PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hagler (ranked 3894 p4p, 407 weight class) and Raimo Peltonen (ranked 3718 p4p, 395 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hagler
vs
Peltonen

182 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

194 cm
20
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sportivité

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Hagler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Peltonen!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagler slips a jab from Peltonen.
Peltonen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Peltonen missing with a left hand there. Hagler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hagler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hagler misses the jab.
Hagler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peltonen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Hagler misses its intended target.
Hagler tries to clinch up but Peltonen circles away and keeps his distance.
Peltonen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Hagler darts in and clinches Peltonen up against the cage.
Hagler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hagler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peltonen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Raimo Peltonen has been cut.
Hagler looking to slow down the pace here.

Peltonen manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peltonen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hagler eats them both and turns towards Peltonen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've been informed that Peltonen 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.
Hagler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raimo Peltonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltonen lands a two punch combo.
Hagler ducks under a wild hook from Peltonen.
Peltonen misses with a few strikes there.
Hagler scores with a jab.
Peltonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hagler.
Peltonen lands with a cross.
Hagler wants to clinch.
Peltonen misses with a straight left.
Peltonen misses with a two punch combination.
Peltonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Hagler.
Peltonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hagler throws out a leg kick but Peltonen moves out of range and Hagler only half commits.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagler is looking to clinch but Peltonen is avoiding it.
Hagler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A low kick from Hagler misses
and Peltonen counters with a straight right hand.
Hagler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sloppy strikes from Hagler. Those never looked like landing.
Hagler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Peltonen misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Hagler on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Peltonen drops Hagler with a beautiful combination! Hagler stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Peltonen is looking for the KO!

Hagler is rocked!
Peltonen cracks Hagler with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Raimo Peltonen!