PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clint River (ranked 818 p4p, 1998 weight class) and Suutari Nuorempi (ranked 104 p4p, 248 weight class). Clint River has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

River
vs
Nuorempi

189 cm
27
206
11 - 6 - 0

193 cm
34
218
14 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Conviction

Wrestler Wayfare

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint River !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Suutari Nuorempi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Nuorempi misses its intended target.
Nuorempi slips under a jab.
Nuorempi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nuorempi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nuorempi misses the body punch
and River counters with a good, hard body kick but Nuorempi shrugs it off.
Nuorempi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from River .
River swings away with a leg kick that misses.
River misses with a body kick.
Nuorempi moves out of range of the body kick.
Nuorempi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nuorempi 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River seems to be stalking Nuorempi here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Nuorempi drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Clint River !
A relieved looking Clint River thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.