PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Euntae Lee (ranked 4239 p4p, 2572 weight class) and Jari Kuokkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Lee
vs
Kuokkanen

187 cm
18
177
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
175
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Euntae Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jari Kuokkanen!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuokkanen misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Lee.
Lee lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Kuokkanen takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kuokkanen fails to land.
Kuokkanen pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lee putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kuokkanen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lee.
Kuokkanen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lee lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jari Kuokkanen has been cut.

Kuokkanen has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lee uses from the top position.
Lee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kuokkanen has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Lee doesn't defend quickly enough and Kuokkanen has managed to lock this one up! Can Lee escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kuokkanen on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jari Kuokkanen!
Euntae Lee spoke after the fight, saying 'In order not to give in to anyone else, I will overcome this.'.