PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Touko Vanhanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGuiness comes to the cage accompanied by The Boys are Back by Dropkick Murphys. Vanhanen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Huge thirst - Hick up kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Touko Vanhanen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

McGuiness
vs
Vanhanen

182 cm
21
217 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

179 cm
21
216 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Touko Vanhanen!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuiness ducks under a wild hook from Vanhanen.
Good exchange - McGuiness coming out on top.
McGuiness pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vanhanen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from McGuiness misses.
Despite the aggression on Vanhanen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Vanhanen misses with an uppercut
and McGuiness counters with a stiff right hand.
Vanhanen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGuiness.
A slow jab from McGuiness misses its intended target.
Vanhanen missing with a left hand there. McGuiness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looked like McGuiness wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Vanhanen throws a lazy right hand but McGuiness sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vanhanen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McGuiness connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Vanhanen scrambles back to his feet.
McGuiness keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by McGuiness.
McGuiness scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuiness misses with a straight left.
McGuiness scores with a three punch combo!
McGuiness fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Vanhanen is rocked!
Vanhanen throws a right hand that misses
and McGuiness rattles Vanhanen with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Vanhanen tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. McGuiness dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Vanhanen stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Liam McGuiness!
During a confident post fight interview, Liam McGuiness thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Touko Vanhanen had this to say: 'It wasn't my day.'.