PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pekka Kokko (ranked 4635 p4p, 3424 weight class) and Kael Gardener (ranked 446 p4p, 372 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kokko
vs
Gardener

180 cm
23
175
2 - 2 - 0

182 cm
19
175
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pekka Kokko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kael Gardener!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardener misses with a lunging right hand
and Kokko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gardener misses with a lunging right hand
and Kokko counters with a nice uppercut.
Kokko misses with an uppercut. Gardener saw that one coming.
Gardener jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gardener wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gardener throws an off balance right hand
and Kokko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kokko slips a jab from Gardener.
Gardener misses with a hook to the body
and Kokko counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gardener misses with a straight right.
Kokko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gardener lands with an uppercut that bounces Kokko off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Gardener throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kokko was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Gardener lands a left and a right that send Kokko crashing to the mat, dazed. Gardener thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kokko is rocked!

It looks like Pekka Kokko has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardener misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Kokko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Oh Kokko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kokko definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gardener cracks Kokko with a left hook right on the temple and Kokko goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Gardener lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Kokko is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kael Gardener!
Kael Gardener decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.