Kilpinen.
Kilpinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Richards on the side of the head.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Richards throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kilpinen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilpinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kilpinen cracks Richards with a right hand to the side of the head.
Russel Richards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards swinging wildly here.
Richards shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kilpinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kilpinen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kilpinen throws a leg kick which misses Richards's front leg but catches the back leg as Richards tries to avoid it.
Kilpinen scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kilpinen scores with a jab to the body.
Kilpinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kilpinen cracks Richards with a good jab.
Kilpinen jabs Richards to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A good leg kick by Kilpinen.
Kilpinen checks a leg kick nicely.
Kilpinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Richards swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kilpinen counters with a body kick.
Richards takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilpinen thumps Richards with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kilpinen. That's going to slow Richards down.
Donk. Kilpinen catches Richards right on the button with a cross.
Kilpinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richards looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Richards on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kilpinen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Richards tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kilpinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kilpinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Richards has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick from Kilpinen lands but Richards takes it in his stride.
Kilpinen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kilpinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Kilpinen.
Richards has his takedown stuffed
and Kilpinen counters with a left right combination that sends Richards crashing to the mat - Kilpinen wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Richards out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaakko Kilpinen!
Jaakko Kilpinen thanked the fans post fight for their support.