PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between phil owens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maik Masiina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Masiina's choice of entrance music: Run this town. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

owens
vs
Masiina

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
Magic Mushrooms

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, phil owens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maik Masiina!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Masiina.
Masiina lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
owens swats away the attempt to clinch by Masiina.
Masiina tries to clinch but owens is having none of it.
Masiina takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

owens scores a takedown into full mount!
owens with shots to the head and body - Masiina looks very uncomfortable down there.
Masiina is squirming around, avoiding owens's attempts to control the action.
Masiina tries to hold on but owens postures up.
Masiina can't escape the position.
owens lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Masiina hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masiina is looking to improve his position but owens isn't that keen on the idea.
owens is in the full mount, landing strikes.

owens wants to finish this one by submission but Masiina is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from owens.
owens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
owens lands a big elbow.
owens cracks Masiina with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
owens lands a big elbow.
Masiina is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! owens has taken his back!
Masiina tries to roll but owens sticks to his back.

owens is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Masiina turns into owens and is now in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
owens doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
owens can't keep his opponent in guard - Masiina advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Masiina tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Masiina is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from owens as he works his way to full guard.
Masiina looks gassed!
owens is controlling Masiina's posture.
owens manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Masiina manages to get himself to full guard.
Masiina wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
owens content to stall in guard here.
Masiina looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Masiina looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but owens is defending well. Masiina quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! owens has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Masiina celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Maik Masiina!