PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timo Virtanen (ranked 5996 p4p, 493 weight class) and Niko Marcell (ranked 4407 p4p, 421 weight class). Niko Marcell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Virtanen
vs
Marcell

190 cm
18
240 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
287 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Virtanen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Niko Marcell!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marcell gets the takedown into side control.
Virtanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marcell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Virtanen to see if he's OK.
Virtanen seems a little lost for a moment, as Marcell dominates the positioning.
Marcell lands an elbow.
Marcell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Virtanen to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Virtanen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Virtanen is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Marcell asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Marcell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Marcell landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Virtanen tries to bench press Marcell off him but Marcell keeps the position.
Marcell scores with a couple of short elbows.

It looks like Timo Virtanen has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcell scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Virtanen to see if he's OK.

Marcell wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Virtanen, who protects the arm well.
Virtanen gets back to half guard.
Marcell is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcell lands a nice short elbow.
Virtanen is trying to stand back up but Marcell is controlling him
Marcell prevents Virtanen from improving his position.
Marcell lands a big elbow - Virtanen is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Marcell!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Niko Marcell!
Niko Marcell is the new heavyweight champion!
Niko Marcell decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.