PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Dahlberg (ranked 4971 p4p, 572 weight class) and Repa Tiitti (ranked 4615 p4p, 547 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tiitti's choice of entrance music: AC/DC Back in Black . Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dahlberg
vs
Tiitti

186 cm
31
212 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

182 cm
34
175 lbs
7 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Dahlberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Repa Tiitti!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dahlberg takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tiitti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dahlberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tiitti misses with a few strikes there.
Dahlberg wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tiitti throws a lazy head kick
and Dahlberg counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Dahlberg pushes Tiitti up against the cage in a clinch.
Dahlberg keeps control of Tiitti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dahlberg lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tiitti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dahlberg is keeping busy.
Dahlberg scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Tiitti manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiitti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dahlberg.
Dahlberg takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tiitti misses with a shot to the body
and Dahlberg counters with a stiff right hand.
A cross from Dahlberg lands.
Dahlberg connects with the punch.

Tiitti shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tiitti showed some decent athleticism there.

Dahlberg makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Johan Dahlberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dahlberg misses with a wild body shot.
Dahlberg slips a jab and a cross from Tiitti.

Dahlberg clinches up with Tiitti and pushes him back against the cage.
Tiitti is trying to force a seperation but Dahlberg has the dominant position.
Tiitti blocks a body shot from Dahlberg.

Dahlberg breaks the clinch.
Dahlberg bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tiitti takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tiitti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tiitti throws a hook to the side of Dahlberg's head but Dahlberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dahlberg throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dahlberg misses with a head kick.
Nice shot by Dahlberg.

Tiitti is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiitti shoots and misses
and Dahlberg counters with a low kick, right behind Tiitti 's knee.
Tiitti is still on wobbly legs! Can Dahlberg finish him?
Tiitti walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Tiitti limp body while Dahlberg jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johan Dahlberg!