PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luka Stjepanic (ranked 1759 p4p, 1397 weight class) and Adrian Halvorsen (ranked 187 p4p, 150 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Stjepanic
vs
Halvorsen

172 cm
23
169
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
163
5 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luka Stjepanic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Adrian Halvorsen!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halvorsen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stjepanic.
Halvorsen with the counter takedown but Stjepanic avoids it easily.
Halvorsen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Halvorsen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Halvorsen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

Halvorsen moves into range and clinches up with Stjepanic.
Stjepanic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Stjepanic.
Stjepanic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Halvorsen successfully pulls guard.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adrian Halvorsen!