PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taisto Tappura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vvierme Llamer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tappura comes into the arena with Ring of fire blaring out of the sound system. Llamer has chosen Prodigy - Spitfire as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tappura
vs
Llamer

201 cm
26
255 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

188 cm
34
277 lbs
24 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing
Brute

5th Round Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Taisto Tappura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vvierme Llamer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Llamer.

Llamer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tappura to the mat! Tappura manages to get full guard.
Tappura will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Llamer is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

Tappura looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tappura working a defensive guard here.
Tappura keeping moving, preventing Llamer from controlling successfully.
Llamer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tappura keeping moving, preventing Llamer from controlling successfully.
Llamer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tappura is trying to control the position but Llamer postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Tappura holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Llamer wants to get up but he can't break Tappura's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Llamer slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tappura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Llamer throws a head kick but Tappura moves out of range.
Tappura has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Llamer finds it's way round the side to connect with Tappura's head.
Tappura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Llamer.
Llamer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tappura.
Tappura just misses with a punch to the body.
Tappura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vvierme Llamer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tappura takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tappura takes a swing at Llamer's ribcage but misses.
Tappura checks a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tappura with a hook.
Tappura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Llamer counters with a solid body kick.
Good leg kick by Llamer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Llamer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Llamer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tappura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Taisto Tappura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Llamer misses with a low kick.
Llamer misses with a body kick.
Llamer thows a body kick. Tappura tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A jab from Llamer misses.
Llamer throws the left hand but Tappura avoids the punch easily.
Llamer is looking to clinch but Tappura is avoiding it.

Llamer closes the distance and pushes Tappura back into the cage.
Llamer content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Llamer lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tappura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tappura blocking some punches.
Tappura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tappura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tappura misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamer working aggressively here.

Tappura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Llamer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Llamer misses with a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tappura. That's going to slow Llamer down.
A head kick misses from Llamer.
Nice defenses there by Llamer.
Tappura scores with a body shot.
Llamer throws a head kick that misses.

Llamer closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Tappura.
Llamer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Llamer struggles to land a body shot inside as Tappura controls his hands.
Llamer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Llamer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tappura misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappura scores with a shoulder strike.
Llamer blocks an uppercut.
Llamer misses with an elbow strike.
Tappura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Llamer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Llamer looks winded!
Llamer avoiding damage as Tappura throws knees to the body.
Tappura tries to work over Llamer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tappura misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tappura lands a hook that snaps the head of Llamer backwards.
Tappura lands a body shot.
Knees to the body from Tappura.
Llamer struggles to land a body shot inside as Tappura controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tappura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tappura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tappura lands a shot to the body.
Tappura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vvierme Llamer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tappura throws a series of punches but Llamer avoids them all with ease.
Llamer misses with a wild combination.
Llamer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Llamer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tappura.
Llamer moves forwards but Tappura connects with a nice, crisp jab.

It looks like Vvierme Llamer has been cut.
Llamer misses with a head kick.
Tappura with a hook.
Llamer lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Llamer checks a low kick from Tappura.
Vvierme Llamer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Llamer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tappura. Tappura obviously looking to wear him down.
Tappura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tappura connects with a leg kick. Llamer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tappura is looking to wear down Llamer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tappura swinging wildly here.
Tappura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tappura throws a right hand that Llamer ducks under and follows up with a left that Llamer also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tappura scores with a decent looking hook.
Llamer is breathing heavily.
Llamer moves out of range of the leg kick from Tappura.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tappura here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Llamer misses with a kick to the body.
Tappura cracks Llamer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Llamer loads up on a big right hand but Tappura slips the punch.
Llamer delivers a nice body kick.
Tappura lands with a nice body kick.
Tappura is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
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!
Tappura throws a series of punches but Llamer avoids them all with ease.
Tappura throws a leg kick that misses.
Llamer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tappura.
Tappura is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Tappura scores with the left hand. Llamer knows he should have avoided that one.
Tappura lands a body shot.
Tappura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Llamer's hands.
Good shot there by Tappura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Llamer.
Tappura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tappura throws a body punch but Llamer moves out of range.
Tappura cracks Llamer with an open hand slap.
Llamer looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tappura tries a low kick but Llamer avoids it.
Tappura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tappura lands with a good body shot.
Tappura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Llamer looks to land a body kick but Tappura moved away.
Tappura explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Llamer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tappura lands with a nice body punch.
Tappura misses the shot to the body.
Llamer looks to clinch
and Tappura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tappura throws a head kick but Llamer moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Llamer walks into a straight right hand from Tappura.
Tappura throws a shot from downtown. Llamer moves away and avoids it.
Llamer throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Llamer misses the shot to the body.
Tappura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tappura moves out of range of the leg kick from Llamer.
Tappura takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Llamer throws a low kick, looking for Tappura's leg but Tappura calmly moves out of range.
Tappura will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
No joy there for Tappura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tappura looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Llamer will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A combination from Tappura does no damage.
Llamer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tappura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Llamer closes the distance and clinches up with Tappura, looking for a takedown. Llamer pushes Tappura against the cage but Tappura circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The fighters circling - Tappura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tappura swinging wildly here.
Llamer lands a high kick!
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!
Tappura thows a body shot but no joy.
Llamer takes one to the side of the head.
Llamer scoring well with a low kick there.
Tappura jabs Llamer right on the nose. Llamer blinks but takes it well.
Tappura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Llamer was well out of range. Poor timing from Tappura.
Llamer looks to throw the jab but Tappura is out of range.
Tappura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Llamer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tappura uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Llamer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A cross from Tappura lands.
Llamer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Llamer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taisto Tappura dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vvierme Llamer's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Llamer misses with a low kick.
Tappura goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tappura misses with a body shot.
Llamer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tappura's calf.
Llamer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tappura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tappura's corner calls for a 1-2. Tappura obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Llamer looks to throw a body kick
and Tappura counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Llamer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tappura swivels and escapes.
Tappura keeps the fight on the outside.
Tappura lands with a right hand.
Tappura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Llamer's calf.
Tappura throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tappura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Llamer!
Llamer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Oooooh!!! Tappura has knocked Llamer down with a huge combo! Tappura steps away and waves a wobbly Llamer back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Llamer is rocked!

That has opened up Vvierme Llamer's cut even more.
Llamer seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Tappura shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Llamer is backing up but Tappura catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Llamer covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Tappura Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taisto Tappura!
Taisto Tappura seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.