PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richie Simpson (ranked 1905 p4p, 217 weight class) and Veikko Keskinen (ranked 3921 p4p, 383 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Simpson
vs
Keskinen

180 cm
25
154 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richie Simpson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Veikko Keskinen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keskinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Keskinen jabs Simpson right on the nose. Simpson blinks but takes it well.

Keskinen pushes Simpson up against the cage in a clinch.

Simpson breaks from the clinch.
Simpson connects with a body shot.
Simpson scores with a sloppy right hand. Keskinen should have avoided that one.
Keskinen needs to keep his hands up - Simpson had a free shot at his head there.
Veikko Keskinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simpson lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Keskinen falls backwards - clearly groggy! Simpson dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richie Simpson!
Richie Simpson is the new lightweight champion!
A very excited looking Richie Simpson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.