PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neesum Mo (ranked 882 p4p, 1123 weight class) and Hrvoje Palmotic (ranked 113 p4p, 148 weight class). Palmotic has chosen One day I'll be king as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mo
vs
Palmotic

188 cm
28
206
9 - 1 - 0

189 cm
33
205
23 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Neesum Mo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hrvoje Palmotic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmotic throws a jab when Mo was well out of range.
Palmotic cracks Mo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mo throws a leg kick
and Palmotic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mo blocks the body kick.
A shot to the body from Mo misses
and Palmotic connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Palmotic swings for the body but Mo moves out of range.
Mo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Palmotic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmotic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mo misses with a kick to the body
and Palmotic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Palmotic cracks Mo with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Palmotic has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Mo to stand back up!
Mo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mo gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Palmotic gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hrvoje Palmotic!
Our winner, Hrvoje Palmotic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.