PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Irmeli Kosonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucian Bute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bute has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kosonen
vs
Bute

175 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
168 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Irmeli Kosonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucian Bute!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kosonen cracks Bute with an open hand slap.
Bute looks gassed!
Kosonen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A punch combination from Kosonen misses.
Kosonen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kosonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kosonen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bute takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kosonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bute moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kosonen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kosonen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kosonen walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Bute drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Kosonen swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Bute's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Irmeli Kosonen!