PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Verneri Ahma (ranked 1221 p4p, 156 weight class) and Paddy Fagan (ranked 1172 p4p, 151 weight class). Paddy Fagan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ahma
vs
Fagan

172 cm
27
159 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

180 cm
29
159 lbs
16 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paddy Fagan!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahma on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fagan moves out of range of the strikes.
Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fagan moves away.
Ahma moves away from the strike by Fagan.
Ahma throwing a counter right hand but Fagan manages to avoid it.
Paddy Fagan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fagan on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ahma has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Helsinki Private Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Good leg kick by Ahma there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fagan checks a leg kick.
Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fagan moves away.
Good exchange - Ahma coming out on top.
Fagan staying out of range there.
Fagan misses with a hook
and Ahma counters with an outside leg kick.
Fagan dips to his left and cracks Ahma with an uppercut!
Ahma moves forwards but Fagan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahma works the jab nicely.
Fagan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice cross by Fagan.

Ahma is rocked!
Fagan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ahma.
Oh Ahma is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ahma just misses with a punch to the body.
Fagan moves away from the strike by Ahma.
A telegraphed right hand from Fagan misses the target.
Ahma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fagan manages to avoid it.
Ahma lands a head shot.
Ahma seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab from Ahma misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma looks to throw the jab but Fagan is out of range.
Fagan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Fagan darts in and clinches Ahma up against the cage.
Fagan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ahma throws a head punch that misses.
Fagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ahma.
We've been informed that Fagan has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ahma avoiding damage as Fagan throws knees to the body.
Ahma misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Ahma.
Fagan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Verneri Ahma has been cut.
Ahma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fagan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ahma backwards.
Fagan pushes Ahma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ahma misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahma misses with some punches.
Fagan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fagan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ahma is defending well for now.
A short left from Ahma.
Ahma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fagan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahma gets through Fagan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fagan connects with a knee to the head.
Ahma lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fagan backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fagan.
A shot in the inside from Fagan.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fagan.
Ahma lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Fagan.
Ahma throws a punch but it's blocked by Fagan.
A head punch on the inside from Fagan fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Ahma scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Fagan fails to land.
Fagan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fagan.
Ahma is trying to break the clinch but Fagan has him pressed against the cage.
Fagan blocks a body shot from Ahma.
Ahma blocks an elbow strike.
Fagan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fagan blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahma tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fagan's elbow.
Ahma is trying to break the clinch but Fagan is controlling him.
Ahma has a couple of punches blocked by Fagan.

Ahma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fagan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ahma thuds his right hand into Fagan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fagan misses with a jab to the body
and Fagan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fagan throws a series of punches but Ahma moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fagan. Ahma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fagan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ahma.
Ahma misses with a straight left.
Ahma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fagan blocks a jab.
Fagan slips a jab from Ahma.
Fagan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahma with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fagan walks into a straight right hand from Ahma.
Fagan misses with a hook. Ahma ducked under it nicely.
Ahma looks for the body kick but Fagan saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fagan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahma moves away.
Ahma throws a body shot but no joy.
Fagan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fagan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fagan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ahma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fagan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fagan looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahma is just out of range.
Jab from Fagan.
Fagan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fagan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fagan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ahma counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ahma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fagan throws a big shot that misses.
Ahma is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fagan takes a swing at Ahma's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ahma ducks right into an uppercut from Fagan.
Ahma connects with the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Ahma misses the target.
Fagan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Ahma gets tackled into the cage by Fagan. Fagan maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Verneri Ahma will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Verneri Ahma's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fagan misses with a looping right.
Fagan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahma sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Ahma misses the target.
Fagan digs a good hook to Ahma's body.
Fagan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fagan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ahma at a distance.
Fagan misses with a body shot
and Ahma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fagan. Ahma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ahma tried to counter with a leg kick but Fagan avoided it.
Ahma takes a swing at Fagan's ribcage but misses.
Fagan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fagan throws a jab when Ahma was well out of range.
Fagan with a nice cross.
Ahma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ahma scores with a hook to the body. Fagan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fagan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahma was well out of range. Poor timing from Fagan.
The fighters circling - Fagan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ahma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ahma lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fagan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fagan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ahma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fagan. That did some damage!
Ahma lands an overhand right.
Ahma punishes Fagan's body with a nice straight punch.
Ahma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahma scores with a punch to the head.
Ahma fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fagan.
Ahma tries to score with a low kick but Fagan moves his leg out of the way.
Ahma misses the shot to the body.
Ahma throws a body punch but Fagan moves out of range.
Ahma tries to land a leg kick but Fagan saw it coming and moves away.
Fagan throws out a counter right but Ahma avoids it with no problem.
Good standup being displayed there by Fagan as he connects with a hook.
Ahma moves out of range as Fagan strikes.
It looked like Ahma wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ahma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ahma ducks under a wild hook from Fagan.
Fagan feints a jab promting Ahma to slip. Fagan then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ahma slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ahma thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fagan walks into a left hand.

Fagan is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ahma misses with a hook.
Fagan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fagan is still on wobbly legs! Can Ahma finish him?
BOOM! Ahma lands a beautiful left hook that drops Fagan. Fagan tries to recover but Ahma is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Fagan lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Verneri Ahma!
Verneri Ahma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.