PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahti Kaleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaleva comes to the cage accompanied by Jääkärimarssi. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kaleva
vs
Churchill

180 cm
27
255 lbs
5 - 3 - 1

193 cm
29
237 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ahti Kaleva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Winston Churchill!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchill lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Ahti Kaleva has been cut.
Churchill scores with a jab.
Churchill connects with a right hand. Kaleva shakes it off.
Churchill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kaleva on the side of the head.
Kaleva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A cross from Churchill lands.
Churchill looks to land a combination but Kaleva avoids it well.
Kaleva feinted with a counter takedown.

Churchill clinches.
Kaleva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Churchill avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kaleva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Churchill pulls his leg out and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Churchill throws a right and a left that Kaleva avoids nicely.
Churchill is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Churchill closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Churchill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kaleva's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kaleva's head.
Churchill sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaleva defending well though.
Churchill misses with a head shot. Kaleva uses the momentum to regain guard.
Churchill looking to sit in guard and control but Kaleva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Churchill tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Churchill keeping moving, preventing Kaleva from controlling successfully.
Kaleva throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaleva prevents Churchill from getting back to his feet.
Kaleva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kaleva distracts Churchill with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Churchill avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kaleva stops Churchill from standing up.
Kaleva wants to control from the top but Churchill keeps moving.

Kaleva drops back looking for a leg! Churchill is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Churchill manages to kick Kaleva off! Kaleva jumps back into Churchill's guard.
Kaleva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Churchill's head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Churchill can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kaleva controls the pace.
Kaleva slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Churchill.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kaleva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kaleva lands a nice short elbow.
Kaleva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kaleva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kaleva drops an elbow to the side of Churchill's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaleva winds up and cracks Churchill with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

It looks like Winston Churchill has been cut.
Ground and pound from Kaleva.

That has opened up Winston Churchill's cut even more.
Churchill is in trouble now - Kaleva has advanced to mount!
Kaleva lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Churchill! Kaleva sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Churchill and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ahti Kaleva!
Ahti Kaleva thanked the fans post fight for their support.