PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wei Pei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samppa Linna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pei
vs
Linna

195 cm
32
266 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

190 cm
27
259 lbs
13 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wei Pei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samppa Linna!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Linna tries to score with a low kick but Pei moves his leg out of the way.
Linna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pei.
Linna cracks Pei with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pei walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Linna checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Linna has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Linna tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pei is able to avoid easily.
Pei throws a low kick, looking for Linna's leg but Linna calmly moves out of range.
Linna throws a hook but Pei blocks it.
Linna swinging wildly here.
Pei has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Furia Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Pei tries to land a leg kick but Linna saw it coming and moves away.
Pei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Linna.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pei throws a body punch but Linna moves out of range.
Pei takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Linna scores with a hook to the body. Pei takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pei blocks the body kick.
A good leg kick by Linna.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linna swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pei counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Pei throws a wild body kick that Linna sees coming a mile off.
Samppa Linna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linna throws a hook to the side of Pei's head but Pei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Linna throws a poor cross that misses
and Pei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Linna lunges at Pei with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pei's hand.
Linna is looking to slow Pei down with leg kicks.
Linna goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Linna misses with a body punch
enabling Pei to counter with a crisp jab.
Linna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Linna changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Linna avoids the body shot from Pei.
Linna connects with a leg kick. Pei looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Linna avoids a kick to the body.
Linna raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Linna pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linna wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linna moves away.
Linna connects with a solid leg kick.
Pei tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Linna.
Pei throws a hook but Linna blocks it.
Linna looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pei throws a chopping leg kick but Linna manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Linna replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Pei blocks it well.
Linna throws a leg kick but Pei checks it.
Pei is looking for a counter combo.
Linna shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pei defends it nicely.
Linna ducks right into an uppercut from Pei.
Linna lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pei's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linna feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Peis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Linna moves away.
Linna looks to land a body kick but Pei moved away.
Linna misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick there by Pei.
Pei connects with a looping right hand.
Linna is looking to score with low kicks.
Wei Pei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Linna takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Linna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pei lands with a kick to the ribs.
Linna looks winded!
Pei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Linna 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.
Pei throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linna throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pei.
Pei buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Linna throws a chopping leg kick but Pei manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pei is looking to counter punch.
Pei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pei digs a good body shot into Linna's ribs.
Pei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Linna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pei plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Linna to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Linna just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wei Pei!
Wei Pei decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.