PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riku Tiirismaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes into the arena with Go to Sleep blaring out of the sound system. Riku Tiirismaa is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Roberts
vs
Tiirismaa

180 cm
25
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
175 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Fight Club Clothing™
MFS Voodoo Labs - 159 Energy

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Riku Tiirismaa!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts slaps away a takedown attempt from Tiirismaa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tiirismaa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Roberts sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tiirismaa shoots for a double leg takedown but Roberts sprawls well. He's pushed Tiirismaa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jake Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riku Tiirismaa.
Tiirismaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Roberts lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Riku Tiirismaa has been cut.
A jab from Roberts does it's job there.
Roberts tries to bum rush Tiirismaa with a series of wild strikes but Tiirismaa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tiirismaa shoots in but Roberts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Roberts defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tiirismaa.
Tiirismaa takes one to the side of the head.
Jake Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.

Roberts scores a takedown into full mount!
Roberts tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the head.
Tiirismaa is trying to escape the mount.
Tiirismaa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Roberts. What's that going to do exactly?

Roberts working for a guillotine from mount but Tiirismaa is in no mood to give up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberts is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tiirismaa can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Roberts looking to control but Tiirismaa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Roberts working for a guillotine from mount but Tiirismaa is in no mood to give up.
Roberts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tiirismaa looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Roberts connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Roberts 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.
Roberts with good strikes from the mount here!
Roberts prevents Tiirismaa from getting the reversal.
Roberts has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tiirismaa's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to control the pace but Tiirismaa is squirming around nicely.
Tiirismaa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tiirismaa is looking to escape.
Roberts avoids the attempt from Tiirismaa to control.
Tiirismaa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roberts is landing with some decent strikes but Tiirismaa is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tiirismaa is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiirismaa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tiirismaa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roberts has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tiirismaa's face.
The referee warns Tiirismaa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tiirismaa is working to get back to half guard.
Roberts raining down shots from the mount!
Roberts working Tiirismaa over with strikes here.
Roberts putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Roberts lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Roberts lands a big elbow.
Tiirismaa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiirismaa is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiirismaa tries to hold on but Roberts pushes him away.
Roberts landing punches.
Tiirismaa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tiirismaa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tiirismaa keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tiirismaa is not content to let Roberts control the position.

Roberts is trying to work for a kimura but Tiirismaa is defending well.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberts stops Tiirismaa from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riku Tiirismaa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Roberts looks to land a combination but Tiirismaa avoids it well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiirismaa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tiirismaa fails to land the takedown.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Roberts.
Tiirismaa is looking to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Roberts. No joy for Tiirismaa on that attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tiirismaa shoots for a takedown but Roberts saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jake Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Riku Tiirismaa.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Tiirismaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Roberts goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tiirismaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Roberts has taken the fight to the clinch.
A hook to the body from Roberts.

Roberts breaks from the clinch.
Roberts lands with an overhand left.
Tiirismaa is breathing heavily.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts lands a jab-cross combination.

That has opened up Riku Tiirismaa's cut even more.
A punch lands to the side of Tiirismaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Roberts lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts cracks the inside of Tiirismaa's front leg.

Roberts has managed to clinch.
A short body shot lands from Roberts as the two fighters clinch.
Roberts avoiding damage.
Roberts is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Roberts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Roberts has Tiirismaa pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Roberts pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Tiirismaa tumbling to the mat - Roberts dives into Tiirismaa's guard.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tiirismaa can do to turn this around?

Tiirismaa working for a triangle but Roberts defends it easily.
Roberts passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Roberts controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiirismaa is trying to buck Roberts off.
Roberts working the ground and pound.
Tiirismaa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Roberts has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Roberts lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roberts advances to mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tiirismaa is bucking up trying to escape but Roberts cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Roberts has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tiirismaa's face.
Tiirismaa tries to hold on but Roberts pushes him away.
Tiirismaa is desperately trying to improve his position but Roberts has a good base and remains in mount.
Roberts trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tiirismaa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Roberts breaks from Tiirismaa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tiirismaa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roberts landing strikes from the mount and Tiirismaa is in trouble!
Roberts avoids the attempt from Tiirismaa to control.
Roberts landing strikes from the mount.
Roberts lands a big shot there that rocks Tiirismaa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Roberts with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tiirismaa is trying desperately to improve position.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiirismaa'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.
Roberts is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tiirismaa is trying desperately to improve position.
Roberts cracks Tiirismaa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tiirismaa taking shots to the head.
Tiirismaa is desperately trying to improve his position but Roberts has a good base and remains in mount.
Tiirismaa is bucking up trying to escape but Roberts cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Roberts breaks from Tiirismaa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roberts tries to control but Tiirismaa wriggling away.
Tiirismaa working to try and regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tiirismaa squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

Roberts is working for a guillotine from mount but Tiirismaa frees his head quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Riku Tiirismaa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Roberts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tiirismaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roberts.
Tiirismaa with a poor takedown
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.

Tiirismaa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Roberts sprawls well initially but Tiirismaa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Roberts keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Tiirismaa is looking for a kimura but Roberts is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tiirismaa to get the leverage.
Roberts preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Roberts manages to get to full guard.

Roberts is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tiirismaa stopping the sweep attempt from Roberts.
Tiirismaa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiirismaa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Roberts's guard.

Tiirismaa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roberts is just riding it out for now. Tiirismaa eventually gives up the hold.

Roberts actively working from the bottom here.
Tiirismaa wants to get back to his feet.

Tiirismaa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roberts is just riding it out for now. Tiirismaa eventually gives up the hold.

That's two 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.

Tiirismaa is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Roberts gets full guard.
Tiirismaa tries to stand but Roberts is controlling from the bottom.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jake Roberts!