PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimo Ovaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bradley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, O Fortuna. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Bradley
vs
Ovaska

189 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Bradley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kimo Ovaska!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bradley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ovaska in his tracks.
Ovaska misses with a series of wild punches.
Ovaska avoids the body shot from Bradley.
Ovaska looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ovaska throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bradley throws a jab but it's blocked by Ovaska.
A telegraphed right hand from Ovaska misses the target.
Ovaska throws a jab when Bradley was well out of range.
Ovaska swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Bradley misses.
Ovaska swinging wildly here.
Bradley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bradley lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Bradley misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bradley. Ovaska does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bradley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ovaska.
Ovaska walks into a straight right hand from Bradley.
Ovaska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ovaska misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ovaska displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bradley throws out the jab.
Ovaska lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bradley circles away quickly and effectively.
Ovaska looks to land a body kick but Bradley moved away.
Ovaska's corner calls for a 1-2. Ovaska obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ovaska takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bradley looks to score with a jab to the body but Ovaska is just out of range.
Ovaska takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bradley misses with a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Ovaska 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A punch combination from Ovaska misses.
Bradley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ovaska.
Bradley scores with a hook to the body. Ovaska takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bradley misses with a hook.
It looks like Bradley has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ovaska moves out of range as Bradley strikes.
Ovaska throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bradley swings for the body but Ovaska moves out of range.
Bradley throws a hook but Ovaska avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws a big shot that misses.
Ovaska swings for the body but Bradley moves out of range.
Ovaska lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bradley backs up against the cage.
Bradley throws a body punch but Ovaska moves out of range.
No joy there for Ovaska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ovaska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bradley.
A bone on bone clash there as Bradley blocks the leg kick.
Bradley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ovaska scores with a push kick.
Ovaska throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bradley dodges the punch combination from Ovaska.
Bradley misses with a double jab.
Bradley misses with a looping left.
Ovaska throws a series of strikes that have Bradley backpedaling.
Bradley lands a jab to Ovaska's midsection.
Ovaska drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bradley right on the button. Bradley goes down! Ovaska follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Ovaska gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimo Ovaska!
Kimo Ovaska is the new light heavyweight champion!