PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yury Konstantin (ranked 7722 p4p, 587 weight class) and Vilkas Nuutti (ranked 7147 p4p, 573 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Konstantin
vs
Nuutti

190 cm
23
184 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

182 cm
18
188 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yury Konstantin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vilkas Nuutti!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nuutti takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Konstantin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Konstantin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nuutti throws out the jab.
Nuutti misses with a body shot
and Nuutti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nuutti throws a right hand that misses
and Konstantin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nuutti misses with a combination
and Nuutti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Konstantin shoots in but no luck this time.
Nuutti is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Nuutti plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Yury Konstantin has been cut.
Nuutti misses the body punch
and Konstantin counters with a stiff right hand.
Nuutti misses with a hook
and Konstantin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nuutti throws a sloppy body shot
and Konstantin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nuutti throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Konstantin.
Konstantin tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Nuutti manages to circle out of the way.
Konstantin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nuutti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Nuutti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Konstantin doesn't seem phased though.
A lazy left from Nuutti finds it's target.
Konstantin shoots in and drives through. Nuutti sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yury Konstantin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nuutti. That's going to slow Konstantin down.
Nuutti lands a jab.
Nuutti throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Konstantin on the side of the head.
Konstantin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nuutti can pounce on him.
Nuutti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Konstantin is rocked!
Vilkas Nuutti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Konstantin looks up at the clock. Bad move! Nuutti lands a right hand from hell, dropping Konstantin. Nuutti pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vilkas Nuutti!
During a confident post fight interview, Vilkas Nuutti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.