PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oiva Tuominen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krooninen Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie has chosen Cockney Rejects - Go Down Fighting as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Tuominen
vs
Gracie

185 cm
25
193 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

195 cm
25
201 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Powerful

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oiva Tuominen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krooninen Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tuominen gets a takedown into half guard.

Gracie actively working from the bottom here.
Tuominen wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
Tuominen throwing shots but Gracie is blocking nicely.
Tuominen trying to mount his opponent but Gracie defends it.
Tuominen prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Gracie wants to control but Tuominen is keeping busy.
Tuominen is looking to pass Gracie's guard but actually Gracie recovers to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
An inside leg kick from Tuominen misses.
Tuominen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tuominen throws a hook but Gracie blocks it.

Gracie scores with a takedown into Tuominen's guard.
Gracie is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Tuominen looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie is looking to work some ground and pound but Tuominen has wrist control.
Tuominen keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.

Tuominen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Gracie stacks Tuominen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Gracie!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Gracie.
Tuominen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie trying to control the position but Tuominen is working away.
Gracie tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Tuominen is just out of range.
Gracie fails to land with a series of punches.

Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Gracie throwing shots but Tuominen is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuominen is staying active underneath Gracie, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gracie trying to control the action but Tuominen is working from the bottom.
Tuominen wants to get back to full guard.
Tuominen is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tuominen moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tuominen is keeping the position for now.
Gracie is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie passes Tuominen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tuominen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Gracie prevents Tuominen from improving his position.
Gracie frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krooninen Gracie dominated that round.
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.

Gracie closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tuominen to the mat! Tuominen manages to get full guard.
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Gracie in side control, throwing shots but Tuominen defends.
Gracie advances to full mount.
Gracie with the ground and pound from mount.
Tuominen is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuominen manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Ground and pound from Gracie.
Tuominen manages to get to full guard.

Tuominen has an active guard here but Gracie has managed to pass into half guard.
Tuominen trying to control from the bottom.
Tuominen wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tuominen has managed to free his arm - good work.

Gracie is looking to control the position but Tuominen frees his trapped leg and locks up an armbar from the bottom! It looks tight! Gracie grimaces and holds on for a second but is forced to tap or have his arm broken! Slick Jiu Jitsu from Tuominen there - Gracie really paying for some sloppy defensive work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oiva Tuominen!