PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Marks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Luolanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikko Luolanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marks
vs
Luolanen

168 cm
24
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

194 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buster Marks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikko Luolanen!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Luolanen misses.
Marks takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

It looks like Buster Marks has been cut.
Luolanen works the jab nicely.

Marks shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Luolanen's guard.
Luolanen wants to stand and escape but Marks is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Luolanen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Marks could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luolanen wants to sweep but no luck.
Luolanen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luolanen controlling Marks's posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Marks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
and Luolanen counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Marks! He's just covering up as Luolanen starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikko Luolanen!