PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yussuf Hoejlund (ranked 24313 p4p, 2717 weight class) and Kebab Nurminen (ranked 0 p4p, 358 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hoejlund
vs
Nurminen

176 cm
27
170
0 - 5 - 0

180 cm
30
177
11 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yussuf Hoejlund!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kebab Nurminen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoejlund takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hoejlund shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Nurminen scores with a takedown into Hoejlund's guard.
Nurminen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hoejlund is looking to stand up but Nurminen isn't so interested in that idea.
Nurminen landing with the ground and pound.
Hoejlund being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurminen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nurminen with a nice head shot there.
Nurminen stays in close to Hoejlund's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nurminen is standing up over Hoejlund. Hoejlund looks to escape but Nurminen dives into side control.
Nurminen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurminen taking a breather here.
Nurminen landing a few strikes.
Nurminen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hoejlund is letting Nurminen control him for a moment.
Nurminen working the body and head with strikes.
Nurminen scoring with punches and elbows.

Hoejlund is rocked!
Nurminen scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Hoejlund is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Nurminen can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kebab Nurminen!
Kebab Nurminen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.