PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Owen William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrik Luhtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

William
vs
Luhtanen

185 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

181 cm
26
180 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Owen William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Henrik Luhtanen!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luhtanen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Luhtanen lands a body shot.
Luhtanen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of William's head.
William goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Henrik Luhtanen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch combination from William misses.
Luhtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from William.
William gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luhtanen.
Luhtanen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luhtanen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
William takes a shot right to the bread basket.
William takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
William missing with a left hand there. Luhtanen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
William walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Luhtanen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luhtanen lands with an overhand left.

William is rocked!
Luhtanen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. William doesn't seem bothered though.
William misses with a double jab.
Luhtanen lands with a right hand.
Oh William is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
William throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
William seems to have got his legs back now.
Luhtanen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Luhtanen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by William.

Oooooh!!! Luhtanen has knocked William down with a huge combo! Luhtanen steps away and waves a wobbly William back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luhtanen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Luhtanen throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends William stumbling backwards into the cage! William bounces back off the cage towards Luhtanen, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Luhtanen lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Luhtanen celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Henrik Luhtanen!