PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urho Itaniemi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Lindros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Itaniemi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Volbeat - Still Counting. Urho Itaniemi could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eric Lindros's chin.

Itaniemi
vs
Lindros

190 cm
24
214 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

189 cm
23
218 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Urho Itaniemi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Lindros!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lindros takes a kick to the side of the head.

Itaniemi clinches with his opponent.
Itaniemi tries to work over Lindros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lindros lands a body punch in the clinch.
Itaniemi misses with some punches.
Itaniemi misses with a body punch.
Itaniemi avoiding damage.
Lindros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lindros's elbow.
Itaniemi has Lindros pressed against the cage.
Lindros gets through Itaniemi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Itaniemi.
Still in the clinch, Itaniemi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Come on Itaniemi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Itaniemi scores with a shot to the side of Lindros's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindros throws a punch but it's blocked by Itaniemi.
Itaniemi has Lindros pressed against the cage, preventing Lindros from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Itaniemi lands with a short shot to the head.
Itaniemi swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Lindros breaks the clinch.
A low kick from Itaniemi is predictable there
and Lindros counters with a nice uppercut.
Itaniemi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lindros avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A looping hook to the body misses from Itaniemi. Lindros does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lindros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Itaniemi.
Lindros moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Lindros blocks a leg kick.
Lindros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lindros misses with a hook
and Itaniemi counters with a good low kick that Lindros was not able to check.
Itaniemi misses with a looping right.
Lindros displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Itaniemi throws out the jab.
Lindros misses the shot to the body.
Lindros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Itaniemi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lindros has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lindros and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Itaniemi lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from Lindros is predictable there
and Itaniemi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lindros looks gassed!
Itaniemi lands a lovely overhand right.
Itaniemi throws a leg kick
and Lindros counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lindros throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Lindros misses

and Itaniemi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Itaniemi stalls.
Itaniemi misses with some punches.
Itaniemi throws a head punch that misses.
Itaniemi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lindros blocking some punches.
Itaniemi slows down the pace here.
Itaniemi pushes Lindros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Itaniemi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lindros wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Itaniemi has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lindros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lindros is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Itaniemi rather than just go for the knockout.
Lindros slips a jab from Itaniemi.
Itaniemi slips under a jab from Lindros.
Lindros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Itaniemi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lindros counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Itaniemi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lindros lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lindros looks to land a right hand but Itaniemi moved out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Itaniemi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lindros.
Itaniemi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindros.
Lindros fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urho Itaniemi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Itaniemi misses with a double jab
and Lindros counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lindros throws a lazy uppercut
and Itaniemi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Itaniemi connects with a single shot there.
Itaniemi scores with a leg kick.
Itaniemi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lindros throws a leg kick
and Lindros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Urho Itaniemi is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lindros avoids the body shot from Itaniemi.
Lindros misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lindros misses with an uppercut
enabling Itaniemi to counter with a crisp jab.
Lindros misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Itaniemi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Lindros is rocked!
Itaniemi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lindros is still on wobbly legs! Can Itaniemi finish him?
Lindros is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Itaniemi connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Lindros to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Itaniemi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Urho Itaniemi!