PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Vaakku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaakku's entrance music is I'll Face Myself (Reincarnation). A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Vaakku
vs
Torrez

188 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
194 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jarkko Vaakku!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Torrez!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrez thuds a left hand into Vaakku's body.
Vaakku misses with a combination
and Vaakku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vaakku throws a head kick but Torrez moves out of range.
Torrez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Torrez misses the shot to the body.
Vaakku throws a right and a left that Torrez avoids nicely.
Vaakku shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

It looks like Jarkko Vaakku has been cut.
Vaakku dives in and grabs Torrez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Torrez pushes down on Vaakku's head and hops out.
Torrez digs a good hook to Vaakku's body.
Torrez jabs at Vaakku's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torrez misses with a body shot.
Torrez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Vaakku.
A big right from Torrez misses.
Vaakku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaakku misses with a head kick.
Vaakku tries to clinch there but Torrez circles away.
Vaakku walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Vaakku takes one to the chin there.
Torrez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Torrez.
Vaakku tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vaakku misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torrez.
A left lands for Torrez.
Vaakku fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Horrible takedown by Vaakku or perhaps it was just good defense by Torrez which made him look bad.
Eddie Torrez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vaakku gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Torrez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez misses with a lunging right hand
and Vaakku counters with a slapping leg kick.
Torrez is looking to chop away at Vaakku's legs.
Vaakku is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torrez takes a swing at Vaakku's ribcage but misses.
Vaakku gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Torrez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Torrez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torrez throws a series of punches but Vaakku moves out of range.
Torrez lands with a nice combination. Vaakku backs away looking to recover.
Vaakku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Torrez misses
and Vaakku makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Torrez scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torrez slips under a jab.
Nice body punch from Torrez.
Vaakku shoots in looking for a takedown. Torrez tries to sprawl out of it but Vaakku keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Torrez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jarkko Vaakku. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vaakku is breathing heavily.
Vaakku's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torrez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vaakku scrambles back to his feet.
Torrez punishes Vaakku's body with a nice straight punch.
Vaakku staying out of range there.
Torrez misses with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Torrez.
Torrez scores with a decent looking hook.
Torrez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vaakku had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vaakku takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaakku gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Torrez.
Torrez scores with a jab to the body.
Vaakku tries to move into range but Torrez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vaakku takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Jarkko Vaakku's cut is getting worse.
Vaakku takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Torrez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vaakku moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Torrez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vaakku momentarily.

Vaakku is rocked!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Vaakku.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torrez throws a leg kick but Vaakku sees it coming and moves out of range.
Torrez clobbers Vaakku with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oh Vaakku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vaakku with a poor takedown
and Torrez counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Torrez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jarkko Vaakku's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Torrez throws a monster overhand right that drops Vaakku! Torrez follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Torrez!
Eddie Torrez is the new middleweight champion!
Eddie Torrez very nearly forgot to thank Outkast Clothing Line amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.