PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diaz Brothers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artturi Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artturi Virtanen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Diaz Brothers's chin.

Brothers
vs
Virtanen

225 cm
26
294 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

202 cm
32
285 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diaz Brothers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artturi Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brothers has closed the distance and engaged Virtanen in a clinch.
Brothers is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brothers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brothers lands an elbow inside that Virtanen shrugs off.

It looks like Artturi Virtanen has been cut.
Brothers using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brothers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brothers has Virtanen pressed against the cage, preventing Virtanen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brothers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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!

Brothers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brothers thumps Virtanen with a low kick.
Virtanen looks gassed!
Brothers just misses with a punch to the body.

Brothers closes the distance and pushes Virtanen back into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brothers.

That has opened up Artturi Virtanen's cut even more.
Brothers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brothers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brothers lands with a nice body punch.
Brothers circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Virtanen drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Brothers follows Virtanen to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diaz Brothers!
Diaz Brothers decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.