PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samppa Linna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Linna
vs
Bishop

190 cm
18
290 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

201 cm
18
286 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

KAISER

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Samppa Linna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pete Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bishop swinging wildly here.
Horrible takedown by Bishop or perhaps it was just good defense by Linna which made him look bad.
Bishop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Linna really is a fat lump.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bishop.
Bishop misses with a wild combination.
Bishop misses with a double jab.
Linna lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bishop throws a hook to the side of Linna's head but Linna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bishop stuns Linna with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Linna. That snapped Bishop's head back.
Linna connects with a combination that backs up Bishop into the cage. Linna lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bishop's guard. Bishop is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Linna bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samppa Linna!