PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nyyrikki Kaiho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kaiho
vs
Leonard

181 cm
25
184 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

186 cm
23
184 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Valhalla 160
Valhalla 160

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 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nyyrikki Kaiho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Leonard!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaiho slips under a jab from Leonard.
Leonard lands with a hook. Kaiho tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leonard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kaiho checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kaiho avoids the body shot from Leonard.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonard misses the target.
Leonard throws a front kick that sends Kaiho stumbling back into the cage.
Leonard misses with a head kick.
Kaiho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonard manages to avoid it.
Leonard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kaiho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonard manages to avoid it.
Kaiho lands with a nice body punch.
Leonard wants to land a leg kick but Kaiho is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonard walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kaiho.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard throws a lazy right hand but Kaiho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kaiho throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kaiho takes a swing at Leonard's ribcage but misses.
Leonard lands a leg kick that knocks Kaiho off balance momentarily.
Kaiho throws out a loose jab but Leonard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kaiho blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Kaiho misses
and Leonard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leonard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kaiho is looking to wear down Leonard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Leonard missing with a left hand there. Kaiho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kaiho throws a lazy right hand but Leonard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leonard on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Leonard takes a swing at Kaiho's ribcage but misses.
Leonard misses with a shot to the body
and Leonard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kaiho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kaiho connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Leonard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonard misses with an uppercut.
Leonard looks for the body kick but Kaiho saw that one coming.
Jab from Leonard.
Leonard misses with a body shot.
Leonard misses with a straight right.
Leonard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Leonard lands a jab to the nose.
Leonard misses with an uppercut
and Leonard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leonard misses with a hook to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Leonard finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Leonard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kaiho.
Good work by Kaiho as he checks the leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Leonard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kaiho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Leonard, as that shot connected.
Kaiho moves out of range of the body kick.
Kaiho throws a series of punches but Leonard avoids them all with ease.
Kaiho swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leonard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leonard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Leonard thows a body shot but no joy.
Leonard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kaiho is breathing heavily.
Leonard looks to throw the jab but Kaiho is out of range.
Kaiho walks forward, straight into a front kick from Leonard.
Kaiho lands a jab.
Kaiho misses with a two punch combination.
Leonard looks to throw the jab but Kaiho is out of range.
Kaiho throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leonard punishes Kaiho's body with a nice straight punch.
Leonard looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice shot by Leonard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Leonard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leonard works the jab nicely.
Kaiho rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Leonard to counter with a crisp jab.

Kaiho is rocked!
Kaiho walks straight into a right hand from Leonard - that's dropped him! Leonard jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Kaiho from any more punishment! Kaiho complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ray Leonard!
A relieved looking Ray Leonard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.