PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christophe Dupree (ranked 1250 p4p, 574 weight class) and Charon Lehto (ranked 160 p4p, 84 weight class). Dupree's entrance music is Eddie Vedder - Society. A fine choice. Charon Lehto has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Dupree
vs
Lehto

190 cm
42
244
40 - 33 - 0

201 cm
31
275
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christophe Dupree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charon Lehto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehto lands a leg kick that knocks Dupree off balance momentarily.
Dupree attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lehto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dupree to score with a decent uppercut.
Dupree scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lehto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dupree looks to throw a body kick
and Dupree takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lehto is looking to clinch.
Dupree throws a leg kick
and Lehto counters with a left to the body.
Dupree on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lehto tests Dupree's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Dupree, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lehto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lehto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dupree paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lehto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dupree throws out the jab.
Dupree throws a leg kick which misses Lehto's front leg but catches the back leg as Lehto tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupree misses with a body shot.
Dupree misses with a left hand
and Lehto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lehto is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Lehto staying out of range there.
A shot to the body from Dupree misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dupree is breathing heavily.
Dupree takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lehto connects with a body shot.
Lehto scores with a jab.

Lehto drives through and clinches with Dupree against the cage.
Lehto lands a nice uppercut.
Lehto missing with knees to the body.
Dupree makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lehto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dupree goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lehto lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Lehto.

Lehto manages to break the clinch.

Lehto rushes Dupree and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lehto tries a body shot but Dupree blocks it.
Lehto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lehto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short body shot lands from Lehto as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lehto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lehto scores with a shot to the side of Dupree's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Lehto.

Lehto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lehto lands a big right hook! Dupree looks hurt but is still standing! Lehto lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Dupree falls down and Lehto dives in with a huge hammer fist! Dupree's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Lehto runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Charon Lehto!
An out of breath Charon Lehto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.