PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Yellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Kala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yellow
vs
Kala

185 cm
27
180 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

180 cm
32
180 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class 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 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Yellow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Kala!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kala scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kala is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kala is pressing down on Yellow's thigh, looking to free his foot. Yellow is holding on for now.
Kala winds up and cracks Yellow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Yellow manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Yellow wants to clinch.
Yellow takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
No luck for Kala with that takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Kala. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yellow wants to clinch.
Yellow tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yellow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kala throws a big shot that misses.
Yellow tries to clinch but Kala is having none of it.
Kala throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Yellow counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yellow.

Kala breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Kala misses.
Yellow wants to clinch but Kala slips to the side
letting Kala counter with a right hand.
Yellow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kala throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yellow stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yellow looks to clinch
and Kala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kala scores with the left hand. Yellow knows he should have avoided that one.
Kala scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Yellow throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Kalle Kala has been cut.
A cross from Kala lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kala lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yellow doesn't seem phased though.
Yellow slips a jab and a cross from Kala.

Kala shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kala lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Yellow is desperately trying to improve his position but Kala has a good base and remains in mount.
Kala throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kala with shots to the head and body - Yellow looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kala throws some wild stikes that Yellow manages to avoid easily.
Yellow can't escape the position.
BOOM! Kala connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kala lands a big shot there that rocks Yellow but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Yellow wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kala.
Kala has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yellow is desperately trying to improve his position but Kala has a good base and remains in mount.
Kala trying to control but Yellow is having none of it.
Kala lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kala cracks Yellow with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Yellow tries to hold on but Kala pushes him away.
Yellow really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Kala is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Yellow has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Kala landing strikes from the mount and Yellow is in trouble!
Kala in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kala unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Yellow wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Kala celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalle Kala!