PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Kaukalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daouda Kaho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaukalo's entrance music is Anna rakas raju hetki. A fine choice. Pekka Kaukalo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kaukalo
vs
Kaho

200 cm
31
279 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

190 cm
36
260 lbs
16 - 21 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pekka Kaukalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Daouda Kaho!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaho throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kaho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Kaukalo - just one landing.
Kaho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaukalo's sensitive parts.
Both fighters circling a little - Kaho finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kaho!
Kaho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kaukalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kaho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kaukalo. That did some damage!
Kaukalo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaukalo throws out a loose jab but Kaho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaho walks into a jab.

It looks like Daouda Kaho has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaho moves away from the strike by Kaukalo.
Kaho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kaukalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kaho circles away quickly and effectively.
Kaho scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaukalo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kaho.
Kaho throws a head kick that misses.
Kaukalo misses the jab.
Kaho swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaukalo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kaho.
Kaho misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from Kaukalo misses its intended target.
Kaho throws a head kick but Kaukalo moves out of range.
Kaukalo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kaho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick from Kaho lands but Kaukalo takes it in his stride.
Kaho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kaukalo.
Kaukalo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaukalo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kaho.
Kaho feints and then cracks Kaukalo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaukalo down.
Kaho throws a leg kick which misses Kaukalo's front leg but catches the back leg as Kaukalo tries to avoid it.
A left and a right from Kaho both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kaukalo misses with a body shot.
Kaho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kaukalo. That did some damage!
Kaho slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaho explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kaukalo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kaho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kaukalo's sensitive parts.
Kaho moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kaho thumps Kaukalo with a low kick.
Kaho feints and then cracks Kaukalo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaukalo down.
Kaho uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaukalo.
Kaukalo misses with a straight right.
Kaho throws out a counter right but Kaukalo avoids it with no problem.
Kaho misses with a combination
and Kaukalo counters with a two punch combo.
Kaukalo 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.
Kaho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kaho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kaho tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kaho.
Kaukalo 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.
Kaukalo throws a right hand that Kaho ducks under and follows up with a left that Kaho also avoids with ease.
Kaho is looking to slow Kaukalo down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kaukalo.
Kaukalo throws a jab but it's blocked by Kaho.
Decent striking displayed by Kaukalo there.
Kaukalo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kaukalo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Kaho can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Kaukalo and Kaho drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Kaukalo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Kaukalo!