PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Solberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Kasongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Solberg
vs
Kasongo

182 cm
19
198 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

188 cm
25
179 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Solberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Kasongo!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasongo dives in and grabs Solberg's left leg, looking for a takedown. Solberg pushes down on Kasongo's head and hops out.
Kasongo shoots and misses
and Solberg connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Kasongo.
Solberg throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kasongo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Solberg lands with a good body shot.
Solberg scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kasongo shoots in looking for a takedown. Solberg tries to sprawl out of it but Kasongo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Solberg manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Peter Solberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Kasongo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasongo wants to clinch up but Solberg keeps it at a distance.
As Kasongo backs away, Solberg returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Solberg stalks Kasongo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kasongo's face. Kasongo staggers backwards, shaken.
We've been hearing reports that Solberg has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasongo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Solberg was well out of range. Poor timing from Kasongo.
Solberg is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Kasongo tries for a takedown but Solberg circles away easily
and Solberg counters with a nice leg kick.
Kasongo moves forwards but Solberg connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Kasongo is rocked!
Kasongo 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.
Kasongo tries for a takedown but Solberg circles away easily
and Solberg counters with a low kick, right behind Kasongo 's knee.
Luis Kasongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Solberg.
Kasongo 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.
Kasongo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kasongo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kasongo shoots and misses
and Solberg counters with a low kick, right behind Kasongo 's knee.
Kasongo looks winded!
Solberg cracks a nice hook into Kasongo's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solberg throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice jab there from Solberg.
Kasongo is still on wobbly legs! Can Solberg finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kasongo drops his hands momentarily. Solberg doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Kasongo staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Kasongo doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peter Solberg!