PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Judo Dan (ranked 2545 p4p, 2246 weight class) and Janne Virtanen (ranked 251 p4p, 224 weight class). Virtanen has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Janne Virtanen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dan
vs
Virtanen

198 cm
25
278
2 - 0 - 0

199 cm
25
278
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Judo Dan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Janne Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dan slips a straight right by Virtanen.

Dan rushes Virtanen and presses him up against the cage.
Dan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dan lands a right hand.
Dan has Virtanen pressed against the cage.
Virtanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Virtanen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Virtanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dan cracks Virtanen with a nice body shot.
Virtanen looks winded!
Dan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dan stalling in the clinch.
Dan scores with a hook to the body.
Dan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dan scores with a hook to the body.
Dan lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dan cracks Virtanen with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Dan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen takes a shot to the head.
Dan stalls.
Dan tries a body shot but Virtanen blocks it.
Dan lands with a short shot to the head.
Virtanen has a couple of punches blocked by Dan.
Dan tries to throw a body punch but Virtanen avoids it by throwing Dan back against the cage.
Dan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dan lands a hook that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dan is pushing Virtanen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
Dan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Virtanen or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dan cracks Virtanen with a nice body shot.
Dan lands a shot to the body.
Dan pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Dan.
Virtanen letting Dan take a breather here.
Dan works on Virtanen's body with a couple of short punches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dan.
Dan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Dan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Virtanen up against the cage.
Dan throws a punch but it's blocked by Virtanen.
Virtanen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dan.
Dan gets through Virtanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dan controlling the action here for a moment.
Virtanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dan misses with some punches.
Virtanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dan is keeping busy.
Dan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dan lands with a right to the head.
Dan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Virtanen up against the cage.
Dan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Virtanen backwards.
Virtanen taking a breather.
Dan lands a nice uppercut.
Dan lands a hook to the side of the head.

Virtanen is rocked!
Dan unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Virtanen! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Dan is unloading with more strikes now! Virtanen drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Judo Dan!