PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Tapper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Tapper
vs
Nunes

199 cm
21
260 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

192 cm
31
233 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Tapper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Diego Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tapper forces Nunes back against the cage and clinches.
Nunes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tapper cracks Nunes with a nice body shot.
Tapper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nunes is keeping busy.
Tapper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nunes.
Nunes misses with a punch on the inside.
Nunes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tapper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nunes.
A bit of stalling here from Tapper.
Nunes tries to circle away but Tapper has him pinned against the cage.

Nunes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tapper lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tapper delivers a nice body kick.
Nunes dodges the punch combination from Tapper.
Tapper thuds a left hand into Nunes's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tapper feints and then cracks Nunes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nunes down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tapper works Nunes's body with a nice hook.
Tapper swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nunes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Taisto Tapper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tapper scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nunes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tapper counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nunes looks winded!
Nunes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tapper is looking to wear down Nunes with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tapper dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tapper has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Odins Body Workshop in the buildup to the fight.

Tapper lands a left and a right that send Nunes crashing to the mat, dazed. Tapper thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Nunes is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tapper lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Nunes out cold! Nunes is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Taisto Tapper!
Taisto Tapper seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.