PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Tuisku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bruno ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuisku comes to the cage accompanied by Levoton. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tuisku
vs
ferreira

171 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

189 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Tuisku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, bruno ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tuisku darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tuisku thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed ferreira's head.
ferreira is looking to control Tuisku's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can ferreira avoid being mounted?
Still in half guard, Tuisku seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Tuisku.
Tuisku trying to mount his opponent but ferreira defends it.
ferreira pushes Tuisku off looking to stand but Tuisku dives back in and keeps control.
Tuisku stalling.
Tuisku thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tuisku trying to control the action but ferreira is working from the bottom.
ferreira moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuisku working some strikes from top position.
ferreira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tuisku.
ferreira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

ferreira throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
ferreira can't keep his opponent in guard - Tuisku advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
ferreira is looking to improve his position.
ferreira is looking to get back to full guard here but Tuisku has managed to pass to side control instead.
Tuisku landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
ferreira is looking to improve his position but Tuisku isn't that keen on the idea.
Tuisku has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tuisku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tuisku cracks ferreira with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
ferreira looks gassed!
ferreira tries to reverse the position but Tuisku maintains control.
Tuisku lands a big shot there that rocks ferreira but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tuisku can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as ferreira is looking to escape.
Tuisku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tuisku lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
ferreira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tuisku lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
ferreira is looking to improve his position but Tuisku isn't that keen on the idea.
ferreira takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tuisku landing strikes, looking to finish!
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tuisku looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tuisku tries to control but ferreira wriggling away.
ferreira taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ferreira's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Tuisku.
Tuisku scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tuisku punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tuisku controlling from the full mount.
Tuisku fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tuisku lands with some vicious ground and pound - can ferreira hang on?
Tuisku tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuisku has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of ferreira's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Tuisku dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tuisku decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Tuisku seems to be looking for submissions.
Tuisku wants to control but ferreira is keeping him busy.
ferreira on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tuisku lands strikes from half guard.
Tuisku lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tuisku content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Tuisku passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuisku raining down shots from the mount!
ferreira is breathing heavily.
ferreira bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tuisku looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
ferreira looking to pass the guard.
Tuisku controls ferreira momentarily but ferreira frees himself.
Tuisku throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tuisku keeping full guard, as ferreira tries to pass.
Tuisku looking to control.
Tuisku controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
ferreira throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tuisku's head.

Tuisku closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tuisku is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tuisku trying to pass the guard but ferreira defending well.
ferreira is staying active underneath Tuisku, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
ferreira is in trouble now - Tuisku has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku prevents ferreira from getting the reversal.
ferreira is bucking up trying to escape but Tuisku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tuisku is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Antti Tuisku overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
ferreira is bucking up trying to escape but Tuisku cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tuisku with a couple of short strikes.
Tuisku dominating with strikes here.
ferreira is in all sorts of trouble here.

Tuisku working for a guillotine from mount but ferreira is in no mood to give up.
Tuisku lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns ferreira that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
ferreira is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Tuisku lands a nice shot to the head.
Tuisku content just to control the position here.
Tuisku postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. ferreira looks a forlorn figure.
Tuisku dominating with strikes here.
ferreira is looking to get to half guard.
ferreira tries to lock up and control but Tuisku gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tuisku takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tuisku working ferreira over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Tuisku dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tuisku drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
ferreira keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Tuisku postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tuisku might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tuisku postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
ferreira has momentary wrist control but Tuisku slips an elbow through the middle.
ferreira is trying to control the position but Tuisku postures up.
Tuisku is working ferreira over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tuisku's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tuisku content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tuisku trying to control the position from guard on top but ferreira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ferreira wants to control the position but Tuisku says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tuisku is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tuisku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that ferreira can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuisku not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tuisku is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tuisku is just content to waste time from the top position. ferreira takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
ferreira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tuisku.
ferreira controls Tuisku momentarily but Tuisku frees himself.
Tuisku trying to control but ferreira is working from the bottom.
Tuisku stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. ferreira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tuisku throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Tuisku bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
ferreira taking punishment in the form of punches.
ferreira tries to bench press Tuisku off him but Tuisku keeps the position.
Tuisku controlling the position.
Tuisku lands a few punches from side control.
Tuisku cracks ferreira with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tuisku in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tuisku lands some shots froms side control.
Tuisku in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku scoring with punches from side control.
Tuisku working the ground and pound.
ferreira struggling a bit here.
Tuisku is putting a hurting on ferreira here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tuisku lands an elbow.
Tuisku in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tuisku just content to control the position.
ferreira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tuisku scoring with punches from side control.
Antti Tuisku is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuisku working the head and body with strikes.
ferreira being controlled for a moment.
Tuisku has knee on belly and moves into mount.
ferreira is wriggling around trying to escape.
ferreira is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
bruno ferreira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tuisku breaks from ferreira's wrist control and lands an elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Tuisku showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tuisku, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Tuisku!