PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurgen Wolfenstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Maia
vs
Wolfenstein

180 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

206 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thiago Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurgen Wolfenstein!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wolfenstein tries to clinch there but Maia circles away.
Maia stuffs the takedown attempt from Wolfenstein. Wolfenstein gets slowly back to his feet.

Wolfenstein has managed to clinch.

Wolfenstein pulls guard successfully.
Maia trying to control the position from guard on top but Wolfenstein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maia 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maia accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maia cracks Wolfenstein with a solid left hand.
Maia sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wolfenstein's guard.
Wolfenstein is trying to get back to full guard.
Wolfenstein looks like he's trying to stand up.
Maia thows a huge punch but Wolfenstein dodges it nicely.
Maia throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Maia prevents Wolfenstein from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wolfenstein is looking to get back to is feet but Maia passes into side control.
Wolfenstein is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

Wolfenstein shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wolfenstein showed some decent athleticism there.
Wolfenstein is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Maia looking for submissions off his back.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Wolfenstein missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wolfenstein missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maia trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Maia manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wolfenstein must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolfenstein trying to control but Maia is working from the bottom.

Maia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Wolfenstein defends it easily.
Wolfenstein postures up in Maia's guard and throws a big left but Maia blocks it.
Wolfenstein trying to control the position from guard on top but Maia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Wolfenstein avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maia keeping moving, preventing Wolfenstein from controlling successfully.
Wolfenstein has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Maia is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maia keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wolfenstein connects with a knee to the head.
Wolfenstein stalling the fight.
Wolfenstein lands a knee to the head.
Maia wants to break the clinch but can't.

Wolfenstein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Wolfenstein drives through and clinches with Maia against the cage.
Wolfenstein lands a nice knee to the body.
Maia takes a shot to the head.

Wolfenstein's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wolfenstein lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wolfenstein changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Maia tries to avoid it but Wolfenstein manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Maia to the ground. Maia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice shot by Wolfenstein.
Danga de danga de dang - Wolfenstein scores with a four punch combination!
Wolfenstein throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wolfenstein lands with a nice combination. Maia backs away looking to recover.
Maia misses with a takedown attempt

and Wolfenstein decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Maia's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maia is pulling down on Wolfenstein's head to control his posture.
Wolfenstein has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Maia is proving hard to escape from.

Maia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wolfenstein in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wolfenstein scoring with some ground and pound.

Maia has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Wolfenstein doesn't defend quickly enough and Maia has managed to lock this one up! Can Wolfenstein escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Maia on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Thiago Maia!