PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukka Toskala (ranked 877 p4p, 121 weight class) and Corwin Valentine (ranked 8505 p4p, 758 weight class). Valentine has chosen I Get Knocked Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toskala
vs
Valentine

180 cm
30
189 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

182 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Aspire Nutrition

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jukka Toskala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corwin Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toskala jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Corwin Valentine has been cut.
Valentine wants to clinch but Toskala slips to the side
and Toskala counters with a series of strikes. Valentine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Corwin Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toskala scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toskala has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Valentine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Valentine has managed to clinch.
Toskala lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toskala scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but Toskala blocks it.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but Toskala blocks it.
A short uppercut from Toskala.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Valentine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Toskala lands a shot to the body.
Toskala lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Toskala.
Valentine looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Toskala.
Toskala lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Valentine.
A nice right hand lands inside from Toskala.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Toskala as the two fighters clinch.
Toskala lands an elbow just above Valentine 's eye.
Toskala works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Toskala scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toskala scores with a shot to the side of Valentine's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Toskala.
Valentine's coach down at Hard Knocks Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Valentine's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Valentine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toskala.

Valentine is rocked!
Toskala lands a shoulder strike.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Toskala finish him?
Toskala makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toskala pushes Valentine against the ropes. Toskala is working some dirty boxing. Toskala pushes off with a quick right hook! Valentine goes down! Valentine tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Toskala moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jukka Toskala!
After winning the bout, Jukka Toskala thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.