PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temppa Turkulainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turkulainen has chosen Xilent - Clear your mind as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Pires
vs
Turkulainen

185 cm
22
265 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
27
225 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonard Pires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Temppa Turkulainen!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkulainen cracks a nice hook into Pires's ribs.
Nice body kick from Turkulainen.
Pires fails with the takedown
and Turkulainen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turkulainen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pires doesn't manage to clinch there - Turkulainen circles away.

Turkulainen drops Pires with a left and a right! Oh, Pires is hurt - Turkulainen dives into side control looking to finish!

Pires is rocked!

It looks like Leonard Pires has been cut.
Pires is breathing heavily.

Turkulainen decides to stand back up.
Oh Pires is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Pires scores with a takedown into Turkulainen's guard.
Turkulainen controlling the position.

Pires avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Turkulainen kicks Pires off and gets to his feet.
Turkulainen connects with a nice cross there... Pires is looking wobbly and Turkulainen recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Pires to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Turkulainen jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Temppa Turkulainen!
Temppa Turkulainen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.