PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lahden Linkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kwame Kagiso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Linkki comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill - Cuban Necktie. Lahden Linkki had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Linkki
vs
Kagiso

188 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

PED Nutrition

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lahden Linkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kwame Kagiso!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kagiso gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kagiso tries to clinch but Linkki is having none of it.
Kagiso fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Linkki avoids it really well and circles away.

Linkki moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Linkki.
A nice left hand lands by Linkki.
Kagiso is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Linkki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Linkki tries to land a knee to the head but Kagiso blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Linkki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Linkki cracks Kagiso with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Kagiso tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Linkki pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Kagiso is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lahden Linkki!
During a confident post fight interview, Lahden Linkki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.