PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Dillon (ranked 951 p4p, 98 weight class) and Manu Mikkonen (ranked 954 p4p, 99 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mikkonen's choice of entrance music: When Worlds Collide. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dillon
vs
Mikkonen

191 cm
21
261 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

195 cm
21
241 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Dillon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manu Mikkonen!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Chris Dean and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dillon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mikkonen throws a leg kick but Dillon checks it.
Mikkonen misses with a low kick.
Mikkonen has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dillon is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mikkonen staying out of range there.
It seemed like Mikkonen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dillon. Mikkonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dillon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mikkonen throws a leg kick
and Dillon counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dillon scores with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Mikkonen misses its intended target.
Mikkonen slips a jab from Dillon.
Dillon throws a series of punches but Mikkonen avoids them all with ease.
Mikkonen slips under a jab from Dillon.
Mikkonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dillon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dillon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Good exchange - Dillon coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by Dillon as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Dillon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mikkonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dillon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillon throws a series of punches but Mikkonen moves out of range.
Dillon misses with an uppercut. Mikkonen saw that one coming.
Dillon scores with a hook to the body. Mikkonen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sloppy strikes from Dillon. Those never looked like landing.
Mikkonen slips a straight right by Dillon.
Dillon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dillon cracks Mikkonen with an open hand slap.
Dillon misses with an uppercut. Mikkonen saw that one coming.
Dillon scores with a nice head shot.

Mikkonen is rocked!
Dillon cracks Mikkonen with a left hook right on the temple and Mikkonen goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Dillon lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Mikkonen is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Travis Dillon!
Our winner, Travis Dillon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Manu Mikkonen stepped up to the mic, saying 'What the Fuck was that shit!?! I'm coming back and I will destroy all! Get that fucking mic out of my face!'.