PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Artturi Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Goethe comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ERA - enae Volare Mezzo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe enters the cage!

Virtanen
vs
Wolfgang von Goethe

202 cm
29
285 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

221 cm
26
289 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artturi Virtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Virtanen scores with a decent looking hook.
von Goethe scores with a leg kick.
Virtanen checks the leg kick nicely there.
von Goethe misses with a wild body shot.
von Goethe swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Virtanen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Virtanen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from von Goethe does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Virtanen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
von Goethe swings away with a leg kick that misses.
von Goethe throws a wild body kick that Virtanen sees coming a mile off.
von Goethe scores with a leg kick.
von Goethe tries to work over Virtanen's front leg with a kick but Virtanen checks it.
von Goethe tries to land a leg kick but Virtanen saw it coming and moves away.
von Goethe lands a jab.
von Goethe throws a front kick aimed at Virtanen's knee but Virtanen avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from von Goethe.
von Goethe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Virtanen is breathing heavily.

von Goethe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
von Goethe lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as von Goethe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
von Goethe misses with a punch to the body.

von Goethe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by von Goethe.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A swing and a miss from Virtanen.
A chopping leg kick lands by von Goethe.
von Goethe lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Virtanen can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from von Goethe and Virtanen drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by von Goethe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe!