PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gard Thorkildsen (ranked 4178 p4p, 5169 weight class) and Alex Baastuber (ranked 444 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thorkildsen
vs
Baastuber

188 cm
25
194
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
190
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gard Thorkildsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Baastuber!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorkildsen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Gard Thorkildsen has been cut.

Thorkildsen gets a takedown into half guard.
Baastuber wants to get back to his feet.
Thorkildsen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Thorkildsen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thorkildsen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Thorkildsen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Baastuber is looking to escape.
Thorkildsen thows a huge punch but Baastuber dodges it nicely.
Baastuber is trying to stand up here but Thorkildsen is controlling him well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorkildsen 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.
Thorkildsen uses his free foot to push down on Baastuber's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Baastuber.
Thorkildsen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Baastuber wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Baastuber tries to buck Thorkildsen off so he can stand up but Thorkildsen has got his back now - this could be big trouble! He's slapped on a rear naked choke that looks really tight! Baastuber falls backwards, slamming Thorkildsen to the mat but Thorkildsen holds on tight! Baastuber is forced to tap and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gard Thorkildsen!
Our winner, Gard Thorkildsen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.