PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rami Astalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred Von Richthoffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astalo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Astalo
vs
Von Richthoffen

168 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
147 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rami Astalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manfred Von Richthoffen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astalo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Astalo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Von Richthoffen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Astalo under the eye.
Von Richthoffen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Astalo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've been told by Astalo's head coaches at Team Migraine that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Von Richthoffen moves out of range.
Astalo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Von Richthoffen's sensitive parts.
Astalo lands a lovely overhand right.
Astalo misses with an uppercut. Von Richthoffen saw that one coming.
Astalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Von Richthoffen manages to avoid it.
Astalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Von Richthoffen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Richthoffen keeps the fight on the outside.
Astalo lands a jab to the nose.
Rami Astalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Astalo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Astalo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Von Richthoffen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Astalo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Von Richthoffen checks it well.
Astalo throws the left hand but Von Richthoffen avoids the punch easily.
Astalo throws a hook but Von Richthoffen avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Von Richthoffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Astalo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Von Richthoffen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Astalo defending well as Von Richthoffen loads up on a big left hand.
Von Richthoffen lands with a straight right. Astalo didn't see that one coming.
Astalo misses with a wild body shot.
Astalo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Von Richthoffen was well out of range. Poor timing from Astalo.
Von Richthoffen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Von Richthoffen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Astalo in his tracks.
Astalo cracks a nice hook into Von Richthoffen's ribs.
Astalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo tries to clinch
and Von Richthoffen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Astalo needs to keep his hands up - Von Richthoffen had a free shot at his head there.
Von Richthoffen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Astalo throws an off balance right hand
and Von Richthoffen counters with a nice uppercut.

Astalo is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen scores with a sloppy right hand. Astalo should have avoided that one.
Oh Astalo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Astalo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Astalo scores with a hook to the body. Von Richthoffen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Astalo feints and then cracks Von Richthoffen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Von Richthoffen down.
Astalo seems to have got his legs back now.
Von Richthoffen tries to bum rush Astalo with a series of wild strikes but Astalo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Von Richthoffen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Astalo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Von Richthoffen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Astalo misses the jab.
Astalo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Von Richthoffen uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Astalo has time to react.
Von Richthoffen ducks under a wild hook from Astalo.
Von Richthoffen throws the left hand but Astalo avoids the punch easily.
Nice uppercut there from Von Richthoffen.
Astalo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Von Richthoffen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Astalo misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astalo looks to land a combination but Von Richthoffen avoids it well.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Richthoffen! But no joy.
Astalo tests Von Richthoffen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Astalo cracks the inside of Von Richthoffen's front leg.
Von Richthoffen drops his hands momentarily and Astalo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Von Richthoffen moves away from the strike by Astalo.
Astalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Von Richthoffen moves away.
Astalo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut lands for Von Richthoffen. That snapped Astalo's head back.
Von Richthoffen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astalo.
Von Richthoffen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Astalo throws a sloppy head kick and Von Richthoffen moves out of range easily.
Astalo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Von Richthoffen counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astalo throws out a loose jab but Von Richthoffen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astalo missing with a left hand there. Von Richthoffen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen avoids the head kick by Astalo.
Astalo throws a series of punches but Von Richthoffen avoids them all with ease.
Astalo is breathing heavily.
Von Richthoffen scores with a jab. Astalo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Astalo throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Von Richthoffen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Astalo misses with a hook to the body
and Astalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Astalo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Von Richthoffen is out of range and Astalo settles back down.
Von Richthoffen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Von Richthoffen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Astalo.
Astalo with a hook.
A big left from Astalo misses.
Von Richthoffen throws a lazy right hand but Astalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Astalo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Richthoffen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Astalo to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Richthoffen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Astalo.
Astalo throws a lazy right hand but Von Richthoffen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Von Richthoffen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rami Astalo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Astalo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Astalo lands with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Von Richthoffen.
Astalo swings widly with a right hand
and Von Richthoffen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Von Richthoffen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A swing and a miss from Von Richthoffen.
Astalo misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Von Richthoffen! But no joy.
Astalo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Von Richthoffen finds it's way round the side to connect with Astalo's head.
Von Richthoffen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Astalo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Von Richthoffen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Astalo walks into a straight right hand from Von Richthoffen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Von Richthoffen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Manfred Von Richthoffen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good shot there by Von Richthoffen.
Von Richthoffen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Astalo at a distance.
A jab from Von Richthoffen does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Richthoffen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Von Richthoffen avoids the body shot from Astalo.
Astalo throws an off balance right hand
and Von Richthoffen counters with a huge left! Astalo is in big trouble! He's backing up but Von Richthoffen isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Astalo from any more damage. A dominating finish by Von Richthoffen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manfred Von Richthoffen!
A very excited looking Manfred Von Richthoffen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.