PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Farmhouse Flander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Flander
vs
Tolonen

182 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

193 cm
27
217 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Farmhouse Flander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matti Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolonen.
A big right from Tolonen misses.
Tolonen lands a nice shot that snaps Flander's head back.
Tolonen scores with a nice right hand.
Tolonen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Flander's calf.
We've been hearing reports that Flander has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tolonen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been informed that Tolonen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Flander walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Farmhouse Flander has been cut.
Tolonen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tolonen dodges the punch combination from Flander.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tolonen! But no joy.
Farmhouse Flander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Flander on the side of the head.
Flander takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Flander is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Tolonen! Flander is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matti Tolonen!
Matti Tolonen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.