PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Kota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalja Turpa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kota's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Airplanes - B.o.B ft Hayley Williams. Kalja Turpa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Kota
vs
Turpa

183 cm
27
214 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

181 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Kota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalja Turpa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Turpa.
Turpa connects with a high kick.

It looks like Charles Kota has been cut.
Turpa doesn't manage to clinch there - Kota circles away.

Kota looking to score a takedown here. Turpa is defending well but Kota drives through and ends up in Turpa's guard.

Kota drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kota jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kota works over Turpa with some ground and pound from guard.
Kota has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Kota drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Kota seems to have locked his on tight now - Turpa screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Kota, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Charles Kota!
A very excited looking Charles Kota made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.