PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Toivonen (ranked 6 p4p, 8 weight class) and Edison Atunes (ranked 2 p4p, 3 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Toivonen
vs
Atunes

193 cm
36
189
38 - 11 - 0

185 cm
28
190
23 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Core Combat
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pekka Toivonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edison Atunes!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toivonen misses with a wild body shot.
Atunes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Atunes.
Atunes cracks Toivonen with a right hand to the side of the head.

It looks like Pekka Toivonen has been cut.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Toivonen.
Atunes throws a jab but it's blocked by Toivonen.
Atunes throws a poor cross that misses
letting Toivonen counter with a right hand.

It looks like Edison Atunes has been cut.
Atunes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toivonen is looking to score with low kicks.
Toivonen misses with a straight right.
Toivonen throws an overhand right that lands on Atunes's shoulder, as Atunes tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toivonen lands with a right hand.
Atunes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toivonen.
Atunes throws an off balance right hand
and Toivonen counters with a good low kick that Atunes was not able to check.
Toivonen is looking to chop away at Atunes's legs.
Atunes appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Atunes throws the kick towards the body but Toivonen avoids it.
Atunes throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Atunes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toivonen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Toivonen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Toivonen blocks the low kick.
Toivonen wants to land a leg kick but Atunes is out of range.
Toivonen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Atunes scores with the left hand. Toivonen knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toivonen.
Toivonen clobbers Atunes with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Atunes ducks under a wild hook from Toivonen.
Atunes is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Toivonen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Atunes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Atunes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An inside leg kick lands from Atunes.
Toivonen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A big right from Toivonen misses.
Toivonen tries to clinch up.
Toivonen throws an overhand right that lands on Atunes's shoulder, as Atunes tries to avoid the shot.
Atunes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Toivonen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Atunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toivonen lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Toivonen misses
and Atunes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toivonen digs a good body shot into Atunes's ribs.
Atunes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toivonen momentarily.
Atunes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Toivonen.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atunes is looking to land body kicks.
Toivonen avoids the head kick by Atunes.
Pekka Toivonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Atunes.
Toivonen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Atunes will feel that in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edison Atunes will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Atunes steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Toivonen. That one must have hurt.
Toivonen misses with a left hand
and Atunes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toivonen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toivonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Atunes throws out the jab.
As Atunes backs away, Toivonen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Atunes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toivonen.
Atunes throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Toivonen counters with a crisp right hand that drops Atunes! Toivonen lets Atunes back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Atunes is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Toivonen drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Atunes right on the button. Atunes goes down! Toivonen follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Toivonen gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pekka Toivonen!
An out of breath Pekka Toivonen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.