PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heikki Heinonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Bashor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bashor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Monster by Skillet kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Heinonen
vs
Bashor

178 cm
25
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
27
170 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Heikki Heinonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, James Bashor!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bashor lands a really nice looking cross but Heinonen seems unphased.
Bashor misses with a few strikes there.
Bashor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Heinonen misses with a low kick.
Heinonen throws a looping overhand right but Bashor ducks down to avoid it.
Heinonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bashor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters circling - Heinonen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heinonen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Heinonen shoots in for a double leg but Bashor sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bashor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bashor lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Heinonen can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Bashor and Heinonen drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Bashor.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Bashor!
In his post fight interview, James Bashor gave a big smile as he said 'Like a Boss'.