PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Christ (ranked 2940 p4p, 3728 weight class) and Aleksi Saari (ranked 409 p4p, 499 weight class). Saari has chosen Oranssi Pazuzu - Lahja as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Christ
vs
Saari

200 cm
22
210
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
23
207
5 - 6 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

New Standard

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksi Saari!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christ throws a lazy right hand but Saari sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saari ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Saari lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Christ at a distance.
Saari lands an overhand right.
Saari throws a series of punches but Christ moves out of range.
Christ is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Saari throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Christ wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saari scores with a shot to the body.
Christ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saari.
Saari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christ moves away.
Christ defending well as Saari loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Saari misses the target.
Saari scores with a punch to the head.
Christ throws a series of punches but Saari avoids them all with ease.
Saari scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Aleksi Saari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christ gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice shot by Saari.
Saari has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Christ is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saari swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Christ counters with a two punch combo.
Christ uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saari.
Saari drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Saari drops his hands momentarily and Christ takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Aleksi Saari has been cut.
Saari lands a slapping body shot.
Saari lands a jab to the head.
Christ pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saari bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Saari thuds his right hand into Christ's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Christ is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christ lands a glancing blow to the side of Saari's head.

Saari cracks Christ with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Saari has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Christ to stand back up!
Oh Christ is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christ gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Saari gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksi Saari!
A relieved looking Aleksi Saari thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.