PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Wesson (ranked 355 p4p, 51 weight class) and Keijo Tapaus (ranked 700 p4p, 86 weight class). Wesson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In Your Honor - Foo Fighters. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wesson
vs
Tapaus

182 cm
28
201 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

182 cm
27
190 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Wesson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keijo Tapaus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tapaus missing with a left hand there. Wesson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wesson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tapaus throws out the jab.
Wesson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Valhalla MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Wesson tries a head kick but it misses.
Tapaus lands with a shot to the body.
Tapaus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wesson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wesson. Tapaus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tapaus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Wesson darts in and clinches Tapaus up against the cage.
Tapaus throws a head punch that misses.
Tapaus working aggressively here.
Tapaus pushes Wesson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tapaus blocks an uppercut.
Wesson tries a body shot but Tapaus blocks it.
Tapaus is working Wesson over against the cage.
Tapaus misses with some punches.
Tapaus misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tapaus lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wesson backwards.
Wesson throws a punch but it's blocked by Tapaus.
Wesson lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wesson lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Tapaus.
Wesson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tapaus or not.
Wesson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tapaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tapaus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tapaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wesson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wesson.
Wesson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tapaus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wesson's elbow.
Wesson scores with a shoulder strike.
Tapaus has a couple of punches blocked by Wesson.
Tapaus misses with a punch to the body.
Tapaus swings wildly with an uppercut but Wesson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wesson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tapaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wesson works on Tapaus's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tapaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wesson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tapaus backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wesson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tapaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wesson lands a nice uppercut.
Wesson lands a body shot.
Tapaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wesson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tapaus backwards.
Tapaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wesson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wesson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tapaus.
Tapaus looks winded!
Wesson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wesson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wesson throws a head punch that misses.
Wesson working aggressively here.
Tapaus lands with a right to the head.
Wesson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wesson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wesson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Tapaus is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tapaus to his knees! Wesson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Wesson!
An out of breath Dean Wesson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.