PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Kanerva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Agapit Blondi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blondi has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kanerva
vs
Blondi

166 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jesse Kanerva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Agapit Blondi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kanerva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kanerva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Blondi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kanerva working over Blondi with some ground and pound. Blondi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kanerva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blondi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Blondi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kanerva.
Kanerva lands strikes from half guard.
Blondi looks winded!
Blondi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kanerva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Kanerva there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blondi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kanerva.
Kanerva thows a huge punch but Blondi dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kanerva lands a nice short elbow.
Kanerva thows a huge punch but Blondi dodges it nicely.
Kanerva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blondi on the ground.
Blondi tries to get to full guard but Kanerva has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kanerva lands a nice short elbow.
Blondi taking some punishment here, with Kanerva in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blondi taking some punishment here, with Kanerva in his half guard.
Kanerva slips a nice elbow through Blondi's hands, connecting with Blondi's forehead.
Kanerva drops an elbow to the side of Blondi's head.
Kanerva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Kanerva.
Kanerva lands strikes from half guard.
Kanerva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Blondi is rocked!
Kanerva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blondi is still in real trouble! Can Kanerva finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanerva lands a big elbow - Blondi is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Kanerva!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesse Kanerva!