PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christer Klister (ranked 5596 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ara Tiotio (ranked 5785 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Klister
vs
Tiotio

185 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

Sin City Allstars

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christer Klister!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ara Tiotio!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tiotio darts in and clinches Klister up against the cage.
Klister wants to stall.
Klister tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Klister tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiotio avoids the damage to the body.
Klister pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tiotio digs a right hand underneath Klister's ribcage. Klister let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Klister is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Klister pushes off an throws an elbow but Tiotio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tiotio scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tiotio.

It looks like Christer Klister has been cut.
Klister throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiotio managing to block the knees to the body from Klister.
Klister's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tiotio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiotio lands a body shot.
Klister misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiotio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiotio lands a right hand.
Klister tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tiotio avoids it.
Tiotio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tiotio scores with a hook to the body.
Tiotio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Klisters head.
Klister throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiotio blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Tiotio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Tiotio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Klister misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiotio.
Tiotio managing to block the knees to the body from Klister.
Tiotio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klister's elbow.
Tiotio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tiotio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tiotio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Tiotio.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiotio lands a right hand.
Tiotio avoiding damage as Klister throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Klister just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tiotio's brow.
Klister throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Klister is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Klister's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Christer Klister's cut is getting worse.
Klister pushes off an throws an elbow but Tiotio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Klister just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tiotio's brow.
Klister misses with an elbow strike.
Tiotio avoids the elbow strike from Klister, against the cage.
Tiotio lands a shot to the body.
Klister tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiotio avoids the damage to the body.
Tiotio avoids the elbow strike from Klister, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tiotio pushes Klister back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Klister takes a shot to the head.
Klister looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tiotio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Klister throws an elbow but misses.
Tiotio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tiotio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tiotio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Klister backwards.

Christer Klister's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tiotio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tiotio is working Klister over against the cage.
Tiotio lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Klister is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiotio is defending well for now.
Klister throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klister misses with an elbow strike.
Klister trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Klister just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tiotio's brow.
Klister with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tiotio as Klister tries to tie him up.
Klister throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Klister throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tiotio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jeez, Christer Klister's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tiotio lands with a right to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Christer Klister's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ara Tiotio!
The defeated Christer Klister had this to say: 'He was the better fight, this night. You win lose and you some some.'.