PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maro Veljanovski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olavi Korhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Veljanovski
vs
Korhonen

182 cm
23
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maro Veljanovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Olavi Korhonen!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korhonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Veljanovski slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Veljanovski misses the target.
Korhonen throws a hook but Veljanovski blocks it.
Korhonen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Veljanovski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Korhonen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Veljanovski scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Maro Veljanovski has been cut.
Korhonen scores with a nice right hand.

Veljanovski feints and as Korhonen raises his hands in defense, Veljanovski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Korhonen being controlled here, momentarily.
Korhonen can't keep his opponent in guard - Veljanovski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Korhonen taking some punishment here, with Veljanovski in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veljanovski is figuring out what he wants to do next.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Korhonen can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Veljanovski's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Korhonen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Veljanovski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Veljanovski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Korhonen for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Korhonen trying to control from the bottom.
Veljanovski perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Korhonen wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Veljanovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Veljanovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Veljanovski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Veljanovski prevents Korhonen from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veljanovski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Korhonen is looking for a sweep. Veljanovski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Veljanovski is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Korhonen sees it coming and defends easily.
Korhonen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Veljanovski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Korhonen holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Veljanovski sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korhonen wants to get back to full guard but Veljanovski has mounted him!
Veljanovski controlling the pace for now.
Veljanovski raining down hammerfists from mount.
Korhonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Veljanovski working Korhonen over with strikes here.
Veljanovski lands a big shot there that rocks Korhonen but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maro Veljanovski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maro Veljanovski's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Korhonen lands a head shot.
Veljanovski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Veljanovski slips a straight right by Korhonen.
Korhonen misses with a hook. Veljanovski ducked under it nicely.
Veljanovski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Korhonen can do to turn this around?
Veljanovski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It seemed like Korhonen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Korhonen lands with a cross.
Veljanovski ducks under a wild hook from Korhonen.
Olavi Korhonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Korhonen throws a lazy uppercut

and Veljanovski counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Korhonen!
Korhonen tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Veljanovski scores with a couple of good head shots there.

It looks like Olavi Korhonen has been cut.
Veljanovski lands a big elbow - Korhonen is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Korhonen is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Maro Veljanovski!