PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joonas Mustonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Torello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mustonen
vs
Torello

167 cm
23
140 lbs
13 - 7 - 0

168 cm
23
138 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

DJs Locker

DJs Locker
Syndicate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joonas Mustonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Torello!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustonen misses with an uppercut
and Torello counters with a stiff right hand.
Mustonen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mustonen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Torello as he jumps to the side.
Torello steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mustonen.
Mustonen checks a low kick from Torello.
Torello connects with the punch.
Torello avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mustonen swings widly with a right hand
and Torello makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mustonen missing with a left hand there. Torello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mustonen. Torello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mustonen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Torello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Mustonen there.
A good leg kick by Torello.
Torello thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Torello as he connects with a hook.
Torello throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mustonen is rocked!

Torello has managed to clinch.
Oh Mustonen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mustonen backwards.
Torello lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Torello on the inside.
Mustonen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Torello is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mustonen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torello prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joonas Mustonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A body shot lands from Torello.

Torello pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Torello ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torello ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Mustonen's jaw. Mustonen's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Torello does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Torello!
After winning the bout, James Torello thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.