PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Naulakko (ranked 1643 p4p, 1358 weight class) and Fedor Emperor (ranked 252 p4p, 207 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Naulakko might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amon Amarth - First Kill. Emperor has chosen Enae Volare Mezzo as his entrance music. Fedor Emperor struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Naulakko
vs
Emperor

180 cm
43
213
27 - 18 - 0

183 cm
36
223
12 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Fantasy Threads

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 27 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pertti Naulakko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Emperor!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naulakko blocks a jab.
Naulakko throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Emperor counters with a nice uppercut.
Naulakko displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emperor throws out the jab.
Emperor misses with a straight right.
Emperor throws a big shot that misses.
Naulakko looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Emperor just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Emperor. Naulakko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Naulakko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Naulakko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Naulakko misses with an uppercut
and Emperor counters with a stiff right hand.
Emperor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Emperor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Fedor Emperor has been cut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Emperor has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Emperor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Naulakko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Naulakko misses with a left hand
and Emperor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Naulakko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Emperor takes a swing at Naulakko's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emperor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Emperor throws a hook but Naulakko blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Naulakko drops Emperor with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Emperor looks back up at him and smiles so Naulakko waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Emperor is rocked!
Naulakko is stalking Emperor. Emperor circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Naulakko, and it's lights out! Emperor really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pertti Naulakko!
Pertti Naulakko thanked the fans post fight for their support.