PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jyrki Kasvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia has chosen Vivaldi's Winter as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kasvi
vs
Cross Furia

190 cm
22
240 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

209 cm
23
276 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jyrki Kasvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Cross Furia!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice combination there by Cross Furia.

It looks like Jyrki Kasvi has been cut.
Cross Furia throws a jab when Kasvi was well out of range.
Kasvi slips a straight right by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kasvi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kasvi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kasvi misses the shot to the body.
Kasvi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cross Furia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kasvi moves away.
Kasvi throws a body shot but no joy.
Kasvi throws a jab when Cross Furia was well out of range.
Some wild striking there from Cross Furia.
Kasvi throws a hook to the side of Cross Furia's head but Cross Furia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cross Furia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross Furia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kasvi has time to react.
Kasvi misses with a body punch
and Cross Furia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kasvi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kasvi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross Furia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kasvi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cross Furia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kasvi moves out of range of the strikes.
Cross Furia throws a looping overhand right but Kasvi ducks down to avoid it.
Cross Furia moves out of range of the strikes.
Kasvi scores with a sloppy right hand. Cross Furia should have avoided that one.
Cross Furia scores with a jab. Kasvi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cross Furia stuns Kasvi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cross Furia blocks a jab.
It seemed like Cross Furia was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kasvi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Kasvi is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cross Furia's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Some wild striking there from Cross Furia.
Kasvi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cross Furia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Jyrki Kasvi's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kasvi blocks a jab.
We've been informed that Cross Furia has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Kasvi misses the shot to the body.
Kasvi avoids the body shot from Cross Furia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasvi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kasvi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kasvi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cross Furia moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Cross Furia misses.
Cross Furia lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kasvi backs up against the cage.
Kasvi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kasvi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cross Furia manages to avoid it.
Kasvi scores with a decent looking hook.
Kasvi misses with a wild combination.
Kasvi lands with a straight right. Cross Furia didn't see that one coming.
Cross Furia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cross Furia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kasvi manages to avoid it.
Kasvi slips a jab and a cross from Cross Furia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kasvi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kasvi misses with a body shot.
Kasvi dodges the punch combination from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia throws a looping overhand right but Kasvi ducks down to avoid it.
Cross Furia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kasvi takes a swing at Cross Furia's ribcage but misses.
Kasvi misses with an uppercut.
Cross Furia throws a big shot that misses.
Nice defenses there by Kasvi.
Cross Furia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kasvi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy left from Cross Furia finds it's target.
A big right from Cross Furia misses.
Kasvi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kasvi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cross Furia throws a lazy uppercut
and Kasvi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasvi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cross Furia lands a nice shot that snaps Kasvi's head back.
Cross Furia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kasvi walks into a straight right hand from Cross Furia.

Jyrki Kasvi's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cross Furia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kasvi.
Cross Furia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kasvi connects with a looping right hand.
Cross Furia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cross Furia is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kasvi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kasvi defending well as Cross Furia loads up on a big left hand.
Cross Furia lands with a right hand.
Cross Furia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cross Furia misses with a straight right.
Kasvi connects with a body shot.
Kasvi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kasvi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Cross Furia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jyrki Kasvi's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cross Furia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kasvi.
Kasvi missing with a left hand there. Cross Furia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kasvi slips under a jab from Cross Furia.
Dante Cross Furia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kasvi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cross Furia misses with a hook.
Kasvi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cross Furia. Cross Furia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the side of Kasvi's head but Kasvi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kasvi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kasvi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cross Furia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cross Furia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasvi misses with a looping left.
Cross Furia will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cross Furia misses with a body shot.
It looked like Kasvi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kasvi slips a jab and a cross from Cross Furia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Cross Furia misses.
Kasvi throwing a counter right hand but Cross Furia manages to avoid it.
Cross Furia digs a good body shot into Kasvi's ribs.
Kasvi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A telegraphed right hand from Cross Furia misses the target.
Kasvi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cross Furia.
Kasvi slips a straight right by Cross Furia.
Kasvi seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cross Furia misses with a hook
letting Kasvi counter with a right hand.
Cross Furia fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cross Furia throws a lazy right hand but Kasvi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kasvi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kasvi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cross Furia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kasvi throws out the jab.
Cross Furia moves out of range as Kasvi strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kasvi might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kasvi defending well as Cross Furia loads up on a big left hand.
Kasvi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kasvi looks to throw the jab but Cross Furia is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kasvi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kasvi moves away from the strike by Cross Furia.
Kasvi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cross Furia throws a hook but Kasvi blocks it.
Cross Furia throws the left hand but Kasvi avoids the punch easily.
Kasvi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kasvi works Cross Furia's body with a nice hook.
Cross Furia throws a body shot but no joy.
Kasvi appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kasvi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cross Furia.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kasvi.
Kasvi looks to throw the jab but Cross Furia is out of range.
Cross Furia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kasvi throws an overhand right that lands on Cross Furia's shoulder, as Cross Furia tries to avoid the shot.
Kasvi misses with a body shot.
Kasvi misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasvi moves out of range of the strikes.
Cross Furia walks into a jab.
Kasvi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cross Furia.
The fighters circling - Cross Furia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cross Furia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cross Furia defending well as Kasvi loads up on a big left hand.
Kasvi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cross Furia.
Kasvi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cross Furia swings for the body but Kasvi moves out of range.
Cross Furia blocks a jab.
Cross Furia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cross Furia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kasvi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Dante Cross Furia has been cut.
Cross Furia ducks under a wild hook from Kasvi.
A jab from Kasvi misses.
Kasvi throws out a loose jab but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kasvi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cross Furia listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kasvi moves out of range as Cross Furia strikes.
It looked like Kasvi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A punch combination from Cross Furia misses.
Cross Furia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kasvi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cross Furia.
Kasvi lands with a good body shot.
Cross Furia throws a poor cross that misses
and Kasvi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cross Furia is breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from Kasvi.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cross Furia on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cross Furia lands a jab to the nose.
Cross Furia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Cross Furia is rocked!
Kasvi cracks Cross Furia with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Cross Furia falls to his knees and Kasvi doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jyrki Kasvi!
Jyrki Kasvi thanked the fans post fight for their support.