PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Retsu Kaioh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins has chosen Bloc Party - The Prayer as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kaioh
vs
Collins

192 cm
28
265 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

211 cm
26
285 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Retsu Kaioh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vinnie Collins!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Collins clinches with his opponent.
Kaioh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Collins throws a head punch that misses.
Collins has a couple of punches blocked by Kaioh.
Collins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Collins with a knee to the head.
Kaioh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kaioh working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kaioh.
Kaioh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kaioh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Collins in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Collins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Vinnie Collins has been cut.
Collins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaioh.
Kaioh using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Collins looks gassed!
Kaioh works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kaioh working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Collins being controlled against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kaioh.
Kaioh lands a hook that snaps the head of Collins backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kaioh.
Kaioh misses with a punch to the body.
Collins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kaioh gets through Collins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Kaioh.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kaioh scores with a shot to the side of Collins's head.

Collins is rocked!
Kaioh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Collins is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaioh finish him?
Nice body punch from Kaioh - that landed with a thud.
Collins seems to have recovered his senses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kaioh.
Kaioh lands an uppercut.
Kaioh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kaioh unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Collins! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kaioh is unloading with more strikes now! Collins drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Retsu Kaioh!
During a confident post fight interview, Retsu Kaioh thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.