PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Nurmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Peto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurmi comes to the cage accompanied by Who Let the Dogs out. Peto has chosen Sabaton - Talvisota as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Nurmi
vs
Peto

177 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
21
181 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

FinnFighters Nutrition
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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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fernando Nurmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pertti Peto!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peto is looking to clinch but Nurmi is avoiding it.
Nurmi throws the kick towards the body but Peto avoids it.

Nurmi closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nurmi lands in his opponent's guard.

Peto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Peto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nurmi gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nurmi tries to free his leg and advance position but Peto is retaining full guard.
Peto keeping moving, preventing Nurmi from controlling successfully.
Nurmi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nurmi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Peto's guard.
Peto wants to get back to his feet.

Nurmi is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Peto still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Peto has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Nurmi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Peto's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peto postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Nurmi to stand up.
Peto displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nurmi.
Peto doesn't manage to clinch there - Nurmi circles away.
Peto wants to clinch.
Nurmi fails with the takedown.

Nurmi drives through with a takedown into guard.

Nurmi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nurmi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nurmi preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Peto is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nurmi is controlling him.
Peto wants to sweep here but Nurmi controlling him for the moment.
Nurmi forces his way into half guard.
Nurmi looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Peto is looking to clinch.
Peto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurmi checks a low kick from Peto.

Peto clinches up with Nurmi and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi blocks an elbow strike from Peto.
Knees to the body from Peto.
Peto lands an elbow that stopped Nurmi in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nurmi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Peto's brow.
Peto blocks the elbow strike.
Nurmi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nurmi's defenses.
Nurmi lands a damaging elbow.
Peto lands an elbow that stopped Nurmi in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Fernando Nurmi has been cut.
Nurmi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Peto throws an elbow but it misses.
Nurmi looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Nurmi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nurmi goes for a takedown attempt but Peto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nurmi is breathing heavily.
Nurmi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nurmi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Peto as he avoids it easily.
Peto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Peto with a poor takedown

and Nurmi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peto!

Nurmi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Peto can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Peto is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peto wants to control but Nurmi is having none of it.
Peto is trying to escape the mount.

Nurmi is working for a guillotine from mount but Peto frees his head quite easily.
Peto wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Nurmi.
Peto's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Nurmi goes for an armbar but Peto turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Peto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Peto stands and steps away. Nurmi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Pertti Peto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fernando Nurmi's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Peto tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Nurmi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Peto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Nurmi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nurmi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Peto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nurmi defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peto wants to get back to his feet but Nurmi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nurmi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Peto's guard.
Peto is looking to improve his position.

Nurmi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Peto sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nurmi is trying to work for a kimura but Peto is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nurmi throwing shots but Peto is blocking nicely.

Nurmi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Peto is defending against the submission attempts here by Nurmi.
Peto works his way to full guard. Good work.
Peto is trying to keep Nurmi in close.
Nurmi won't allow Peto to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Nurmi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Nurmi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Peto swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Nurmi drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Peto dives on top into guard.

Nurmi is working an open guard so Peto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Peto wants to clinch but Nurmi slips to the side

and Nurmi counters with a single leg into guard. Peto didn't expect that.
Nurmi prevents Peto from getting back to his feet.
Nurmi tries to free his leg and advance position but Peto is retaining full guard.
Nurmi is looking to advance position but Peto has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Peto.
Nurmi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Nurmi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Peto manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Nurmi has Peto in his guard.
Fernando Nurmi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Peto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Nurmi, up you get!
Peto tries to clinch but Nurmi moves away

and Nurmi counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Peto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nurmi doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nurmi manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Nurmi wants to control from the top but Peto keeps moving.
Peto wants to stand and escape but Nurmi is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peto is on top in guard.

Peto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Peto got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nurmi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Peto has managed to get both his arms back between Nurmi's legs - danger averted.

Peto stands and steps away. Nurmi gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Pertti Peto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Peto has closed the distance and engaged Nurmi in a clinch.
Peto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Peto content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Peto lands an elbow that stopped Nurmi in his tracks for a moment.
Peto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Peto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nurmi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Fernando Nurmi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fernando Nurmi's cut.
That's time! Nurmi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Peto lands a slapping body shot.
Nurmi looks to land a body kick but Peto moved away.
Peto throws a nice looking combination but Nurmi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Peto wants to clinch up but Nurmi keeps it at a distance.
Peto tries to clinch

and Nurmi counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Peto wants to get back to his feet.

Peto kicks Nurmi off and gets back to his feet.

Nurmi shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Peto's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Peto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Nurmi defends it easily.
Nurmi looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Nurmi seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Nurmi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nurmi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Peto manages to get back to half guard.
Peto is looking to escape.

Peto makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nurmi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nurmi fails with a takedown attempt.
Peto darts in trying to clinch

and Nurmi counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peto tries to circle away but Nurmi has him pinned against the cage.
Nurmi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Peto has Nurmi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nurmi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Peto is pressed up against the cage. Nurmi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Peto down to the mat. Peto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nurmi circles away from the clinch attempt

and Nurmi counters with a shoot takedown. Peto fights it but they end up in guard.

Nurmi has gone for a leg lock! Peto slips out almost immediately though and dives into Nurmi's guard.

Nurmi working for a triangle but Peto defends it easily.

Peto thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nurmi is looking for a triangle but Peto pushes his legs off easily.
Nurmi is trying to keep Peto in close.

Nurmi is working an open guard so Peto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Peto tries to clinch up

and Nurmi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Peto's guard now.
Peto is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Nurmi stopping the sweep attempt from Peto.
Nurmi with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Peto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nurmi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nurmi chips away with some ground and pound.

Nurmi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nurmi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Peto wants to stand but Nurmi is controlling the position.
Nurmi stopping the sweep attempt from Peto.
Nurmi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Nurmi has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Peto is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Nurmi yanks on the arm and Peto is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Nurmi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fernando Nurmi!