PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Crawford (ranked 22116 p4p, 774 weight class) and Helmuth Tuminen (ranked 7827 p4p, 682 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crawford
vs
Tuminen

190 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

199 cm
27
212 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Helmuth Tuminen!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tuminen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crawford circles away quickly and effectively.
Crawford blocks a head kick by Tuminen.
Crawford uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tuminen has time to react.
Tuminen misses with a two punch combination.
Crawford lands a nice shot to the body.
Tuminen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Tuminen.

Crawford pushes Tuminen up against the cage in a clinch.
Tuminen missing with knees to the body.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
Crawford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crawford scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuminen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawford lands a right hand.
Tuminen misses with a body punch.
Crawford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford lands with a right to the head.
Crawford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crawford lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Tuminen is rocked!
Crawford unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tuminen! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Crawford is unloading with more strikes now! Tuminen drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Crawford!
A relieved looking Jay Crawford thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.