PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Niko Pekkinen (ranked 4083 p4p, 4101 weight class) and Joker Belingon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pekkinen
vs
Belingon

177 cm
25
150
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
150
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Niko Pekkinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joker Belingon!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belingon lands a nice hook to Pekkinen's body. Pekkinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Belingon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pekkinen moves away.
Belingon missing with a left hand there. Pekkinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pekkinen with a jab.
Belingon misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Belingon scores with a decent looking hook.
Pekkinen tries to clinch there but Belingon circles away.
Belingon lands with a good body shot.
Belingon bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pekkinen's head.
Pekkinen throws a hook to the side of Belingon's head but Belingon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Belingon scores with a hook.
Belingon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pekkinen moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Belingon scores with a jab to the head.

Pekkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Belingon can't break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pekkinen.
Pekkinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Belingon wants to stall.
Pekkinen digs a right hand into Belingon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Belingon's gas tank.
Belingon wants to get back to striking at distance but Pekkinen won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkinen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Belingon fails to land.
Pekkinen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Belingon up against the cage.
Pekkinen stalling.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Belingon blocks an uppercut.
Pekkinen is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Niko Pekkinen.
Belingon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pekkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Belingon is just out of range.
Pekkinen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good exchange - Belingon coming out on top.
Belingon misses with a straight right.

Pekkinen closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belingon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Belingon stalling.
Pekkinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Belingon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pekkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.

Belingon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Belingon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Belingon moves out of range of the strikes.
Belingon ducks under a wild hook from Pekkinen.
Belingon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pekkinen tries to clinch up.
Pekkinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Belingon.
A telegraphed right hand from Pekkinen misses the target.
Belingon digs a good hook to Pekkinen's body.
Belingon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

It looks like Niko Pekkinen has been cut.
Belingon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pekkinen's hands.

Pekkinen closes the distance and clinches.
Pekkinen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Belingon is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkinen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pekkinen pushes Belingon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pekkinen throws a head punch that misses.

Belingon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Belingon swings for the body but Pekkinen moves out of range.
Belingon lands with a good body shot.
Pekkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Belingon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Joker Belingon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belingon throws a hook but Pekkinen avoids it easily.
A big right from Pekkinen misses.
Belingon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Belingon misses with a hook to the body
and Pekkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pekkinen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Belingon stuns Pekkinen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Belingon cracks Pekkinen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Belingon has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Pekkinen to stand back up!

Pekkinen is rocked!
Pekkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Oh Pekkinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Belingon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Belingon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pekkinen is breathing heavily.
Pekkinen drops his hands momentarily. Belingon doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Pekkinen staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Pekkinen doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joker Belingon!